Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-08-19

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and he leered eutlly
Il shan't be worried" she said sim.
ply, with you here"
Whatever answer ne would have
made he was obliged to postpone be.
cause OF the return of the guard, With
a handful Of time tables. and when.
rewarded with a modest gratuity. the
man had gone his way and Kirkwood
turned again to the girl she had with
drawn her attention for the time.
Unconscious of his bold regard, she
was dreaming, her thoughts at loose
ends. her eyes studying the incalcula.
BILE depths Of blue black night that
swirled and eddied beyond the window
glass. The most shadowy Of smiles
touched her lips; the faintest shade Of
deepened color rested on her cheeks
She was thinking of-him? AS long
as he dared the young man, his heart
In his own eyes. watched her greedily.
taking a miser's Joy of her youthful
beauty. striving with all his soul to
analyze the enigma Of that most in
scrutable smile.
1t baff1ed him. He could not saw of
what she thought and told himself
bitterly that 1t was not for him, a
pauper, to presume a place In her
meditatfons. He must not forget his
circumstances nor let her tolerance
render him oblivious to his place,
which must be a servants, not a low
er's.
The better to convince himself of
this he plunged desperately into for
Torn attempt to make head or tail of
Belgian railway schedules, complicat-
ed as these of necessity are by the
alteration from normal time notation
to the abnormal system sanctioned by
the government, and vice versa, with
every train that crosses a boundary
line of the state.
So preoccupied did he become in this
pursuit that he was subconsciously
impressed that the girl had spoken
twice ere he could detach his interest
from the exasperatingly inconclusive
ard incoherent cohorts Of ranked fig
ures
"Can't you find out anything?" Dor.
othy was asking.
Precious little" he grumbled. I'D
give my head for a Bradshaw! Only
1t wouldn't be fair exchange. There
seems to be an express for Bruges
leaving the Care du Nord, Brussels,
at fifty-five minutes after % o'clock.
and II I'm not mistaken that's the
latest train out Of Brussels and the
earliest we can catch-if we can catch
1t. I've never been In Brussels. and
heaven only knows how long 1t would
take US to cab it from the Care du
Midi to the Nord''
In this statement, however. Mr..
Kirkwood was fortunately mistaken.
Not only heaven. it appeared, had
cognizance of the distance between
the two stations. While Kirkwood
was still debating the question, with
pessimistic tendencies, the friendly
guard had occasion to pass through
the coach and, being tapped. yielded
the desired information with entire
tractability
1t would be cab ride of perhaps ten
minutes. Monsieur. however. would
serve himself we'll lie he offered the
driver an advance tip as an incentive
to speedy driving. Why? Why, be-
cause there the guard consulted his
watch, and kirkwood very keenly re-
GREETED the loss of his own)-because
this train. announced to arrive In Brus-
sells some twenty minutes prior to the
departure of that other, was already
late. But, yes, a matter of some ten
minutes-could that not be made up? |
All, monsieur, but who should say?
The guard departed, doubtless with /
private views as to the madness of all |
English speaking travellers.
And there we arew commented
kirkwood in Fictitious resignation.
IF we're obliged to stop overnight in
Brussels our friends will be on our
back before we can get out In the
morning II they have to come by
motor car" He reflected bitterly on