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When he got back to his coorously for the porter A coin was carelessly displayed in his fingers "Do you suppose you could find out who has the next compartoin' to New York jis as fas' as they can git thuh I ain' ax um no questions, 'cause thuh's soht to look at uht a ood, suh, to try to shine up to tha' young lady She ain' the sawt, I can tell yuh that I done see tooabout? I' to shine up to her I only want to knoho she is--just out of curiosity" Grenfall's face was a trifle red

"Beg pahdon, suh; but I kind o' thought you was like orh' gent'men when they see a han'some woman Allus wants to fin' out soin' yuh, suh Th' lady in question is a foh'ner--she lives across th' ocean, 's fuh as I can fin' out They's in a hurry to git hooin' to stop this side o' New York, 'cept to change cahs"

"Where do they change cars?"

"St Louis--goin' by way of Cincinnati an' Washin'ton"

Grenfall's ticket carried hi if he could exchange his ticket in St Louis

"Traveling with her father and mother, I suppose?"

"No, suh; they's huh uncle and aunt I heah huh call 'eent'man is Uncle Caspar I don' knohat they talk 'bout It'slady allus speaks Amehican to me, but th' old folks cain't talk it ver' well They all been to Frisco, an' the hired he'p they's got with 'eood Amehican dollahs, don' care wha' she's been She allus smiles when she ask me to do anythin', an' I wouldn' care if she nevah tippedas she smiles thataway"

"Servants with them, you say?"

"Yas, suh; man an' woman, nex' section t'other side the ole folks Cain't say mor'n fifteen words in Aenial hustler fer th' hull pahty"