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TEE ATH OF THE GltLNE QUEER PRANKS WHICH IT SOME- T) when I saw her give way to an act of EVILS 0F OVERSTUDY. fi'ivolity that utterly disgub‘lt’fldlle-f' q l mu“ Slwak In,iylf:;rli An Example of "on line Itruin l~ Rllincd young, and she , . - . . Donna. pathetically. "Go on. dear; it" R" “up!” PP'I‘IMH' . LORD Kit -‘1 CHAPTER XXVIâ€"(Continued) Mrs. Dundas turned back into the hall with O'Grady, and for once in her life did, without deliberation, a foolish thing. She renewed the dis- cussion of a moment since. "You accuse me. of denying you a dance," she said, with a coquettish smile, lifting her eyes boldly to his. “A polka was it you said ’6" "I don’t think I said anything," re- plied he. with an amused gaze that should have warned her. “No? My mistake, then. But yours is still to be explained. It was prob- ably my cousin, Miss MacGillicuddy, to whom you spoke." "Pardon me, no. You are both the same. height; you are both"â€"with a SliE‘Iht bowâ€""beautiful; your Costumes were identical, but my eyesight is still very good." "Don’t depend altogether upon it," said she, lightly. "All that sand in the East may have done its work without your knowledge. Take my word for it. it was Constantia who rejected you." She glanced at him archly. “I do not think I should have had the heart to do it." Her eyes, as a rule. were ir- resistible when she chose; but O'Grady. though still perfectly friendly. was not to be subdued by them. “Your word is no doubt as good as your bond," said be, smiling; “but I assure you it .was not. your double who threw me over forâ€"Lord Varley!" He laughed a little as he noticed how she started. "You see I am a hopeless person; when not all the sand of the desert could blind me. you can readily believe that it could not be easy to throw dust in my eyesâ€"with a success- ful result.” _ "You have a meaning in what you say, of course," said she, leaning back indolently against a pillar, and gazing at him through lids lowered. "Let me hear it." "I desire Lady Varley's happiness," he said. boldly. “Beyond doubt; one can see that." A faint sneer curved her lips. "Do you intend to be the creator of itâ€"is that your role 2" O'Grady controlled himself ably. "Varley's faith means her honor." he said, ignoring her vile insinuation. “You are, as all the world knows. very charming, very fascinating. Many men bow at your shrine; all I demand is that. you let that one man go." “And who are you that you should demand ?" asked she, in a low tone that now he. felt was dangerous. "Pardon me; I put it. badly. treat, then." "It is a great compliment. doubtâ€" less," she said, with a curious laugh. "Is she so poor a creature that. she must beg her husband out of my hands? And youâ€"what is it that you are do- ing in this imbroglio‘l' Should Lord Varley and I never meet again. she would presumably be happy; should things continue as they areâ€"â€"" “She will be unhappy." said he slowly. “Tant mieux pour vousl" whispered shc, casting a side. glance at him from under her long lashes. He did not lose his temper, however. “Of what use?" he thou ht. "She is a soulless thing; she wou d drag down the, very saints to her own level if she could!" He made her a cold salutation. "I regret, for your own sake," he said, “that it is out of your power to comprehend her." He turned leisurely away.and, push- ing aside a curtain. made his way once more to the ball-room, Ma‘s. Dundas. thus deserted, watched his retreating figure until the curtain dropped be- tween her and it. and then she slowly let the back of one hand fall into the palm of the other. It was a thought- tul gesture, and there was a strange gleam in her eyes as they were still turned to the spot where. he had disap- peared. pression vanished from her face. and she threw up her head with a disdain- ful air. and a smile warmed her lips. "This place grows too hot for me," admir- 1 en- she said to herself. with a quick sense I‘ _Hhut Constantia “I expect I shall have’ of amusement; to make tracks before long. I have of- fended Featherston hopelessly toâ€"night, and this manâ€"this man. to whom I have done no illâ€"will work me harm." She frowned, and pressed her fingers tightly together. "There is, too, An- drcw Stronge. who knows rather too muoh of those old Italian days! Oh. to be back in that sunny South with â€"" She hesitatedeven in her thoughts. and made a substitutionâ€"“wiihoul my legal lord." She sighed heavily; then all at once. her mood changed. She threw off her depression as swiftly as she had donned it, and the old gay, inâ€" ! soucizint, reckless air took its place. “But. after all." she said, "the present is my own, and, whatever happens, it is a thrice blessed thing to know that. nothing can possibly interfere with my settlements." She turned sharply aside, feeling unâ€" willing to show herself in the ball-room for yet another minute or two; and opening the door of the library she pushed aside a heavy portiere and en- tered quickly. CHAPTER XXVII. A dim lamp. shaded and turned down, . was burning on the center table; in an armâ€"chair. leaning back if a litâ€" tle tired, sat Mr. Dundas. She was a very clever woman. andâ€"without. the detestable adjuncts attributed to that class wasâ€"a so st‘rongeniinded. She suppressed her first: vehement start of surprise and disgust, and advanced toâ€" ward him with ii radiant smile. "You Jol" she cried. with quite‘ a rapturous intonation. “\Vhy. yes," said be He. rose and came toward her. All at once he seemed *a new man. Love. illuznined his face, and took away the fatigue from. it. "I confess to you I felt some weariness. I am not so young a man as I was, my Donna. The fact is," sadly. "I am too old for you." “Not youl" she said. She lifted one IWindow on the moonlit scene _ , .I ‘f'tdl."t. After a little the intense ex- ‘ was ascma e U l , it quite. dainty bejeweled hand, and patted his check with a fond touch. He caught the. treailicrous hand and pressed his lips to itâ€"‘poor fool! . “Well, at all events, I was tired.'_' he Went on, but now he did not look tired at all, but only full of happiness. “I came here to get a moment's rest. And you"â€"he looked at her quickly, hope- fully, “you missed me ?" he said. “You came to lonk for me?" There was in- tense deli lit in his tone. "Do yofgi think you could be absent without. my missing you?" asked she. rcproachfully. “Yes. you have. guessed it. That is why I came." She said readily, without a moment‘s hesitation. Time. to think had been denied her, yet, she was prepared, and had made. the one. answer that was most sure to charm. and hold, and blind him. She could have laughed aloud as she spoke, but she restrained herself. and looked into his eyes with a Vismn clear. and soft, and tender, that seemed to him the perfection of all things woman- ly. She was false as Judas. Yet to him she. appeared as a very angel of love and goodness. “Sweetheart,” said he, "I am sorry if I caused you even a. second’s uneaSiâ€" ncss. But as I tell you, I felt tired. And now that I look at. you. my dear- est, how pale you areâ€"how sadâ€"how lovely l" The last assertion. at least, was true. She was dressed in pure white; she always wore white, as a rule. so that there was nothing extraordinary in that, but to-night her gown was a very marvel of beauty. It. was a dream, an inspiration of the immacu- late “'orth, and was singularly attrac- tive. 1t suited her a merveille, and added another charm to her wonderous beauty. Pale drooping blossoms .of jonquils, a bare degree less White than the robe. lay hidden amongst its folds; a bud or two nestled in her bosom. Around her neck she wore. a string of pearls. Above all these. her large eyes shone, brifift as sapphires; her red hair rested l e a crown upon them all. . "Poqu You are always paying me compliments." she cried, gayly. There was nothing in her manner to suggest the idea that such compliments were but as a wearying of the flesh to her. “As to my pallor. it is not possdile to get through an affair of this kind With- out some slight anxiety." "That is true," rsaid Dundas. He spoke with a certain eagerness. "And as for these foreign affairs, these mask- ed dances, I do not think I should care for them. They give rise to little complications that are scarcely to be desired." Donna looked at him. . did he know? Had any one been puis- oning his mind? She knew him. suf- ficiently well to be certain that If. he was ever uneasy about her reputation, he would speak. She guessed, too, that if he so much as suspected her, he would in all probability kill her. Why should he not? She was all his. There was nothing afterâ€"there would be noâ€" thing left to regret. “lou are vexed about something," she said very tenderly, feeling it Wise to get at the root of the matter. "It. was a trifle rash, perhaps, your giving your cousin a domino the same as your own." said Mr. Dundas. “I don't believe I have ever been so disap- pointed in any one as I have been in er." "Poor Connie!" said Mrs. Dundas. with a soft laugh that sounded kindly apologetic for her cousin. "\Vhat has she been doing now’ ‘ "She's young," sail Mr. Dundas. "and â€"erâ€"no doubt thoughtless. and I should not have troubled my head about the matter at all had not you, in your goodâ€"nature, given her a gown the fac- simile of your own. You know, my dear girl, how censorious people's tongues can be. and how ready they have always proved themselves to say unpleasant things of a woman so beau- tiful as you." "I know." She nodded her head carelessly. "But of Connie, how is all this apropos ?" “\Vell, Isaw a few things toâ€"night by the merest chance that rather dis- turbed meâ€"for your sake alone, Sir George had been making inquiries about that new telescope of mine. and I of- fered to show it. to him. You know he is mad on such matters. I went up to the turret chamber where I kept it, and by chance looked through the below. It was charm- ing beyond my belief. As I gazed, I saw your cousin come through the 1shrubbery with some manâ€"who. I .could not distinguish"â€"â€"Donna here ‘drew a tittle quick breath of relief was unmistakable. because you had told me her domino was to be the counterpart of youn own." “\Vell," said she impatiently. "why do you stop? Go on. What has my giddy cousin done now 'I" "I think there are limits to even the most innocent gayeiy," said Mr. Dun- das, severely. “Constantia hitherto has always appeared to me to be a girl with discretion, therefore 1 was the more surprised to see her let that man kiss her in the open moonlight, as though there were no such thing as maiden modesty. You must. acknow- ledge it was a rather risque thing to do with all the. world astir." He appealed to her, so she was oblig- ed to answer. “Would it make it more decent. were the world not astirl” she asked, with a flippancy that might have annoyed him had his idol not been perfect. and without flaw in his eyes. “And as to kissing in ‘open moonlight,’ how is it to be managed otherwise! One can’t bottle the precious beams and bring them out in private, can one? [think Constantia is to be applauded, and reâ€" garded as a rather model young woâ€" man in tlial she does her loveâ€"making thus publicly. There! Now I have teased him. Isn’t. it i” She leanâ€" ed back her graceful head against his shoulder. and turned her exquisite eyes upward to his. She was so tall that. as she did this. her lips were almost on a level with his, and with a slow, sweet: swaying of her body. she. sought and obtained :1 caress. “Forgive me!" she whispered. “For your sweet defense of your cousin? My darling, who is there in the world like you! So true, so good, so charitable! I would not, indeed, have. thought much of Constantia's suf- fering lhcrself to be, Blllill‘tlt‘el thus lightly. had not her whole air and manâ€" ner suggested cuquelry 01 a Sort 100 pronounced in be d‘orgiven. I was shocked, and was about to withdraw, How much . me hear in \\ but further way she angcrâ€" . ctl you." ' "Shi- picked up her petticozits,” sziid Mr. .Dundas, not without a lilllsll‘ttft shame. "Picked them up (lune be yond the bounds of decent-y, my dear girl. and began to dance before llllS man, whoever he. was. She was plainly imitating (somebody, because it was not. the. movement. of a young girl, but rather those of an advanced age that she port rayed, I was never so surprised in my life. Constantia hxisalwziys' seemed to be so specially sensible tor a girl." Mrs. Dundas. after a faint struggle with herself, burst out laughing. "And so when she ‘picked up her petâ€" ticoats beyond the bounds of decency‘ you still stayed and watched,” she cried. "Oh, you naughty boyl Oh, Jo!" She stood back and shook her finger at him rcprovingly. "That. it should come. to this between us two!" she went on. “That Ishould have Lo In June. 1801, abcaniiful young wo- Wcll for some months, owing to over study and insufficient sleep: but her aberration of mind was directly brought about by her failure to pass the exâ€" amination in philosophy at. the end of the term. Being a friend of the, family, I visited her soon after her incarceration. I was struck with the change that a few short years of study had made in the girl. (low, Sh" was sitting near the winâ€" apparently reading, when I ap« peared at the door of her apartment. She. looked up, but evidently did not recognize me, and after eyeing me suspiciously for a few moments, rose lecture youl Oh, you terrible man! I, who used to be the wild one, have now to bring you to task! But, seriously. then. about our poor Con. Don't. be hard upon her, Jol Don‘t now, I en- Itreat you! I shall speak to her, in private, you know, just. by our. own two selves. But you must. promise to say nothing at all, and, more than that. you must give me your word you will not, by lotlk orisign, let her see you are displeased With her. Poor dear Con! It would make her thorâ€" oughly wretched K she thought she had fallen in your estimation. Wou are one of her chief gods, you know." She smiled admirineg at him._ “ion can not expect me to be surprised at that." she said. He drew her to him and kissed her. "There is no man on earth as happy as 1 am," he said. "And you will give me your word not to be cold to my poor Con f" "I will give you my word for that and anything else you like." "And you will trust me to speak to her, and show her where her fault (an innocent one, I SWear), lies 2" "Where is it that I would not trust you?" said he, proudly, fondly. She was conscious of a sense of re- lief. Her plans were not yet formed, and it was emential that she should stand well with him until the last. "I have your word, then," she said. She nestled closer to him. and drew one of his willing arms around her neck. "It is so dear to me that you should thus trust me," she wliis ered. “To tell you a secret, I was a ittle uneasy about those two dominoes (Connie's and mine) being so exactly the same, and when I found how sheâ€"poor darling foolish girlâ€"was behaving in so silly a fash- ion withâ€"but,” playfully, “that would be betraying a girlish confidence. so you must not ask me about it just yet. But I could not. help saying to myself once or twice to-nigbt, when I was busy trying to make my guests happyâ€"and a difficult task it was," plaintivelyâ€" "how would it be if you were to mis- take me for Connie, a.nd-â€"andâ€"” Her voice quite faltered. her lowered eyes surely were suffused with tears! "My darlingâ€"my beloved? How could I mistake you?" cried he, with quick emotion. His broad chest heaved, he put out his arms and drew her to him unresisting. It only just struck her at the moment what a powerful man he was, though no longer young, and what a simple thing it would be to him to press the life out of her! "If all the world were in league to hide you from me, I should find you. I should know you anywhere." "Ah, well! you only,” she said, rub- bing her cheek softly in a kittenishl fashion against his arm. "There are others, however, who might have im- agined that frivolous Con was me..be- cause of the similarity in our gowns; but you. never. That I believe. But there are always the others to becon- sidered wherever one. is." "That is true. No one could, of course, know you as I do,” replied he, with a satisfied and trustful smile. That would be impossible." His tone was so tenderly boastful that it touched a sense of amusement in Donna’s breast. It was all so per- fect, so flawless, such a pure bit of comedy! She appreciated it so thor- oughly that she could not repress the smile that rose involuntarily and curved her lips. His proud belief in her. his fond trust, evoked only a mirth, sup- pressed but intense. It did not touch her in any honest way, it only suggest.- ed itself as an exquisite joke that it seemed a pity she should en'oy alone. But she consoled herself with the re- flection that she could retail it. at her leisure, and she assured herself that she would forget none of the emphatic utterances, not one of the tender glances. "Ah, yesl you indeed know me."she said, lifting her cool. soft little hand to push back, with a tender touch, the gray hair from his brow. (To be Continued.) A NEW NIAGARA BRIDGE To Be. s‘llbslilulccl For an 0ld “'ltliout [Disturbing ’l‘rallle. A despatch from Harrisburg, Penn. says:â€"The Pennsylvania Steel Com- pany has closed a contract with the Niagara Falls Suspension and Niagara Falls International Bridge. Compan- ies for the erection of a steel arched bridge to take the. place of the present suspension bridge, built by Roebling in 1855. The arch measures 550 feet, and the centre will be 260 feet above water level. This is the longest single steel arch ever designated. The en- tire length of the bridge will be more than 1,100 feet. The bridge will be a double-decked open structure, On the upper deck two tracks will be laid, and on the lower one will be two elec- tric car frocks, a roadway, and two footwalks. There will be two ribs or main arches. 550 feet long by 4 feet; deep and 3 feet wide, which will be shipped In 25-ton sections from the steel plant. Every particle of the structure will be made at Steelton from the raw material. and shipped to the falls. The structural work will be done by ‘ the cantilever process. and no super- structure, will be, necessary. The traf- fic of the swam and electric lines will not. be interfered with, bridge will occupy the exact position of the old one. The structure will cost about $500,- 000. It is to be completed in one year, yet the newi and began to pace the room, laughing at intervals that peculiar mirthless laugh which charactcrizes the insane. Finally, with a shudder. she ap- proached me. "So you are another torâ€" mentor," she said. “How did you know I failed in that wretched examination? I tell you, I did not fail. I only for- gel. the wordsâ€"just the words. say them all now. They‘re from Kant. Listen. "The teleology of nature is made to rest on a transcendental theo- .ology which takesthe ideal of supreme ontological perfection as a principle of systematic unity, a principle whichâ€"â€" whichâ€"oh, how my head aches. Do you know, I worked that problem all right. It: took me all night, but I solv- ed it; and when I lay down in the morning I thought that very triangle was in my head, with the apex piercing my forehead. That must have been the beginning; but I am not insaneâ€" only studying. studying. studying. I hear people say so much study is of no use, but I only laugh at them. the idiots. I say, give me knowledgeâ€" knowledge. I adore learnin . I wor- shi education." (Here she flung herâ€" sel. upon the bed and fairly hugged and kissed two volumes which happened to be lying there. These proved to he a_Hebrew grammar and a work on differential calculus.) “When I was a child." she continued, "I rebelled against the good that was in books. l loved the. air and sunshine. I hated the school room. The sight of my playmates sitting silent and motion-1 less oppressed me. Then I was a stu- ‘pid animal. Now I am an intellectual soul. Oh, heavens! How happy I am." (She raised her eyes with an ex- pression of ecstacy.) "\Vhat care I for the things of this world," she went on. "I study for eternity. I can speak fourteen languages. I will be God's interpreter. He has promised me that position when i go to heaven. I will be God‘s favorite child, for was I not always first in my classâ€"did I say al- ways? Oh, that examination." (At this point she sank to the floor, and I could stand the strain no longer.) I walked slowly out of the building, saying to myself; "Idolatry is not dead in this nineteenth century. Learning is doubtless of inestimable value when rightly applied; but the. belief, which so many hold, that there is embodied in a set of college text books that which is intrinsically and necessarily good is mere fetichism." man was. removed from one of the New England colleges and placed in an asy- lum for the insane. She had been un- I can E COLLECTING RENT. The 01d Lady Took Iler Ruining and Walled on [lie Doorstep. . Commend us to the old lady in Roch- ester, N.Y., who sought novel and suc- cessful means of collecting her house rent. last week. She was an old lady of ideas and a knowledge of human nature gleaned from a lifetime of experience with the world. She owned a house and lot in Rochester, and the income from it. was the substance upon which she depended for life's necessities. It was rather an ostentatious house and lot. and the tenants were persons with a reputation to sustain, although appar- ently embarrassed for ready money. Two months' rent was due. and the agent was not able to collect. The old lady said it was simple en- ough. She would collect it herself. Now, she wasn't a stylish nor an artis- tic old lady, but she was sturdy and imperturbable, and her proportions were ample and her spirit unfaltering. She rang the door bell at an early hour the other morning and inquired for the head of the family. The servant glow- ered at her and said he was not to be seen yet for two hours, because the family had not yet risen. The early caller was cheerful, and said she'd sit on the doorsteps and wait. Finally she was granted an audience with her tenant, who put her off with smooth promises. "I'll just sit here :lfl'l wait till you can pay it," replied ‘ue righteous collector. and she settled her- self once more on the doorstep, took some knitting from her basket and prepared to spend the day. She made a quaint-looking picture. and all the neighbors wondered. \Vhen any one came within conversing distance and :stared ruder at her she explained in a. friendly way that she was wailingtill the tcnants paid their rent. She look- ed truthful, and no one doubted her, and her plan worked like a charm. The rent was paid long before sunâ€" down, and she ambled home more than eVer convinced that nothing is impos- sible. â€"â€".â€"___. C URE FOR HICCOUGHS. . A woman in a French hospital had a hiccough which had resisted all treatment for four days. She was ask- ed to show the tongue, and it. was no- ‘ticed that with the putting out of the .tongue the. hiccough ceased. The same thing has since been tried; and with success in other cases. All that is ne- .uessary apparently is to strongly push the tongue out o the mouth and hold It so for a minute or two. It is also suggested now to try the Szililt‘ thing lin suffocative cough, as whooping cough, and chokiim‘ by irrespirable gas- 83. TIMES PLAYS. Pain! Rubin-1| From :1 Barn That was llnln- jun-alAiv‘owls Stripped of Their l-‘enlh- ers. and a “'alcli was Blown Through a (‘owiion (‘an Believe These. Stories ll’ You Like. The awful cyclone that swept over Northern Kansas Sunday evening, bringing death to 30 people, injuries to many and destroying property whose value will aggregate millions, pro- duced many queer contortions of orâ€" dinary objects, and almost incredible stories of its pranks are being receiv- ed. Mrs. Knotte, living near Seneca, who was blown from her home, was found dead, with her living babe clasped in her rigid arms. An oak stave was through a cow‘s body. A frame in which a mirror was set was smashed to splinters. but not a crack or blemish could be discovered on the glass. A schoolhouse was blown away, leav- ing the floor undisturbed, with the chairs and desks remaining upright in place. . The paint on a barn near Irving was rubbed off. Otherwise the barn was uninjured. An organ in a church at Spring Valley was scattered to the winds. The stove sitting under it was not moved. Not a trace of two missing pianos at Frankfort can be found. Three boys in a schoolhouse at Pal- mer were blown 50 feet through the air, but were deposited on the ground without injury. The building was wrecked. NEVER STOPPED TICKING. At Frankfort it is said a watch was blown through a cow without stop- ping ticking. A field was furrowed by the wind as though it had been done by a plow. The only person in one district who suffered no damage was the only per- son who carried cyclone insurance. It required 176 stitches to sew up the lacertions of Joseph Knotte, of Seneca. A barrel of lime was lifted up and its contents scattered over fruit trees as perfectly as any horticulturist could have done. driven clear Two horses were in a barn near \Yaterville. One was blown quite a. distance over the tree tops and de- The other was not in- posited safel . h the barn was blown from jured, thong over it. Another horse was carried 100 feet through the air and landed unin‘ured through the roof of a cyclone tel ar. Another horse was blown astride a barbed wire fence, from which it was extricated alive, but was horribly mutilated. , A heavy refrigerator car was blown over an embankment and deposited as deer 200 yards away. One man had his stable blown into the next township. but his horse, cow. calf and buggy, which had been in the barn. were found next morning on the ground where the barn had ormerly stood. A blind child was found clinging to the dead body of its mother and begâ€" ging piteously for her to wake up. Every tree in a grove of 200 cotton- woods was twisted off at a. distance of six feet from the ground. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES. The house of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. near Bigelow, was blown away while they were sleeping. They were only slightly scratched. The house of Robert Sweeney, at Reserve, was blown away. His two boys were in bed together. One was killed, while the other was uninjured. A twelve-year-old girl at Preston was blown through a window. but was not injured. \Vhen Mr. Irvin's family emerged from their cellar, where they had taken refuge, the house formerly above it had disappeared. . A pump, with connecting. pipe and chain, was pulled from a crstern and blown into a neighboring yard and de- posited upright. Chickens, ducks and geese were en- tirely stripped of feathers. farmer was riding a horse and leading four others. Lightning killâ€" ed him and the four horses he was leading. The horse he was 1'! ling was not injured. ~ The gyrating funnel seemingly 'had a special spite against church edifices, every church building in its path, re- gardless of denominations, being de- molished. . Preacher Mason. at Barnes, while occupying his pulpit. had a leg broken. His congregation was scattered, man" being injured. and his church wrecked . ._vg....,m.... _. - MILITARY BANDS OF EUROPE. The two leading bands of Europe to- day, which met in honorable rivalry at the French Exhibition in London dur- ing the summer and fall of 1890, are those of the Grenadier Guards, of Eng- land, conducted by the world-famed bandmaster. the Hon. Lieul Dan God- frey, and the Guarde Republicaine, of are composed of picked menuartists who France, conducted by M. \\ et'tge. Both have served a long apprenticeship in other bands previous to being honored and gratified by being called to join these. And when upon state occaswns. such as the trooping of the colors on the Queen’s birthday, the Guards' bands of the Grenadiers. Coldstreams and Scots Fusiliers are massed together for comâ€" bined effort. or the full complement. of the Guarde fRepublir-aine is pouring forth lorious melody under the trees of Paris" great parks and gardens, one can fully understand how it comes to pass that their fame has extended so widely. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt‘s last gown cost a little over £1,200. It is decorat- ed with diamonds and turquoises, and the. skins of 200 ermines were required to line the train.