HOW TO SECURE A COMPARTMENT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 307, 26 January 1894, Page 6

HOW TO SECURE A COMPARTMENT

was, pr\<% k a tayjng, witlv a famous painter whose, country house was near oodalming. - Another painter wad pi- the party, v and aJJL three w ere going up* >to Jjoq^oi^ by an early, train. They were discussing over the breakfast ta^lfi ,tne s .prpt)al)Uit^ of travelling. ifl ™,' aitne carriage, when Cbarje* Keene announced that he would pro* rcriflfl.thp.in ac/rnjifartmant to ihonfr u^q, gaard was to be bnbed{ no i7 pqrter s was,Jja , -b^ tampered , wttb, no consideration was to move from . customer to, company ; the tiring wal to be done and dtine silently. A bet wast >read*ly } mater- for the feat those who knew G-od aiming traffic <f?#|ne<i I tfttfiifipossibUityJ Th 4' tlrf pAinterjer were//eaHy afe thestanoi wtfcb > waa the terminus, before m eastomary pa«tengers arrived, irirf ewilyntecuied * compartment. . Thff Eeene ; gave ' nis Smtruotions -to hiii fiends, f "The other artist* painted bff fftcf» bmwn and yellow and red, sol muffled him in c&Ata and gave him tht come? seat near, the window. Wbrf tbe other passengers arrived, 4h«f avojded that 5 carriage. They irer* bu»ineßt-men r solid, grave; carefuf of t|iflif-. comfort, some of them with young families ;; they were not going to travel with a patient in virulent . small-pox — that at least was certain. \ And on tbe i waf up ; $) dreadful id* occurred to them. Sappose that evert night tbey were to retnrn in tfci ] very compartment without knowinf i it*/: Th« Hbiii^f w4» too hprrikl«? The guard* was sent for, and initsut' action in the matter claimed. -Am' so at Nine Bhns Station ' the trt« ? I was. searched for that fever- stricter j patient, and every door rras tUpeM^ aDd passenger (scanned ; hot i Charles Keene bad won hisbet mi( | washed his face. r ,-> . -. r« j • I