Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-14

made he was obliged to postpone be- cause of the return of the guard. with a handful of time tables. and when. rewarded with 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- ble depths of blue black night that swirled and cddied beyond the window glass The most shadowy of smiles touched her lips the faintest shade of deepcned color rested Gn her cheeks. as he dared the young man. his heart in bis own eyes. watched her greediIy. taking misers Joy of her youthful beauty. striving with all his soul to analyZe the enigma uf that most in- scrutable smile.
 Ii bafEied him. He could not say of what she thought and told himself bitterly that it was not for him. pauper. to presume place in her meditations. He must not forget his circumstances nor let ~her tolerance render him oblivious to his place. which must be servants. not a lov- CTS
 The better 10 convince himself of this he plunged desperately into for lorn attempt 10 make head or tail of Dnl ,,ln ed as these of necessity are by the alteration from normai time notation 10 the abnormal system sanctioned by the government. and vice versa. with every train that crosses boundary line of the state.
 So preoccupied cid he become in this pursuit that he was subconsciousiy impressed that the girl had spoken twice ere he could detach his interest from the exasperatingly inconclusive ard incoherent cohorts of ranked fig ures
 Cant ron find out anythingY' Dor. othy was asking
 Precious little" he rrurnbled. 'T'd give my head for n Bradshaw! Only 1t wouldn't be n fair exchange. There seems to be an express for Bruges leaving the Care du Nord, Brussels. at fifty-five minutes after g o'clock. and If I'm not mistaken that's the latest train out of Brussels and the earliest we can catch--if we can catch It. I've never been In Brussels. and heaven only knows how long it would take us to cab 1t from the Care du Midi to the Nord."
 In this statement. however. Mir Kirkwood was fortunately mistaken. Not only heaven. 1t appeared. had cOgni2ance of the distance between the two stntionS While Kirk wood was still debating the ducstion. with pessimistic tendencies. the friendly guard had occasion to pass through the coach and. being tapped. yielded the desired information with entire 
 It would be cab ride of perhaps ten Monsieur. however. would serve himself well If he offered the driver an advance rip as an incentive 10 speedy driving Why? Why. he. cause (here the guard consulted his watch. and kirkwood very keenly re- gretted the loss of his own,-because this train. announced to arrive In Hrus- sels some twenty minutes prior to the departure of that other, was already late. But. yes Il matter of some len minutes-couid thai not he made up? An, monsieur. but who should sayt
 The guard departed. doubtless with private views as 10 the madness of all English speaking travellers.
 And there we arer' 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 If they have to come by motor car" He reelected bitterly on the fact that with bur little more money at his disposal he. too. could hire motor car and cry defiance to their prosecutors. However" he with rising spirits. ''so much the better our chance of losing Mir Hobbs. We must. be ready To drop o. the instant the train stops"
 He began to unfold another time table, threatening again to lose him. self completely. and was thrown into