, 1873-04-27
EN- RAPPORT ON THE RAILS
From th< Galazy for Hay.
Is this seat engaged ?"

rs this seat engaged7"
q As r am one OF that minority Of the trsyel
J. public which does not put body on one seat :
I on another, and bag on third, replied, 81
= eir." .
II the "no" was abrupt, the s'sir' vas con
= eous, eehoing tho satisfaction with which
/ Judged that my companion On the railroad VA
t demrable one. In moment more wa heard
. last OF that song with it's suggested accompa,
t mont OF polite fraud, "Plen-n-n-ty OF room
!, the palace car, gents" and dozen Of the Ans
, ican public, Who could not find tho seats th
had paid for in the ordinary cars, re
trooping after the smooth, fat, yellt
fellom-host Of the palace car, to D
fifty cents or one dollar more for t
transportation they had already purchsye
"We poor subjects Of an unlimited monarchy
And my companion turned to me with the ioi,
exclamation and Interrogation set to satiric
smile. =.
"supporting how many royal families; Va,
derbilta, Fisks, Tveeds, Goulds, and Pu1luans
added. ,.....,. 49,.
"Yes, yes; but introduced an unp1essa1
subject excuse me-"
And my fellow-passenger graye1y bent hi
head as one might ask blessing. "
AL the features OF the outskirts 1anorani
were too familiar to interest me-, so politel
studied him in the seat with me,-to tho gen
oral observer only good-looking man Of society
q gentleman OF fne size, and build, simpl
clothed in the fashion, returning appar
| ant1y to his country seat for q sabbath's res
| from the suitshe was conducting in court, O
from the duties Of a counting-room. His man
ner and first words had pleased me. I have al
Ways prided myself on an ability to read anl
place. with but brief observation and study, those
who amuse or profit mo in the occasional cur
rents Of travel, or in the continuous vast stream
that hurries and whirls us all along, motley.
jostling crowd. from the cradle to the grave.
Immediately there WAS that consciousness Of e.,
rapport that one sometimes finds Introducing
and uniting him to an utter stranger, no longer
30 from the first aah or circuit Of invisible SYM
pathy, and suddenly conceived strange inter-
est or curiosity in my near neighbor.
After the few words We had exchanged, and
be had arranged his few traps and glanced over
q book in hand, ho settled himself to q comfort
able repose; not to aleep, but merely, I sup
pose, to enjoy little rest and quiet of mind
after hard daT's business and July after
noon'e walk. Quo hand rested in the bosom of
his vest, the other lay holding the book on his
knees. bus head fell forward little, and 80 he
seemed very passive and comfortable, as II the
life We whirled through, the Intercourse beside
us, the burr OF our sweep by bank, tunnel, and
building, the galoping time ratified by our
wheels wheels =. On on the e, rails-as il al these
ssfg %ess to rest him a So it
smile that was childlike and bland" as Truthful
James expressed it, about his we1l-shaped mouth
and chin. marked the breadth and uneven
ness OF LIS 1orehead, how his chestnut hair and
s ss1ae-whlsketS mad tho beginning Of gray in them,
strong nose. discovered, as thought, energy
and enthusiasm In the lines OF jaw and Ride
face, In the clear, sanguine, but dark complex
a9n, traced with Feins and nerves. At the
f.ance accompans1ng his f11st words to me-,
nus sstae. ~ .n5 neEy nonleness as read 1t,
,;a s?naeress th N .nem In1s og9ty and
- tn1 pass.on @ " 'ne oyes were oonnfmed to mo
oy ral nie oM, n11' s"eet sole9.
,irrtas n9 ~ ~ Tue 31tean or twenty
Lnnuses - VI cgn.einpian44, anu a1tet~tfa from
1, s .,a euu,snaslon, VA: aeIo - man OF aud N
!nG nd WOLF apq aoeaetyi and yot raro, original
tt;p na aposo' perhaps. OF a. least
area. o.u 'eo .lon 'nomi ~ any Into, an IL
.eti'ar attn c1ta.us r, nos @ Tue po11ers cay
.;dna1;tr oa,,,J 7,o+ so, an oti1a1y Inol-
'ier as be % did me I IN so eoFt tima ans
nnco " u,a11;ra -. - IN sls railroad
,unaeaS 81 alnG & ms ee3aatanee @ o. and being
ronderea ybet1,ar ha 1raa or4;st .at "a. Inaoa
;on ara4co,ist 800 n1 n-0 ~. ss, pVe1' Meenam
aau; ac.or, OF nelcGaI1t aenas, "a
ftarnoona rdaa necs :, v an@tha, ai., s as,d
= e. Ao9u opnI tut p1sGe u. anolnel "ora'
no nono Snarpy WAS impressed ey my com
nd i,v-+ta -nnSo +han tb,so" oon' 'otaas.on,
ron,a ~ qn,1not;c a1 ba1n t,a1 cS tboSo- eessal9
s arsona1;tx p arholn ISL th.t scu rea4 tanciea
at,,"tad " as s inaslltal1n
faMsn ;nf1nenca a,d ~, arnr+1o ~ 40 LIS piosae
1eezsa i; pe ana nm etaRto as Taoesomo
- ort;sal ~ e4Gso ;,' tney tns1s cnsncs'
ut art;et IN th.t ~ and -, +tn 0 oadar In
as;o,, 7' - N1"1 ''A1a @1'o Ato ofoaees 'nan pro-
A. re-, crozeea .+be s,1r,,z+nn 7,,,,,o, wv
n;o,, n1 stosena aao Ia hps eptsten ouyval ny
~ par ~ dlo.o aTa tit; tinssn IsoI m5 oPen-
nd "t brt ,raJ 49, " te. sha uooA
11u' ou' eoou tutned 1fous ina1 20 sao
- Widow IA - 1870 " aa,t an - ~ tno ,s9a' y
200 1sa saoi ;rtn . aau
tosa passth ~ lnsu GonneI5aaon wnieh, before
ann and earnept sa tba ta1I1 ~ - ~ gf2"n
Near tha sont a1,ers ~ - ~ ~ i1aenus
,c,,a on.r4ar - ~, " 49, 1luon IG1os, auu
on, ~, ~ -a,. .o +,a,e tiou ~ ls was
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"a s-a1,1ir nsalD u ~ snaoow o. tne
- ~ ~ s,I oa,aht ~ nee1on ~ ~ luo Weat-
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