Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-06-26

without her baggage or her wraps.
She might at least have her own be-
longin~s. the poor little thing.
! took up in one armful her three
bags and her rugs, and. throwing
them at a baggage man who hap
pened to be standing on the track
next the train.
ITO that lady over there | cried. |
The baggage man took the things
and started Oft toward the lady at |
the hookstand.
At the same instant in the other |
end of the carriage, the silc next the
platform, the door opened and my
fellow traveller appeard-irightened
and hustled along by Il cross con-
ductor, threw herself into the seat,
and the train departed. Horrors.
had mistaken the woman. The lady
of the boOkstand was not she. after
all--same cloak. same hat, same way
of holding her head-but it was not
she.
1t was n traveller who was not
travelling. How absurd that two
women should look so much alike.
| had made n fine mess OF it.
She hardly entered the carriage be-
fore she uttered n cry-'My bags
my bags have been stolen And for
the first time she looked at me, but,
good heavens. with what II look. I'll
never forget that look, you may be
sure.
"No, madame" stammered,
your bags are not stOlen-they are
they are left at Tonnerre!'
SAT Tonnerre? How"
explained it all to her. Lord! l
won't attempt to describe the second
look she gave me, but think shall
} remember that longer than the first.
Il am in despair, madame!" l eX-
} claimed, "absolutely in despair, but
my motive was a good one, l assure
you. | thought you were going to
miss the train. that you would
catch cold and ! did not want
n YOU to catch cold. In fact, il
: you will pardon my saying
SO, you need notworry about your
s bags; they are in safe hands-a bag.
gageman-at the next station you
will telegraph-we will telegraph
L tlleNN VIII NC eeuC vi liuilltuiuttt.N
t Oh! you will surely have them,
t swear. if | have to return to Ton
neere myself to recover them"
g Enough, sir" she said. 81 know
perfectly what to do" And she sum
l. into her corner again, angrily twist
it Ing her gloves.
10 But alas! poor little woman, sh,
e had not thought of the cold, and sh
n no longer had her good, warm rugs
n Before ten minutes were out she be
III gan to SILVER. In vain she changed
g her position and drew her cloak clos
y err about her pretty figure; she wa
H. positively chattering.
20 Madame" said, Il beg you o
1T my knees take my rug. You wi
n. catch cold, which will he my fault
ne and shall never forgive myself a
no long as live"
Is 81 wish to have nothing to say t
g. you, sir" she said, dryly.
a was nervous and much excited
In the first place thought her pc
he fectly charming. In the next place
ny was furious at my idiotic mistak
II. In short was ready for the mos
u. desperate steps.
on "Madame,' said, "take my ru
es or | swear | will throw myself o,
En- on the track" and castingl the ri
between us lifted the window an
to took hold of the outside handle
lal the door.
l Was really in earnest? Entrenou
not really, suppose, but it seems
lin must have looked so for she cri,
IT. out:
nd ''But you are crazy, monsieur, W
are crazy!"
tes "The rug or 1 jump" She too
On the rug and in a sottened tone:
"But you, monsieur, you will die
elt cold"
he "Don't disturb yourself about II
rs, madame. l am not delicate-al
Ias even if do take cold it will only
ok the just reward OF my unpardonal
ON stupidity"
"Say, rather, your haste, for
my course, as you say, your motive W
off good-but how could you have ia
to en- that other woman for me??"
tty ''Because she was so pretty" S
of smiled, the ice was broken-the ice
cit, conversation, mean, for otherwis
was chattering with the cold. b
mt how soon forgot the cold, the jo'
Tho ney-everything. She was delicio1
M exquisite, adorable, a clever mil
md bright, gay, original. She was 70
I'd a of travelling like myselt-like mys
lble she had been in Italy, in Spain. )
by dreamed OF going to Egypt just al
did. In literature, music, in eve
ong thing, in fact, the same tastes
sen. mine. And then, only think, Il h
en- of mutual friends. She wns intim
ut. with the Saint Chames, with
oint Savonys, particularly with the Mo
Vazins. And so think that l mi.
red have seen her twenty times Mt tn
we're houses, and that had not nOtl