{"1": {"fulltext": "THE\\ni!MOK.ING\\nCAIC\\nWD-HOWELLS", "height": "2874", "width": "1695", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "The SmoMng Car\\nA FARCE\\nBy W. D. Howells\\ntoutJJbien\\nBOSTON AND NEW YORK\\nHoughton^ Mifflin and\\nCompany m d o c o c", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "34688\\nLibrary of Conq\u00c2\u00bb ese\\nTwo Copies ReceivEo\\nAUG 151900\\nCopyright entry\\nSECOND copy.\\nDelivered to\\nORDER DIVISION,\\nAUG 22 1900\\n^6^v^;\\nCOPYRIGHT, 1898, BY\\nFRANK LESLIE PUBLISHING HOUSE\\nCOPYRIGHT, 1900, BY W. D. HOWELLS\\nALL RIGHTS RESERVED\\noS;\\ni", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "The Smoking Car\\nA FARCE\\nIn the smoking-car of a surhurban train\\non the Boston and Albany Railroad in\\nthe Albany Depot at Boston. Mr. Ed-\\nward Roberts is seated, deeply absorbed\\nin a book which he is reading. He has\\na pile of newspapers and magazines be-\\nside him, and he rests an absent hand on\\nthem. The seat in front is opened toward\\nhim, and he keeps a foot against its edge\\nwith the effect of laying claim to it, while\\na Young Mother, with a child in her\\narms, enters hastily and looks distract-\\nedly aboict. There is no one else in the\\n[3]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\ncar, and after walking its length she re-\\nturns and addresses herself anxiously to\\nMr. Roberts.\\nROBERTS AND THE YOUNG MOTHER\\nThe Young Mother: Is this the\\ncar for Newton Centre\\nRoberts, starting wildly from his\\nbook Newton Centre Why, I don t\\nknow I presume so yes. Yes, I think\\nso. I m going to Newton Centre my-\\nself. It is the car for Newton Centre,\\nis n t it?\\nThe Young Mother: The brake-\\nman said it was.\\nRoberts Oh, well, then, it must\\nbe. Why\\n[4]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nThe Young Mother: Because my\\nhusband s coming to go with me and\\nI did n t want to get into the wrong car.\\nHe had to run back to the store for some\\nthings. She approaches Roberts, and\\nlooks down at the seats before and be-\\nside him. But if you re going there,\\nit must be all right. Is this seat oc-\\ncupied\\nBoherts Well, not at present. I m\\nexpecting some friends, but\\nThe Young Mother Oh, well, all\\nright, then. Should you mind if I put\\nmy baby down by you here a min-\\nute?\\nHoherts, reluctantly, but more ab-\\nsently than reluctantly Why, no I\\nsuppose not.\\nThe Young Mother, with an air of\\n[5]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nexplanation You see, I ve got to go\\nand get my bag. I had it sent over\\nfrom the boat we just got in this\\nmorning, off the boat, you know the\\nBangor boat and it s so heavy I 11\\nhave to hunt it up at the express office,\\nany way that it don t seem as if I\\ncould manage both at the same time;\\nand I don t know but what I 11 tele-\\ngraph to my husband s folks that we ve\\ngot here, too. I would n t ask to leave\\nher with you, but there don t seem to be\\nanybody else I can ask, and I don t be-\\nlieve she 11 make you any great trouble.\\nMay I?\\nHoherts Why, yes of course\\nthat is, certainly, if\\nThe Young Ifother Oh, I don t\\nbelieve she 11 cry, and I shan t be gone\\n[6]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nbut a minute, any way. Roberts does\\nnot offer to remove the papers at bis\\nside, and the young motber, after\\nsmoothing the baby s dress carefully\\nunder her, puts ber down on top of\\nthem. Now, baby, don t you cry.\\nMamma will be back in a minute.\\nGood-by Good-by She retreats a\\nfew steps, and flutters her hand at the\\nbaby. Goo, goo Smile a little\\nSmile for the gentleman There\\nShe 11 be all right, and I 11 be right\\nback. Do you know where the bag-\\ngage-express office is\\nRoberts^ in a daze It s in the sta-\\ntion, I think.\\nThe Young Mother Right close\\nto the place where the New York train\\nstops?\\n[7]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nItoherts Yes, yes I think so, I\\nbelieve so yes, it is.\\nThe Young Mother: That s what\\nthe black man that calls the trains said\\nbut I thought I d better make sure, be-\\ncause there ain t much time to lose.\\nDon t you topple over, baby She\\nruns forward and saves the baby from\\nfalling against the side of the seat from\\nthe top of the magazines. There\\nMamma just caught you, did n t she\\nTo Koberts If you don t mind, I 11\\njust throw these things on to the seat in\\nfront of you, and then she 11 sit stead-\\nier. She lifts the baby, and flings\\nRoberts s papers upon the other seat,\\nand then replaces the baby at his side.\\nNow she 11 do nicely. I m so glad I\\nhappened to think of it before I went,\\n[8]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nfor she might have fallen forward just\\nas well as sideways and it would\\nyou mind putting your hand round her\\na little mite so as to keep her up She\\nis so wiggly Eoberts glares stupidly\\nup through his glasses and she takes\\nhold of his arm and passes it round the\\nbaby. If you 11 excuse me There\\nNow she will do. She moves back-\\nward to the door of the car again, wav-\\ning her hand at the baby. By-by,\\nprecious Don t you be afraid Mam-\\nma 11 be back as soon as she s got her\\nbag. Goo, goo Goo, goo She dis-\\nappears through the door, but instantly\\nreappears. Do you know how soon it\\nstarts\\nRoherts, stupidly What starts\\n[9]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nThe Young Mother: Why, the\\ncar?\\nEoherts Ohl Oh, yes! The train!\\nI don t know.\\nThe Young Mother Does it start\\nat half past nine, exactly\\nlioherts I m sure, I don t know.\\nYes, yes I believe it does. Yes, my\\nfriends were to take the 9.30.\\nThe Young Mother^ laughing You\\nseem to be pretty easy for a person that\\nwas to meet friends. I sh d been in a\\nperfect fidge to know whether I d got\\nthe right train. Roberts makes no\\nresponse to her remark, and a doubt\\nrushes visibly into the young mother s\\nface. You re sure it is the car for\\nNewton Centre?\\nHoherts^ with some spirit I think\\n[10]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nI said that I was going to Newton Cen-\\ntre myself.\\nThe Young Mother: Yes, that s\\nwhat you said. But you might have\\ngot the wrong car. I guess it s all right,\\nthough. And you think this is the one\\nthat goes at half past nine\\nRoberts^ looking mechanically at his\\nwatch Yes, yes Half past nine\\nThe Young Mother Good gracious\\nIs it half past nine already Then there\\nwon t be time to\\nRoberts No, no It is n t half\\npast nine its only ten minutes past.\\nThe Young Mother Well, that s\\nnice. And this is the half past nine\\ntrain f\\nRoberts Yes, that s what I meant.\\nThe Young Mother, returning a few\\n[11]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nsteps within I questioned the black\\nman that calls out the trains in the wait-\\ning-room pretty close up about it, and\\nhe said it was. But he might have\\nmade a mistake, because he has to keep\\nso many on his mind. I asked him if\\nhe did n t, oftentimes but he says that s\\njust the reason he never does. I told\\nJiim that I should go perfectly dis-\\ntracted and I cautioned him about my\\nhusband coming to meet me on the 9 30\\ntrain, and he said there could n t be any\\nmistake about it. Do you suppose there\\ncould?\\nRoherts About what\\nThe Young Mother: About the\\ntrain.\\nRoherts Oh, none whatever not\\n[12]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nthe least in the world. It s the train\\nfor Newton Centre, I m quite certain.\\nThe Young Mother The 9 30\\nEoherts: Yes, the 9:30.\\nThe Young Mother And what\\ntime did you say it was now\\nMoherts I m sure I don t know.\\nThe Young Mother Why, you just\\nlooked at your watch\\nRoberts Did I I thought you\\nwanted to know what train it was.\\nThe Young Mother, after a moment s\\ndoubt, in a burst of kindly perception\\nand confidence Well, I guess your\\nfriends better come But it s like John,\\nhalf the time, and I guess most men are\\njust so, if the truth was known. It s a\\ncomfort to feel that you can be trusted\\n[13]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "The Suioking-Car\\nin spite of yourselves. Won t you see\\nwhat time it is again, please\\nHoberts^ looking at his watch again\\nTen minutes after nine.\\nThe Young Mother, easily Oh,\\nwell, then She returns and pulls the\\nbaby s clothing straight over the toes of\\nher small shoes, kisses her, hugs her,\\nand kisses her again. There Now,\\nI will go And if my husband should\\nhappen to come in while I m gone, will\\nyou tell him I m just out hunting for\\nmy bag?\\nRoherts Yes, yes. I shan t for-\\nget.\\nThe Young Mother, in a burst of\\ngood feeling I guess I can trust you.\\nI should like to tell your wife about\\nyour looking at your watch for the day\\n[14]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nof the week, if it s her that s coming\\nto meet you, and have a real good laugh\\nwith her. She beams kindly though\\nsomewhat patronizingly upon Koberts, as\\nshe retreats once more toward the door.\\nBy-by, baby I 11 be right back. I\\ndon t know but I d better tell her to\\nlook after you,^ She laughs toward\\nRoberts, as if this were a joke which\\nhe must enjoy with her, and vanishes\\nthrough the door of the car just as Mr.\\nWillis Campbell enters by the door at\\nthe other end. He walks down the car\\ntoward Roberts, approaching him from\\nbehind.\\n[15]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nII\\nCAMPBELL AND ROBERTS\\n(7aw2?6e?Z; Hello, Eoberts! What\\nare you doing in the smoker? He\\nleans over Eoberts to put various par-\\ncels into the rack, without observing the\\nbaby. You 11 be taking to drink\\nnext.\\nHoherts, vaguely: Is this the\\nsmoker?\\nCamphell It s going to be, as soon\\nas I can light a cigar. But I don t\\nknow what you 11 say to Agnes when\\nshe finds you here, wreathed in a cloud\\nof tobacco. She s coming with Amy,\\nis n t she?\\nRoberts Yes, I think she said so.\\nCamphell Well, I 11 tell you what,\\n[16]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nRoberts you think too much you\\nought to know something. Now, even\\njTknow that those two women are com-\\ning down here to join us, and they 11 go\\nflying about like a couple of distracted\\nhens when they don t find you. They 11\\nnever think of looking for you here,\\nand they don t want me, and they 11 be\\nin an awful flutter.\\nHoberts, anxiously Perhaps I d\\nbetter go into another car.\\nCampbell No this would be a\\ngood place to have it out with them.\\nThere won t be anybody else here, prob-\\nably, and it will be quite like your own\\nfireside. One of the few advantages of\\ngoing home with you and Agnes, when\\nyou ve been in over night with us, is\\nthat you can have the smoker all to\\n[17]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nyourself in the morning. The commu-\\nters don t begin going out till afternoon,\\nand probably there won t be a soul at\\nthis hour to interrupt a family row.\\nStill, I don t know but it would be\\nsafest to divide up, and you go into\\nanother car, as you don t smoke. He\\ncontinues to fit parcels into the racks as\\nhe talks.\\nHoherts: Yes; I really think it\\nwould, but I don t know what to do\\nwith this He glances down at the\\nbaby.\\nCamphell^ heaving a final bundle into\\nthe rack There That s done for.\\nHe turns about and follows Roberts s\\nglance. Hello! What s that? Why,\\nI was just going to sit on it Did you\\nfind it here\\n[18]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nRoberts No, no it was left here\\nit was put in my charge that\\nis\\nCampbell: Who left it\\nRoberts, with spirit: Who left it?\\nWhy, its mother, of course\\nCampbell Its mother Where\\nis she?\\nRoberts I m sure I don t know.\\nShe went out to get her bag at the ex-\\npress office, and she 11 be back directly.\\nCampbell, sitting down in the seat\\nbefore Roberts and the baby, and con-\\nfronting Roberts and the baby with a\\nhard, judicial aspect: How long has\\nshe been gone\\nRoberts She went out just as you\\ncame in. She has n t been gone a mo-\\nment.\\n[19]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCamphell And she asked if she\\nmight leave the baby here with you\\nwhile she was gone\\nBoherts: Yes.\\nCampbell: And you said she\\nmight.\\nBoherts I could n t very well re-\\nfuse. I let her leave it, of course.\\nCampbell Of course. He re-\\nlents so far as to make a silent inventory\\nof the baby s features and draperies.\\nIt s rather a nice little thing.\\nJRoberts, with relief Yes, and it s\\nbeen very good.\\nCampbell Oh, it has n t had time\\nto be bad yet, if its mother s just gone\\nout. After a moment Besides, it s\\nprobably drugged.\\nBoberts, in alarm Drugged?\\n[20]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCampbell They usually drug them\\nwhen they leave them that way.\\nRoberts: What do you mean by\\nleave them that way\\nCampbell Oh, nothing. Hello\\nit s going off\\nRoberts^ grappling with the child\\nGoing ofp Good heavens She was\\nafraid I should let it fall.\\nCampbell I don t mean that. It s\\ngoing to sleep don t you see It is\\ndrugged No wonder it s so good.\\nWell, I congratulate you, Roberts.\\nRoberts^ angrily Congratulate me\\nWhat do you mean, Willis\\nCampbell I don t know what Ag-\\nnes will say to your taking such a re-\\nsponsibility without consulting her, but\\nif you would do it, why I don t believe\\n[21]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "The Smokmg-Car\\nyou could have adopted a prettier\\nchild.\\nEoherts: Adopted!\\nCamphell Do you mean to say\\nyou did n t know what you were about\\nIn this paragraphic age, when every\\nother day you might read of young\\nmothers getting unwary strangers to\\nhold their babies a moment, and then\\nwalking off and never coming back, do\\nyou mean to tell me you didn t know\\nwhat game that woman was playing\\nWell, you ought to be left with some-\\nbody, and I ve half a mind to adopt\\nyou myself. That s all. He falls\\nback against the seat, opens a news-\\npaper, and makes a show of reading it.\\nRoberts leans forward and desperately\\nrends it from him.\\n[22]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nRoberts Willis, do you suppose\\ndo you think\\nCampbell Oh, I let you do the\\nthinking. I simply know. I don t go\\nbeyond that. I leave thinking to men\\nof intellect. I m nothing but a busi-\\nness man.\\nHoberts And what do you know\\nCampbell Oh, nothing. Merely\\nthat you re in for it\\nRoberts, sternly Do you mean that\\nthat poor creature has abandoned\\nher child, and isn t coming back any\\nmore?\\nCampbell Well, not if you ask it\\nin that threatening way, my dear fellow.\\nI did n t put her up to it.\\nRoberts Well, it s preposterous\\nShe could hardly tear herself from it.\\n[23]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nShe came back again and again, to kiss\\nit, and\\nCampbell: Oh, I dare say! The\\nnatural feeling would assert itself at the\\nlast moment. I suppose I should do\\njust so myself if I were a mother and\\nmeant to abandon my child. You\\ncould n t expect less of her.\\nRoherts But what possible motive\\ncould she have for abandoning her\\nchild? Why should she do such a\\nmonstrous\\nCamphell Oh, well, there are va-\\nrious reasons. Perhaps her husband had\\nabandoned her or she may have been\\na young widow with no means of sup-\\nporting it. There are always good\\ngrounds for a mother s deserting her in-\\n[24]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nfant when she does do it. What sort\\nof a looking person was she?\\nRoberts I don t know. Very good-\\nlooking, I believe.\\nCampbell: Oh!\\nRoberts: And young and nicely\\ndressed very respectable in appear-\\nance\\nCampbell Ah\\nRoberts And smiling, and\\nCampbell: Of course; she had to\\nput that on, poor thing It would n t\\nhave done to let you see how heart-\\nbroken she really was. That would have\\nroused even your misgivings. Was\\nshe what you would have called a\\nlady?\\nRoberts, thoughtfully: Not not\\n[25]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nexactly not in the society sense, that\\nis. I should say she was a nice village\\nperson the wife of a prosperous me-\\nchanic. She spoke of her husband s\\nfolks.\\nCampbell: Precisely. Well, all\\nyou ve got to do now is to reconcile\\nAgnes to the inevitable. She 11 come\\nround in time, but of course\\nRoberts^ with an effort for lightness\\nOh, come now, Willis there s enough\\nof this. I don t mind a joke, but\\nthere s such a thing as carrying it too\\nfar.\\nCampbell: Ah, that s what you\\nought to have said to the unnatural\\nmother. He leans forward and looks\\nclosely at the infant. Do you suppose\\nthere s any mark on its clothing, or\\n[26]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nany little note tucked in anywhere that\\nwould form a clew\\nRoberts^ faltering I don t know.\\nI never thought\\nCamphell Then, for once, you\\nought to have thought. Better look\\nRoherts But I can t. I am afraid\\nthat if I disturb her she may\\nCamphell: Cry? Very likely. But\\nyou must do something, you know.\\nCould n t you pass your hand I don t\\nbelieve you 11 wake her softly over\\nher, and if anything crackles like pa-\\nper Roberts acts upon this sug-\\ngestion, so far as may be without\\nrisk to the child s tranquillity. No\\nAll is silent. Well, then, the only thing\\nis, should you know the mother again if\\nyou saw her\\n[27]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\njRoherts I don t believe I should.\\nWould you would you go out and\\nlook for her?\\nCamphell But if you wouldn t\\nknow her when you saw her\\nRoberts That s true But some-\\nthing must be done What would you\\ndo?\\nCampbell Why, if you don t really\\nwant to keep the poor little thing, or if\\nyou don t suppose Agnes\\nRoberts No, no impossible It\\nis n t to be thought of He has got\\nto his feet, and is standing over Camp-\\nbell in great excitement, while Campbell\\nremains calm.\\nCampbell Then, I 11 tell you what\\nyou can do, and it s the only thing you\\ncan do. You d better take the baby,\\n[28]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nand run through the crowd; and per-\\nhaps, if the mother sees you, she 11\\nbe hanging about remorsefully, she\\nmay relent and want it back.\\nMoherts^ catching up the child from\\nthe seat Would you would you\\ntry leaving it with the brakeman, first?\\nHe might have noticed what sort of\\nlooking person she was, and\\nCamphell, tolerantly Yes, you\\nmight try that. Roberts rushes from\\nthe car with the little one, while Camp-\\nbell fastens his face to the car window,\\nand expresses in vivid pantomime his\\npleasure in some spectacle without. He\\nturns as Roberts reenters the car, with\\nthe child in his arms. Well\\nRoherts^ breathlessly He won t do\\nit. He says it is n t his business to look\\n[29]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nout for passengers children, and I d\\nbetter find its mother, if I can\\nCampbell The heartless ruffian\\nBut you see, now, don t you?\\nBoherts Yes, yes I see You re\\nprobably right. But what would you\\ndo now?\\nCampbell I don t see what s left,\\nexcept to do what the brakeman and I\\nhave advised.\\nRoberts And if I can t find her\\nCampbell: Then you ll have to\\nbring the baby back, and throw your-\\nself on Agnes s mercy. Or, hold on\\nYes, I think you might try that you\\nmight try leaving it at the package\\nwindow. Very likely they d take charge\\nof it there, if you checked it, and keep\\nit till the mother called for it. But\\n[30]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "TJie Smoking-Car\\nmost probably you 11 find her, and when\\nshe sees that you are determined not to\\nbe put upon, perhaps\\nRoberts And and you don t\\nthink it would be better for me to leave\\nthe baby here with you, and run out and\\nlook for its mother myself\\nCamphell I hnow it would n t.\\nThe whole moral effect upon her would\\nbe lost without the baby. Besides, how\\nwould you know her You must take\\nthe baby for the moral effect upon her.\\nRoberts^ with despairing conviction\\nThat is true He rushes out again,\\nand again Campbell attaches himself to\\nthe window, while from the other end of\\nthe car Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Camp-\\nbell advance falteringly and doubtfully\\ntoward him, with many diffident looks\\n[31]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nto the right and left. They seem to\\ndecide simultaneously that the figure at\\nthe window is Campbell, for they start\\nvividly forward.\\nni\\nMRS. ROBERTS, MRS. CAMPBELL, AND\\nCAMPBELL\\nMrs. Camphell WiUis\\nMrs. Hoherts Where is Edward\\nWe ve been all through the train,\\nand\\nMrs. Campbell We can t find him\\nanywhere. We knew we should find\\nyou in the smoking-car, and so I brought\\nAgnes right in. Haven t you seen\\nhim?\\n[32]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCampbell Why, certainly. Have n t\\nyou He turns and faces them hardily.\\nMrs, Camphell Of course we\\nhaven t. Do you think we d ask if\\nwe had?\\nMrs, Moherts What do you mean,\\nWiUis Has he been here\\nCampbell Yes, I thought you must\\nhave met him. He has n t been gone a\\nmoment. He s just gone out with the\\nbaby.\\nMrs. Roberts: The baby? What\\nbaby?\\nCampbell: That s just what Kob-\\nerts is going to find out if he can. He s\\nlooking for the mother.\\nMrs, Roberts Willis, dear, don t\\ntease! What do you mean by the\\nmother\\n[33]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCamjjhell What does anybody\\nmean by tlie mother The mother of\\nthe baby. Roberts is out looking for\\nthe mother who left the baby. Isn t\\nthat plain enough\\nMrs. Campbell^ pouncingly: No,\\nWillis, that is not enough And I\\nwant you to stop your teasing, and\\ntell us what you mean by a mother leav-\\ning her baby. Where did she leave\\nit?\\nCamphell: Here.\\nMrs, Cami^lell: When?\\nCampbell: About ten minutes ago.\\nMrs. Camphell What for\\nCamphell: Ah, there you have me.\\nMrs. Camphell Willis, if you don t\\nanswer me, I shall make a scene and\\ndisgrace you before the whole car. I\\n[34]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nam not going to be trifled with any\\nlonger.\\nCamphell I don t blame you, Amy.\\nI should n t like it myself. As long as\\nthere s nobody but Agnes in the car I\\nshan t mind your making a scene, and as\\nwe re likely to have the smoker to our-\\nselves on a 9 30 train, why not sit down\\nand wait here till Eoberts gets back\\nMrs. Camjibdl^ firmly No, we shall\\nnot sit down, or anything, till you ex-\\nplain yourself. Now, don t go on with\\nthat nonsense about the mother and the\\nbaby, because we won t stand it.\\nCamjjbell Then what shall I go\\non with?\\nMrs. Roberts Oh, go on with any-\\nthing, Willis\\nCampbell Very well, then, all that\\n[35]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nI can say is that I found Eoberts here,\\nfive minutes ago, in charge of a baby\\nor child of a year which he said had\\nbeen left with him by its mother, while\\nshe went out to look up her baggage at\\nthe express office.\\nBoth Ladies: Well?\\nCampbell: Well, after a few mo-\\nments conversation with me he took the\\nchild and went out to look up the mo-\\nther.\\nMrs. Campbell But why did he do\\nthat?\\nMrs, Roberts Why did n t he sim-\\nply wait till she came back\\nCampbell Perhaps he thought she\\nwasn t coming back.\\nMrs, Roberts: Oh, nonsense, Wil-\\nlis!\\n[36]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCampbell Oh, very well\\nMrs, Camphell^ visibly shaken\\nThey really do it sometimes, Agnes.\\nI ve read about it myself. But\\nMrs. Roberts Well, they never do\\nit in the world. It does n t stand to\\nreason, Amy. If Willis were a mother\\nhimself he would n t even suggest such\\na thing\\nMrs. Campbell., with conviction Of\\ncourse he would n t. And if this is one\\nof his miserable jokes\\nCampbell Well, I don t pretend to\\nbe a mother, but I hope I understand\\nthe feelings of a man, and I assure you\\nthat I wouldn t joke on such a sub-\\nject.\\nMrs. Campbell Then what are you\\njoking about\\n[37]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCam pbell I am not joking at all.\\nMrs. Hoberts, visibly daunted: I\\ncan t believe the wretcbed creature\\nwould really do it. Why did n t you ask\\nthe brakeman if he had noticed where\\nshe went\\nCamphell Well, that s what Eob-\\nerts did, and he wanted to leave the\\nbaby with him, but the brakeman said\\nhe had better find the mother himself\\nif he could. Koberts came back to re-\\nport, and then he went out again. I\\nsuppose if he can t find her, you 11 have\\nto keep it, Agnes. It s a pretty little\\ncreature, and it seemed good. Hello!\\nHere it comes, bringing Roberts with\\nit Roberts enters the car flustered\\nand dazed, with the signs of anxiety\\nand disappointment filling his face, and\\n[38]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\ndrops of perspiration starting from his\\nbrow. Well, where was she\\nIV\\nROBERTS AND THE OTHERS\\nMrs. Campbell Did you find her\\nWhat did she say?\\nMrs, Roberts Why did n t you\\nleave the baby with her\\nMrs. Campbell Why did n t she\\ncome back with you\\nRoberts, frantically Because I\\ndid n t find her. I ve been to the ex-\\npress office and everywhere.\\nCampbell, to Mrs. Eoberts: You\\nsee!\\nMrs. Roberts But you must find\\nher, Edward\\n[39]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCampbell Did you try leaving it\\nat the package window\\nRoberts No I could n t quite\\nbring myself to that.\\nMrs, Campbell Of course you\\ncould n t And nobody but Willis\\ncould have the heart to suggest such an\\ninhuman thing. The package window\\nShe drops on one knee before Koberts,\\nwho sits supporting the baby in his lap,\\nand begins to study it. Poor little\\ncreature How good it is and it s\\nperfectly lovely, with those big blue\\neyes and it s as clean as a pin. Why,\\nit s charming, and it is n t the least\\nafraid. Just see it, Agnes\\nCampbell Yes, Roberts said its\\nmother had beautiful eyes and an attrac-\\ntive smile, and was nicely dressed. He\\n[40]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nseemed to have noticed everything about\\nher.\\nMrs, Campbell^ still considering the\\nbaby You can see what a good mo-\\nther she is. Of course she is n t rich,\\nbut it s all the better cared for on that\\naccount. She has n t left it to any hor-\\nrid shirk of a nurse. It s as sweet as\\na little pink, is n t it, Agnes\\nMrs, Roberts^ leaning forward in some\\ndistraction Oh, yes it shows the\\nmother s touch. Was she young, Ed-\\nward\\nRoberts I don t know I think\\nso I didn t notice quite girlish, I\\nshould say. She kept coming back to\\ntake leave of it.\\nCampbell I tell him that was the\\nremorse working in her.\\n[41]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "The Smokmg-Car\\nMrs. Camphell Nonsense She\\nnever meant to leave it in the world.\\nCam phdl Then why does n t she\\ncome back It s twenty minutes past\\nnine, now.\\nMr8. Camphell Very well, then\\nsomething has happened to her\\nMrs. Hoherts Oh, something must\\nhave happened to her. Why does n t\\nsome one go out and look for her It\\nseems so terrible for us to be keeping\\nher baby here and not knowing what has\\nhappened to her.\\nCampbell But if nothing has hap-\\npened\\nMrs. Camphell Don t hint such a\\nthing. You hnow there has. You ought\\nto go out and see\\nCamphell I Eoberts ought to\\n[42]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\ngo and see. I should n t know her if I\\nfound her.\\nMrs. Roberts Oh, do go, Willis\\nPoor Edward is all worn out. Look at\\nhim Koberts has fallen back in ex-\\ntreme dejection and exhaustion, and he\\nsupports the baby on his knee with so\\nlax a hand that it topples forward. The\\nladies scream, and Campbell catches it\\nfrom him.\\nCamphell Look what you re about,\\nEoberts You re not fit to have an\\nabandoned child left with you. Bless\\nmy soul, it s off again\\nThe Ladies: Off?\\nCam phell Yes, it s going to\\nsleep.\\nMrs, Camphell So it is, poor little\\nforsaken soul Let me take it.\\n[43]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "The Smokmg-Car\\nMrs. Eoherts The little darling\\nAs Mrs. Campbell possesses herself of\\nthe baby Be careful, Amy\\nCamphell It was asleep when\\nRoberts went out with it. Roberts\\nthinks it s drugged.\\nHohevts No, no, Willis you sug-\\ngested that. Though it is strange it\\nsleeps so much. She said they were\\nright off the boat, and perhaps they\\ndid n t sleep well during the night.\\nMrs. Campbell, pressing her face\\ninto the baby s To be sure they\\ndidn t, poor things\\nCamphell And the mother may\\nhave fallen asleep in the express office\\nwith her bag in her arms. That would\\naccount for her not coming back.\\nMrs. Camp)hell, not minding him\\n[44]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nIf she does n t come back I shall keep\\nit myself.\\nCamphell Not if I know it, Mrs.\\nCampbell. That baby is my property.\\nMrs, Roberts: But if her mother\\nleft her with Edward\\nCamphell It was because I had n t\\ncome in yet. She d never have left her\\nwith Roberts if she d seen me. What\\nshall we call her, Amy\\nMrs, Campbell: No, no! We\\nmust n t think of it, till we ve left no\\nstone unturned. You must go out and\\nlook for her, Willis, and if you don t\\nfind her\\nCampbell But have n t I told you\\nthat I should n t know her if I saw her\\nMrs. Campbell It does n t matter\\nabout your not knowing her. She 11\\n[45]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nknow you if you have the baby with\\nyou.\\nCampbell Have the baby with me\\nHa, ha, ha I think I see myself run-\\nning about with a baby in my arms ask-\\ning people for its mother\\nMrs, Campbell You made Edward\\ndo it.\\nCampbell That was another thing.\\nShe left it with him.\\nMrs. Campbell But you said she\\nwould have left it with you if she had\\nseen you first, and now you must take\\nit. She tries to push it into his arms.\\nCampbell Oh, come, now You\\ndon t want to make me ridiculous,\\nAmy!\\nMrs, Roberts You would n t really\\nbe ridiculous. I m sure that any one\\n[46]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nwho saw you, and knew what you were\\ndoing to save a poor woman from de-\\nspair, would praise you up to the skies\\nfor it.\\nMoherts I really think you could\\nmanage it better than I, Willis you\\nare so ready, and you know how to take\\npeople so cleverly. Nobody would think\\nof making a joke of you.\\nCampbell Oh would rCt they\\nMrs. Camphell: And if they did,\\nit ought n t to make the least difference\\nto you. You ought to be glad of it.\\nAnd, at any rate, you ve got to go.\\nShe makes him take the child from\\nher.\\n3frs. Roberts Yes, Willis, you\\nmust Poor Edward is perfectly gone.\\nCampbell: Well, so am I. He\\n[47]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nsuddenly drops the baby into Roberts s\\nlap, and makes a start toward the door.\\nThe two ladies fling themselves in his\\nway with one cry of protest and de-\\nspair,\\nMrs, Roberts and Mrs, Carrvphell:\\nWilHs!\\nMrs, Roberts You won t refuse\\nsuch a little thing, Willis\\nMrs, Campbell If he does, I will\\nnever speak to him again\\nCampbell Oh, very well, then, if\\nit comes to that! Here, give her to\\nme. He seizes the baby from Roberts\\nand dashes from the car, laughing.\\nV\\nMRS. CAMPBELL, MRS. ROBERTS, ROBERTS\\nMrs, Roberts There, I knew he\\n[48]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "The Smokiiig-Car\\nwould, if we could only appeal to his\\nbetter nature.\\nMrs. Camphell: I hope it s his\\nbetter nature. But I did n t like his\\nlaughing.\\nRoherts: That may have been\\nmerely nervous; it made me nervous.\\nBut Willis manages these things so\\nwell he s so full of resource. I feel\\nquite sure he 11 find her.\\nMrs, Roberts^ pressing to the window\\nand looking out: He s disappeared\\nalready I should n t like to look for\\nany one in that crowded station. He is\\nenergetic.\\nMrs. Campbell^ joining her He\\nknew that I was in earnest. But I\\ndon t want to make him feel ridiculous.\\nIf I d thought he really cared But\\n[49]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nsomething Lad to be done, and done\\ninstantly. Did they laugh at you, Mr.\\nEoberts?\\nMoberts Well, I can t say laugh,\\nexactly. No, I don t think I could say\\nthey laughed outright. But when I ran\\nabout, and asked if they had seen any-\\nbody any lady who had left her\\nbaby with a gentleman in the smoking-\\ncar, while she went out to look up her\\nbag at the express office, they smiled.\\nMrs, Campbell I suppose it did\\namuse them men are so peculiar. I\\nhope I was n t too precipitate with poor\\nWillis. But I knew that he could do\\nsomething if he was forced to it.\\nRoberts Yes, he 11 come out of it\\nall right, with his tact and invention.\\nHe 11 find her, easily enough.\\n[50]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nMrs. Roberts^ in a transport of tri-\\numph He has found her There he\\nis, coming back, without the baby\\nMrs. Camphell Where Oh, yes\\nI see him I do believe he has found\\nher and now I owe him any reparation\\nthat he chooses to ask. I 11 confess that\\nI was wrong to send him. He is good,\\nis n t he, Agnes\\nMrs. Roherts He s beautiful\\nAnd you are just the wife for him. Amy.\\nYou do appreciate him.\\nRoberts Willis is magnificent. I\\nenvy him his executive ability.\\nAll Three^ as Campbell enters the\\ncar, turning from the window Well\\n[61]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nVI\\nCAMPBELL AND THE OTHERS\\nMrs, Campbell Where did you\\nfind her?\\nMrs. Roberts What did she say\\nRoberts How did you know her\\nCampbell Nowhere and nothing\\nand I didn t.\\nMrs. Campbell Then what did\\nyou do\\nMrs. Roberts Where is the baby\\nRoberts How did you get rid of\\nit?\\nCampbell The way you ought to\\nhave done, my dear fellow. I left it\\nwith the matron or whatever she is\\nof the ladies waiting-room.\\n[52]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nMrs. Boherts Oh Willis\\nMrs, Camphell And here we had\\nbeen praising you so, and I was sorry\\nthat I had made you go Well, that is\\nwhat I get for ever regretting that I\\ntreated you badly.\\nMoherts You think it will occur to\\nthe mother to inquire of the matron\\nCampbell She won t make any\\ninquiries! Or if, by one chance in a\\nthousand, she wants her baby again, and\\nmakes a row for it after our train s\\ngone, the matron is the very first person\\nshe 11 be sent to. I thought it all out.\\nIn the other event, it will be handed\\nover to the proper authorities and sent\\nto the Derelict Infants Home or\\nsomething. At any rate, it s off our\\nhands.\\n[53]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nMrs. Camphell Indeed it is n t.\\nIf she does n t come for her baby, I m\\ngoing to keep it myself.\\nCamphell You Why you re\\nworse than Eoberts.\\nMrs. Camjjhell I don t care who\\nI m worse than. Agnes does n t want\\nit, for she s got children of her own, and\\nso you may go straight and bring it back\\nhere. Do, Willis I m truly in ear-\\nnest. If that poor thing should come\\nhere for her baby before you brought it\\nback, I don t know what I should say to\\nexcuse you.\\nCamphell Oh, I could trust you to\\nthink of something.\\nM7 S, Camphell Don t tease, dear-\\nest, and do run\\nMrs. Roherts Yes, Willis, you\\n[54]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nmust. It would be shocking to have\\nher come for it, and we have to make\\nsome sort of lame explanation. Hurry\\nas fast as you can. It must be nearly\\ntrain time.\\nHoherts, looking at his watch Yes,,\\nit s five minutes of it. But that s\\nplenty of time for Willis if he does n t\\ndelay.\\nCampbell Oh, hello Don t you\\njoin in, Roberts. It was you who got\\nus all into this trouble, and now I m\\ngoing to let you go and get the baby\\nfrom the matron yourself. There s\\nplenty of time for you, if you don t\\nstand here dilly-dallying.\\nRoberts But the matron would n t\\nknow me, and she wouldn t give it to\\nme.\\n[55]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCampbell I guess she 11 give it to\\nanybody that asks for it.\\nMrs. Campbell: Very well, then\\nI 11 go for it myself. After this, don t\\npretend that you have the least regard\\nfor me. Don t try to stop me\\nCampbell^ interposing himself be-\\ntween his wife and the door Only\\nover my prostrate form, Amy. I m go-\\ning. Your reasoning has convinced me\\nbut you know that if we adopt this child\\nI am not going to take care of it.\\nMrs. Campbell No, no, Willis. I\\nshall never ask you. I assume the\\nwhole responsibility. Oh, how sweet\\nyou are You always come round in the\\nend.\\nCampbell I always listen to rea-\\nson, even when I m going to make a\\n[56]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nfool of myself. But suppose some-\\nbody s got it away from tlie matron\\non false pretences, and I can t bring\\nit?\\nMrs. Campbell Don t come back\\nwithout it\\nCampbell Oh, very well. He\\nrushes out.\\nVII\\nMRS. CAMPBELL, MRS. ROBERTS, ROBERTS\\nMrs. Campbell, watching him through\\nthe window: He did hate to go!\\nTurning to Mrs. Roberts Perhaps\\nI ve been rash, Agnes.\\nMrs. Roberts No, not in the least,\\nAmy. I should have been just so with\\nEdward, and he would have hated it\\n[57]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nquite as much as Willis would n t you,\\nEdward?\\nHoherts Oh, quite. It would have\\nbeen extremely disagreeable.\\nMrs. Campbell: Then I wish you\\nhad spoken before, Mr. Roberts. I\\ndid n t want to treat Willis worse than\\nAgnes would have treated you. I am\\nsure we have both, Willis and I, tried\\nto consider you in the matter.\\nJRoherts Of course. You cer-\\ntainly have, and I am very grateful for\\nyour kindness. But you know I did n t\\nlike to interfere, exactly.\\nMrs. Roberts Edward is always\\nvery careful in such matters.\\nMrs. Camjjbell Oh, I am sure he\\nmeant well. But if Willis had been in\\nhis place and you in mine, I think Willis\\n[58]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nwould have said sometliing to stop me\\nor you, I mean.\\nMrs, Roberts: I hope you don t\\nblame poor Edward, Amy, i\u00c2\u00a3 you have\\nbeen a little harsh with Willis.\\nMrs. Campbell Then you think I\\nhave been harsh Well, I must say I\\ndid n t expect this of you, Agnes, when\\nI was doing it all to relieve Edward of\\na difficulty.\\nMrs. Roberts You know I did n t\\nmean to reproach you. Amy.\\nRoberts And we both thoroughly\\nappreciate what you and Willis have\\ndone. I m sure I don t know what\\nwould have become of me without your\\nhelp or his.\\nMrs. Campbell Oh, I assume\\nnothing for myself. She takes out her\\n[59]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "The ^moking-Car\\nhandkerchief and wipes her eyes with\\na swift dash, and then runs it back\\ninto her pocket. Don t regard ??ze,\\nplease But I wish the next time you\\nthink I am making Willis make a fool\\nof himself, you would n t hesitate to\\nsay so.\\nMrs, Roherts^ glancing out of the\\nwindow There There he is com-\\ning back.\\nMrs, Camphell^ springing to the win-\\ndow beside her: Don t tell me he\\nisn t bringing the baby! Yes, yes!\\nHe s got it. And now I forgive him\\neverything. I m sure I don t know\\nwhat we shall do with it.\\nMrs, Roberts Why, I thought\\nyou wanted to adopt it. Amy.\\nMrs, Campbell Not if it s been\\n[60]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nthe cause of my making Willis make a\\nfool of himseK. I should always detest\\nthe sight of it. She turns to encounter\\nher husband, as he enters the car, red\\nand perspiring, with the child in his\\narms. Had she come for it Did the\\nmatron give it up willingly Were you\\nvery ridiculous, Willis Did she laugh\\nat you What did you say to her\\nVIII\\nCAMPBELL, AND THE OTHERS\\nCamphell^ sinking breathless into the\\nseat beside her One thing at a time,\\nmy dear, and nothing till I ve got my\\nwind. He pursues, panting There\\nhad n t been any rush for her, not even\\non the part of the unnatural mother,\\n[61]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nand I dare say I was more a fool than I\\nlooked.\\nMrs. Hoherts, fondly and proudly:\\nOh, you couldn t be, Willis, dear\\nCampbell Thank you, Agnes, you\\nare always so flattering. But the main\\npoint is that I got the baby back for\\nyou, and here it is, Amy, and the sooner\\nyou take it Hello! They all start\\ninto listening postures, while an excited\\nand anxious woman s voice makes it-\\nself heard from without in apparent\\nparley with the brakeman on the plat-\\nform\\nThe Woman^s Voice Is this the\\nhalf past nine o clock train for Newton\\nCentre?\\nThe Brakeman s Voice Well, for\\nthat and about twenty other places.\\n[62]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nThe Woman s Voice: The half\\npast nine\\nThe Brahemaris Voice Yes,\\nma am.\\nThe Woman s Voice You re sure\\nit has n t gone\\nThe Brakeman s Voice Well, I\\nwon t be, in about two minutes.\\nThe Woman s Voice Oh, my gra-\\ncious Which is the smoking-car\\nThe Braheman s Voice This is.\\nThe Woman s Voice: And was\\nthere a lady, here, about half an hour\\nago, that came out and told you she had\\nleft her baby in the car with a strange\\ngentleman, and asked you whether you\\nthought it would be safe, and said she\\nwould be back in about a minute, and\\nasked you to tell her just how soon the\\n[63]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\ntrain started, and said she was going to\\nget her bag at the express office, and\\nasked you if you would look in now and\\nthen and see how the baby was getting\\nalong, and asked how she should know\\nthe car again, and you said it was the\\nsmoking-car, and she would know it by\\nthat, and\\nThe Braheman s Voice Yes,\\nma am.\\nThe Woman s Voice Goodness\\nThen there ain t a minute to lose\\nCampbell The unnatural mother\\nWhat are you going to say to her when\\nshe comes in to rob you of your adop-\\ntive child?\\nMrs, Campbell I shall know what\\nto say. I hope you will.\\nCampbell I hope Roberts will.\\n[64]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nIX\\nTHE YOUNG MOTHER, AND THE OTHERS\\nThe Young Mother^ at the door,\\npeering down the aisle till she catches\\nsight of the baby, which Campbell has\\nexpeditiously transferred to Roberts s\\nknee, and then running toward the\\ngroup Oh, there were so many, was\\nafraid I never should get to the right\\none. But it is the car, and there you\\nare, baby, as bright as a biscuit Did\\nyou think mamma had forgotten her\\nprecious Oh, you darling She\\ncatches the baby from Campbell, and\\ncrushes it to her breast and face and\\nthen turns to Roberts I don t know\\nwhat you 11 think of my being gone so\\n[65]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nlong, but I have had such a time\\nFirst off, I thought I d telegraph to his\\nfolks that we d got here safe, but I\\ncould n t seem to find the right place to\\nsend the dispatch to very easy they\\nlive back in the country, a little ways\\nand then after I got it off, I went to\\nthe express office for my bag, and lo\\nand behold it wasn t there, and they\\nsaid the baggage from the Bangor boat\\nwas n t in yet, and I thought I should\\ngo through the floor and who should I\\nsee but John himself, just about as wild\\nas I was, looking for me and baby and\\nhe s gone back to look after my bag on\\nthe boat, and we ve concluded to stay\\ntill he gets it. He said he d been all\\nthrough the cars looking for baby and\\nme, and he could n t find us.\\n[66]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nCampbell He probably did n t\\nlook into the smoking-car.\\nThe Young Mother Well, tbere,\\nI guess you re right and I don t\\nknow as I blame him any, for I did n t\\nintend to get into it myself, and the\\ngentleman here she nods down at\\nRoberts did n t tell me it was a\\nsmoking-car when I left baby with him,\\nand\\nCampbell Oh, that s just his way.\\nHe didn t know it himself.\\nThe Young Mother Well, he did\\nseem pretty absent-minded, so t I\\ndid n t feel exactly right about leaving\\nbaby with him, but I had to leave her\\nwith somebody, and\\nCampbell You could n t have\\nchosen better.\\n[67]", "height": "2830", "width": "1619", "jp2-path": "smokingcarfarce00howe_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "The Smoking-Car\\nThe Young Mother I m sure I m\\never so mucli obliged\\nCamphell Don t mention it we ve\\nall helped my wife here, and my sis-\\nter and we ve all taken such a fancy\\nto your baby\\nMrs. Roberts Yes, indeed Such\\na good little thing\\nMrs. Campbell Perfect little an-\\ngel!\\nCampbell We almost hoped you\\nwould n t come back for it, and we were\\njust quarreling about which family it\\nbelonged to when you came in.\\nThe Young Mother Well, I guess\\nwhen I tell John that he 11 be ashamed\\nof the way he talked to me about leavin\\nit with a perfect stranger. 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