Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-06-24

He was beginning TO believe he
would have the compartment to him.
! self, when, at the last moment, geh-
tleman, who had before looked in at
the window and passed ON, now pre-
sentcd himself again, and took posses
si0n of the corner seat 10y The door AS
he did sn, the ticket collector appeared,
and Mr.. pettigrew presented his pass
for inspection.
1t struck Mr.. Pattigrew TINT the Of
fetal scrutiniZAd his pass somewhat
I suspicinuSly, and, upon retur ming it,
! looked at him with Il very searching
| glance. 1t is probable that the man
merely desired to assure himself Of the
validity of the document aud of the re.
spectabiity Of the holder On both
these points Re was no doubt satisfied,
for he passed on withou. comment; but
Mr.. Pettigrew was of a nervous ard
fldgety disposition, and he suddenly re-
called TO mind his friends somewhat
pressing injunction to him on the plat
form TO put the pass in his pocket.
Without suspecting anything wrong,
! but with vague misgiyings, he now
looked at the pass himself for the first
time. 1t was apparently perfectly reg
ular, but he perceiyed with uneasiness
that it was made out in favor Of Mr..
Moss Levi. The letterpress stated that
the reason Of the pass being granted
should be mentioned in the space indi-
Gated for that purpose, and this WAS fill
ed in by the word shipping.
Mr.. Pettigrew did not at all like the
idea of personating somebody else, es-
pecially when he proceeded to read the
very stringent regulations under which
the pass had been issued. The fact
that it was not transferable, and was
only available for the individual in
whose name it was made out, was re-
peated over and over again with pain
full persistency. Mr.. Pettigrew now
understood clearly enough why the Cap
tain had manifested uneasiness. EYi-
IDENTIFY the pass had been obtained by
false pretenses, and by using il he was
rendering himself a party TO the fraud.
Mr.. Pettigrew had one of those ex-
cessively tender coLsciences which are
indicative of innate cowardice. He was
not the least concerned. on moral
grounds, how the pass had been obtain
ed, nor would he have felt any scrunle
about using it if he could haye felt GER
tain of not being found out. But he
was appalled, at the prospect of detec-
ton, and the danger seemed to his ex-
cited Imagination imminent. The pro i.
liability was that this Mr.. Moss Levy,
being apparently connected with the
shipping interest, was known to some
of the ticket inspectors on the line.
The demeanor Of the official who had
already inspected the pass now seemed
to him to have been unpleasartly sug-
gestiye of suspicion. 1t was possible
that this man had actually telegI aphed
down the line to some of his brother Of
fcials on the route to look out for the
impostor. A cowardly conscience is a
remorseless stimulator of morbid i'm
aginatian, and before he had gone many
miles Mr.. Pettigrew had almost con-
vinced himself that his worst apprehen-
sions would be realized.
Scarcely less dsconcerting than the
fear Of detection was the idea Of hay
ing to keep up the character of the per-
son he was supposed to be. A fatal
drawback to this was that whereas the
name of Mr.. Moses Lew unmistakably
indicated Hebraic origin, Mr.. Petit.
CREWS nose was pure Gentle snub.
This was so manifest at glance that
the fact was alone calculated to excite
suspicion Of his identity. Mr.. Petit
grew felt that he could not stand a.
gainst this jnsurmountable discrep ancy
and that to attempt to swagger and
braZen out the situation If his identi-
ty was challenged-would be hollow
mockery. The consequence was that
by the time the train reached the fist
station at which a stoppage occurred,
he had fdgeted himself into such a
state of ahject apprehension that his
nervous and agitated manner was al
most sufficient to betray him. When
the ticket inspector made his appear
ance. Mr.. Pettigrew, who had wrapped
his offending nose in a mufller and
turned up the collar of his coat so as to
conceal his features as much as posi-
BILE, handed up his pass with the air of
a criminal. No wonder the official, af-
ter looking at it, favored the poor gen.
tleman with long stare, which made
him burst into cold perspration. But
this man, like the other, returned the
pass without raising any objection, TO
Mr.. Pettigrew's unspeakable relief. AS
the train proceeded on it's journey he
breathed more freely, and even for a
moment contemplated the possibility of
reaching his destination without mis-