The Adair County news., 1922-12-12

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curious. interested eyes, Immediately
followed.
The remaining man, carrying his
own grips, set them down in the gate
and felt in his pocket for his transpor-
tation.
This person had appeared suddenly
after the line of four had formed in
front of old Sammy at the gate; he
had taken his place with them only
after scrutiny Of them. His ticket
was strip which originally had held
coupons for the Pacific voyage and
some indefinite journey in Asia be-
fore; unlike the Englishman's-and
his baggage did not bear the pastors
of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha-the
ticket was close to the date when it
would have expired. 1t bore upon the
line where the purchaser signed, the
name ''Philip D. Eaton" in plain, Wig.
orous characters without shading or
flourish.
AS a sudden eddy of the gale about
the shed blew the ticket from old
Sammy's cold fingers, the young man
stopped to recover it. The wind blew
off his cloth cap as ht did so, and as
he bent and straightSned before old
Sammy, the old man suddenly gasped
and while the traveller pulled on his
cap, recovered his ticket and hurried
down the platform to the train, the
gateman stood staring after him as
though trying to recall who the man
presenting himself as Philip D. Eaton
was.
COnnery stepped beside the old man.
"Who Is it, SammyW he demanded
"WhOF' Sammy repeated. His eyes
were still fixed on the retreating fig
ure. "WhO2 I don't Nnow."
The gateman mumbled, repeating
to himself the names .of the famous
the great, the notorious, In his effort
to fit one to the man. who had just
passed. No one else belated and
bound for the Eastern Express was in
sight The presidents order to the
conductor and to the dispatcher sim
ply had directed that Number Five
would run one hour late; it must leave
In five minutes; and COnnery, guided
by the impression the man last
through the gate had fhade upon him
and old Sammy both, had no doubt
that the man for whom the train had
been held was now on board.
COnnery went out to the train. The
passengers who had been parading the
platform had got aboard; the last five
to arrive also had disappeared into the
Pullmans, and their luggage had been
thrown into the baggage car COnnery
jumped aboard.
The three who had passed the gate
frst-the girl, the man with the
glasses and the young man in the cut
away-it had now become clear were
one party. They had had reservations
made, apparently, in the name of
Dorne; the girls address to the spec
tacled man made plain that he was
her father; her name, apparently, was
Harriet; the young man In the cut
away coat was "DOn" to her and
Avery" to her father. His relation,
while intimate enough to permit him
to address the girl as Harry" was
unfailingly respectful to Mr.. Dorne;
and against them both Dorne won his
way; his daughter was to occupy the
drawing room; he and Avery were to
have sections in the open car.
You have Sections One and Three,
sir" the Pullman conductor told him.
And Dorne directed the porter to put
Avery's luggage in Section One, his
own in Section Three.
The Englishman was sent to Section
-Four in Car Three-the next car for
ward-and departed at the heels Of
the porter. COnnery watched more
closely, as now it came the turn of the
young man whose ticket bore the
name Of Eaton. Eaton had no reser-
walton In the sleepers; he appeared,
however, to have some preference as
to where he slept.
Give me Three, If you have one" |
he requested of the Pullman conduc- |
tor. His voice. Connery noted, was
well modulated, rather deep, distinct |
ly pleasant. At sound of it, Dorne, |
who with his daughters help was set
ting himself in his section, turned and |
looked that way and said something |
In a low tone to the girl. Harriet |
Dorne also looked, and with her eyes
on Eaton, Connery saw her reply in
audibly, rapidly and at some length.
Il can give you Three in Car Three,
opposite the gentleman / just as
signed" the Pullman conductor Of
fered.
"That'll do very WELL" Eaton an
swered in the same pleasant voice.
AS the porter now took his bags,
Eaton followed him out of the car.
COnnery went after them into the next
car. He expected, rather, that Eaton
would at once identify himself to him
as the passenger to whom President
Jarvis short note had referred. Ea-
ton, however, paid no attention to him,
but was busy taking off his coat and
settling himself in his section as Con-
merry passed