The morning call., 1890-08-18
APPEARANCES ARE
APT TO DECEIVE.

KNsY dear little woman. you are really too
kNsS silly In making such a fuss about it.
EESse What can II matter?
Il know lbs silly, but can't help 1t,
Bertram. OF course Pm not jealous-you don't
suppose that-but ii annoys me. The girls even
are always laughing about IT,, and l hate to see
her sitting all through luncheon with those great
saucer eyes IF hers liked upon you. drinking in
every word you say, and, In Short openly
worshipng you. IFS such bad taste. you
know"
THANK you Pm not quite sure whether
that is complimentary either 10 yourself or me,
is it?"
Don't laugh. Bertram. You know well
enough what l mean. or course l want every
one 10 admire you and think you handsome and
chat ming, lust as | do myself. But Pm sure /
never looked AT you as she does, even IN The days
when was so desperately Ia love with you and
never dreamed OF your caring tw0pence about
NE. l don't call 1t nice OF her at all, and The
girls say that she's always going on in the
schOor0om about your wonderful eyes and the
Sehnsucht OF your expression, and says she's
sure you've had some tragische Begebenheit In
your life or seen ghost, or done something
which haunls your memory and has left you
reuevOll Anden6en which you can't get I'D Of
aud all sorts of rubbish OF that sort. IL isn't
true, is it? don't believe IL one Bit, and al
ways laugh when they talk about it; but az the
same time l leel uncomfortable and late 10
think OF her making such suggestions"
BeItram st. John laughed. "Audenken sind
lanewelIg," lie said, land Pm afraid can't help
my eyes, which | probably Inherit from my
Then he added gIavely, :" Bat my dear little
vile must not worry herself about such absurd
ltles Listen. Eva. Before asked you to marry
me told you OF lie one aud only I0ily-lt doesn't
deserve the name of romance OF my life. L
fancit d had been deeply wounded, and that my
wound was iHcurable. When met you, aud
grew TO love you / discovered that only a scar
remained, and, thanks 10 you and your affection.
even that has now completely disappeared BE.
Ileve me, darling, could never have asked you
10 JON your bright young lie 10 my gray hairs
had there been any tragedy or remorseful memory
connected with my past, or anything which an
Innocent girl Ike you would shrink from the
DOGGY visitors, have never possessed sufficient
Imagination TO fancy even l saw them. and do
not fiatter myself by thinking that l am
OF sufficient importance In the world
for them TO trouble what brains their
ghOstly state may allow them about me-
Fra ulein Is sIlly, gushing young woman,
like many OF her sex ID all nations, and she is
foolishly making romance out Of the fact that
an elderly man has married young wife, as she
would have done just The same had been as
young as you are, or even had you been as old as
l am. Don't trouble your pretty little head
about ii. You WIN see that she VIII gel over 1t
before our visit comes 10 an end and Will very
likely be disappointed to mud what common
place individual am after ALL"
Now, Bertram, tell us story We always
make people tell us a story when they come 10
school room tea; don't We, Fraulein ?''
And Fraulein says she's sure there's some
thug romantic In your life
sue didu't say romantic, she said tragic,
Gerry"
"Silence. children. 1 shall request Sir Ber-
tram TO 60 away il you do not behave properly"
"WelI, you know you did say so, Fraulein !;
Never mud now. Gerry Peone often forget
exactly what they've heard III tell you q
Story II you like. What shall it be abouI?"
ION. something wonderful. Have you ever
hau any great ADVENTURE
Have you ever seen gh0st2'
Did you ever Kill man?"
Have you ever seen a murderer"
"Stop, stop? can't answer all your ques-
tons AT once. You must give me little time 10
think. Now, let me see. VIII tell about what
happened in the train as l was coming from
Spain to BlarrilZ, where l tlst met Eva, Two
years ago.
:. 1 was leaving Seville by the night mall which
starts between and O'Clock. / early at
the station. and having put my rugs aud dress
Ing bag into q compartment, walked up and
down the platform, watching the arrivals and
wondering whether the train would Do crowded
OF whether l should have enough room 10 lie
down.
There happened TO be very few passengers
that night, and no one came 10 my compartment;
tut SAW some people arranging their goods
and chattels In tie next one, aud when they
came out was at once struck by their appear
ance. They were a young couple, | Imagine
husband and wife. The mau was what sup
pose most persons would have called extremely
handsome, but, TO my mind, lie possessed one of
the most dlsagI eeable faces have ever seen; Il
very pale, almost sallOw, complexion with dark
eyes and jet black hair, eyebrows which nearly
met and were very strongly Marked and hard,
cruel EXPRESSION, which, even when he smiled,
gave him, in my eyes, lie appear ance OF fiend.
His companion, on the contrary, was fair
and lovely, with a sweet sad, face, and when he
epuke angilly about something that had been
| left behind or misplaced, she Shrauk from him
and looked so frightened That l felt quite sorry
for her, and began TO weave sensational story
| III my own mind about them ana their doiugs
We'll, We started, and was left Tie sole oc-
| cupant oil my compartment they, too, were alone
| in theirs. l smoked a CT gar aud Then d. ew a
| curtain over The light rolled mVspf In "A Nd
went TO sleep. How long slept | know not,
| but l suddenly woHe with a start, and feeling
| as though something were amlss. Why or where
| fore | caHnOt TELL but with this eerie feeling
| came unblddr n The recollection OF the beautiful
| girl IN tie next compartment and her evii-Iook-
| ing companion. Perhaps had been dreaming
| do not knOw-but any how the Impression that
some sinister agency was at work next door was
SO strong that | got up ana and looked through
| the triangular piece OF glass which, as you know
| is like a little window between the compartments
in foreign railway carriages. My fellow travellers
had, like myself, daIkened the lamp, but there
| was just gmmer of light from it in
| the carriage, and also faint gieam
| from The moon outside. l could not distinguish
things very clearly al first, but could see that the
| girl was sitting with her back TO me- lust under
| The little window, and The man on the seat oppo-
| site. They appeared to be- talking, and presently
l saw The man stoop down aud apparently seek
something 90 Inc moor, or perhaps In a bag al
| his feet. l watched tntently, having A firm
| though quite unaccountabe, conviction that
| somei hing terrible was about to take MACE In
| moment or two lie raised himself and | saw
| something glitter as lie moved his hand; then he
| bent forward close TO her aud raised his arm
| There was a mOmentary fash and even above
J the rattle OF the train l heard scream and saw
| the man fling himself upon the girl as though
holding her down IN her place was horror
| struck, ana for few seconds felt parayzed: hut
| recovering my wits i turned and drew hack the
shade from the lamp in order 10 read the direc-
lions for communicating With the guard When
| l again looked through the window | Sav-nnw
| sbal tell you what saw this evening or snail
| l wait I'LL Tomorrow morning and tell you in
| daylight?
go on, go on" cried the children.
"Aeh, meln Coil! es list schrechchl, sbud.
| Gered The fraueiD.
"Well, when L turned round and Looked ao,in
l saw That they too had uncovered the Iamp. Tho
| man was lighting a cigarette, having sIreadv
| lighted The eiiPs, and they were ;both LAUGHING
| merrily as she ruefully examined the hole burnf
IN her pretty frock by the head Of the first match
which had flown of when lie struck it,
| There, that's tile nearest approach can give
| you 10 any sensational episode in when / have
| been concerned. And wasn't II lucky dldn,f
| call The guard and stop the train ?''
| "Ob-h-h? ch0rused the children while tina
| fraulen drew herself up with an air of Injured
| dignity. - '''e"
Bertram, you're darling! shall never he
uncomfortable about Fraulein any more You
dld II beautifully, and the girls say that she is
quite angry about II and didn't even scOld them
| for talking slang when they called IL a regular
sell, and has been preaching upon the foIv nj
| judging by appearances ever since Yon havs
come down with crash from her PEDESTAL hnf
! mine has now grown so high that ] shall soon
want telescope TO see you at The top of nj
never knew you could tell a story so well -
:" Thank You, my dear. Another donbtfnl
| cOmpliment!"- London World 1
NEW BUT HIGH MOUNTAINS.