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EMIGRANT TRAIN. 
how much she wanted the armor when she first 
saw it ? ” they questioned. “ They would have 
been happy to provide the means to secure it.” 
As it was, they urged her to let them get a 
first-class ticket in exchange for the one she had, 
insisting that she should not impose upon herself 
the discomforts of such a journey. But her 
mind was made up. With the insatiable demands 
of her new enterprise upon her, she would incur 
no debt, even to the best of friends. So the 
Japanese merchant took the price of the comforts 
of her coming journey, and in its place the old 
armor, with all its battle-marks, and the title to 
its unknown romance and adventure, came into 
her possession. 
Gorget and breastplate, helmet and greaves— 
with such a defence, what discomforts could 
compel a surrender ? But, that these might be as 
few as possible, Mrs. W — — , with her unvarying 
kindness, procured a huge lunch basket and filled 
it to the brim, and both she and her husband did 
all that could be done to make her as comfortable 
as might be during the weeks she would be on 
the road. 
And queer weeks they were ! The strong 
points possessed by most of her travelling com- 
panions were, their power to endure heat and bad 
air, and their fondness for whiskey and tobacco. 
The majority of the masculine portion passed the 
