The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-09-17

ruptible. "No,
THE sENoREs CoUtD NOT REMAIN.
They must descend. This was the senoras
solss carriage, and sucn as the senorIta
only had right to it"
The devil.'' said enc OF the young
men extricating his b.g with some diflcuity
from the rack overhead. . W hat plague
women are What did this Spanish
woua. come spelling my journey for ? "
"Is she tretty queried another, there
might be some consolation in being sacrl.
feed for her il she is.
Il don't know" said the one called
Alyernon, as he descended. ''Sbe 10 so
mutfled in her mantiia that | cannot see
her
81 did not remove Ev mantilla, because
| trefered to have the benefit of the doubt,
and be supposed to be pretty; but could
not deny my self the pleasure Of saying dis
tlnctly in Eng ish as | passed in, Il am
90 sorry to have inconveuienced you, gen
llcmea
There was an immediate burst of laugh
ter, under cover Of which they dispersed
to lock for seat, and. took possession o.
she senoras sofas carriage.
L" Here's Madam De Kergeac come to
bid you good bye said Jack, as trim,
graceful little woman, dressed in the last
Partisan fashion, jumped in.
"You, A Irienne - said: "is it posi-
ble that you going any part Of til, way
WITH us ?"
"No; but | come to bid thee adicu,
Isabel. Aud thou goest aloue How
thou hast courage, my child. Figure to
to myself that when we crossed Those
horrible sierras, a month ago, clung TO
Louis
IN TERROR OF BRIGANDs.'
"But it is not possible, surely that they
could attack a railway train!
"Ose never knows v hat Spaniards may
not DO; and surely thou knowest that hor-
r"rs, tragedies, hare taken place on rail way
traius," replied Madam Kergeac. who,
ever since the days that we were at school
ing upon sensations AMI horrors. She Was
a tlmid, excitable little being, ard as she
babe me farewell with many embraces,
heaped me also with compliment upon my
courage At last with final How thou
hast courag. F" she dcpar ted. Jack came
to assure me that he had comior table
seat close at hand. The guard was duly
enjoinel to take care CT me, which he
promised to do. Jules assured me with
special emphasis that ! WAS perfectly safe,
and wished me pleasant journey; the
carriage was locked up, and the train
moved of.
After | had arranged the wraps and
cushions to my satisfaction, l took IA leis-
urely survey of my quarters. Every one
who has Travelled in Spain will be perfectly
famiilar with the kind of carriage in which
| found myself, with its sofas covered with
blue cloth, blue oilk MEETINGS above, blue
silk window cul tains; and single lamp,
over which presently drew down the blue
silk shade, that ! might the better eh jpy
the moonlight. by broad daylight nothing
c.sn be Imagined less poetic or picturesque
than tue arid and drcary sierras which
surround Madrid. With all the DIES ,luriou
of the desert, but without its grandeur,
and yet sufficiently 'exteusive to make on.
wonder Why they reem also mean and
.qualid, they form landscape which is
/ infinitely depressing. Night and the pale
moon, however, lend them Il sort of gloomy
! z n irur, and l gael out of the windoa
comfortably, aud Thought OF Don Qui1ote
until | grew sleepy, when | lay down OF
one OF the sofas. and, drawing the thad,
soyer the windox behind me, gave myself
( up 10 dreamy contemplation of the
mounlit l.nd,cape. At last fell asleep
and when | a~ okc after few moments,
/ the
MOST PERrECT OPTICAL ILLUSION
greeted my eyes. The tram was still
rumbIins slowly or, apparently Oh thu
shore of vast sea. could distinctly SCI
it, waves ripping and glttering in til,
moonlight, and breaking to all appearances
close to the embankment of the railway
The iliu-ion was SO perfect thar, after re
peatedly reviewing in my mind The geo
graphical situation of Madrid, and ASSURING
myself OF the impossiblity of reaching tn
sea shore at sc early point of our journey
felt constrained to rise and go to til
window to satisfy myself. Not until
absolutely leaned cat Of the window, how
ever, did the fairy ocean vanish, and tn
rocky Serras, silvered by the neon, tax
Its place.
Shortly afterward we reached the Escu
rial, and the grave and courteous guar
not stop for two hours. "Could be he {
any possible service to the senorita %
wanted nothing, however, (Which was fol
tunate, however, Il. there was nothin
procurablel. So he babe me i-nigl
with elaborate politeaess, locked up tn
carriage, and left me. Soon after | fe
asleep again, and dreamed Of horrib
story of murder committed in a rail
way carriage, which Madame Dekrrge
had found time to relate to me. wok
l with sudden start, and sitting up, di
tinguished, anil tie tumultuous beating
of my heart, the jar and rumble of Il
train. As soon as ] recovered myse
sufficiently, | drew the shade from II
lamp, and discovered, with smile at n
own folly, that all my surroundings We
in statu quo. Again | smiled as reealle
: Adrlenne's folly ia dread,ng perfect
safe and commonplace journey, and thel
> CHANGING again at my luxurious surrouD
ings, expatiated mentally upon the COZ
forts and advantages of the senoras sol
carriage.
WHAT IN ADMIRABLE THING 1T WAS!
and how lucky that | had it all to mys e
It might have been very di>agreeahle to
Ii locked in with a smoking Spanish wona