The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-26
Orchestra
Chair X u
BY HOWARD FIELDING


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5MXHE train from New York due
81 Mt Bridgeport at G;20 r. IN, ran
into the station few minutes
late and with an unusual
painting and hustle us if confe5sing
that il was in hurry, From the rear
platform Of the last car there alighted
Il tall young man who did not wait for
the train to come 10 full stop He
wore long. dark gray raincoat, with
the collar turned Up, and black alpine
hat wns pulled well down over his
forehead. His general aspect MS he
lodged around the end of the depot
suggested that of one who il hurTying
through a smart shower without az
umbrella. yet the weather lad cleared
within the last hour, and. moreover
the man was under shelter all the
time.
Ii it was the strangers intention 10
escape observation he failed sgnaily.
An exceptionally keen eye marked all
his doings Before his foot was firmly
on the boards OF the platform as he
stepped doWn from the car this thought
had dashed through the brain of a GER
tain young man who loungcd near by
upon the shady side OF pillar which
supported the roof THAT fellow looE9
queer
The eye and thought We're stephen
kents. and Mr. Kent was a report
er on one Of the bridgeport papers.
therefore an individual who was glad
to see anything or anybody that was
queer. He was Il youth of quick dcci
Sion, and he lost no time upon this oc.
casion
The stranger crossed the street be-
You'd the station in a great hurry ana
entered the bar OF hotel Kent went
In by the main door and gained the bar
in another way, yet almost simultune-
ously with the object of his interest.
The man in the raincoat took his
place by n window and observed with
obvious interest, even measure OF
anxiety, The crowd which poured out
of the building It may have been 4
quarter Of an hour that he stood there,
and meanwhile Kent was sitting be-
side a small table pretending to read
an evening paper,
The light from an electric lamp struck
through the window IN such @ way that
the stranger could not avoid it us he
looked out It beat strongly upon his
face, revealing 10 Kent very interest.
ing matter namely, that the man in
the raincoat was naturally of a fair
complexion. though he seemed to be
dark because his eyebrows were pen
cilcd and his muStuche blacEencd
Obviously the disguise had been has
lily assumed but the reporter was Of
the opinion that il must make a rad
ical change in the mans appearance.
1t was probable that his hair had al
ways been dark brown, and for that
reason the gray eyes and very light
c0lored eyebrows ana mustache would
have been the more notable.
Presently it became clear that the
stranger was satisfied with what he
had senior it may have been With
what he hadn't sccn--from the win
dow. He turned away and walked
across the street into the restaurant
which ia in the depot.
Few people were eating there, but 1t
seemed that they were too many for
the man in the raincoat. ana he was
about TO go away when he observed a
flight of stairs leading up 10 another
dining room on the second floor. Five
minutes later, when Kent assembled the
stairs. he behcld the stranger sitting In
II corner with Il newspaper held up be
fore his face. Not counting two wait