The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-30

range for another compartment Tho
train was crowded To- lis capacity
/ Many had been turned away No. Il
louis would not hr Of avail The deep
| est grief and anguish tlleti his soul 10
see the predicament az monsieur. but
there was M relief
Brooks miserable afTectation of the
English drnwl soou gave way to sharp.
emphatic Americansns II was after
o'clock -, the frtin was well nader
way The street lamps were getting
/ fewer and fewer. and The soft. fresh
air OF the suburbs was rushing through
| the window.
But. hang Il all. can't sit up all
night" growled Rrock In exasperated
! finality,
"M'sleur forgets that he has n berth
| 1t Is not the fault Of the conpagnie
! that he is without "a bed Did not
m sieur book the compartment himself?
Tres bien"
| As the result OF strong persuasion
the garde consented TO make the
grand tour" of the train de luxe In
search of a berth. II goes without
/ saying that he was intensely mystifed
| by Brooks incautious remark that he
would be satisfied with IAN upper If
he couldn't do any better" For the
| life OF him monsieur the gnrde could
not comprehend the situation. He
went away. shaking his head and look
| ing Mt the tickets. ms much as to say
| that an American is never satisfied
not even with the best.
| Brock lowered window seat IN the
passage and sat down. staring blanklv
and blackly out into the whlmIng
night The predicament had come upon
him so suddenly that he had not until
now found the opportunity to analyze
1t In its entirety. The worst that could
come of II, OF course. was the poor COM
I fort of night In chair. He knew
that II was train Of sleeping coaches
| All! He suddenly remembered the lug
! gage van! As last resort be might
find lodging among the trunks.
! And then. too, there was something
! Irritating In the suspicion that she had
i laughed as II 1t were huge Joke. Per
lhaps even now she was doubled up In
! her narrow couch sitting the giggle
! that would not be suppressed
When the gnrde came bnck with
the lugubrlous information that moth.
| ing. positively nothing. was to be had
| IT IL painful to record that Brock swore
lin manner which won the deepest re-
spect OF the tralnman.
| AT 4 o'clock In the morning. m'sieur
hn old gentleman and his wife will get
out at StrassburG. their destination.
| They are IN this carriage, and YOU may
| take their compartment II mseur will
| not object to sleeping In roen Just
vacated by twd mourntrs who today
buried beloved son In Paris, They
have kept all OF the flowers In their
-Four O'Clock. Good Lord. what am
l TO do till them" groaued Brock. glar
ing with unmanly hatred ut the door
of the Medcroft compartment
| Perhaps madame may be willing to
| take the upper ventured the guard
timorously. but Brock checked him
with peremptory gesture He pro
| posed. instend, the luggage van where
upon the garde burst into n psalm Of
| utter detection 1t was against the
| rules. rreyocably.
Then guess ri have to sit here all
night" said Brock fnintly He was
forgetting his English
IF m'sieur will not occupy his own
bed, yes" said the guard, Struggling
his shoulders and washing bis hands
of the whole incomprehensible affair.
m sieur will then he up to receive the
customs officers Mt the frontier, Per
| haps he will give me the keys to ma.
danes trunks so that she may not be
disturbed"
ASK her for 'em Yourself" growled
Brock, after one dazed moment of dis
may.
The hours crawed slowly by. He
paced the length of the wriggling cor
ridor hundred times back and forth:
be sat on every window seat In the
carriage; he nodded and doZed and
groaned and laughed at himself In the
| deepest derislon all through the dismal
night Daylight came mt T. He saw
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