The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-08-13
Room Room Room Room
Passage.
PLAN OF SLEEPING CAR.

"Oh, forgot to tell you, excellency,
that room b has been taken by an Eng
lish lady, who is there nowl"
"Ten thousand devilsl" cried the
Russian in hoarse whisper. 'Why did
you not say that before?'
The voices now fell to so low MUIR
muir that Jennie could not distinguish
the words A moment later there was a
rap at her door. and she had presence of
mind enough to get in the farther cor
ner and say in a sleepy voice.
Come in"
The conductor opened the door.
"Votre billet sill vous plat, ma
dame.
Cant you speak English ?" asked
Jennie
The conductor merely repeated his
question, and as Jennie was shaking
her head the big Russian looked over
the conductors shoulder and said in
passable English:
"He is asking for your ticket, ma
dame. Do you not speak French?'
In answer to the direct question Jen-
ME, fumbling in her purse for her tick
cts, replied;
II speak English, and have already
shown him my ticket"
She handed her broad sheet sleeping
car ticket to the Russian, who had push
ed the conductor aside and now stood
within the compartment.
"There has been a mistake, he said.
Groom G is the one that has been re-
served for you"
81 am sure there isn't any mistake, !"
said Jennie. II booked berths 8 and 6.
See, there are the numbers pointing
to the metallic plates by the door-"and
here are the same numbers ON the tick
et"
The Russian shook his head.
1.-THE mistake has been made at the
Office of the sleeping car company.
am director of the company. 30
ooh, are your" asked Jennie limo
Gently. as room G as comfortable as
this one3'
at is duplicate Of this one, ma
dame, and is more comfortable because
it is nearer the center of the car.
"Well, there is no mistake about my
reserving the two berths, Is there2'
ooh, no, madame The room is en-
tirely at your disposal"
"Oh, well, then, in that case, " said
Jennie, 81 have no objection to making
change"
She knew that she would be compel
led to change, no matter what her ticket
recorded, 80 she thought it best to play
the simple maiden abroad and make as
little fuss as possible about the trans
fer. She had to rearrange the car in her
mind. She was now in room G, which
had been first reserved by the British
embassy. 1t was evident that at the
last moment the messenger had decided
TO take room A, four berth room at
the end Of the car. The police then
would occupy room b, which she had
first engaged. and from the bit of con-
versation she had overheard Jennie was
convinced that they intended to kill or
render insensible the messenger who
bore the important letter. The police
were not to protect, but to attack. The
amazing complication in the plot con-
centrated all the girls sympathies on
the unfortunate man who was messen-
ger between two great personages, even
though he Travelled apparently under
the protection Of the British embassy at
st. Petersburg. The fact. to put ii bald
ly, that she had intended to rob him
herself if opportunity occurred rose
before her like an accusing ghost ~
shall never undertake anything like this
again. she cried to herself, "never,
never = And now she resolved to make
reparation to the man she had intended
to injure She would watch for him
until he came down the passage and
then warn him by relating what she
had heard. She had taken off her hat
when she entered the room Now she
put it on hurriedly, thrusting a long
pin through it. As she stood up there
was jolt Of the train that caused her