The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05
CHAPTER Iv.-continued.

fingered, therefore; and the JEWISH
looking man with his heavy-faced
friend fingered also. for some reason
OF their own. They had no lugga ga
except a very small handbag each. but
these opened at the last minute to stun
in their newspapers. and apparently
to review the other contents. Present.
~, when the first rush for the boat was
over. and the porters who had come
TO the door of our compartment had
gone away empty handed. L would have
got out. had / not caught an implorinG
glance from the little man who hau re-
served the carriage. Perhaps / mag
| ined it, but his pink-rimmed eyes SEEM
ed TO say, For heavens sake, don't
| leave me alone with these others"
Would you be SO very kind. sir he
! said to me, Ito beckon a porter. as you
| are near the door? ! find after all that
| shan't be able to carry everything
| myself"
| did as he asked: and there was so
much confusion In the carriage when
| tho porter came. that in self-defense
! the Two friends got out with their bags.
/ L also descended and would have fol-
/ lowed in the wake OF the crowd. IL
| the little man had not called after me.
/ He had lost his ticket, he said. Would
| I be so extremely obliging as to throw
! an eye about the platform to see II 1t
K had fallen tAereI
did oblige him in this manner.
without avail; but by this time he had
1 found the missing treasure in the Ioids
/ of his travelling rug; and scramblinS
lout of the carriage, attended by the
/ porter / had secured for him, he would
/ have walked by my side towards the
boat, had / not dropped behind few
s:eps. thInking-as always--of the
contents of that inner-breast pocket
fhnt ui1 liz n
. of the procession Fastening boatward
or almost at the tail, for there We're
i but four of five other passengers-e
family party with a fat nurse and cry
4 ing baby-hehind us. AS / approached
the gungway, l saw on deck my late
! travelling companions, the Jewish mar
and LIS friend, regarding us with IN
tcrest. Then. just as l was about e
stop en- board, almost on the little
;. mans heels, there came cry appar
.,tl,. from someone ahead: Look out
Ean.ways falling
In an instant all was confusion. 1 N
al fat nurse behind me screamed, as tn
+ nervous fellow in front leaped like ;
cat intent on saving himself no mat
i. ter what happened to any one else
/, and flung me against the woman WI q
q, the baby. Two or three excltaoi
q Frenchmen Just ahead also attempte'
g to turn, thus alHlosl LII We - -,
? | lie man onto his knees. The large pa
k / which he carried hit me across I'll
n shins. In his terror he almost embrace
: me as he helped himself up; the nurs.
: as she stumbled, pitched forward ont
my shoulder, and If had not selze
the bowling baby, 1t would certain
have fallen under our feet.
! My bowler was knocked over ~
II ewes and though an officer of the boa
n
q 1yasEa false alarm-that the sansWa
1t r,as "all right" and never had pee
I ANYTHING but all right, could not re
Aust nv hat nor see what was goin
pr ~ until the fat nurse had obllg1nsi
II ratrieyed her charge. without Wor
OF thanks. a., ~, .,
g - nv rocket for had horrib
g ,aao that the scare might have bee
=, trot m FOR the express purpose OF rot
~ Sinr me- of 1t. But could reel y
: milne as plainly as ever under III
s. coat and decided, thankfully, that a
terall the alarm had had nothihg
do with me.
n +hinlxing 1t would be we'll to be out
~ tha way OF my ACCOMPLISHMENTS du
inc the crossing; but the Wcatn !
,,ad heen rough for q day or two \
9, a Was not vet tho middle OF Aprtll II IL
W avarvthing was already engaged the !,
FORE / walked the deck most OF q
as tine tine always conscious Of the unus J,
n t tlI Of my breast pocket. The y
ed tle man paced up ana cow" !, \, =, ~
though tho i his yellow face grew slow !, Y,
r. green, and he would have been m m :
q, letter Off below, lying on his BAG $,
Az for the two others, they also
"a NAMED on deck, talking togeInof ),
ca Nav leaned against the rail- o :,
e. I'noticed that the little man 3inyarlap
p wooded them by turning before re
Isl reached their "pltch," y y. a.,
ty, Attic Caro- du Nord I regretted IN
"A. i had not carried my own bag, .neea y
ii LIE had II would have been eNaHlIh
cd on the boat, and all hother Would ma
Y rlska in the crowd thronglng "