The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-19
bic glare in them, the face was not an


bic glare in them, the face was not an
unhaIdsome one. -.
81 lidnot know that we were SO
close to the Crystal palace" he said
brutquely.
"The Crystal palacel" said, in
some surprise. We are not ,lear
the Crystal palace : ~ y IN y
Tile fog has affected your eye
sight, my lriend," was The reply.
Trouble yourself 10 look out Of this
window"
"Oh. tbatg'l said, smiling. eaYou
like your joke, sir, | perceive. The
Borough market must feel faitered,
indeed dtoiUe mistaken for the S,'tlen.
ham palace" 10 hon- ,9-
Borough market! OF course it
was oplylnyjoke, laughed my scopl !
panion. But there was no mirth in
fhe'Iaagh.E l3y NS DIS lieiI
lie now took up, his book again
and made another attempt TO read.
Though he fixed his eyes on the page
and even now again turned q leaf, II
was evident that his reading was
lille better than q pretense. Indeed,
It was SO dark III Tie carriage that To
see the small characters in an ordina-
ry volume, had become quite impossi-
ble<l fWh heiwas thus Engaged the
train reached London bridge. The
moment we entered the station my.
companion, who bad drawn nearer
me, returned 10 bis seatiuthe corner
farthestl from the platform. From
this he gazed with evidently eager
Interest on thepeople passing and re-
passing the carriage idpor,qo AS al
Cannon street, theiumber ofthese
wasn't great tinand we were still
alone when the train again moved off.
Tie moment we wore outside the
station a change cqpe goyer my fel /;
low passenger. lie threw his book
on the floor, and arose 10 his feet.
Hitherto had, being preoccupieh
with my own thoughts, given small
heed to him. Now, without knowing
why, / felt myself fascinated. @-There
was light in his dark eye, all ex
preston in his mouth, which atonce
repeBed and attracted tiAeg stIaye
you ,heep much of o. trayelerl" he
asked. spddeLly II lie wasTstsnling
with his back TO the door, watching
me curionsly. ,ESsekb.SsI G
Il have never been out OF the Is
land" replied.
All! he sadly T have been 'eyery-
whercrIirly, Russia, India China,
Timbuctoo. Ashantee- anywhere
everywhere, have been near the
North pole and quite at the South.
Iudeed, you must be very great
traveller, SIR said.T EFyaV
have never been to The moon,
No uinu can DO great traveller who
bias not been there. . 80 -
alTfen am afraid that With the ex-
ception of thusc famous heroes ol
Jules Verne, there arc very few
about. .NLl ,ddsll on ~
just so, Just so! And yet trip W
above this deiestablc fog beyond the
clouds would be enjoyable. In q
night like this II would be peculiarly
so don't you agree with me?
Notquite, l said; for my own pal
I'd much rather be AT my iireslde,
"You would, would you? Lool
at that, smell that, taste that cursct
Jog" lie threw open The window
and certainly the fog that poured II
was bad enough In alhconscieude. :
| grant you il is not pleasant
either for eyes or throat. | said.
IlIsknew you would, continued my
strange companion. ANY one wouit
lie gad to get out otit. The. mar
v no could free you from Il would de
serve your thanks. would'henot? 81
There was a lightin tho speaker,
eyes which l did not like, and thert
was movement ut the corner OF hi
mouth the opposite of pleasant
While not feeling the least dread o
him, was not yet without q strong
desire 10 reach Spa. road. As bal
luck would have 1t, while yet we ha(
not made half the short journey, thu
train again came TO u sudden stop.
4 Yes, he would DO public bcnefac
tor who could deliver the people o
London from fog, said.
| lie would, would he not 2 whis
rered my companion eagerly. Thel
| am the NAH. ~ ks 3rfS &tsSs
AS he spoke he crouched down ant
looked up at mo with aglare tha
made ME start. lie butloned his Goa
and pulled up his sleeves. as h
whispered again, am The man.
can free YOU from these fogs- cal
free myself. y " s &
For the first limo the thought nov
flashed into my mind that i wa
ulone with a madman. recognized
now that wild light inlh his eyes, TIM
strange twitching atthe corners 0
the mouth. do not suppose that
am constitutionally more timld thar
most of my ncighbors yet at thi
moment / felt acold sweat break al
| over mo- and Iknow that 1 llooker
eagerly out in the darkness, hoping
that as now the train was slowl,
moving we were near thestation. !.
saw only the thick fog and the feebl
\ light of here and there lamp.
4 Yes, the manr was mad, ,rayin,
4 mad. There couldsbe no doubt aboil
4 il. Only a maniac could laugh tn
mirthless laugh which now cam
| from his throat, as he drew two step
nearer me and hissed at mo. W
shall travel together to the moon
Adieu to the fogs; say with me, adiel
| TO the fogs. n F ia
4 n was now erect, watching m,
I companion intently, nerving mysel
for struggle, which, it was easy.t
/ tell, was very near. l could easil
see / was no match for such an I'm
tagonist. My hope was that l woul
hold my own for the few minutes nee
essary to reach,Spa road, where plen
| ty of assistance wonld be available.
\ Your balloon would scarcely traye
on such night, said, with aflecte
\ indifference. The atmosphere is to
thick!
TOO thickl Do you think so2h
said.
do. Consider the density of III
fog. How can we possibly &c
through Il? M n
Well, there's something in that, h
- n. 80 Al