Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-04-30

had previously ordered The mining
mans interest In his fellow passenger
increased as he noted that his meal
consisted wholly OF vegetables and
that he drank nothing but milk.
The limited was snorting up the
grade toward Separ when bis own
dinner was brought IN.
williams ate vOraciously. as only an
American can whose life In spent IN
combat with the apparently sterile
and a~ntagonistic country which they
were traverslng.
He glanced curiously owe at his
travelling companion. The brown eyes
seemed to take on q half melancholy,
brooding look. 10 II the owner were
pecring into . future pregnant with
events.
He laved his hands In the silver Tn
ger-bowl. wiped them carefully, and,
| while waiting for the check. drew from
his pocket n sheet OF paper and began
70 peruse Il.
Travelling farY' querled Buck. with
the blum heartiness OF the West.
ITO New England. saF," smiled back
the little nan
You don't belong In these parts.
them laughed the miner. scratiniEing
the brown atom Of humanity with a
half.humorous, Multiplying expression.
II am from Bombay, sar," was tho
polite reply.
"oh, India. / was wondering what
country you hailed from. May ] ask
your nameT'
81 am called J~alIslngrao Jitendra,
sar,'' he said In a low voice, but sin.
gularly clear. "And yoursfa
Buck Williams" smiled back the
stalwart chap across the table. SORRY
I'm leaving at El PRso. ! should like
to talk with you about your country
some day / hope 10 visit II. " must
he very interesting, from what ] have
heard"
ayes" The monosyllable suggest
ed more than mere acqulescence, espe
claily when combined with the enig
matte smile which fitted owe tht
orlentaps intelligent face, then van
/, ished. leaving hls features emotIonIea'
save for an expression Of polite IN
} CURRY.
"I've heard some wonderful sioriei
about india" observed the mining mat
rehectlvely. "some Of them strongly
resembled conRclentioualy told triple
plated lies but they we're Endorsed 2.
persons who | knew were usually con
s~ervatlye. For instance. IN lt true tha
In your country people can disappear
and rcappear almost instantly mile
nwayT
Jitendra's answer came hesitatlngl,
] "There are many things, sahls
which / may not discuss q y Wit
; those who have prepared themselYe
by the Hatha. Yoga or the RagahsfoEl
& The wisdom of our people Is old-var
q old. Their ways ARE not your way
sahlb, and what they practice Il 70
y Soma purpose which We are taught
o right and In necessary preparation n
g our next Feinearg'
Ills unfinished sentence ~
% drowned IN a horrible. grinding roa
4 The dining ar, directly behind =
swaying engine. seemed TO rear up
/ the front and fold back upon Itself.
81 Buck Williams caught sight Of u
% calm. u~ntroubled face Of JtteudI
" peering over the top Of tho table abo'
IN him. simultaneously he was eatapul
ed backward to the rear ~ the ear.
d The roar died down into . alckenin
Is slithering crash. IS the balance OF .
cars In the rear lmpinged against I
e wooden end Of the diner, crushing
reslstlessly against the heavy sts
n tender OF The locomotive In front.
In the first moment OF utter silen
as except for the kissing Of the leYiath
DO OF steam now Quiyering, but atationa'
on ahead, Buck picked himself up Fl
the vestIbuIe of the ear.
ed aGod bless the man who invent
I'm steel platforms" be whispered 70 n
to self az he contemplated the wrecks
OF In front. Then he leaped through
go, open space 10 the Pullman behind
tumbled to che right OF way.
Ia From the front OF the diner. WI
nd was twisted and doubled back upon
n self. arose an ~agonIzed screech. I
ent negro cooks and walters. penned -
d. close beside the tiny Kitchen, y
shrieklng for aid-sueh as them
III still remained alive.
- The locomotive stood half sideS
on the embankment, the broken Q
I'd Ing-FoA which had caused the disei
out driven far In the earth. The de-
wtnd swiFlIng around the curve o.
I'm hin dropped q piece OF paper
han strange texture at Buck villa
My feet.
ntIi
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