The Washington herald., 1921-05-15

including the porter. cost sixty-fsur pesos.
thirtytwo dollars American.
Miss Estes opened . small locked black
trunk about six inches square which she car
ried on one wrist, extracted the sum. and
handed It to him He took the money. picked
up her suitcase escorted her to her seat in
the Pullman. bowed. and disappeared For
ten minutes the turmoil and cemmotion In
creased In . steady cresesndo which seemed
to demand nothing less than . thunderclap
a. . climax. but finally oontentsd itself With
the weak eiang Of . bell and an Intellectual
teot- They were of.
Mss Estes looked through the car sur
reptidously and then with undiasuised anx-
seen. What had become Of himf In looking
after her oamfort had he bean left behindf
What would he think Of herr Not . word
Of thanks. not one! It seemed to her now
astounding that for the nrst time In her
life she should have been slow in convsn-
tional gratitude; she did not realize that
training Is largely dependent upon environ.
ment and that . young person even sf the
best antecedents Is apt to succumb momen.
tarily to the unseating powers of q thousand
new sights. scenes. and customs jumsled
into a single. disconeertinE whole.
Feeling suddenly deserted and very lsnA,y.
she tried In vain to interest herself In the
featureless country through which they were
passing and finally dozed to awake about
noon in the hubbub Of the station at Mon.
tsrey. The train stayed there for almost
half an hour, during which she stared with
interest and loathing At the extraordinary
assortment Of food and drinks which was
being peddled from filthy reeeptacles by
flthier venders.
She could not know that peppers, onions,
and cheese rolled up in q tortila, fried and
drenched in a greasy sauce. were the well
known delicacy called enchaadas; that anoth.
or tortala bent into the shape Of q canoe and
filled with pisces Of fried entratl and known
a. cha1Spas had made mouths water for gen.
erations: that chtchasrones, pork hide cooked
like our cracklings. also enjoyed a wide
popularity, and that bits Of meat and the
lesser organs Of the pig chopped up and
fried in the grease of the aforementioned
chichayrones made an unfailinE appeal undsr
the name Of cdynitos.
She was glad when the train finally pulled
out and had settled back to attempt another
nap when the porter touched her on the
shoulder to attract her attention and laid q
small parcel on the seat beside her. II was
addressed to her by name. She stared At II
cur4pusly for a long moment, as II the way
Of Q woman. then broke the string. tore on
the wrapping and disclosed fresh notebook.
on the first page Of which was written In Q
masculine hand. Here's q new ono, but
please b more careful. Mark Ridenour.-
Her face. lugubrious during many hours
Of lonelipess. suddenly broke into an assort-
ment Of smiles. She rang for the porter and
asked:
where 10 Mr.. Ridenour?"
I'm the drawing Hoon, Miss" replied the
old Negro with . broad grin At her relief
upon finding that. true to the traditions Of
sleeping car attendants the world over. he
spoke English.
For . moment she sat clasping her hands
nervously, then she remembered that she
was out for adventure and by TO means In.
clined to be satisfied With anything 50 pas.
sivs As the traditional still hunt allotted to
"niss" veosn-hatsfui werd. n,sA" She