train-speed

Updated: July 3, 2026

Here he was, playing for sight of an interesting girl, as another traveler timed the train-speed by the mile-posts, or counted the telegraph poles along the way. So he came out suddenly into the Pullman car ahead and almost stumbled over the nucleus of his meditations. She was half-kneeling beside a seat, clasping in her arms the figure of a little, old woman. He hesitated, stock still.

Will Irwin - The House of Mystery : An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant