The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-08

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Trains for Ausiefdani. 1teGeaf len
flen fhc care centrsla. ui'e 81 ..
acf0rs the city Mo1EIeDf tad plenty
of dne and io epafa Ibcro Ree ihe
tram Iins If monaiauf dI6 roe earo %
fate nacFe. ff he would - ~ Uay
q l1s fielie Bour1o he WOul6 dlgcoYef
ihe tram cars cf TIE nue klpdorp
Efonaieuf Was most aeleome.
Monsieur departed with TIE more
haste since he Was nnablo 20 repay
this c0urteay With the most lTl6inE
pufchass. After q brisk walk og some
dfkeen minutes he reached the station.
a pnblie clock feassured him with
the lDforuiati0n that be had the quar-
ter of an hours leeway. Il was only
seventeen minutes past IS O'Clock Hel-
glan railway time, always confusing.
Ingulring bis way to the Amsterdam
train which was already waiting at
the platform, be paced its length, peer
ing brazenly IN at the coach windows,
now warm with hope, now shivering
with disappointment. realizing as be
could not but realize that. all else
aside. hls only chance Of rehabilitation
lay IN meeting Calendar. But In none
Of the coaches or carriages did be
discover any one even remotely re-
semblIng the Fat adventureF. bis daugh-
ter or Mulready.
Satisfied that they had not yet board.
ed the train. be. stood aside. tortured
with fOrebOdIngs. while anxiously scru-
tinlzlng each individual Of the thrOng
OF intending travellers. Perhaps they
had been delayed-by the Aletheas
lateness In making port, very likely.
Perhaps they purpOsed taking not this
but q later train. Perhaps they had
already left the city BY an earlier or
had returned 10 England.
On time. the bell changed It's warn
ING. the guards bawled theirs, doors
were hastily opened and slammed. the
trucks began 70 gF6an. couplings JOLT
lnR ag the engine chnfed "a cOnstralnt.
The train and KlrkWOod moved stimuli
taneously out u opposite ends Of the
station. the one to rattle and hammer
round the eastern boundaries OF the
city and sfraighten out &c top speed on
the northern route fOr the Belgium line,
the other 10 stroll mOOdiy away, idle
hands IN empty pockets. bound aim
lessly anywhere-lt didn't matteri
Nothing whatever matteFed IN the
smallest degree. Ere now the outlook
had been dark. but this he felt 10 BE-
the absolute nadlr Of bis misf0rtunes.
Presently awhile. as soon as be
could h-lnR himself 20 lt--he would ask
Ehe way and so to The Americas consu
ate But Just now. low as the tide of
,hanee had ebbed. leaving hifn strand,
d on the Oats OF vagaboudage. low ass
showed the measure Of bis self esteem,
be could pot tolerate the prospect OF
Degging for assistance.
He found himself neither knowing
nor caring how be had won thlther.
a the Place Yerte. the vast venerable
lile OF the cathedral rising on hts
fight. hotels and quaint old world
dwellings, with peaked roofs and ga-
,les and doFmeF windows inclosing
be other sides Of the square III
shines (hs could hear none but those
e the eathedrdil were heraIdlng the
louF Of sgven Llatless and preOccu-
lied 10 contemplation Of bis Wretched !.
'ase. be wandered puFposeiessly half
'ound the square. then dropped into
Dench Oh Its Outskirts.
Il was some time later that be no
iced. with a casual. Indifferent eye,
IorteF running oht of the HostT De
'landre, directly opposite. ana ceiling
J hacrt n 70 The carriage block.
AZ languldly he watched q woman.
'ery becomlpGiy dressed, follow the
'Orter down - the curb.
The nocfe swung IN. and the woman
dismissed the porter before entering
he Fehltle. 4 proceedIne 50 abus0al
BEE it ixed TIE ohiookesS interest
e sac rigi9 win attentl5n TIE w0-
nan seemed to be giving expllcii ana
lngshy 9lltefious 60 the driver who
odded and esnticulated bis .eompre-
enaion. re ~ 1s'I ir
The woman VAS AIRS. Hallam
The hrst blush OF recognition passed.
,aving KlrkWood without any amaae-
ient. u was an easy matter 10 nc
cunt Tor her being where she was.
brown oi the scent by Klrkwood az
heerness the previous morning. she
"a missed The day boat the same
1hich bad ferried ever those whom