"Rip her out." The doors of the freight-room were thrown open, and a big bundle of colored stuffs was dragged out and hastily unfolded.

One of the men ran to the further end of the car with a strip of red, white and blue bunting, and tacked it securely, while another fastened the other extremity to the railing of the steps by Meredith.

The two companions of this pair performed the same operation with another strip on the other side of the car.

They ran similar strips of bunting along the roof from end to end, so that, except for the windows, the car was completely covered by the national colors.

Then they draped the vestibules with flags.