The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
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z its single apartments on each floor boasted no hall service. There was no one to sec q well-gr00med, well eet-llD man --a recently arrived visltOrA- leave tho apartment of one of the tenants, carrying c brief case and a porfmanteau of somewhat travelled appearance. { The man paused in the Iow- CT hall to light . .Cikaret with steady, cOmpetent fingers and again on the front steps to con. suit his watch by the light of the overhead lamp. Somehow he conveyed tho idea of . man about to take . late night :, train, yet one unhurricd and with plenty of time to make 1t comfortably. He started on with the same business like brislness toward the nearest subway station. The house where no one was given occa. sion to mind the business of another remained decently dark and quiet behind his un- dramatic departure.
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 The man in the railroad car stirred uncasily. as tho rattle of q newspaper from across the aisle brought . sudden, unweI- come flash of suggestion and memory. Then he smiled . lit. tie, with . trace of sclf.satis- faction.
 That was the most re- cent--well, act In defense of his own comfort and peace oY mind. Like others, 1t had been . complete, uneventful suc- cess.
 There had been the incident of the cOvertly insOlent porter on the White Mountain express and the convenient curve. around which the bouncing lit- tic train had swlng, flillging of the insOlcnt porter and, 1t appeared, also very nearly l0s- ing Q passenger. The passcn. ger had just stepped from tho parlOr car to go forward to the smoker of the little cOun- try train as 1t hurried toward the junction where. its innpOr- tant coaches werc transferred to big through flyer. When others, attracted by the pas- scnger's shout of warning, hurried to the scene of the accident he could only suggest that the porter, betrayed by familiarity into careIessness, must have lost his balance at the unexpected lurch--just as he himself very nearly had. The explanation was so patent ly the truth that there was no further inquiry into the matter.
 There had been tllat w1hn- ing, crying baby in India-- strange what . fuss people made over . child already haIf-dead from heat and irn- proper feeding. "a nuisance to itself and to everyone elsci
 And the woman who would tease for jade when he had brought hcr alnethysts--i And now, just rccenntly, t1lls persistent, obviously, dull- minded individual with his itching curiosity about things that didn't concern him and his exasperating, infurtAting little personal habits-that way of clearing his throat, of rat. tling his newspaper, of sq: A.ak- ing his shoes in two-f0ur rhy. thin ana then suddenly break ing on, holding the foot in suspense, starting in again i'm Q different meter.
 WelI--alI neatly disposed of without undue trouble or excitement. At least none that touched him. After all, how silly to put too great q value on human fife! Molecules all --but for the sake of those who went on living, the more annoying molecules should be eliminated. Surely that was the highest sanity.
 Sanity--as the word cross. cI his mind, the sinn again moved rest1essly. Then through the open window came breath of the sen and he rec faxed and smiled with com plete, tranquil pleasure. A lovely part of the country this --I5Ong Island--aIid the hOIi. day weekend offered pleas- ant intcr1udc as q guest in . comfortable, almost luxurious home, with charming host and hostess. The water {. the gar flcff. ,. the refrcsfiingIy cool nights. Why bother about the past? ? The present promised delightfully."-. IAfc could he dee cidetily agreeable - and this was one Of its most agreeable phases.