The Dillon tribune., 1881-07-02
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Rack 70 Reason.
| fu,, q doctor, a busy professional man
whose time Is money; whenever, therefore
can save Z do Many and. many |
night have passed In the train counting
the hours thus gained as miser does hi
gold. Upon this point unfortunately m.
little rife and I Do not agree, and It Is,
think, the only point upon which we d
not. Eight hours in co,nfortless railwa,
compartment, rolled up in your plaid ljk'
snake in blanket, instead Of in YOU
comfortable SHEETS. stretched over com
Portable spring n,attress-no, she canno
I've made to see the prepriety Of the cx
change, nor will she believe that sleer
quito as well, II no. disturbed, in the plait
as in the sheets.
The train was just offas sprang in, ant
the shock Of the start landed the In my seat
Being Of asiow, ptacidt nstsee, wa. n nc
hurry Is re6ovefsromsshs Shock, and w
were fairly of, speeding away as only an
English express can speed, before looked
around. had not the carriage by myself
as had at first supposed; a lady occupied
the farther end, and at the first glance, spite
oftl,e. dim light'ansi the fact other veN bc.
ing down, / saw that her eyes, unnaturally
large and intense in their expression, were
fixed upon me. At all times prefer car
riage 10 myself and il a companion mus,
have. let 1t te gentleman, not lady; but
there was no help for it, the lady was
there, and, moreover, she was looking At
me. 30 saenay,fI said b myself; that
shall not prevent my making myself as
comfortable as circum stances will allow"
Slowly and sdeitbctat&ly, thereforeP I ire.
moved my hat, substituting for it cloth
cap, which drew well down over my ears;
then folded my arms and composed my
self to sleep. But in vain; the eyes OF my
fellow. passenger haunted me; saw them
as distinctly as II my own were open.
Was she watching 'ne still! Involuntarily
looked up and around, and my look met
hers, full, burning, intense, with, fr ;snore
of meaning In Il than could at all fathom.
1t was getting decidedly unpleasant, and
was growing decidedly uncomfortable; try
As I might, ] could not keep my eyes
closed; hers were on me, and meet them I
must. ~
In her ttityae too. .as we'll as in her look
there was something strange sapd myste.
rious. Huddled ur in the Jcdrner,. she
seemed to be holuing something close
pressed to her beneath the long loose
mourning cape, bending low over it in a
crouching posture. Once or twice, saw
l:cr shiver; but for that slight .onvulsivc
movement she sat perfectly still and mo.
t.onlcss
Was she cold' I offered her my plaid, glad
Of an opportunity to break the ominous ii.
lcnce. II she would but speak, make some
common place remark, the spell might &c
broken.
II s.n 10: cold"
A commonplace remark enough, bs.t
the spell was not broken. The mystery that
lay In her eyes lay also in her voice.
What should try nexts looked at my
watch 1880; our train speeding on at a
furious rate, no chance OF stoppagc for
some time to.cou,e, and the full wide.open
gaxe of'ny motionless companion not for
one moment removed from my face. 1t
was unpleasant certainly. II changed
my position, faced the window instead oi
her, she must remove her eyes from my
lace at last. But there was q sort Of fascin.
alton about her and her look which pre-,
ierrcd meeting to s!,irsing, knowing It wa.
IN me all the time. n e.
There was nothing for Il then but t.
give mp all hope Of sleep, and make ,ht
hest Of my position and companion, whom
now observed more closely. That she
was lady there was no doubt; there WA
that in her dress and appearance that wa'
un,nistakablc. That she was pretty, thcr,
could b. little doubt either; those grea
dark, intensely dark eyes, the thick coils Q
warm FURNISHED hair, the small pale Tea
lures, seen din!y beacat!, the veil; yes
she was young, pretty, lady, and |,
trouble So far got, but no further
How came she to b. travelling alone at tina
time Of night and with that look on he
,acel What could It be that she was hold
jug pressed SO closely to her, and Jet 8
carefully kept out Of sight' From the siz
and uncertain outline l should h .guesse
it to be child; but then there e not tn
,aintest motion, nor could sh, ave hek
even sleeping infant long in iNat position
think>that something Of curiosity mus
have been betrayed in my look, for her ow
.'arkened anl d.epened into q perfect agon
M doubt and fear.
Ashamed, Withdrew my gaze ut ono
and drawing out my notebook, was abo,
to make memorandum, when, with SUI
den forward movement, she fell ut my fe'
arresting my hand BY the agonized graz
IT her own, its burning contact sendir
through me painful thrill.
"Don't betray me! Don't give me .
to him! Oh. Aqn'ti ! am SO frightenedv
II was but whisper, breathed out rat
rr than spoken, yet it shasldered throu,
me like a cry.
NJ cannot always hide it! cannot I
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