Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-06-15
LOVE AND LUGGAGE.


wine was excellent and drew from him the
story OF recent wrongs.
II met her In Paris" he said "ThS hus-
band was a busy mana mere money grub
Der, soulless drudge. met them at the
embassy. Mrs. Van Spool was q pretty
woman. l was naturally attentive, and
Van Spool invited me to dinner. There
were no other guests.
"'You've no business, I guess said Mr..
Van Spool after Cynthia-I mean Mrs. Van
had left us to our coffee; you're just
hanging round, amt your said he.
you've hit it," I replied. It's Just
that. I'm here for pleasure
"'Ah,' said Mr.. Van Spool, with an
amused grin, here for pleasure. ehr and
then he vulgarly dug me In the ribs. Now,
look here, cap said Mr.. Van Spool famil
iarly, you're just the chap to show Cynthy
round. My hands are full; I'm up to my
eyes In work. You show Cynthy round;
you trot her out; you'll be the very boy for
her. We've got 10 days more here, you
see, and Cynthy has to see the shows
II personally conducted Mrs. Van during
her 10 days In the Americans paradise
Cooks tourists were nothing to her. She
saw everything We visited all the
churches and went to the top of all the
steeples. We descended into the Data
combs. Weinspected the morgue. Wewent
to the Louvre, the Luxembourg and the
Salon. We rushed to Versailles and the
ruins of st. Cloud. We breakfasted and
dined at different restaurant and patron
lied different theater every day. We
drove In the Bois, and we went to the races,
the Eden theater and the cafe concerts.
explained, translated, bargained, and In
the intervals-the short intervals--I laid
regular siege to Mrs. Van Spool.
II felt that l had touched her heart, foi
on the ninth day of our perambulation OF
Paris, jWt as was about to suggest that
she should fly with me-for they were leav.
ing France for New York the next day
she suddenly buried her face In her hand.
kerchief and declared that frightened her.
Cynthia said, we love each other.
Unpropitious fate has linked you to q
wretch who fails to appreciate you at your
proper worth 1, Cynthia, ON the Other
hand, am your slave for life. Darling'-I
cried, warming up and preparing to quote
poetry.
""There's Dan'lp almost screamed Mrs.
Van Spool. And sure enough there he was,
advancing to us with a self satisfied smile.
II will come for your answer tomorrow
at IL, whispered and then rose to greet
the poor conflding husband.
II ordered third ice, for we were sitting
In Tortoni's at the time and tried to look
as unconcerned as possible.
II succeeded. Van Spool, poor, simple,
huckstering soul. suspected nothing.
Next day at IL l presented myself at
the Van Spoofs' apartments at the Bristol.
1 was evidently expected. Cynthia was
pale, and her eyes sparkled with feverish
light. There were open trunks lying about
in every direction. They were getting
ready for the start for New York. / lost
no time. Take the place with q rush is
my motto.
knees and placed her taper fingers to my
lips
Captain Love- said Mrs Van Spool in
a choking voice, 'he-Dan'l-is In the next
room, and-and he suspects Let me inn
plore you to leave me-
"At that moment there was an impetuous
knock at the door-a husbands knock.
"'Save yourselfp cried Cynthia as she
held open the lid of an immense Saratoga
trunk, one of those huge Golfers without
which no American lady ever travels.
For her sake, for the sake Of this trans
atlantic Imogen, /, a modern Iachimo,
stepped into the great trunk. 1t wasn't
fear Of the man Van Spool, Pumper; it was
love-love for the treacherous little fair
haired viper, his wife.
1.-THE lid closed upon me. and heard the
ominous click of the spring lock.
"'Come in, Dan'l,' cried Cynthia Van
Spool, and before heard the fellows voice
smelled the odor of the rank cigar that he
invariably smoked.
"'Waal, my gal,' said Van Spool, are
you through with them boxesp
They're all packed, Dan1. I've just
filled the last one and Mrs. Van Spoof's
voice seemed to be choked by a kind Of sob.
"'Then they can be started off at once.
pussy said Mr.. Van Spool.
~ heard no more; I believe tainted.
"When / came to myself, / was brought
to by a tremendous concussion. / heard
the noise Of vehicles and the hum Of voices.
We were evidently in the street. I dared
not utter sound, for Cynthia's sake.
"We-the trunk and I-were banged
about horribly for the next five minutes.
Then somebody kicked us, a voice shouted,
Gran de vitesse, Charing Cross enregistre,'
and then my sufferings RECOMMENDED.
But bore it, sir-I bore 1t for Cynthia's
sake.
II saw 1t ALL She was eloping TO Eng
land with me, and for moment pitied
the poor deluded American husband, Van
Spool.
we Wtr6 pldCeu III tne VAN, tuo tfalu
started. After what appeared like years OF
agony, though IT was only little over four
hours, we were dragged forth. / was one
vast ache, but my heart beat with happi-
ness, for now, surely now, Cynthia would
release me. Ny position was terrible-in
total darkness, my knees In my mouth, up-
able to change my attitude, parched with
thirst and want of air, IL was worse than
the miner In the coal mine, worse than the
Little Ease, but hope, the hope of my re-
ward, sustained me. And then l heard q
voice-an honest, hearty English voice.
Look out belowP
"Then we, the trunk and 1, flew through
the air as IL shot from crossbow. There
was an awful crash, and lost conscious
ness. They had shot us with the rest Of
the heavy luggage down the steep shoot to
the steamers deck-a railway collision was
''They put the heavy baggage forward
you feel the motion Of the ship most there.
l am bad sailor, Pumper. / always have
a private cabin when crossing the channel
had one now / draw veil-you can
ed torments in the van from Folkstone for
want of air. We, being big, were under
most in the huge pile of luggage In the van.
"When we got TO Charing Cross at last,
the customs officials opened my prison.
learned afterward that there was label
directing that the trunk was to be opened
and examined Immediately on arriving at
Charing Cross The label, sir, was in the
handwriting of the fiend Van Spool Had
Cynthia betrayes mei
They dragged me out sir, more dead
than alive, and was at once given in charge
for attempting to defraud the railway com