The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-07-23

because looked into every car.
riage, and saw every face in that
train, and I could take my oath that
Mr.. Dwerrihouse was not in it. This
gentleman was," he added, turning
sharply upon me. II don't know
that l ever saw him before in my life
but l remember has face perfectly
You nearly missed taking your seal
in time at this station, sir, and you
got out at Clayborough."
"Quite true, guard" 1 replied
"bqt do you not also remember the
face of the gentleman who Travelled
down in the same carriage with me
as far as here?"
"lt was my impression, sir, that
you travelled down alone" said Som
ers, with look of some surprise.
"By no means. I had IA fellow.
traveller as far as Blackwater, and ii
was in trying to restore him the cigar.
case which he had dropped in the car.
riage, that I 50 nearly let you 60 on
without me-"
"1:remember your saying something
about a cigar-case, certainly" replied
the guard, "but-"
"You asked for my ticket just be.
fore we entered the station"
II did,, sir"
"Then you must have seen him.
He sat in the corner next the very
door to which you came."
"No, indeed. I saw no one."
I looked at jeff: I began to think
the guard was in the ex-director's
confidence, and paid for his silence.
"lf I had seen another traveller
should have asked for his ticket
added Somers. "Did you see me ask
for his ticket, sir?"
81 observed that you did not ask
for it, but he explained that by say.
ing" I hesitated. I feared ]
might be telling too much, and SC
broke off abruptly.
The guard and the station-maste1
exchanged glances. The former
looked impatiently at his watch.
IL am obliged to go on in four min.
utes more, sir" hesaid.
"One last question, then," inter
posed jeff, with a sort Of desperation
eff this gentleman's fellow-travele1
had been Mr.. John Dwerrihouse
and he had been sitting in the cor
ner next the door by which you took
the tickets, could you have failed tc
see and recognize him?''
mo, sir; it would have been quite
impossible"
"And you are certain you did mo-
| see him?''
'*As I said before, sir, I could tax.
my oath I did not see him. And i
it wasn't that I don't like to contra
dict gentleman, I would say coulc
also take my oath that this gentleman
was quite alone in the carriage the
whole way from London to Claybor
ough. Why, SIR" he added, drop
ping his voice SO as to be inaudible tx
the station-master, who had beer
called away to speak to some person
close by, "you expressly asked me tx
give you a compartment to yourself
and [ did so. I locked you in, ant
you were so good as to give M
something for myself"
eyes; but Mr.. Dwerrihouse had (
key of his own"
Il never saw him, sir; I saw NJ
one in that compartment but yourself
Beg pardon, sir, my times up"
And with this the ruddy guart
touched bis cap and was gone. I,
another minute the heavy painting 0
the engine began afresh, and the trail
glided slowly out of the station.
| We looked at each other for som
moments in silence. I was the frs
to speak.
"Mr. Benjamin Somers knows NOR
than he chooses to TELL" said.
''Humph! do you think so?"
| "It must be. He could not hav
come to the door without seeing him
It's impossible
"There is one thing not impossible
my dear fellow
"What is that ?"
".That you may have fallen ASLEEP
and dreampt the whole thing.''
"Could I dream of branch lin
that I had never heard of? Could
dream Of hundred and one bushes
details that had no kind of interes
for me? Could dream Of the Sc,
enty thousand pounds?
"Perhaps you might have seen Q
heard some vague account Of the a
fair while you were abroad. It migt
have made no impression upon you g
the time, and might have come bac
to you in your dreams, PEI
haps, by the mere names Of the sta
tions on the line."
"What about the fire in the chin
ney of the blue should I hav
heard of that during my journey?"
"Well, no; I admit there is a di
ficulty about that point
"And what about the cigar-case
"Ay, by Jove! there is the ciga,
case. That is a stubborn fact. Wei
it's a mysterious affair, and it wi
need better detective than myself,
: fancy, to clear it up. I. suppose "
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