Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-13

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"a Person Named Elisha Warren"
"nSTABLEy' screamed the brake
man, opening the car door and
5. yelling his loudest, 80 as to be
heard above the rattle of the train and
tie shrek Of the wind. "Ostable!'
The brakeman's cap was soaked
through, his hair was plastered down
on his forehead. and in the yellow light
from the car lamps his wet nose glis-
tened as IL vanished. The windows
streamed as each succeeding gust flung
its miniature freshet against them.
The passengers in the car did not
seem greatly interested in the brake
mans announcement. The red faced
person in the seat nearest the rear
slept soundly, as he had done for the
last hour and q half. He had boarded
the train at Brockton and after re-
questing the conductor not to femme
git by Bayport, BILL" at first favored
his fellow travellers with q song and
then sank into slumber.
MIR. Atwood Graves, Junior partner
IN the New York firm Of Sylvester.
Kuhn & Graves, lawyers, stirred un-
easily on the lumpy plush cushion, look
ed at his watch, then at the time table
in his hand, noted that the train was
now seventy.two minutes late and for
at least the fifteenth time mentally
cursed the railway company, the whole
Of Cape Cod from Sandwich to Prov
incetown and the fates which had
brought him there.
The train slowed down in a jerky,
hiccupy sort Of way and crept on till
the car in which Mr.. Graves was seat
ed was abreast the lighted windows Of
assmal1 station, where it stopped. Peer
Ing Through the water streaked pane
AZ the end Of his seat, the lawyer saw
dim silhouettes Of uncertain outline
moving about. They moved with pro
viking slowness. ~ [sstt;-.ysr.ssssssi; 81 81
Then, behind the door which The
brakeman, AFTER announcing the sta
ton, had closed again, sounded big
laugh. The heartiness oft grated on
Mr.. Graves nerves. What idiot could
laugh on such night as this aboard q
train over an hour late?
The laugh was repeated Then the
door was flung briskly open, ana .
man entered the car. He was . big
man, broad .shouldered, inclined to
stoutness, wearing q cloth cap with .
visor and heavy ulster, the collar Of
which was turned up. Through the
gap between the open ends Of the col
lar brfstled short grayish beard. The
face above the beard and below the
visor was sunburned, with little wrin-
kles about the eyes and curving lines
from the nostrils to the corners OF the
mouth. The upper lip was shaved, and
the eyebrows were heavy and grayish
black. Cap, face and ulster were drip
ping with water.
.Well I tell you, Ezra" he called
over his shoulder, IL its too deep to
wade maybe I can swim. Fat floats,
they tell me, and Abbie says I'm get
tin neshier every day. So long"
He closed the door and, smiling
broadly SWING down the aisle.
.sHello. cap'nr,. cried ono passenger.
.what,a the south shore dom over
Moro in this f,oodY"
aWh.t,a the matter. cap'nr r demand
"A another .Broke loose from your
moorin.x. have your Did you ever see
sncb : night In your lifeY'
The man In the ulster shook hands
With each Of his questioners, removing
: pair Of wet. heavy leather gloves as
: he did ~.
fE5sar,.,,,t .t.no-,. .vnr I'D nann ha
answered "Couldn't see much Of this
one hut its color, and that's black. I
come over this mornin' to attend to
sn,ne business at the courthouse
deeds "a some cranberry bog property
inst boueht-ahd Judge Baxter made
ma "a home with him to dinner. Stay
"a a his house al the afternoon, and
then his man. Ezra Hallet undertook
Is drive me up here to the depot. Talk
about blind pilotin'l whew! The
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