The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 81: what you’re looking at

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72 THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. I turn my eyes upon the nun. She does not dream of the awful fate hovering over the head of her brother, but I can see she is worried because he does not make his appearance. -Once or twice she half rises as though tempted to vo to him; but remembering the character she has assumed, she sinks back in her seat again with a weary expression or gesture. What if we had not divined the intentions of the evil plotters, and their game had been allowed to go on to its awful end—this faithful sister must have received a terrible shock. I believe the colonel has a plan arranged, but he has not seen fit to take me into his confidence as yet, and I can only wait, possessing my soul in patience. Our time is short now. | We draw near the outskirts of the great city on the lake. It wants only about twenty minutes of the hour when we ought to arrive in the depot, and the conductor has assured us that we are on time. Soon there must be a stir. Several times the porter has poked his head in, and glanced uneasily at section four. He desires to make it up, and is puzzled -at the idea of a man remaining so long in his berth—had it been a woman his surprise might not have shown itself, We have made a marvelous run of it, and the end is near; but the drama that has been conducted on board the fast flying Limited will be transferred elsewhere. The men who are at the head of the conspiracy for a million will not acknowledge them- selves beaten because their plans fail to succeed in the first instance, ~ comicbooks.co