She glanced listlessly at her fellow
passengers, her eyes resting at last up
on the person win, sat opposite to her.
He was an undersized man, with a
swarthy complexion, and dark hair that
twisted itself into little corkscrew ring
lets; his nose was narrow and aqui
line, his thin and wide lips were never
still for an instant, his eyes were small
and black, and placed too near together.
He had neither beard nor moustache,
though he could scarcely be called (dean
shaved, as the black stubble on his face
appeared of several days’growth. Ho
wore a brown great-coat with a fur col
lar, but the fur was considerably rub
bed about the neck, and one of the but
tons of the coat hung loose. His black
gloves were out at the lingers, and ins
hat, too, had seen better days. He pre
sented altogether a “seedy” appearance,
but affected to carry it oil jauntily.
The young lady, much given to spec
ulation as to the character of those
whom chance threw in her way, set him
down as an adventurer, not over-scrup
ulous probably, and began to wonder
what errand he was then bent upon—
moralizing at the same lime upon the
little benefit such people appear to de
rive from their schemes, which must
often cost them more time ami labor
than earning money in an honest way.
