The Washington times., 1894-07-08

made a deep study of the timetable before
thing after ten"
"Ah! Then Chester. th:nkt''
''Yes. But yOu ought to be Il better au-
thority than on the stoppAses OF this train,
sureiy?'
$50 ought. But I am a poor hand at
things of that kind. Chester l0.l5. You said.
mo. | dida't."
"oh. of course. But tia. is so. isn't it?
Fact is, have got Chester vel! ITO NY
head" he explained, las l expect q telegram
there. Might | ask n i;vor: that you viii
rouse me rs we get into Chester, il | DO hap
pen to De suoozing!'
Il Will. il ] AIN awake"
Thanks. Where % you stop in Duhlin:''
l was epout TO return 4 hast. answer to
the question when my inqus.uvc ,r!end OBJ
served: ''You don't mind my being So free.
hope, bat IN nervous sort o! cove. dnd l "a
afraid l like to hear the sound of my voice.
1t keeps me company ike. put up usually
in Dublin at little hotel il c. street.
Poor sort OF place. but clean and cheap. l IN
not great swell You can @. Auyhow. not
if luggage counts. That's my whole stock in
trade" pointing to leather vaisc over his
head.
1t was difficult to be churlish in the face OF
such condolences: so thawed bit, and kept
up n fairly lively conversation with the
stranger right into Chester station.
"Ah ~ he cried. jumping to his feet and
stretching his arms as the express began to
pull up. II am on tenter hooks un:il got
my telegram. Are you goin out 10 have u
bit of refreshment? There is about fifteen
minutes TO wait here" putting on his over
coat.
Yes. I'm going to have a cup of tea and
a sandwich"
"All right. I'll he of to the telegraph
Office and pick you up in the refres!lment
ROOM" And then he bounded ont OF the car
riage.
/ proceeded TO the refreshment room and
succeeded in getting a cup OF tea in about
three miIutes--an incredibly short wait for a
traveller by an express train. Just as / had
swallowed my tea the sporting JOURNALIST
rushed into the room and almost dragged me
out on to the platform.
do overlook my rough way. like a good
chap" he exclaimed. I'm in IL regular
hole. l find ! have to stop nero maybe for
the night. Fact is. I've got to wait for IL
friend who is going to Join me here She-I
don't mind telling you it's a laGy-was to
have met me here and traveied on with me,
but there's been breakdown and shs can t
get here in tiue-perhaps not until early to-
morrow. That's the telegram l was expect
ing."
was secretly glad to be rid OF the man 70 r
the remainder of the journey, bat could not
avoid saving was sorry to lose bis company
"a polite fiction which AN sure the record
ing angel will blot tear over.
"Yes, know you are ola chap" he ex-
claimed. with as much cord atty as If we had
been bosom friends and boon compar ons;
and l know you won't mind helping NE out
OF hole.'
''What is it?" 1 inquire l. a little freezingly.
l was confident | WAS going to be asked for
ga small temporary loan.
. sell, look here, said he. ''ii's this way.
I'm no blooming journalist l didn't want to
let out that was only poor hagrgn in the
haberdasnery way-and chean haherdashery,
too. That vaiise of mine contains shirt and
some collars and socks aud sanplrs-my
whole stock-in-trado. Women are queer eat
tie. This friend of mine may turn up in
couple OF hours and she may not turn up IN
til tomorrow, and my samples must be shown
in Dublin TO morrow evening. or. a. least. the
next morning. If not. I'll get the sack, Old
chap"
'.You surely don't mean to ask me to take
your goods rouns12 i WAS half inclined to
turn u1lty. md, &he Gaire time, was some
WHIT nn1&Grld thai 4 ha<i ut nrsts7ght cor
fS5iIy dIe1p pdsed ~ teeial status OF my trav-
6lfnR eoUpanioB.
Hang 4 all, old man! What do you take
me for? Ask yoI to take round my samples?
Heavens, no. I suppose you think l ought
to be doing 1t third class. and not passing off
as q professional man In a second, but I'm
allowed second-cIass fare, and blow me il
I'm mean enough TO have it out OF the gov
ernor that way. But time is flying. 10 ->u