The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-04
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 At that moment, I sunered so atro- ciousIy that If it had not been too iete' | fear I should have sacrinced Maxine and the Foreign Secretary ana even tbe Entente Cordiale (pyovideo ne nao not been exaggerating) TOT DI sane' ana loves sake. But there was no go- sng hack now. even if I would The train was already travelling almost at f,,lI sneed. and there was nothing 10 ao hut resign myself to the ineUtapie, and hone for the best. someone is was clear had tried to work miscneI between Diana and me. and there were only too many chances tnat ne neI succeeded. Could 1t be Bob west, l aslxed myself, as half-dazediy looked for a place to sit down among the nt- ter of small luggage with which tne first occupant of the carriage hau strewn every seat. Bob was as much ln love with Di as a man of his rather un intellectual, unimaginative type souaa be, and he hadn't shown himseii friendly lately to me as he once nao etill I didn't think he was the sort or fellow to trip up a rival in the race py a trick. even if hel could possinly nave found out that I was going 10 rarhs
 wont you sit here. sirT voice broke into my thoughts, ana l saw that the little man had cleareo ptae
 for me next his own, which was m corner facing the engine. Thanking him absent-mindedly, sat down, ana bepin to observe my travelling com- panfons for the first time.
 so far. their faces had been mere blurs for me: but now 1t struck me that all three were rather pecuiiai. that is. peculiar when seen m nrss class carriage.
 nartment for himself, and who had re- moved bundle of golf sticks rom the seat to make room for me, old not iooh' like a typical golfer. nor did he appear at all the sort of person who might pe expected to reserve whole comparts ment for himself. He was snal anu thin. and weedy, with little pllnklns' nink-rimmed eyes of the kind which o,,ght 10 have had white lashes instead of the sparse. jet black ones that trimmed them. His forehead, tnougn narrow, suggested shrewdness, as dio the expression of those light colored eyes of his which were set close to the sharp, slightly up-turned nose. n,s ,s hair was so black that 1t made ms skin seem singularly pallid, though it was only sallow; and mean, raopit mouth worked nervously over two prominent teeth. Though his clothes were good, and new, they had the air of having been bought reddy mauS. and in spite of his would-be smart get up, the man (who might have been anywhere between 30 and 3S) looked somewhat like an ex-groorn, ~or cooK- maker, masquerading as swell
 The two introders who had violsted the sanctity of the reserved compart- nnent by means of their railway Key were both bigger and more manly than he who had a right to 1t. One. was dark and doubtless Jewish, with a heavy beard and mustache, in the midst of which his sensual and cruel mouth pouted disagreeably red. The other was puffy and flushed. with brick colored complexion deeply pitted by smallpox. They also were hashily dressed with ''horsey" neckties and conspicuous scarf pins. As glanced at the pair, they were talking together in low voice, with an open newspaper held up between them; but the man who had helped me in against their will sat silent. staring out of the win- dow and uneasily lingering his collar. Not one of the trio was apparently. paving the slightest attention to me, now that was seated; Nevertheless thought of the large. long letterzcase which | carried in an inner breast pocket of my carefully buttoned coat J would not attract attention to the con