Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-13
g. Kitty sank among her rugs

brpathci To cover her confusion she
stopped for her book, which lay sprawling
on the floor.
The young lady thought Mr.. Walker
might be feeling i'll, Signor Demo-, re
marked No ,. Tell him to answer his
self if he's got any manners in him
The signor nodded and looked at the in
valid Immediately Mr.. Walker spoke in
queer. highly pitched voice which SEEM
ed to come from under the seat which he
occupied.
Il thank you, miss, for your Kind in
auiries and beg to say am quite well. -
Kitty began TO regret the exclamation
Of alarm into which she had been betrayed
She began to wonder how long 1t would
be before the next stoppage would afford
her an opportunity OF exchanging TO an
other carriage This horrible pair were
evidently bent upon improving the occa-
sion
Rosenbaum offered her comic paper.
Declined with thanks.
The signor produced a silver flask q,
cognac, which might have contained about
aquart, and audaciously invited the young
lady to test the quality Of Its contents
Declined with thanks
Upon which both the signor and Mr..
Rosenbaum applied themselves 10 the liz
uor with great good will. They produced
huge packages of sandwiches and ate with
gusto and without offering the invalid
share Of their supplies.
Kitty burned with indignation and WAS
conscious of a yearning in the direction OF
her we'll filled luncheon basket, but dread
Of provoking the civilities Of her compan-
ions staid her She would change at the
next station they stopped at. and thcn--
Thank goodness-an old town rising out
Of the snowy landscape, The empty noise
and hustle of a station succeeding She
collected her luggage hastily, she peered
anxiously out OF the window, searching
for porter.
by your leave, miss said the odious
voice of Rosenbaum. He opened the door
and jumped out upon the platform. The
signor followed. They vanished, arm in
arm, into the rcfreshment room.
Porter, cried Miss Belwhistle, but no
functionary responded to her call. She
leaned out OF the window. She waved her
mufF She called TO the porter again, with
out success.
There was dull crash, a sicSening
thud, behind her. She turned. The in
valid Mr.. Walker had tumbled out of his
seat and lay PROSTATE on the floor. Before
the atTri GIFTED girl could utter scream for
help the express moved on. Where, where
We're those callous companions 81 the sick
mani Doubtless Roscnhaum and the sig
nor had been left,
She raised the head of the iuStnslbie man
He vas lighter than She had expected and
strangely. strangely SITTER. She opened
his collar with shaking hand.
She got aut the bottle ef chabll9 ana ..
/ l.
Useless. The rigid lips were not te=5.
forced apart. She remeTcd the travellat
cap and wct his forehead and tempt
with eau d. cologne He showed No sisas
Of revIving. she wiped his face with her
Handkerchief and-oi. horror
The faint color vanished from ~
checks his lips turned White The 81
man had ben painted!
She looked at him more closely. The
strange light blue eyes that maintained
their herii5.e. unwinking stare TIE do;s.ily
color Of the face and the icy eollne>, 81.
its contact struck chill to her She fit
at his heart Not a beat Mr.. Walker
was dead-dead,
Had his murder, rs-thcy must be his
rtltr1rs-painteG the dead face with The
hucs Of life, deceived her eyes with rouge
and powder a. they had deceived her ears
with a vcHtriIoquial trick. Had they not
made good their escape, leaving their help
less dupc alone-alone with their victim
And at last the express slackened speed,
jolted, stopped. They were at Ely. She
might scream now, and she did
Whats here Gentleman i'll, miss
What do you say
Thus the guard.
There has been murder here" she
said, looking out upon the throng VI faces
that surrounded the carriage door. "Tele-
graph TO the last stopping place .an
describe the guilty wretches who have
done this awful deed. All, there they are
Here they We're indeed, the guilty
wretchcs Dared they brazen it outt Did
they mean to deny all knowledge OF the
dead MANI
This is q serious charge you know,
gentlemen. / must trouble you to come
along with me"
With pleasure Mr.. Policeman, said
the signor, with horrible lightness But
we look at this corpo morto here first with
your kind obligement. Why viii pretty
young ladies shrek at everything; My
good Rescnhaum, you have better the Eng
lish language Please explain.
Rosenbaum drew a large poster from
the buleing pocket Of his fur coat He
gravely handed it to the station master
1t bore this inscription:
TONIGHT.
At the Temple Of Varieties. Ely.
Herr Rasenbaun and Signor Dea7o,
The Marvellous Conjurers and Nentrloqui>t,, II
Their Unparalleled Entertainment,
In which the ANIMATED DUMiiY viii also
take part
CONE EARLY.
This here jointed wooden figure with
the wax face and hands, went on Roscn-
baum, is the dummy He usually tray
els in the guards van, but the guard
couldn't guarantee his reaching Ely IN
condition to appear before tlepublic, hay
ing fox terrier pup in charge as WA, Civ
en- to worrying. 30 we took him in the
carriage win Us. AT the last station we
stopped at, Inc and the ,ignor gets out for
a drink, and the train having started soon
er than we bargained for we whipped into
second class compartment. sorry the
Young lady has been frightened. Ain I