Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-09
,.,, .he basted the pieces
me RIPPING TRAIN.

Good Housekeeping
THE RIPPING TRAIN.
q. r.. al the time l first saw her
-orlv time. in0eed, that knew her
..,r sweet and attractive girl, named
B-,uam. She was very pretty
han prettv, for she had remarkably
4, features-her profile was always
Ind tall and graceful figure.
.bs was a bright aud happy creature,
nal perhaps was almost her great
5,,m You will wonder why, if l ad-
and liked her so much, l did not go
And viii tell you frankly that
nat because / dared not. | had then
,nsnect of being able 70 marry for
n come, and | was not very young
already nearly 30, and Maud was
! ian years younger. | was wise
,-,b and old enough to realize the
,ron thorauShly, to be on my guard.
Mad was surrounded by admirers-it
-.8 10 me then that it would have
rr.rffsrable conceit to have even ask
ryef if it could matter to her. 1t
mIy in the light of after events that
,o..ibility of my having been mis-
n occurred TO me. And ! don't even
es that could have acted other
here ANGLE Paul sighed little.
we're the best of friends. She knew
admired her, and she seemed to
frank pleasure in its being so. l
lsays hoped that she really liked
+. trusted me as friend, but no more.
ast tiue saw her was just before |
sfl for Portugal, where l remained
1,srs. When / returned TO LONDON
q bod been married for two years,
bad gone straight ont to India on her
r3ge and except by some few friends
i5l known IA both intimately, /
r heard her mentioned. And time
ed cannot say / had exactly for
l as. but le was not much or Of
20 my thoughts. ] was a busy
mech absorbed man, and life
wovsl 3 serious matter to me. Now
then sgms passing resemblance
Cd recall her TO my mind once es-
who's ! had been asked TO look
% '.s ;ae young wife of one of my
.as lu her court dress, something in
figure aud bearing brought back
% ny memory for It was thus, in
trss'. that i had last seen her, and
perhaps uucousciOusly, her image
remained Photographed on my brain.
s 'ar as ! can recollect at the time
90 'lg occurrence am going to relate
ol happened, had not been thinking
43lt Bertram for months. | was in
1o1 just then, staying with my broth
ny elder brother, who had been mar
several years and lived in cur old
aoas5 In -- square. 1t was in
y. clear spring day, with no fog or
lgli' about, and it was not yet 4
wy ID MS atternoon-not very ghost
circumstances you will admit. /
"ae home early from my club---it
oH Of holiday time with ne Just
.N few weeks, intending to get
'',ef7 written which had been on
~'-l iof some days, and had saunt-
'-.o fle library,a pleasant fair sized
"AsI Will books, on the first floor.
setting 20 work l sat down for a
o' NO ln an easy chair by the fire,
was .lII cold enough weather to
1te desirable, and began thinking
W '7.'sTs' No thoRght, no shadow
-o1s1t Of my old friend Miss Bert
~, present With me; of that | am
! certain. The door was on the
,1e OF the room as the fire place;
, mere half facing the fire, | also
'-1'l lac door. | had not shut it
En-! va coming in, I had only closed
a., .a'ninE the handle, and / did
L. surprised when it slowly and
swung open, til it stood right
.''5 'oom, c1ncealiug the actual
-oN n} view. You will per,
--..'tand the position better if
VI 'as door as just then acting
-.r 5e4 20 the doorway. From
'eJ-.d not have seen any one
~ room till he or she had got
| door itself | glanced up,
wing 20 rec some one in, but
.... ~ one, The door had swung
... Tor The moment / sat on.
inc vogue thought passing
..I1. must shut it before /
'iieu.y found INV ewes 8,,ng
me carpet; something had
5,-'.-..7i ' range of vision, com
cation Ia mechanical
"-a. wa ity
ga. mT f-st idea. Can tbsrs
re Tire. But I dismissed
-.''. - soon as it suggested
lls faint and -haaowv,
... 1ppHuy ITSELF in a. II
me dark wood of the open
3 material for smoke
was cu-iods one: 1T
Esas water, said to myself,
ao15emaids have been
Sc -. 1gss' pail on the stairs p
sae next floor almost
door But-po. I rnh.
pug looked ayain-the soapy
*ay. The wavy some
gliding, ripping ia.
a more substantial am
es suddedly became
vas nipples Of soft,