The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-19

I VIC AONC4y AdC0 IdPAO4y grew INTO q lac
smile of life.
Of course the best he could do durins
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, I'M
der the intensity of his love and long
ing, became not bad picture.
The day gradually heightened until hs
recognized that he must turn his atten
ton to the others OF the group or mis-:
them by nightfan.
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, ne put away the paints and took tc
his pencil.
/ Bynightfall he had sketched the group
so that all its characters might be recog.
nized by the detectives whom he already
purposed putting on the case if he should
miss them.
Mr.. Henshal concluded that in the
dining car at dinner he should have the
pleasure Of sitting ct the table next to
the group. TO his utter disappointment
dinner was served to the party in the
seclusion Of the drawing room.
He entered the dining car on the last
call and resorted to stimulants to urge
his brain into some suggestion for his
relief. He returned to his section and
called the conductor, having evolved no
other scheme.
Can you tell me the names Of the
party in the drawing room and their des-
tination?' he querled anxiously.
81 do not know their Names" replied
the official, "as the room was merely
marked off to a party Of four. How
over, l know that their destination is
New York, and that they have transfer
tickets either for some steamer or rail-
road. In case of the latter they should
be bound southwark; if abroad. their
course is but a wild conjecture"
Find out for me where they are going
and will pay you 80"
Very well. sir" But that was the last
he saw of the conductor.
W lANlA htll AINoS GSb III lIlc DIlllIdllb
electric lights of the Wagner palace m
creased the intensity of the picture in
the mirror.
At last Henshall observed some move
ment in the drawing room.
The girl took violin, and tuned it to
suit her practised little ear. Soon there
began to float through the car the ravish-
ing arias of Chopin, Schumann andoth
masters.
If she was exquisitely beautiful to him
before, what could describe her when
pouring her very soul into music? 1t
was then that the beautiful brown eyes
indicated his sense Of the artistic and
his love of their color.
In the mystic spell Of that enhancing
music he could see clearly through the
perfection of her lingering, bowling.
technique, finish and grace into her very
soul, which was mirrored in her eyes.
He had listened to Ole Bull in times
past, to Sembrich and even to Christine
Nilsson when she had chosen to seize a
violin and charm hereriends; but in love
as he was the music of the maiden for
whom he was hungering seemed to pale
the efforts of those great artists.
The very motion of the car was in
harmony with her time. Passengers
threw away their novels and listened.
The old man in the drawing room closed
his eyes as if in rapturous sleep. The
villainOus looking man, as if fascinated,
fh1s11=t his fara % to hare, h..
could without disturbing the player, and
his looks showed passion, longing, and
malicious intent which maddened Hen
shall.
As suddenly as the music commenced
it ceased. The girl arose and put away
her violin softly and with a caress. Evil
IDENTIFY she was tired and wished to seek
her couch.
Had the young man heard what was
said within, his anxiety would have been
to fever heat, but he had not
that privilege, much to his later disad-
vantage.
Soon the lights within the drawing
room went out; the group had retired.
Long IN contemplation the young man
sat. At last, merely to relieve the por-
ter, all the remaining passengers being
In bed, he betook himself to his couch.
1t was hours before his tired brain would
rest, and it was broad daylight before he
awoke to violently spring to the floor
and dress himself. The car was stand
ing in the yards Of the Grand Central
depot. The berths were al made up,
and the open doors CT the drawing room (
showed that his bird had flown. He
sought the porter in a rage.
Where have they gone-the people in I
the drawing room" he almost shouted. /
Don't know. sah. Don't know nothin' /
tall about 1t. Train get heah at o'clock I
dis mawnin'. De pasSenges get up when .
la pleases. Specs de folks got up when /
la pleased"
M. Henshall sat down a moment TO /
clear MS brain. He was stunned.
1t was now 10 O'CLOCK. SIX hours nad
elapsed. sufficient for the party TO have
escaped by European steamer or to the
'ouJh, or worse, perhaps to their home
n the vast city Of New York. where one
Individual is mere drop in the ocean.
grain Of sand in the Sahara, moth
N a great seQreia Of California.
The man arose and sought the quar-
ers of the caomen. They could tell him
nothing. No one had taken a party Of
our. They might have taken a street
ar or carriage Of their own or walked
o some near hotel. or worse. taken the
levated railway direct 70 the dock Of
ONE morning sailing steamer.
There was absolutely no hone. In
despair the man wandered away. vio-
a.fIy clutchlng his n.ln-Ad portraits