New Britain herald., 1922-03-03
How Docs This Man Know
 Nndsc's Name.

How Docs This Man Know
 NndGcs Name.
 IT had been less overwhelmed with terror at the inexplicahle delay Q. our train beneath the tunnel, l should have resented the appearance ID the next chair of the distinguished looking forigror who lad aided me in bordering the train at Southainptln An6 should have replied with stiff rormality to his assurance that the lnid Pickering light I had seen at the end Of the ear had come from an in- npcnous train-lantern.
 Gut tho relief from my horror of fire was so great that am sure only that emotion showed in my voice as breathed
 70, thank you am so glad It looked so much lke--something- else" l knew better tthan to utter aloud the word-''fire"-- and to pass on to some other anxious soul the horror that had been mine.
 'I know-I comprehend your feel ing perfectly madame"
 Through the stress and mental con fusion of the moment there tinkled in my consciousness the note. of a little warning bell. He had begun his sentence impetuously, with the pe- culiarly American expression of sym pathy, T know" then quickly had changed to the formal suited expres- sion. Why?
 He gave me no time for specula- ton. but startled mo etfectually with his next words
 There is really no cause for fright, Mime. Graham"
 If he had intended to make me for get my peril in amazement-a thought which came to me later-he succeeded admirably. leaned for ward in my chair. trying to pierce the darkness which made his features even in the next chair only a dusky blur, and spoke sharply:
 'Mme Graham! Do you then"
 "Know your name?" he interrupted, 'Yes, I have known it long time, but you do not know mine. have had the honor in years past to be as- sociated with your brilliant father in South America. Upon my infrequent visits to this country have upon several occasions seen you, but do not think your father ever had the opportunity to present me to you, Indeed, know he did not. for never should have forgotten it if I had re- ceived that honor"
 What Madge Saw. This accounted for it then-for his searching scrutiny, which had so em- barrassed me, and for the haunting :. elusive consciousness of having seen him before which had experienced. ITnon numerous occasions when dln- ing ont with my father, he had pointed out to me foreign-looklng men in other dining groups as nav ing been associated with him, but II was q rare thing, indeed, for him to introduce one of them to me. But undoubtedly I had seen this man ,ipon one of those occasions.
 And yet The little warning bell tinkled again. more faintly this time, but still u,;tb distinctness. I have what has heen called an unusual memory and rarely forget a face. It seemed to me that if ever I had seen this man as he appeared now l could not have forgotten his very unusual aspect. l recalled the incongruity of his snow- white hair, mustache and Van Dyke beard with the ruddy, almost youthful frmness of his skin, and again my imagination was intrigued with the little slip he had made only a few seconds previously.
 Another thing I had noticed or fancied I had--his extravagant eX- pression concerning his memory Of ar introduction to me. if he had ever had one, was in keeping with his dorid, ornate personality, but there had sounded to me mirthful little undertone, almost of mockery, in his voice as he spoke the words. Sud denly I wished ] could see the eye' hidden behind His thick-lensed glasses
 A Clever Ruse?
 The trainman with the lantern. tht lurid glow from which sad so fright ened me, approached us, mounted { step near up, and began to tumble with the lights directly over oul heads. The dim light from tho lantern disclosed the fact that th' eyeglasses of the mysterious foreigne were no longer shielding his eyes. had no chance to see his eyes, how ever, TOT as the llgnt dpprOdCltu, lI turned his head as if carelessly ava, from me, adjusted the glasses agail firmly, and turned back 10 me as th' trainmAn, evidently adjusting al emergency battery. set bulbs glowin, down the length of the car roof.
 "Your father is with you still, Mme Graham" he asked, and to my sur prjse his voice was elevated a goo' bit above the pitch he had been using
 I saw the reason for his tone, as glanced around the car involuntatrlly and saw every pair of eyes in it's gag ing covertly or openly at me. l hat boarded the train at Bridgehamp ton alone, alighted at Southampton been assisted on board again by thi nan--who was patenty stranger and now when the lights were turnet on he was sitting in the chair next t mo. The inference to the passenger was obvious. l hastencd to return his cue.
 He had been until tho last two 0 three weeks" ! returned.