Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20

first a time table was called for, dnd
after discovering the hour of departure
Jim added f5 note to my little store
with which 1 was to!purchase my own
ticket, for even yet we were not sure
that our enemies would not be on the
watch. Then we went out separately,
enjoining each other not to leave the
crowded thoroughfare upon any pre-
tense whatever.
: ! lit a cigar and strolled up one side
OF the Strand and then down the other,
my thoughts full of our projected flight.
A strange adventure was this, and we
We're setting out upon it most strange
~, clad as we were in evening dress
and top hats. Fortunately the evening
being a bit chilly we had worn our
heavier overcoats. Without these
don't know how 1t would have been
possible to undertake the trip at all.
In due time presented myself at the
booking office and bought my ticket.
No sign was there of Jim on the sta
ton, but this did not alarm me much.
I, however, looked closer for the APP
pearance of some one else, but nothing
suspicious was encountered until I
made my way to the barrlcade. Then
man with heavy fair mustache
passed close to me and looked at me in
way that .sayored somewhat of scru-
tiny, but 1 passed on apparently oblivi-
GUS of his presence, and soon the bar
rer, with its ticket punching dragon,
was between us.
For the moment I had an inward fear
that the society was after us. Then
the knowledge that the departure, as
the arrival, of all foreign trains is
watched by the plain clothes police
somewhat reassured me. 1 tried to
hope that my gentleman was from
Scotland Yard. If so, Wooching and
his confederates would have greater
reason than to BIO afraid of him.
walked slowly up the platform,
peering into every carriage as went
Along, but discovered no trace of my
uncle. However, on my return, snugly
ensconced in the far corner Of first
class smoker reading a paper, cap
pulled well down over his eyes, was
my estimable relative. A warning
glance from him was all 1 received,
though there was no one else in the
carriage. understood and sat myself
In the corner farthest from him, a 20.
sition which commanded view Of the
approach to the train.
AS the time of departure drew very
near hoped fervently that no one else
would attempt to enter our carriage,
but almost at the last minute an old
gentleman with superabundance Of
beard and hair came to the door and
peered in. AS, however, my esteemed
relative greeted him with a cloud Of
smoke he stepped back quickly, NUT
tered something about Smoking car.
rage" and passed farther up the plat
form. Almost Immediately after we
slid out Of the station.
Well, we duly arrived in Paris with
out mishap, from whence my uncle
wrote to his lawyer and also to his
bankers, the latter of whom in course
OF time freely supplied us with the
requisite funds, from which we pur-
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