Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-05

He laughed when the guard with a DRAM
attic gesture. waved the helpless female into
the next compartment and their innocent
black poodle into an empty freight car.
The conductor did not trouble the Partisan;
II was too not day to quarrel with anyone
but women.
All railway trains in France, excepting
very few trains de luxe, are composed of
the ordinary European coaches divided
crosswise into stGfy compartments called
cOupes, holding Ave persons with comfort
two or three or four resort to every kind of
trick to keep a compartment TO themselves.
They begin smoking. for instance. or talk
dies on the seats. anything to make the
place appear uncomfortable to newcomers
Despite their reputation for politeness.
there Is an incredible amount OF actual
rudeness among the French. There is no
healthy habit Of punching peoples heads
and there is no fear Of being punched The
temper of the middle class people is to take
what each can get and to hold 1t. IL i
had reminded our sporting Partisan that
his two hunting dogs We're contraband, he
would simply have said: "Oh. don't disturb
yourself about that" Had said: but thew
Sitiate the atmosphere Of this coupe." ! he
would have answered: And your presence
Is annoying to me. for had hoped to have
This compartment all TO myself.
Beautiful Scenery.
We passed Montmorency and its forest
Ecouen and its chateau, then Domont and
9Iontsoult. all historic names to raise ro-
mantle and stirring memories in the mind
Inc country Is beautiful, with every kind
of fruit, ripe cherries and ripening pears
and peaches. with melons and great Vine
yards of table grapes and grapes for wine
There are small streams with ancient
bridges and ruined towers and rows OF
graceful Lombardy poplars to mark off
boundaries instead of fences. There are
curious brown peasant villages to pass
looking picturesque at a distance. But with
all this there was the in tOlerable heat. al
ways increasing. with no air to sweep
through q long car from door TO door in
America, no chance TO get n drink of water
and no possibility of moving about. And
meanw lille the dogs were sleeping in their
aromatic auras.
Thus we sat. gazing perfunctorily out
laugh or be indignant. i could see nv
companion lingering in her pocket ner-
yously. She was handling a little revolver
which some one had Just given her. and
trying not TO regret that she had come into
the country. She might have dozed COM
fortably all day in Paris and gone out in
sion of the revolver that had decided her
TO go with me to Beaumont
You can shoot your revolver" / had
said. you can practice at mark in the
forest OF Carnelle. And 1 will take a lot
OF photographs with my Kodak
AT the Beaumont station there was a
friendly and pleaSdntSpOken cab PROPRIETOR
who gave Us phaetOn and thin, serious
faced boy for driver to take US 10 a hotel
We had the idea of buying a cold lunch !.
then We would drive to the forest and he
road TO the town made any such atternpt
seem more absurd Beaumont is situated on
a HILL as Baedecker says: but that il is In
July a miserably not. iil-smelling hill reek-
ing with the sewage of a thousand years
with no shade with the blistering yellow
fronts Of houses along its winding. uphill
streets to stare at you. Is something not in
The Hotel des Quat-e-Fils-Aymon is right
below the church and citadel. 1t has been
. hotel since the time of Charlenasne.