Show on the midnight express 41 11 OP OF 1 all 11 tago a night is tho the MOB roost t t tedious tedi af ilous oua said bald clarence hatfield sabo lot let him fall fail heavily into tho the still and aad buncom for fort tollo ablo seat beat of the railway car with its faded velvet cushions sud nd its back at ex adaly the wrong anle angle for approaching the luxury of a nap 1 I gay bay clifton do yon ton think wo we might to 1 11 oil ell I 1 rather imagine not gaid aid I 1 with A of ray my head hand toward the other poll pan ivra there thera appear to bo be ladies on board boad 11 hatfield shrugged his bis shoulders 1 such ladies I 1 11 well tieu laughed 1 I thoy they dont appear to bo be portical par particularly arly atallah in manner or costume but nevertheless my doar dear follow the divinity of their tax cx hedges them around like ft a wall divinity to their shortly in hatfield an aa it if these ill dressed dowl ieso A till ith babies aud and bind band boxes could possibly belong to the same world with betanco title 1 11 to ibis I 1 made mada DO answer it did not seem to mo me exactly to ing lu tho the snored acred name of beatrice bealnear held into a discus in ill a place like this yet what could ld I 1 do except to feel my check hoah flesh it and n od tho the boota of my hair bior I 1 M tined in love IOTO with lee idilo and to eo was clarnc clarence hatfield 11 chich blob of us tia did she ab like beat all ah that VIA a que question statin I 1 it was wait something like the childrens old game of we nw up I 1 to down you come sometimes I 1 fancied I 1 had bad the ho ghost cloet of a chance sometimes I 1 wax wait convince talk that vaa v aa as alto altogether ether tho the preferred add that I 1 had bad better call prato gato to australia tit nt once 11 hello I 1 cried hatfield care tu uron tho the thread of roy my musing 11 there poes goes tho the whistle atlo wo shall get off directly thank goodness goo ducia for that I 1 11 end and ho 0 pot pit up hii 8 foot ou on abo a opp opposite 0 to sea an odd prepared for as colfo comfortable able a four hour hoard aldo ia As 03 possible blo claraa ul Cl arao hatfield and 1 I bo be it understood it ero employees emp loye loyes in the a buo bunLa ineas caa oi of maun liles nt Jum 1 co cc auction aud had ien been down iu in thea abo country putting tlde up ft fado of lots lota cut into streets bud squares according to the most approved metropolitan methods of act doin SUC uch II 11 I 1 bocca Noi november cruber is not a cry inspiring month at aa beat anti and a three days tot fok lail bad conspired against the success of mount morra bark as a junking Jum porton fa co bad christened tho the new a speculation peculation yet tel we had dono done reason rc afton ably well and were now thankful enough to fro got ct bock back to yow now york As tho the train gave its starting lunge ludge tl tho a door flew open and in ca camo an old lady in a uH uri black be bonnet an at an and d 0 a f far tit cloak surrounded by a perfect charasz de fride of squirrel caga and sandwich boxes she was followed closely by a younger lidy in black and closely veiled md and paused hesitatingly in front of our aa beat t young tn sold she in I a low voice AS As aa that of a man la Is this seat boat gabed t r t yes said mid hatfield it W la 4 your feet no matter what far 1 so to ro phe I 1 tho the head dork clork of coulm Jon kioa Jum co 1 1 ilease to pau pan on M old lady yon will find seats feat c enough ough beyond but bul thin u n of tho the truth there were no seats eata beyond As tho the old lidy ildy could erady er ady perceive unless she chose choo to bit aft directly opposite a a r red ca hot coal firo fire or upon cab of bf those comer dr ar an goin cuta close to tho the door aro are equivalent t qui valent to no sent at nil aft tho the old lady and changed her heavy carpet bag from one wearied arm to the other I 1 thought of at my good aunt roily polly at othomo home and rou rose at once proy fray take this go ina madam ain sala I 1 and let kt too me put your parents bip up in the lack a ok for you cliftoj cl Clif if too it what b at A tool fool you aro are I 1 cried Hat hasseld in an impatient lotuff sotte IWA tl 11 wh why y you have list till anti minded a your onn buB incur it is 18 my own bul 21 I 1 abst cred I 1 brusquely 61 to sea that every lady Is fa made boado us 04 comfortable ca ad it la ia ia the nature of things to be now the squirrel case cago maam it 11 go very voll onder t abo be seat I 1 think 1 luti haiti old uttered a ca grant but ho he never offered to t take ake his br feet oil off tb abo 0 OrpO babo cushion although the younger wo we man stood blood in the state uncomfortably unco away ing backward and forward with the motion of the car 11 until A 11 am oman beyond observing thesta th detate toof of affairs drew draw a child in to 94 her lap nod and beckoned the other to talio take tho the place thus vacated by abut tuno my old lady had bad herself to her bar entire Kalm action faction and me opened her bor sandwich box much obliged to you youn guian vo said mid she it ib is in caay cu y to gee co that you havo bay a of your own at homo home and you kro are in tho the habit of doing reverence reve ronco to her gray hairs As A for the person with a nod of her bur poke bormet bonnet in the tha direct direction on of cf mr hatfield Hit field 1 if ilas got a mother I 1 say bay touch much for her bringing him up lip he may bo be old himself some day and ad stolid in need of a little politeness and from frem tho the AN hon bon I 1 nia are anxious for your good lillou beam inaam ru ill lot let you know mr retorted rather flippantly tho rho old lady could only express It ersell by a 11 11 burnout finiff and even I 1 was a lulu LI annoyed at his hir manner hatfield said 1 I in A low tono f ii yon voll bolavo liko like ft a gentlemen so go I 1 will b 0 retorted with a shrug n 11 1 nhan hen I 1 and myself la in company coni pany that call for each measures Z aid DO amro bat leaning up the aldo of the door prepared prep arnD to mello as comfortably comfort ablo a 01 blo Ible until the train hould stop nt at stamford oril its ils ardt way tation tn llon and noluo descending might mako room for TOO me It cador dij did you ever in an trail in full fell motion did you feel yourself swayed backward and forward lumping ono one of your develop against ono one side anlo of tho the car and bringing the iho hand of our spinal column thin top of cf a peat at llo ilo opposite op i aerio of a train did dd ou cu nice grasp L blindly fit at nothing for support y DU did 1011 V ever execute all involuntary pas fim abul acul iff 0 by y tho the say fajr of keeping your imd and then grind g add your leoth to to co tho the two pretty young ladies be end x tit nt hiir a it ai ties 7 if NO on will mil kuoy know 11 how ow to I 1 pay LY we uio during the hour dud ana a k half between belkota II 11 and stanford hatfield arent to anti nm snored the old lid lady in the th g ganpat lenart at alu ruled naud W ch nand aldr drauk t l froia n icker blaik bf CK smelling sherry hrry P but the iho young hily gat ca aj as a d ablo t ll all U vl old tont leann bittor rit tor 0 tra korinda aa 3 in await alar OR t io lights tinted like sickly incont liend ti ot llin alie brick of tho train unit llew sleeping vi ilore flage like tho the 30 of a llor lion throated throat eddo mon 0 I 1 I 1 bun led idd ill the conductor at I 1 baat at I 1 succeeded in dropping my vi t cary on aad t effon c I 1 1 limba lulo a bat at alter aluma alt imbor er ov overtook 0 r do mo in jt jamb a it aitto narl anil a fc for r I 1 bad ha boon asleep on my logn in t once or telco w lc even in fit tuy toy former biad attitude ana I 1 could scarcely believe tho the esi danco of my my olin v ft hon hen wo ave finally thundered into tho the echoing vastness of tho the grand central depot in now york alive to the of cm catching catchi ug a car before all tho the world of trav travellers ellers shot I 1 id crowd into it stumbled bled over the old lada ankles with benall ceremony ob toko take carol caro I 1 YOU couo 0 knocked tho the agul arol cago caero over I 1 cried she eho cent confound aund the iho coca I 1 shouted shout d ifa t field recalling hia big tooth teeth M tho the ancient damn placed laced herself directly dir in tho the shile to kab tho furry pet up lip again thereby ca completely in blocking up hia big Serve oyon right hatfield I 1 as I 1 at coped to lambit jupt ja then thea tho the young c spanion of our lady ad alecil flin gLog hick her veil toil 1 grandma paid eaid she 11 tho the carnage camago ta is W waiting alting IU ill good bodd thomas thomaa for tho the mr clifton I 1 am very much obliged to you for your politeness to ho 18 is unused to tra travelling velling As to mr Hat ficia the less acu sald aid abolia his cour the ho better and blink bialk yes eyes floal led ou cu clarence cohsed cowed visar VISA cifa haiti L ho stammered if I 1 bod bad hal the least idea who you were PI you would have regulated on conr r cond conduct net accordingly impatiently interrupted him hale I 1 prefer to see peocla in their truo true light mr clifton turning to mo me 1 cau call and see ce how grandma stands hor or journey conmey to morrow wont ott on r OIL oh thank you I 1 the carnage is ia coe close by and to this day I 1 bellevo that is ii the way 1 I worl woo my wafe for clarence hatfield was a brilliant showy sort eort of 0 follow who sho far oui outshone TOO me in general society and I 1 bink boo boa had boon been disposed rather to fancy him until that night but slid eho was waa dis enchanted now dow for good still oll all and grandma holo halo cornea comes to sea aeo us every christmas with it a hamper of good things from moto halo fa rm our century |