The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-16

Introduced myself to Mr.. Cullen.
and asked me to reverse the arrange
ment and make my Car the tail end I
was giving orders for the splitting and
kicking in when No. 8 arrived, and
thus did not see the greeting Of Frederic
Cullen and his family. When Joined
them, his father told me that the high
altitude had knocked his son up, so that
he had had to be helped from the Or
binary sleeper to the special and had
gone to bed Immediately. Qa west we
have to know something Of medicine,
and my car had its chest Of drugs. So I
took some tablets and went into his
stateroom.
Frederic was like his brother in ap.
pearance, though not in manner, having
quick, alert way. He was breathing
with such difficulty that I was almost
tempted TO give him nitroglycerin, in.
stead of strychnine, but he said he
would be all right as soon as he became
accustomed to the rarefied air, quite
poohpoohing my suggestion that he
take No. . back to Trinidad. And while
was still urging the train started
Leaving him the walls Of digitalis and
strychnine, therefore, went back and
dined solus on my own car, indulging
at the end in q cigar the smoke Of
which would keep turning into pictures
of Miss Cullen. I have thought about
those pictures since then and have con.
cluded that when cigar smoke behaves
like that man might as well read his
destiny in it, for it can mean only one
thing.
After enjoying the combination I
went to No. 21s to have look at the
sob and found that the heart tonics had
benefited him considerably. On leaving
him went to the dining room, where
the rest Of the party were still at diu-
ner, to ask that the invalid have a
strong cup of coffee, and after deliver
ing my request Mr. Cullen asked me to
Join them in cigar. This did gladly,
for cigar and Miss Cullen's society
were oven pleasanter than cigar and
Miss Cullen's pictures, because the pic
lures never quite did her justice, and,
besides, didn't talk.
Our smoke finished, we went back to
the saloon, where the gentlemen sat
down to poker, which Lord Rallies had
just learned and liked They did not
ask me to take q hand, for which I was
grateful, as the salary Of railroad su-
perintendent would hardly stand >the
game they probably played. And I had
my compensation when Miss Cullen
also was not asked to join them. She
said she was going to watch the NOON
light on the mountains from the plat
form and opened the door to go out,
finding for the first time that No. 81
was the lender" In her disappoint-
ment she protested against this and
wanted to know the why and wherefore.
I'VE shall have far less motion,
Madge, "sMr. Cullen explained. "And
then we shan't have the rear end man
in our car at night"
But l don't mind the motion"
urged Miss Cullen, land the fagman is
there only after we are all in our
rooms. Please leave us the view"
II prefer the present arrangement,
Madge," said Mr.. Cullen in very
positive voice.
was so sorry for Miss Cullen's dis
appointment that, on impulse I said,
"The platform Of 81 is entirely at your
service, Miss Cullen" The moment it
was out I realized that l ought not to
have said it and that deserved re-
Duke for supposing she would use my
car