The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-09-05

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NJ 4 COMPOUNDED American toady.
It was quite train time before Mn
Medcroft was seen hurryinR In from
the carriage way, pursued BY a THO of
facteurs laden with bags and boxeAs
n Don't shake hands,. she warned n
a quick whisper his they came tbeether
II recognized Won BY the clothes.
THANK God. It wasn't my facerssAo
cried Are your trunks checkedY
"Yes. this afternoon. have nothing
but the bags. You have the tfcksts7
Then let us get aboard. just couIdnst
get here earlier" she whispered quilt.
lily we had to say goodby. you know.
Poor old Roxyl How he hated ftl e
sent Burton and O'Brien on ahead .of
me. NY sister brought them hees in
her carriage. and ! dare say theyfo
aboard and .abed by this time. l0u
didn't See them7 But. Of course. yOu
wouldn't know my maids How stuplA
-s.. :. 90. ~s ~ ~ :. s--.e .s--- I. n ..,.s8r.-
Of me! Don't be alarmed. They have
their instructions. Roxbury. Doesn't It
sound odd to you 7"
Brock was icy cold with ~apprehen-
sion as they walked down the Line 81
wagons Its IN the wake Of the bag bear
ers. Mrs. Medcroft was as self pos
sessed and as degagee AZ he was III; ct
ease and awkward. AZ they ascended
the step~ Ut the carriage she turned
back t. him and said with the mont
malicious twinkle in her eyes:
I'm not q bit nervous"
But you've, been married 60 much
longer than | have" he responded
Then came the disposition Of the bags
and parcels. She calmly directed the
porters to put the overflow into the mp
per berth. The garde came up to re-
monstrate in his most rapid French.
But where Is m'sienr to sleep II the
bags go up thereT" he argued.
Mrs. Medcroft dropped her toilet bag
and turned to Brock with startled eyes.
her lips parted. He raj standing In
the passage. his two bags at his feet.
an aroused CLEAN In his eyes. a deep
flush overspread bis face. An express
sion of utter rout succeeded the .btpy-
ancy Of the moment before.
Really" she murmured and could
go ne further. The loveliest pucker
came into her face. Brock waved the
garde aside.
Its all right he explained. II
shan't occupy the-I mean. I'll take
one of the other compartments" Az
the garde opened his lips to protest she
drew Brock inside the compartment
and closed the door. Mrs. Medcroft
was agitated.
"Oh. what a wretched contretempsr'
she cried in despair. Roxy has made
a frightful mess Of it after ALL He
has not taken a compartment tor yOu.
I'm-I'm afraid youn have to take this
one and-.and let me 60 In with"
"Nonsense!" he broke In. ''NothiAg
Of the sort! III find a bed. never fear.
I daresay there's plenty Of room OF
the train. You shan't sleep with the
servants. And don't lie awake blam-
ing poor old Rox. Hes lonesome ana
unhappy. and he"-
~But No hes ! place 10 staeps.s1o4
lamented. "T'm 20 sorry. Mr. Brock!
It's perfectly horrid, and I'm-I'm
dreadfully afraid you won't be able to
get a berth. Roxbury tried yesterday
for a lower for himself"
"And he-couldn't get ,oner.
mo. Mr.. Brock. But I'll ask the
maids to give up their
please. please don't worry. and
please don't call me Mr.. Brock. hate
the name. Good night! Now. don't
think about me. I'll be all right. You'I
ind me as ray as a lark in the morn.
ing" 5
| He did not give her a chance for fur
Their protest. hut darted out Of the com
partment AS he closed the door be
had the disquieting impression that
she was sittingsupon the edge of her
berth. gigglfng Historically.