El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13

clerk has ia l-!.,.t 20 give information.
Anyhow il il a. goo;i as certain from
what you say that the party was in the
train, and ut all events You Will not be
kept in doubt much longer, and he
pointed II the long expected puff of
white smoke III the direction i'll which
all eyes had been SO anxiously turned.
The train came slowly round a broad
curve and crawled into the station.
Ralph had come up, and his eyes were
fixed intentiy upon it. The hand he Laid
on Charles arm SHOOK a little as he wins
pered in n hoarse voice:
Il must speak to her alone before any
| thing Is said
You shall" replied Charles. and he
moved forward little and waited for
the passengers to ahght. | felt that any
chance of escape which lay in ending
those l-eer, light eyes would he small in
deed.
| Then ensuei Il scene of confusion. a
babel of Tongues. as the passengers
poured out upon the platform. What
was the meaning of it ALL holly de-
mandei an Infatuated little man before
he was well ont of the carriage. Why
had train been allowed TO start if it
was to he overturned by snow drift?
A
to make itself aware of the state of the
line: What did the railway officials
mean by-etc.. etc.
But he was not going to put up with
such scandalous treatment. He should
cause an inquiry to be made: he should
write To The Times: he should-in short.
he behaved like a true Englishman in
adverse circumstances. and poured forth
abuse like water. Others followed
some angry. some silent, all cold and
miserable. \ stout woman in black who
had been sent for TO n dying child was
weeping aloud: a dazed man with bound
up head and terrified wife were pounced
upon Immediately by expectant friends
and borne off with voluble sympathy.
One or two people slightly hurt We're
helped out after the others. The train
was emptied ut last. Aurelia was not
there. Charles went down the length of
the train. looking into each carriage. and
then came back. answering Ralph's
glance with shake of the head. The
man i'll black. who seemed to have been
watching him. came mp.
Have all come back by this train"
Charles asked.
.'All, sir. exccpt'-and he hesitated-
Except u few. Tine doctor who went
has not returned. and the guard saws
there We're some of the passengers badly
hurt-that me would not allow TO DE
moved from the farm when the train
came for them. The engine driver and
one or two others were"-
Charles made sign to him to be 81
lent.
How far is it, he asked.
Twenty miles. sir.
Are the roads p-s:cticable:-'
No. sir. At lcas. they woull he very
uncertain once you got into the lanes
We can walk along the line" said
Ralph. That must he clear. Let us
start at once"
''Could not the station master send Us
down on an engine" asked Charles
I'VE would pay well for it
The police inspector shook his head
but Charles Went off TO inquire never
theless. and he followed him. thought
him very pushing. inquisitive kind of
person. have always had IA great dis
like to the idle curiosity which is con-
tinually prying into the concerns of
others. Ralph and l walked mp and
down, mp and down the now deserted
platform. l spoke to him once or twice.
but he hardly answered, and after
time gave it up and we paced in silence.
At last Charles returned. His request
for an engine had been refused. but a
further relay of worknen was being sent
down the line in Il couple of hours time.
and he had obtained leave for himself
and us to- go with them. After two
long. interlninable hours of that ever
lasting pacing we found ourselves i'll All
open truck. full of workmen. steaming
~, Il. q Il.
moment the man in black jumped lii and
accompanied H..
The pace may have been great, but To
us it seemed eXisperatingly slow. and III
the open truck the cold WAS piercing
The worSncu. VINO laughed and talked
among themselves. appeared to- take no
notice of it: but | saw that Charles WAS
shiverinS. and presently he made his
brother light his pipe and began tn
smoke hard himself.
Ralph's pipe. however, went out I'M
needed in his fingers. lie sat quite still.
with his back against the side of the
truck, his eyes fized upon the gray hori-
lion. Once he turned suddenly to his
brother and said. ~ if unable &c keep
silence on what was in his mind:
What was her object
Charles shook his head.
They We're hers already he went on.
''She would have had them all If She
had had debts would have paid them.
What could her object have BEEN And
seemingly. without expecting Il reply, H. |
relapsed into silence.
We had left tine suburbs now. and |
~crc l::.ss.n.: through "a lonely country. |
Hero and there "a village of Struggling |
cDfta.spS Incl the eve. clustering rouui |