The Flyers by George Barr McCutcheon
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"I'm only Anne Courtenay, the governess."
"You'll be Lady Windomshire some day, my word for it--if the other chaps manage to die, God bless 'em. I say, here's the train. Good- night, dear, up you go! I'll go up ahead. Don't forget! The wedding's at noon to-morrow." The long, shadowy train came to a stop. He elbowed the porter aside and helped her up the steps. Neither of them noticed the vague figure which rushed across the platform and into the second car below. "Where's the luggage car?" shouted Windomshire to the porter. "The what?" "I mean the baggage van." "Way up front, sir. Where they're puttin' on the trunks, sir." Swinging his travelling bag almost at arm's length, the long Englishman raced forward. His own and Miss Courtenay's pieces had come over during the afternoon, skilfully smuggled out of the Thursdale house. Just as he reached the baggage truck a panting, mud-covered individual dashed up from the opposite direction, madly rushing for the train. They tried to avoid a collision, but failed. A second later the two men were staring into each other's eyes, open-mouthed and dismayed. "Hello!" gasped Dauntless, staggered. |
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