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face paled instantly, her eyes going
quickly in alright to the face of her
uncle.
"Godw Lorry heard the old gentle
man muttcr. He was looking at his biz
OF fare, but his eyes were fixed an
staring. The card was crumping be-
tween the long, bony fingers. The
American realized that forbidden
topic had been touched upon.
"He has fought and he has slain" he
thought as quick as fash. He is no
butcher. no gardeuer, no cobbler. That's
certain"
Tell us, Uncle Caspar, what you
said to the conductor" cried the young
lady nervously.
Tell them, Caspnr how alarmed we
were" added soft voiced Aunt Yvonne.
Grenfall was silent interested spec.
tator. He somehow felt az If scene
| from some tragedy had been repro
! duccd in that briefest of moments.
! Calmly and composedly, half smile
now in his face. the soldierly Caspar
/ narrated the story of the trains run
| from one station to the other.
1--WE did not miss you until we had
! almost reached the other station. Then
your Aunt Yvonne asked me where you
had gone. I told her l had not seen
you. but went into the coach ahead TO
search. You were not there. Then
went on TO the dining car. Ach. you
were not there. In alarm | returned to
our ear. Your aunt and looked every
whore. You were not anywhere. l
sent IIcdrick ahead to summon the
conductor. but he had hardly left us
when the engine whistled sharply and
the train began to slow up in jerky
fashion rushed to the platform,
meeting Hedrick, who was rs much
alarmed as |. He said the train had
been tagged and that there must be
something wrong. Your aunt came out
aud told me that she had made a
strange discovery"
Grenfal observed that he was I'D
dressing himself exclusively to the
young lady.
"Shc had found that the gentleman
in the next section was also missing.
While we We're standing there in doubt
and pcrpleXity the train came to n
s,lndstill, and soon there was shouting
on the outside. / climbed down from
the car and saw that we were at lit
tie station. The conductor came run
ming toward me excitedly.
lis the young lady in the carr he
asked
"No. For heavens sake, what have
you heard? 2 cried.
Then she has been left at o.
he exclaimed. and used some very ex.
traordnary American words.
II then informed him that he should
run back for you. first learning that
you were alive and well. He said he
would be ID if he would-pardon
the word, ladies. He was very angry
and said he would give orders to &c
ahead, but told him | would demand
restitution of his government. He
laughed in my face, and then / became
shamelessy angry. | said to him:
"Sir, | shall call you down'-not out
as you have sad-and l shall run yor
through the mill
THAT was good American talk, sir
was it not. Mr.. Lorry? | wanted hin
to understand me, SO tried to Use youl
very best language. Some gentlemen
who are travelling on this train and
some very excellent ladies also Joined
in the demand that the train be held
His dispatch from o. said that you
MIR. Lolry, insisted on having it held
for twenty minutes. The conductor in
suited you. sir. by saying that you haC
morc-ah, what is itt-gall than any
idiot he had ever seen. When he sale
that, although did not fully under
stand that it was reelection OH you
so ignorant am | of your language,
took occasion to tell him that you were
a gentleman and Il friend of mine. H.
asked me your name. but as | did no
know it could only tell him that h'
would learn 1t soon enough. Then h'
said something which has puzzled N,
ever since. He told me to close my face
What did he mean by that, Mr.. Lor
ry!"
well, Mr.. Guggenslocker, tina
means in refined American stop talk
ing" said Lorry, controlling desire
TO shout.
"Ach, that accounts for his surprise
when ! talked louder and faster thar
ever. | did not know what he meant
He said positively he would not wait
but Just then second message cam'
from the other station. | did not know
what it was then, but a gentleman tol'
me that it instructed him to hold tn
train if he wanted to hold his job. Jol
is situation is it not? Well, when III
read that message he said lie woulC
wait just twenty minutes | asked hin
to tell me how you We're coming To us
but he refused to answer. Your aun
and | went at once to the telegraph
man and mplorcd him TO tell us tn
truth. and he said you We're coming il
a carriage over very dangerous road
Imagine our feelings when he SAT-
some people had been killed yesterda.
on that very road.
when your aunt and | returned t
the train we saw the conductor holding
his watch. lie said to me, In Just tire
minutes we pull out If they are no
here by that time they can get on tn
best they know how. I've done all
can did not say word. but went +
: my section and had Hedrick get on
my pistols. If the train left before yo'
arrived it would be without its con