New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
NEW YORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED oOI LEnl1N-.


iTo shorL oS a collision. Chandos was quite
cIcar of the trains by this time III dih not ,ahe
him long to reach daylight, and TO cnHp ihto
the signal-box. where ne learned ,n' t thete ore
wrecked would in the ordinary course nave iui
njshed the next train back ;
.'You could not be expected 10 kho" thf~'' 0'''
said the sGnaman. =. -, ovoi,a
ment he had forgotten that ne had atnod
memory For the moment he STOOD oVerw,e,,H =.
with modification. II was vas, I hoon Conscious Of
1rar possibly those others VINO had Tusheu +"
and fro could say the same thihB' NE han
ties had been paralyZed 10y ine ~ l,,'n Thev
pcnings So apparently had MS OWL
we're ali fantasies he and the rest orls"i"'''
departures from their everyday selves; ..,,o,ior
I'm times Of peril the high ROAD 10 us'In dotnd
10 the halfway OF the obvious, ne Iepedt.vIu'
y, y, rn7 ,p"tant nov seemed the goal! Possibly,
towever there was no obvious in TINS lhst ii,
and his offence had been one Oh coin rnntinoi
only. in which case he had do''e "'
II was with rather a better heart that man l''a
dos went back into the tunnel s sur 49,, .
already at work, and Chandos at'aciils ' ,r,,no
elf IN him Was Of considerable service. ne
siqht of blood upset him less than u olu lne
other amateurs. You did not see the WA WI.
hing though" said the doctor II was q cn Inv
In a white sailor suit. II. NJ ;. Constant "dS
H. ,.oesnl moor little one, He was taken out VI
a firet class compartment He had been stun,ieu
and cut in the first accident, ana Ie,t ~ oo,
death Not another soul was iouhu III '"V - ~
rartment hut there were business bags III the
rack and two pipes upon the loor. suPPo'I
the child was travelling with his 1ather.
don't know where the man got 90 oul "'P0
nov for his own sake. that he is deau 80
Constant. Constant. iou N''" ~"
mistaken the ship , r;noi,o
Good God. man" cried the doctor, springlng
forward and taxing ohdhuo9 "S '"~
/ drink some of this. ,,
chandos pushed away the prohered brandy,
though his head was describing half-clrcie, as
a smitten animals will do before IL drops from
} a fatal blow. ,. ,,o hoor .,
whatever your share in this may nave Deem
said the doctor. Il swear mat you haNe "0'eu
like a brave man" INV, 80
II was reading" said Chandos. we mad en-,
| ,orod the tunnel but I did not know II. had
forqotten where | was. and who was with me.
'rbev oueht not TO be allowed to sell newspapers.
Then the accident happened-and / wanted 10
save people ~ TO-, half
nersuaded half forced Chandos to SIT doWh'
| "We had talked so much about accidents, ana
, il all came back TO me there IN the darh' hdu
| nothing but those talks in my mind-not even
the timetable ] wanted-goOd Hod.-'o sho"
| that had common sense.
/ There is nothing to be gained by continuing
! the story 1t is not very pleasant one 10 tell.
| I wanted the world to understand the circum-
| stances in which my friend came TO desert MS
/ only child There have been some rather cruel
| misstatements made about MN. may adu
! mat when his fears were confirmed absolutely.
| Cbandos said but two words. The obvious
| Then ne replaced the covering with Infinite ten
derness and, until he reached home, he spoke
no further word.