The sun., 1892-01-03
, him. and before he could come to we wore


prlsed The moment courier takes his oye
of his tribe they 60 shopping. The nearer IL
is to train time the surer they nre to 60. ! sat
down to try and think out whnt had best do
next, but presently tho hall boy found me
there. and said the expedition had gone to tho
station half an hour before. It was the first
time had known them to do rational thing,
and It was very confusing. This is one OF the
things that make q courier's life 30 difficult
and uncertain. just as matters are going the
smoothest, his people will strike lucid inter.
val. and down 60 all his arrangements to
wreck and ruin.
Tho train was to leave Mt IL noon sharp. II
was now ten minutes after IL. could be at
the station In ten minutes. I saw l had no
great amount OF leeway. for this was the light
ming express. and on the Continent the light
ming expresses are pretty fastidious about
getting away some time during the advertised
day. Ny people were the only ones remaining
in tho waiting room: everybody else had
passed through and mounted the train" as
they say in those regions. They were exhaust
cd with nervousness and fret. but comiorted
them and heartoned them up. and We made
our rush.
But no: We were out Of luck again. The
doorkeeper was not satisfied with tho tickets
He examined them cautiously. deliberately,
suspiciously: then glared at me awhile and
after that he called another official. The two ex
amincd the tickets and called another official.
These called others. and the convention dis
cussed aud discusse and gcsticulated and car
ried on until begne ed that they would consider
how time was flying. and Just pass few rcso-
lutions and let US GO. Then they said very
courteously that there was defect in the
tickets and asked me where got them.
Judged l saw what the trouble was. now
You see. I had bought the tickets in cigur
shop. and Of course the tobacco smell was on
them: without doubt the thing they were up
to was to work the tickets through tho Custom
House and to collect duty on that smell. SO
resolved to be perfectly frank: 1t Is sometimes
tho best way. snld:
Gentlemen, will not deceive you These
railway tickets"
"Ah. pardon. monsieurl These are not rail-
way tickets"
"Oh." I said. "is that tho defect ?'
Ah truly yes. monsieur. These are lottery
tickets yes and it ia a lottery which has been
drawn two years ago"
affected to be greatly amused: It is all one
can do in such circumstances: It is all ono can
do. and yet there is no value in 1t: It deceivcs
nobody. and you can see that everybody
around pities you and is ashamed Of you. One
OF the hardest situations in life think. is to
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..N ..no ,ou An'" ..i"I sou. oNn eApou,''on' '''
e'' eoo VI 'ou. ''ea'" "nu "ioeo 'o'e anu
ization entitled to. are being consumed with
humiliation before strangers to see you earn
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anu, moreo.er' nave something toi ABOUT
al through the Journey, olo get inc ..ckets
tn .i'ie' d. s.ohpeo anu eoinp'e.e' W. '"eu IL
,uiueu ou' 'iia' couiuu .aAe .neia' BECAUSE
s so "us': ."o wv inioe
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auu tne oneS 'u 'non .ne .la.h le.., anu
haot, -. 49, bo.., ,rh,,h ~ ,',t w. ~. y. ~
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klnu o. mslancnoiy anu ,,, no' much salo. .rlea
.,seaa,Ie, low suo!es.s Ae scehe,y anu iran.
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''.e' u'"n 'eoA" " 'At '''o "e"'io' i's"'
we had lost our eooo rooms. but we got some
others which we're pretty scattering. but would
answer. judged things would brighten now.
but tho Head OF the Expedition said Send up
the trunks 1t made mo feel pretty cold. There
was q doubtful something about that trunk
business was almost sure OF 1t. was 60
Ing TO suggest
But wave OF thehand suniclently restrained
me. ana was informed that We would now
camp for three days and see II We could
rest up.
said all right. never mind ringing: would
60 down and attend to the trunks myself. I
got cab and went straight to Mr.. Charles
Natural's place. and asked what order it was 1
had left there.
To send seven trunks to the hotel"
And were you to bring any back 2"
No"
You are sure didn't tell you to bring
back seven that would be found piled In the
lobbyT
Absolutely sure you didn't"
Then the whole fourteen are gone to Zurich
or Jericho or somewhere and there is going to
be moro debris around that hotel when the
Expedition"
1didnt finish. because my mind was getting
to be In good deal of whirl. and when you
are that way you think you have finished q
sentence when you haven't. and you 60 moon
Ing and dreaming away. and tho first thing