The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-10-02
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And so am r. the man said YEARLY.
II was never 50 thirsty in my life"
Then I advise you to take a drink" :"
retorted the girl with a laugh, and she
abruptly turned and left him.
1T is not for water | am craving"
murmured the wretched man; but if
she heard him she gave no sign of it.
He watched her move down the aisle
and enter the drawing room at the other
end OF the car The reason Of his ina
bility to see her among the passengers
was now evident But how could her
image be reflected in the mirror in front
of him:
His eye caught quick solution. The
transom over the door of the drawing
room was open. Some mirror on the in
side reflected the images of the people
to some mirror on the outside and thence
into the one over his head.
Hungry and dissatisfied he seated
himself again to contemplate the picture
and scheme to get acquainted.
Now he recognized other people in the
drawing room also reflected in the mir
ror.
|,
dissatisfied face who looked as if he
might be disciple of Henry George
deep in contemplation of land theories;
woman with a just then unreadable
countenance, who might be the ideals
instructress in music or other studies,
or her g0verness, perhaps; lastly, the
face of q younger man, say of 35 years,
that bore III it cunning, malice, suavity
and other characteristics which denoted
shrewd schemer and perhaps a villain
Gus nature.
Was she travelling in security with an
aged, absorbed parent and trusted
friends, or was her father, if such he be,
oblivious to the Vaccinations of vii
lain, who had an accomplice in the sup
posed governess?
He resolved to probe this mystery to
the bottom, if he had to travel around
the earth to do tiff he had to employ
detectives. had to squander his whole
fortune.
Poor man. He little knew how much
of his contemplation was to be realized
| in his future existence.
Alarmed by the workings of his brain
| he suddenly resolved to paint the group
as they appeared in the mirror.
He raised the curtain near him to in
| crease the effect of the scene in the mir
ror, but it only dulled out the picture
| and he drew it down
From his valise he took palette, hi.
| paints and brushes and small square OF
canvas with d heavy pastboard back de-
| signed for use in the absence Of an easel.
He began sketching on his ideal. II
was Joyous task, so much SO that his
whole soul became concentrated in the
work. and the lines in which he drew
the lovely face rapidly grew into fac
simile of life.
| OF course the best he could do during
the remainder of the day was to prepare
studies for more finished paintings later
Still he fingered long and lovingly on
the face of his ideal until the study, un-
der the intensity of his love and long
| ing, became not a bad picture.
The day gradually heightened until he
| recognized that he must turn his atten-
tion to the others of the group or miss
them by nightfall
They might get off at some destina-
| ton north Of New York. He must hasten
With feverish anxiety, intensified by
the thought of her possible escape from
him, he put away the paints and took te
his pencil.
Bynightfan he had sketched the group
so that all its characters might be recog
nized by the detectives whom he alread,
purposed putting ON the case If he should
| miss them.
Mr. Henshall concluded that in tn,
dining car at dinner he should have tn,
pleasure of sitting at the table next t.
the group. To his utter disappointment
dinner was served to the party in tn
seclusion Of the drawing room.
He entered the dining car ON the las