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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 20, 1989.
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The train coach was nearly filled, and there was a mad scramble for seats when five passengers, among them my- self, boarded the car at Portland.
I was fortunate enough to get com- fortably located beside a white-haired old gentleman, who smiled pleasantly and. pushed over to give me room. He seemed actually glad that it was I who had captured the seat.
plained his predicament and promised to pay the money back within a week. Well, Ellis, I imagine, smiled to him- self and took a chance. He, Ellis, had promptly forgotten the incident, never expecting to see the amount of that fare, as was displayed by his demeanor of a few moments ago.
What struck me as being rather odd about the whole thing was the fact that Henkle had but just spoken of motor- He ing back and forth to Portland. secmed well-dressed and fairly prosper- ous. Why, then, I asked myself, should he find himself broke and stranded in Portland.
I thanked him and sank back against the plush cushion. It had been a hard day and I was grateful for a moment's rest. The old gentleman, much to my annoyance, 'seemed inclined to talk.
He made conventional references to the weather and the stuffiness of the The old boy must have read or sus-
By Richard Hill Wilkinson
car. To all of which I nodded vaguely and closed my eyes. The old man took the hint and remained quiet.
We had passed Old Orchard when I roused up and glanced through the win- dow.
"It's a beautiful country, isn't it?" the old man asked,
"It's all right,” I said, "if you like it."
He ignored the rebuff.
pected the problem that rankled inside of me.
"You see," he finished, "I had promis- ed to pay back the money for that fare when Conductor Ellis made his return trip from Boston. Well, to be perfect- ly frank, I didn't, because I didn't have the money. I felt ashamed of myself." "But why," I asked, "should Ellis act so all fired bewildered when you ten- dered him the money? I should think he would have remembered.
at once
"It's a long time since I've viewed it from a car window, though. Usually when you reminded him of the incident.. I motor back and forth to Portland. Henkle chuckled again and looked "Because, · he But to-day " He went on and on, through the window. relating one of those tiresome biogra- said, "it was just fifty-two years ago phies which seems to be a habit with last Tuesday that I made that promise. old-men. I-dozed, scarcely hearing I've been trying to forget it all these more than two or three words of the years and haven't succeeded." entire recital.
(Released by The Associated News-
A few minutes later the conductor papers.) came down the aisle. He was a veter-
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an on the line, and I had struck up a speaking acquaintance with him. was because of this greeting that pass- ed between us that I could not perceive the expression on my companion's face. Yet I could hear his words well enough
"Hello," he said, addressing the con- ductor. "Remember me?" He chuckled, tendering a five dollar bill with his ticket. There's the money for that fare I owe you.” And he chuckled again, at the blank expression of the conductor's face. "Don't remember,
Dover one day. It was Tuesday, I
no
SOUTH SEAS VOLCANO IN ERUPTION
BATAVIA, TO-DAY.
THE VOLCANO ON KRAKA-
eh? Well, you passed me down to TAU, AN ISLAND BETWEEN didn't have any money and had JAVA AND SUMATRA, "HAS other way of getting down. Told you BEEN SHOWING INCREASED I'd pay you back." Remember now?"
ACTIVITY DURING THE LAST
The conductor stared in bewilder- FOUR DAYS:
ment. Then slowly a light began to
dawn. He smiled. He pocketed the It is recalled that 36,000 were money. "By jove, stranger, I've pass- killed when the volcano last ed many a penniless passenger in my erupted in 1883.
day, but you're the first to ever pay
upi"
Observation guards on the is-
He grinned broadly, and moved off land have been withdrawn, and down the aisle, propelled from the rear a scientific research expedition by a group of jostling.youtha, en route sent to Krakatau by, the Nether-
to the smoker.
There was nothing particularly un-
lands East Indies Government, a usual about the incident. Conductor It is stated that the territory Ellis had a reputation for that sort of nearest the island is not in im- thing. He was kind-hearted, and ap-mediate danger. preciated the fact that a lot of people were out of work. Yet there was something about the transaction that aroused my curiosity.
I glanced at the old man and found his eyes watching me. “I thought that would set you wondering, young man," he chuckled “Never forget a favours that's my motto." He settled back comfortably, and I knew I was going to hear the story. *།
It wasn't much of a story at that. The old man, Henkle his name ・・ was, found himself in Portland broke and with a fierce and urgent desire to get down to Dover. He boarded the first train, withbus ticket--or funds. When Conductor, Ellis, came along Henkle ex-
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