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Breaking suddenly upon the steady
drumming Of the trucks. the prolong.
% and husky roar Of . locomotive
whistle saluted an immediate grade
crossing.
Reused BY this sound from his soil.
tary musings In the parlor car Of
which he happened temporarily TO be
the sole occupant Mr.. David Amber
put aside the magazine over which
he had been dreaming, and looked out
Of tho window. catching q glimpse Of
woodland road shining white between
somber walls Of stunted pine. Lasily
be consulted his watch.
ITS not for nothing" he observed
pensively. that this railroad wears
its reputation: We are consistently
late"
His gaze. again diverted to the hy.
Ing countryside, noted that It had
changed character, pine yielding to
scrub-oak and second.growth - tho
ragged vestments Of an area some
years since denuded BY nre. This.
too. presently swung away. giving
place to cleared land-arable acres
golden with the stubble OF garnered
harvests or sentinelled with unkempt
shocks Of corn.
In the south Z simmer Of laughing
gold and blue edged the faded hori.
Eon.
Eagerly the young man leaned for
ward. dark eyes tightening. lips part
ing - II already he could taste the
SAVIOUR Of the sea.
Then. quite without warning. a deep
elbow of the bay swept up almost to
tho railway. IT, surface mirror.like.
profoundly blue. profoundly beautiful.
y think" said tho traveller softly
7 think It's mighty ans to be alive
and-here!-
He lounged back comfortably again.
smiling a. he watched the wheeling
landscape. his eyes glowing with ex-
pectancy. For his cares were negli.
gible. his content boundless: he was
experiencing. for the nrst time In
many years. = sense Of freedom akin
TO that felt by schoolboy at the be-
ginning Of the summer vacation. The
work Of his heart and hand for little
time belonged equally to forgotten
Yesterday and an uncontemplated To-
morrow: he existed only for the con.
hdent Today. He had put behind him
tho haunts OF men, and his yearning
for tho open places that lay before
him was almost chlldlike In its fer.
vency; he would. indeed. have been
quite satisfied II assured that he was
to End nothing to do save TO play aim.
lessly In the sun. But. In point OF
fact, he looked forward to an employ.
ment much more pleasurabls: he was
Oh TO shoot duck with his very dear
friend. Mr.. Anthony Quain OF Tangle.
wood lodge. Nokomis. Long Island.
Again the whistle bawled uncannily,
and the train began to moderate It's
speed. Objects In the foreground that
otherwise had been mere streaked
blurs assumed recognizable contours.
North Of the line a string OF squat,
square. unlovely frame" edinces,
aligned upon country road. drifted
back. A brakeman popped head and
shoulders into the car and out again,
leaving tho echo Of an abrupt bark to
be interpreted At the passenger 3
leisure.
Slowly jolting across 4 rutted. dusty
road. the cars stopped. Amber. aliEht.
Ing. found himself upon a length Of
boardwalk platform and confronted
by a distressinsly matter -offact wood.
en- structure. combining the functions
Of waiting room and ticket and tele.
graph Offices. From Its caves de-
pended weatherworn board bearing
the legend: "Nokomis."
The train. pausing only long enough
to disgorge from the baggage car a
trunk or two and from the day coach.
es thin trickle OF passengers. flung
on into the wilderness, cracked bell
clankinE somewhat disdainfully.
BY degrees the platform cleared, the
erstwhile patrons Of the road and the
station loafers-for the most part hall.
marked natives Of the region-straE.
Cling OF upon their several ways.
some afoot. a majority In dilapidated
surreys and buckboards. Amber
watched them 80 with unassumed in.
difference: their type Interested him
little. But In their company he pres.
emily discovered ono. figure 80
thoroughly foreign and aloof In atti.
tude, that It caught his eye, and. hay.
ing caught, held II clouded with per.
plexity.
Abruptly he abandoned his belong.
ings and gave chase. overtaking the
object OF his attention at the far end
Of the station.
"Dogsott!" he cried II say. Dog.
gott!"
His hand, falling l.>huy upon the
mans shoulder. brought him square
ly about. his expression transiently
startled. II not shade truculent.
"Doggott, what the deuce brings you
here? And Mr.. Rutton!"
Amber's cordiality educed no 70.
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