Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27
UNDER THE CLOAK.

there De anyJnlng IN Inc NOFid tAat
soul hateth, tits a long night journey
all. In the Did coaching days | 90
think that I should have minded it,
ling swiftly through a summer night
,hetOp Of . speedy coach, with the
arch blaek-blue above ones head,
sweet smell of earth, and her number
flowers and grasses, in ones nostrils,
the Pleasant trot, trot, trot, trot, Of
four strong horses in ones ear. But
railwaY!-in little stuify compart-
1t, with nothing to amuse you if you
D awake; with a dim lamp hanging
ut you, tantalizing you with the idea
you can read by its light, and, when
try, aatiefactorily proving to you
Won tsnnot, and if you sleep, break
your Asck, or at least stitfening it, by
brutal Avrangement OF the hard cush-
5. These thoughts pass sulkily and
elliously threugh my head rs I sit in
salon il the Ecst, at Geneva, on the
rno0n ct the fine autumn day on
Oh, in an evil hour, | have settled to
; my place IN the night train for Paris.
we put off going as long as l can.
like Geneva, and ain leaving some
SAINT and congenial friends, bat now
must nhusband is to meet me at
station III Paris at six O'clock to-
row morning. Six O'clock, what a
barOus hour at which to arrived
putting on nay bonnet and cloak;
{ at myseH ii the glass with an air Of
diogust Yes, I look trim and
ice enOu9 now-a not disagreeable
set, perhap1 sleek hair, quick
alert eye1 md pink-tinted cheeks.
81 at six o,clock tomorrow morning
It q difefenttale there will be to tell.
|heveled, duley locks, half-open weary
=, dis0noe9d dress, and a green-cOl-
q cOunteu1Hee.
turn awA ath a pettish gesture, and
Getting that least there is no wisdom
living nv lseries twice over, | 90
IN stains nHfkget into the hired open
riage Inst waits me. My maid and
f0lloQ With the luggage. I give
cfer tnjhnctaOns than ordinary to my
q never Tor one moment to lose her
4 ~ The DRESSING case, which contains,
Happens, 3 great many more valu-
jewels thal1 people are wont to travel
oreign parts with, nor of a certain
IL and beautiful Dresden china-and.
Louis Quatorze clock, which | am
wing home as q present to my people.
reach the station, and straightway
Ike myself TO the first class saUt
tente, there to remain penntd up till
officials undo the gates of purgatory
release us-an arrangement whose
dom 1 have yet to learn. There are
minutes to spare, and the sale is fill
fuller and fuller every moment
ely my countrynen, countrywomen.
country ch1ldren, beginning to troop
e to their uertridges. Hook curious
ou0d ct the, specializing as to which
hem VIII ny companion or com
alons throt the night.
neg e ny xery unusual types; girls
salior n4lnd blonde hair-fringes;
one-mal d maids in painstaking-
lgiy BOOTS; baldish fathers;
llsn T. German or two, with
'mins eyes and spectacles.
70 ed on the companions |
'0lu 81 Arge young man, who
ongs ~ ay. and looks as if he
'ns Mos* r. llfe in laughfng-alas
= NO. =. | 81. ..y he is sure to want to
okes- endsome and prosperous
MI hIne pupie. They are more
ely, obably, in the mans
g, ,Au Lis. we will overcome the
u. 49,! porter comes up. The
tdIUW 1RpE. tLn $780,,
nrst nding close to them, flat
lIng against the glass, and
hlns 3 ID! pavement; but as the
= 800 aps 49, ls essene more numerous,
"a otav. slzo11 y prominent position.
Ilclpat1nG xnnh for CARRIAGES hate
dread exeeedingly a crowd ana
uld much prefer at any time to miss
: train f1thot Than be soueeze5 ana
tied by one. IN consequences nv maid
l were almost the last people to
erge, and hAve the last and wnrst
,ice ct seats We run along the train
king Ia: the footman, my maid, and I
ll-fun cyerywhere
'1t1Qses s6Hles9 asks the guard.
Qe3lnt1ly not. Neither Danes se,,1,S
II es; but if it must be one O,
g. ekf1inly 'Fhmeurs.
~ nervous, when I see the
,.a s.e q q little ahead of us
. .u - u open carriage door in
~ gazing to us to make haste
=. : 8. p ~ lt! 1t always comes right
hi. .I,,' 80. 80! a not fuss oneself.
ntles pom here, m; only two
mh - IT. on the high step and
me- me- sf uncivil of the two gen
J 1r of them offers to helr
-, : 49, ae not looking this way.
i !. INC The dressing aseH' ]
~ as / stretch out my hand
s, I'D Watson up. The man
-, -; nom behind; in she comes
80 ~ clock, and all. Here We
Tor & tight! "'