The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-30
A FACE AT THE WINDOW.
From Tinsley's Maga zine.
CHAPTER y

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Terminus was ringing ito collect the
Passengers for the train that was
about to start, and the Jplstform was
In state of confusion usual at such
times. Women with .children in
their arms, and immense masses of
Heterogeneous luggage: consisting
principally ofsbandboxes tied up dus-
tiers, and remarkable limp-looking pa
per parcels by their sides were invok-
ing the aid of the porters : gentle
men who had arrived at the last mo-
ment were hurying along the plat
form hoping to find their favorite
seats still vacant the incessant cry
of "By your leave !" was heard as
| the trucks, piled with luggage, were
pushed along with q velocity which
Ishowed plainly that, If leave was not
given, and, moreover, followed by a
very hasty removal of the person
from the track, he or she would GER
tainly be knocked down and the
crowd of people, always assembled
at stations to sea friends off, were
all there. sat 81 .na.aa s.gala
Among the leave-takings that
were going on was one between a
young man, standing by the side OF
one of the carriages, and his mother.
The lady looked very much inclined
to cry, but was restraining her tears,
in order to give her son numerous
directions to take great care of him.
self, and to be snre and let her know
directly if he did not feel we'll. She
2 had given him all these directions
often before, and probably in very
9. nearly the same words, but was re
tpealng them now with an air of ex
IRENE esrnestness, as if they were
quite new and entirely Indispensable
to his welfare. .r.. .-1 r....
The young man was leaning for
ward, with his arms on the door OF
the carriage, listening to what his
mother was saying with quiet atten.
ton, but with a half smile which
\
seemed to show that he did not con
slider her warning quite SO important
as she did.
Certainly, anybody looking al
Douglas Charlton would have con
sidered HIM about the last person to
whom it was necessary to give such
elaborate cautions. Tall, broad and
strongly built, he looked the very
picture Of health, and il may be add.
ed, happiness for there was bright
joyous look upon his face which said
Eplainly that little enough of sorrow
had ever crossed his path in life. He
was medical student, and had come
Up to London to work one of the hos
pitfalls there. His mother had ac
complained him to town to help him
find lodgings, and to settle him com.
fortably in them /; for he was her
idol, and she would have considered
l. no trouble too great that made any
thing pleasanter or easier for him
y She had spent about three weeks
T. with him, when an imperative sum
y mons from her husband obliged hel
to return home, and now, the mo
ment departing had come.
The slamming OF doors, shril
il. whistle from the guard, followed by
a still more shrill shrek from the en-.
;, CINE, and the long train began slow.
r. ly to move off, The carriage in
> which Mrs. Charlton sat was near
s the eng ne, and after he had lost
sight ofhls mother, he stood watch.
ing the train as it passed HIM. ,+
q In one OF the end carriages sat a
lYoung girl of about II, and as she
went by young Charlton she turned
toward MIN. so that for an instant he
saw her face clearly. 1T was only
for an instant, for the train had