The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-12
THE MAN With THE WAYEN FINGER.
BY NJ. BEruAM EDwAHDs.
From once q Bock.l

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SIS Hh'W't UP nl 'i.ii' ill'7. ili" 'iI" n IL
from Alriers. leaving tropical weather behind.
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Lyons. Altr tossing about uhcomor'AWy
for many hours in SIGHT % port We were
OBLIGED to mt hack to sea. oiIr passage lasting
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Dust @ nor "ino an" "'lAolus s'll.7"'n, 'i'e
tourists usual portion at Marsoiles-thc as
meet If fine citv WINS wholly siberiou. Asnow-
.-t... IL
STORM w "il'9' u''''''. '-.' i'''
swept over Central and Southern France,
llockirc roads and railways. and. for the
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,''e l'.teI ~ ,,iir1, + Ind ,,Y, mr., vros com
f.rt rslf Cheerful wood 6-os blozed Am
.,ar the house Corridors. ,'aircasos md
salons wero brilliantly illuminated at dusk
II. midday and O'Clock table Il hoto offered
81. variety Of dishes. cooked iu tho best French
manner After dinnc.. music. conversation
Oh. narl- rllc up for the want Of letters and
papers.
Ilo company wos o varied and s0ciabe
.ra fortunately. also. mot without accom-
ri-lmenf-. one traveller could set our hair
.. end with ghost stories. another could melt
rs T.. tears with pathetic verse. third send
r. frfr t4r.xv4r- II laughter with r0imicrv
er1 rsriuture. "a fourth puzzle every one ont
off DPS wits with sloicht-of-land Some were
..r.nv we'll pleased to look on and applaud
LAT uc rlw uarficulari7e % little. for the
.trlrr. circumstances which ANA going 10
r.rr.t. hove imprinted every detail ON my
memory
... before mo. as If they were acquaint-
ar..- ~ Yesterday. Tho tW0middle-ugrd Eng
...i .U-,- L. t--f Ir.rrf tI.fr
c..ntlfu.rt-. wl. bad seen everything IN
Enron. from ~u,fli crreu tothe Golden Horn.
and who made themselves unobuu-iveiy
n,r.,.Il. t0 everybody. the CHEEKY old priest.
lu-f arrived afra- r-,..tv years. missionary
v.,l iu C..l0-TUir4. fhe youur French
n4.aI officer eI.uf ~ ioiu lis soualron M
I..I.r. rl. clever ocfrc.s Starring Ms n
.r....,-., r.ag.f. fla GOOD naturcl. rotund IT.
f..r,.r.-t hon husband. tho pretty and po~t
t-.....r .i-to-- with thoir iirsonhieticated
,.-..-.. fr.n Chicago. lastly. the psirof West
Ir.- -h. two k,sihos These YOUNG men.
-. -..--. ..Iv alike as 10 suggest tie notion of
tt.... rived ONLY tV0 or threo DAYS before
OBJ. I-,..-ng upo of our little party. They had
...r aed M Bordeaux from the Mauillas,
l.t We're bound TO Algiors. one II them hav-
r just inherited o large property IN the
4 Lcu colony. So be carelessiy told me As
we chattod az dinner. and dare say / should
lave thought no more 4 the communlcation
l-l lNf an llfllrAt iAul Unopened "a lew hours
later
The newcomers did not join us IN tho par
Dor. My dnler-totie companion fingered IN
the threshold. as u intending 10 do so. lie
even entered INTO hvel{ conyefSation VIII,
thc UVacious Americans, when the other called
linn away was thinking must confess
rlo lazy wish, what pity we could not re-
main slow-bound week OF two longer. when
two voices IN the adjoining room attracted my
4f uu0u.
J 40 once recognized the peculiar accent Of
iIr young Wet Indians. lhe mrs. speaker
i.f dinurr-taole ne.8hpor, seemed beht on OK
l" SITUATION. ,,
~ hY SD suspicious, so READY ~ tulhh jill Oh
,'0if one you meet, khlmohdf ne was say
lrc impateutly We arc most likely not
among sharpers OF as-nssins. Moreover. do
'rIy lly HcWiN 4ulIei i,i,ule III iiiy
ia. V'.,LiS lall ,ai; ~ no
. .''i "u llf"7H ''.' i'' 'i". ~" e-N- -,
''. b .-,e77l'l 'I p i'i '7l"'' III Al-''l".
littuihs al PHNh't Auhrs I'd enllre S.iin-
gers can never DO g'od, retoiieq the "thGr.
Do you Wish before You nave negh under
your own roof for fOur-and-tWeutv hours %
"a tv-ot hy specuiators, money .JopoeTs, ana
vcniureis: And You are not auie 20 say no.
You would fall am easy prey 20 inc designing.
/ nusi go my own way DOM interfere
.lh ine. haNluoni' there's R0'u renew
So lbs tLe reply spoken not urgently yet III
Dled voice. A"u know mat 7nhl 90 ai5
p" inl po",I l' "uoHv ."I oui ". 0II'es, az.
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