LITERATURE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 783, 29 March 1905, Page 4

LITERATURE.

8-- 13T THE GENERAL MANAGER'S iCAR, {.Coitlnmedj She followed him, not to Oic ex iHjeted dining-car ahead, but to « £ar of their own <¥ir. instead. with the lurch and the ■*■£•* dipped behind him into a bnlhan roomfull half a dozen yards alom SSTm day. bright with towers and in its centre such. a. table as sh hZ never seat spread. She beta?* Us china and silver were worth i fortune, and its napery was so lm that she hesitated to touch ;t. I was set for two. Here seemed t< be no other passengers. A flood c nuestions rose in her intod, but sh did not ask them.;'she accepted th moment) and waited fdr what migh Im>pc&* v-• - - ~£- - ■ i ?Kd "dinner* 'passca ' nke a dream pood appeared from somewhere, an ib» ate with uneasy thoughts of he poor Utile dress in the midst of thi magnificence. Then a strain of dul cet music set the air. throbbing * 'the step of a delicious waltz, aw Kaason was genial and gentlcmanl, ;«nd entertaining, and finally she r( lazed and yielded, and began to en Joy without fear. They sat a long lime at the tabic yH&l« Maxson told her about Mera dith, and the way he had worked u from Vie ranks ; bis kindness to th wen whoiu he held in such obedi ence, and their affection for him. "] it, were daylight, and Mcradith wer here," he said, " you would sec hii 'pick up some battered old seqtio boss here or there along the roat "ttuTy him half an Hour in the cai andf.then pass him-, back. He woul have some man or other in her 'half fcho time; He. keeps close to h "men. He has fceen one of them, : one of them yet and they all kno % He can pick, op* a to** joint, < make a differential coupling, or skat along the roof on-the sleet and & of Ores, or even run an ei gHK, and they don't fool him." ■ And incidentally, while she though he was doing most of the "talkinj fce. de-tly led her to tell her on .-pitiful little story, barely short i «££: jbardship and 'full of sadness, sfruj and disappointment. It woul Wt& , have moved a harder man than Ma: "t*SOI& *-. - 3gjf~ "- 'Then he opened a bookcase an ilr%>;,&>ok out the late magazines, an ElL"'Jbooks that in all her hungry life si j&T 5 ' bad seen nor heard of. If. h |g|v;.bad next unlocked a sate and lade with jewels l she would not hin Rfc^T* olll more surprised, for as they ha Sip talked wonders bad multiplied aboii EpL jthem. A* \3\viag4ng dial thai nun Up 1 from thepceiwtfg told: wnich.direc |p./ i _JJon they were going however thej might twist and curve ; another riia asf s ?*"* the wall showed in plain figure Bow fast they were running; stlUti i£J£v,fbe fear* behind the room they sa BSjjfeto, there was a wide snug porol roof and sides, and one of th fflgSF Staterooms' was the most wondcrfu !§§?'•■. kitchen ever contrived o* men.. Wha Eg- rise there might be for future n &t~~ fVclaUon sbte could not guess. Ifej r He sat watching her as she eagei Spy/ kr. scanned the briglit pages in he g*f funds, pretending himself to rea< Br She stole a sly glance at him, no %t knowing he was watching, aodthei 'pjp sS*" ""St* Sft e hlushed with embar rassment, and he laughed. §?" tf." 1 * on up!" he cried, '.'But jggj, you know, that hat of yours is verj 31 ; becoming." Then he grew sober *-?«*l*t me suggest something," to ; Continued. "Take such of thes Boots as you want, and go to you room. The lights are good. Yoi -Juwre had a trying day, and joi >' peed rest t You may not feel sleepy t.Jwt if you don't you cam read."- ; " Yes, I think I will, « you don' « e ? re '." * e said '. nnd obediently followed 'him to the door of her room . " Here you are,"- he said pleasant f v ly ; " number three. I guess vou cai ' remember it. This is car 301?" yoi fcnow. Is there anything you wan me toahow you? How the lights .worlc, or anything ? ••'• He gdanew about to a comprehensive way, not ing that windows, transoms.* cur tains, and such details seemed to bi or """ right* Then he added : " Rcmcmfces*; if you push the button there thi 557, porter will answer,, You will be cal JL led 'in the inorning by the bell in fjfour room here. Good-night! " 'j ' She watched his friendly smile fad< £ { . away in the half light of the litth gj"* paesa{ienay, and closed her door and i£;~ ""bolted it. She had seen the car 300 jp* ,an her little home town ; hail read & -t' a#H>ut it and General Meredith. Now I" it was her home for the night. To- £? morrow she would be working undci i tab orders, A chill of nervousness g i»an over her—to-morrow \ %■-'" * • • ' * ? » l"he little gong in number three 4 ' rang with such buzz and jingle that j it made the sleeping girl beneath it j,"' start till her head throl(bed. Every- &• thing was strange—for an instant, r Then she knew : it was to-morrow. "„• And to-morrow it was for J. Dun'g, low Maxspn, too. Ten minutes af!g "Jer he had shown Edith Gordon to **'*. "Iter stateroom the night before he got a message. It was dated OhijT ' cego and signed I'arKins. and it read thus : ' -"' Words ' a lady - should read j»,, .Wade's. Mcradith meant you bring gi , Hampton, clerk in office G. R. Wade * gfa,. Hampton follows on foriygj /ihree."- &'' .jiaKSOtt sat up till niidnight, smokBs ing, reading, liguring out tliu error, \g®"~ .with the Morse code, and picturing "ftit'the consequence*. He founvl that the fti&prder of dots and dashes was the for both readings. A little *»" * carelessness in transmission and resL -ceivißg. and a Httle bungling guessf**., work had done iV He s«w tbooutfa~- ' burst of the general manager, for fc"-. that genial ollicial could -)hj very If-' -■ emphatic upon occasion. He saw a |r'- sweet, innocent young face, clouded i-..- '-jirilh the anguish of bitter disrapi' pointment and bedewed with- tears. £ ''And he had glimmerings of liimseCi" J '%-• ~t3sa&s\T% -the fatherly-role ol conn ~_,._ , iorter with only - fair suecess. Then £-'» be went to bed, and in five minutes J|£ jwas asleep. That .was as long as *ny burden not disUnctlx 'Ws ownweighed on his buoyant spii-itsi,' SJ -* Once Ethel Gordon'had spent aj §&:j;|4tfght on the train in a chair c:\v.l T&f&t adventure stjll haunted hcraf-teij fashion of a liendish nightiiiare', aching weJriuess, th,o. drafts and the heavy air, the awful idisr ol heavy sleepers, the cn'dlessj P|».6aasage of. persons through; the train EftjgW glare of light in her, eyes, tho' ra^ftocrustean. tortures of that, rack pi IK. yformeaX. miscalled, a chair—howf thejjl jgjl- made mocking "parade of tncni-> pjjflP b "* s - M shc luxuriated in the gen-1 Wf.fWP" ) appointments oi stateroon)' fg' fisher three o{ the generaj manarj ■p'^' , Good-morning.'J said MasjonJ fronrhig ebair as elfe ims?" 0 W'W into the office at! . the Bifgwfe "fj*" <»*< e Xbu Igplt sEoraw a> yonnjt lady who

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