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There was light talk of a deputation to the dike, followed by the

resignation of travellers, cards afterward, and ping-pong With the

deepening of the night the rain fell harder, and the wind rising in

gusts drove it against the glass When the women retired to their

coe where the

wind, now hard fro steadily around the car

Gertrude Brock could not sleep After being long awake she turned on

the light and looked at her watch; it was one o'clock The wind made

her restless and the air in the stateroom had becohts were very low and the car was

silent; all were asleep

At the rear end she raised a -shade The night was lighted by

strange waves of lightning, and thunder ruly Where she sat she could see the sidings filled with cars,

and when a sharper flash lighted the backwater of the lakes, vague

outlines of far-off bluffs beetled into the sky

She drew the shade, for the continuous lightning added to her disquiet

As she did so the rain drove harshly against the car and she retreated

to the other side Feeling presently the coolness of the air she

walked to her stateroo it about