Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-08-29
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obseqaeously by the station Master.
Who calls him Monsieur Inspector.
The lady goes 10 the door 81 the
car.
Monsieur station Master
''MaaameP"
They must have photographed you
from Paris ior . sleeping eompart-
m.ntg"
Yes madame have transmitted
tho dispatch
What TransmittrdP Add they
viii not give me one immediately
impossible. madame. We have no
ears here They will not b able 30
give you one until yoa reach Lyons "
''lyous' A. What timeg'
Al S.ts. madame"
IAN day. thsnl nut. monsieur. \
can not stay In this ear all dag. IL l.
impossible. ! will not do IL"
Take care madame The train l.
going" And the train started
She re-e-tahlished herself IL her cor-
ner. furious aud without b.stowing
single iouk oa me. And I plunged
again into the reading ~ ny tcuth
newspaper
Shall own it' ! gave more time ~
the reading II that journal than 10 the
whole nine 81 the others read tn
same line twenty times over. ! believe.
cyeu. that ! held u bottom-side 40 a
part ~ the time
But What - ~ One could not b.
frrnchman and not feel some emotion
n nnding himself alone during long
Journey with a pretty womani
would uillingly have entered Into
con vct zaiinn with her; bat the prr.ssL
th" sublcct matter. where could and
hP Owing 10 the weather. that classic
resort ~ window 10 y. raised or low
erred awaited me nothing
What them Open upon her with
insipid commonplace lieiirr a hun
dr"d times keep sllcut Nv neirhlor
had se"n al once vith my trained z ar
islam sense. was a woman 81 the world
aud used 10 the best society To sp-ak
/ o. her therefore. without kuow lug her
would have been 20 put myself Ia her
eyes on level with the vcrie-t loor.
The only way a. get out ~ il would be-
70 hnd something intensely original 10
cay 10 her
hut vhat' whntP
Puuderd in vain. vas stlll wou-
dcring When the train stopT--d sudden
I ~. thanks a. that n.w tangled brake.
- good % crsc u accident but - bad
I Tor passenEcrs
"Iouuiere' Twenty Ave minute. Tor
refreshments" cried an employee. open
Jag the coach door
/ My neighbour ruso. and throwing 90
her wraps. left them 10 the car snd
| dr.C,udvd. !, vas noon. Hunger bc-
l Gan 90 assert ~ clai M She sent TO-
ward The restaurant on the right NJ the
ether side 81 The track.
followed h~r could thus admire
a. my ease hcr elegant figure. dis
/ played 10 advantage by long otter
CLOAK remarked also that .hr had
pretty curls ~ ths back - her mock. q
has - gray felt and very small beet
A. thc entrance stoud tho keeper ~
thr restaurant Clad in velvet cap
aud hearing a striking Likeness a.
Napoloan III. hc indicated. napkin in
haud. the long table which ve wcrc 81
take by assault
| entered with the crowd ~ hatlcss
uuglovcd hurricd passengers. IN short.
that dehle essentially rrutcsqus and
shocking g. one sense ~ the hoauti-
ial in humanity OF an express train
stopping Tor refreshments SEATED
myself aud hastily swallowed the sue
erosion Of dishes which werr served a.
mo. The lady passenger took be-
bauillon "a a side table
ru-y among thc first and vent out
a. smoke an the platform. The twcn.
ty-hyc minuteS reduced 90 twenty a.
usual, slipped rapidly away. The pas.
scngors came out in groups from tho
refractory and rcgaincd their carriages.
] also ryiustallod myself In my sent
Ny frllow-trayoler had not yet -.
turned.
perceived her NJ a little hook stall
Ou the osheF side ~ the track. reading
the titles ~ ths volumes Although
! only saw her back. ! easily rccog.
aired Ter 20 her pretty figure, hes
otter cloak ard her gray hat lies
hair -cc..rd 20 me a little lighter bot
was the effect 81 the distance. "a
doubt
Evcry body had nos returned q NJ.
car The brRkemsn we're noisily shut.
ting the doors
bat she l. going 70 b. left"
thought IL she crazyP'
Madame. madamcf' I cried from
the door ltwas too FAR; she could not
hear me.
The whistle sounded The train
began 10 start What ought 60 doi
An idea prompt and clear. forced
itscli through my brain. she would
ha lsfs e-re. N this horrtble cold.
uiihout her baggage she would
uscd her wraps. poor little woman
She should a. least have her belong.
ings
, took ~ one grasp the three bag.
and all the wraps and thrrw them ai q
workman who stood near the car.
lor that lady over there. cried
The workman took the things and
weut toward the lady nj the book ia /.
A. the same moment. ou the opposite
side ~ The car, the door opened and
my fellow traveller. distracted. hurried
along BY a seolding employe. plunged
Into The car. aud the traln moved on
Horrors had mistaken the
womnnl
The one II the book stall was no, The
right one Tho same cloak. the came
bat. The same hgure; bot u was not
shel II vas q traveller Who aid MOI
travel
How absurd FOE two women 20 LOOK
80 much alike In che back
That hackl An. had made q pretty