The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-20
Slaking Her TkITa.

took the train for Birmingham at
about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Al.
though. ~ l have said. l had . second
class ticket. I entered by mistake . first
class carriage. The grades Of the car
riages are indicated on the glass Of tho
upper half Of the doors; but - the
doors were opened and thrown back
against the carriage. l did not see
First Class" or the door Of the one l
entered. When the guard came I said
London" and put my hand to my
pocket for my ticket, and he. suppOsing
that l knew my place. nodded his head
l was alone in the carriage. When we
reached the next station. or the next
bat one, u party Of three, a young gen
leman and two ladies approached the
carriage, and one of the ladies entered
II and took the seat next to me on nv
left hand, between me and the door, I
having m Of the middle seats. Her
companions appeared to be her brother
and sister. or her si~ster-in-law, and
from their talk, which | could not avoid
hearing. l learned that she was going a
short distance, and was to be met by
her husband at the station where She
was to stop. When the train began ITS
gentle, almost imperceptible motion,
both of them kissed her-the lady with
feminine effusion. but the young gen.
tleman In a perfunctory manner; aud
when ! saw his cool salute. and heard
his Take care Of yourself, old girl"
was sure he was her brother. No other
man having his privilege could have
availed himself Of II with such indiffer-
cnce. For my carriage companion WAS
a beautiful woman; and her beauty i'm
pressed me the more because of its de-
liberate character, and because she was
the first really pretty woman of her
class that I had yet seen in England.
She was just tall enough to be notice.
ably so, and the noble elegance Of her
figure could not be concealed by her
travelling dress. This was a long gar
ment. Of q soft texture, aud light color,
between butt and cream, buttOned from
the throat to the lower hem with but
tons OF the same tint rs that Of the dress.
Her hat, or her bonnet, was also Of the
same material, and was without orna-
ment OF any kind. A . bonnet has
strings, l believe, and o hat has not, il
was probably . hat; for no woman not
inhumanly disposed, could conceal by
n ribbon the inner outline Of such .
cheek ~ hers; and she was not inhu-
man. In her dainty ears were small
gold earrings, set with torquoises.
which were matched by the brooch
which confined q lace frill around her
lovely throat. Her eyes were blue. her
brow fair; her mouth had the child.hk
sweetness which Murillo gave the vir-
gins; In expression her face was cherub-
10. She apparently had no other lug
gage than . small Russia leather bag.
which b put into the rack above
heads. We sat In silence; for there
vas no occasion for my speaking : o her,
and she looked mostly out of the win
dow. After We had passed one or two
stations she took down the little bag.
opened II, took out . bottle and . silver
cup, and turning herself somewhat
more to the window, poured something
into the cup and drank II Oh ats
draught. l did not see what she drank.
but In an instant I knew. The per-
TUNE filled the whole carriage. 1t WAS
brandy: and the overpowering odor
with which I was surrounded told me
OF the strength Of her drsught ~ wei
ss II had mixed her grog myself. or
had joined her in q social cup. A. tins
! was not 50 much astonished as ! shouiu
have been two or three days before TOT
At the Birmingham festival ! had seen,
during the interval between the Two
parts Of . morning performance. Pots.-
ton Of the same kind by ladies OF
whose responsibility there could % no
question. -0reas RAits, N 9s"sse