She was a little weary, however, and glad to get seated again in a car
going back toward her hotel.
The car had proceeded only about half a block, however, when it stopped
again, and two people, a man and a woman, stepped aboard, and seated
themselves next to her.
They seemed to be absorbed in earnest conversation, and did not appear to
notice any one about them.
The woman was an elderly person, rather fine looking, with a good figure,
and an erect, graceful bearing. Her hair was almost white, and there were
deep wrinkles in her forehead, at the corners of her eyes, and about her
mouth, although they were somewhat concealed, or softened, by the thickly
spotted black lace veil which she wore; but on the whole she was an
agreeable looking person, and her manner was full of energy and vitality.
Her companion was a rather rough-appearing personage and dressed like a
Western farmer or miner, rather coarsely handsome, and with an easy,
off-hand manner that was quite attractive, and he might have been thirty
or thirty-five years of age.
"What a dark skin--what black hair and beard, with blue eyes!" was Mona's
mental comment, as she observed this peculiarity about him. He also had
very white teeth, which contrasted strikingly with the intense blackness
of his mustache and beard.
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