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fjUIOMAS J. INGHAM, ATTOR
JL SKY AT LAW, LAPORTE, Sullivan
f.iuuty.Pa.
/GEORGE D. MONTANYE, AT
\J TuIISEY AT LA IV —Office in Union
Block, formerly occupied by JAMACFARLAKE.
\Yf T. DA VIES, Attorney at Law,
TT • Towanda, Pa. Office with Wm. Wat
kins, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or
p!iausr Court business and settlement ot de: e
deuts estates.
\I ERCL'R A MORROW, Attorneys
A'L. at /.ate, Towanda, Penn'a,
The undersigned having associated themselves
together in the practice of Law, offer their pro
te-isional services to the public.
ULYSSES MERCUR, P. D. MORROW.
.March 0,1865.
T>ATRICK A PECK, ATTORNEYS AT
L LAW. Offices In Union Block. Towanda,
Pa., tormerly occupied by Hon. Win. Elwell.and
in Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be
consulted at either place.
li. W. PATRICK, apU3 W. A. PECK.
ÜB. McKEAN, ATTORNEY <k
• COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towan
da, Pa. Particular attention paid to business
in the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1866.
HENRY PEET, Attorney at Law,
Towania, Pa. jun27,66.
\Y H. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
•< i • SKY AT LAW. Troy, Pa. Special
attention given to collecting claims against the
Government for Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions.
Office with E. B. Parsons, Esq. June 12,1865.
HI EL WESTON, DENTIST.—
U Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's Drug
and Chemical Stors. Ijan66
L' 1 1' WARD OVERTON Jr., Attor-
JLinet; at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in Mon
:inyes Block,over Frost's Store. July 13,1565.
DR. R. DAYIES, LERAYSVILLE, PA.
has permanently located at the office
• rmtrly occupied by Dr. B. DeWitt, for the
pra lice o! nis profess'on. May 9,1867.
JOHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
♦1 AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Also, Govern
ment Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back
Pay and Bounty.
*B~ N'u charge unless successful. Office over
he Post Office and News Room. Dec. 1,1861.
JONES & DKMOREST, Cooptrs,
*' Towania, Pa. All kinds of Cooper Work
on hand aud made to order. Particular atten
li'm given to repairing. Work can be obtained
at the shop in the Keystone Brewery, or at the
.-tore o! W, A. Rockwell. Cash, or work, paid
I .r stock. May 9,1867.
OD. STILES, M. D., Physician and
• Snrgeon, would announce to the people ot
home Borough and vicinity, that he has perma
nently locate) at the place formerly occupied by
Dr. 'I. W. Stone, for the practice of his profes
sion. Particular attention given to the treat
ment of women and children, as also to the prac
t :e of operative and minor surgery. Oct. '2,' fib.
DR. PRATT has removed, to State
street, (first above B. S. Basse!! & Co's
Baok). Persons from a distance desirous ot con
sulting him, will be most likely to find him on
S itr.rday of each week. Especial attention will
be given to surgical cases, and the extraction of
teeth. Gas or Ether administered when desired.
July 18,1866. P. S. PRATT, M. P.
DOCTOR CHAS. F. PAIXE.— or
tice in GORE'S Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
Towanda, November 28, 1866. *
L" 1 1)\V'1> MEEKS—AUCTIONEER.
Hj All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run,
Bradford Co. Pa., will receive prompt amotion.
LHIANCLS E. POST, Painter, Tuiv
i- anda. Pa, with 10 years experience, is con
fident he can give the best satisfaction in Paint
ing, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering,,4c.
89-Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
•nntry. April 9, 1866.
I K. VAUGHAN —Architect and
fj • Builder —All kinds of Architectural de
-igns furnished. Ornamental work in Stone,
Iron and Wood. Office on Main street? over
Russell 4 Co.'s Bank. Attention given to Ru
ra! Architecture, such as laying out of grounds,
4c. ,4c. Aprill, 1667 ly.
I J. X TWWIT L~R
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
>rv> ell, Bradford Co. , Pa„ will promptly attend
r all business in his line. Particular attention
given to running and establishing old ordispu
ted lines. Also to surveying of all unpatented
1 mils as soon as warrants are obtained. myl7
\\ J IIKKAy WAT KINS, Notanj
' T • Public is prepared to .take Deposi
-•us, Acknowledge the Execution of Peeds,
M rtgages, Power- of Attorney, and all other
instruments. Affidavits and other pipers may
be sworn to before me.
Office opposite the Banking House of B.S.
Russell & U*., a few doors north of the Ward
House. Towanda, Pa., Jan, 14,1867.
D? K X A P P~
Watch Maker and Dealer in Gents and Ladies
Watches Chains and Finger Rings, Clocks, Jew
elry, Gold Pens, Spectacles, Silver ware, Plat
ed ware, Hollow ware, Thimbles, Sewing Ma
(lines, and other goods belonging to a Jewel
ry Store.
Perticular attention paid to Repairing, at
his old place near the Post Office, Waveriy, N.
V. Pec. 3,1866. —tt.
JOHN MORAY,
ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER.
Will promptly attend to all business in hi 3 line.
Special attention given to landscape and Stere
- opic Photography. Views of Family Resi
iences,Stores. Public Buildings, Animals, Ma
bines, etc., L,keu in the best manner.
Particular attention given to the novel and
-eautiful stere-copic representation of objects.
Orders received at Wood 4 Harding's Photo
rraphic Art Gallery, Towanda.
Towanda, April '23,1867.—y1.
rpHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
-L opened a Banking House in Towanda, un
b r the name c. G. F. MASON 4 CO.
They are prepared to draw Bills of Ex-
Uange, and make collections in New York,
Philadelphia, and all portions of the United
states, as also England, Germany, and France.
I'-- I .can money, receive deposit. , and to do a
general Banking business.
G. F. Mason was one of the late firm of
l.aporte, Mason 4 Co., of Towanda, Pa., and
nis knowledge of the business men of Bradford
ud adjoining Counties,and having been in the
hanking business for about fifteen years, make
ibis bouse e. desirable one, through which to
make collections.
G. F. MASON,
Towanda, Oct. 1,1866. A. G. MASON.
\ CHOICE SELECTION OF Mis
cellaneous and Javenile Books at
RIDGWAY'S DRUG 4 BOOK STORE.
PAPER, ENVELOPES, "BLANK
Books, Writing Fluid, Ink, Pens, Pencils,
■-dates, Paper slates, Visiting Cards. Reward
Cards, Writing Desks, 4c., at
RIDGWAY'S DRUG & BOOK STORE,
■ " t.y -'-A giftf* f ..-'.Mb n4 ic ifa'ai* #ti{ v.& ,-r | ~, h . *, &■t
E. O. GOODRICH, Publisher.
VOLUME XXVII.
hotels.
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
On Main Street, near the Court House.
C. T. SMITH, Proprietor.
Oct. 8, 186(5.
HOTEL,
TOWANDA, PA*.,
Having purchased this well known Hotel on
Bridge Street, I have refurnished and refitted
it with every convenience for the accommoda
tion of all who may patronize me. No pains will
be spared to make all pleasant and a'greeable.
May 3,'66.—tt. J. S. PATTERSON, Prop.
Q N YDER HOUSE, a four story brick
VM edifice near the depot,with large airy rooms,
elegant parlors, newly furnished. ha 3 a recess in
new addition for Ladies use, and is the most
convenient and only first class hotel at Waverly.
N. Y. It is the principal office tor stages south
an ! express. Also for sale of Western Tickets,
and ia Canada, on Grand Trunk Rail-way. Fare
to Detroit from Buffalo, $4, is cheaper than any
other route. Apply for tickets as above to
C. WARFORD.
Bar Stabling aud care ol Horses at reasonable
r Waverly. N. Y., 0ct.26,1866.-3m. C. W.
UMITHBORO HOTEL,
SMITHBORO, N. Y .
Having rented and Refitted this well known
Hotel, I am ready to accommodate all who may
favor me with a call!" I haw a la ge Hall at
tached, suitable for lectures, dances, &o. Pass
engers carried to any point by applying at the
Hotel. No pains will be spared to make every
thing agreeable aud comfortable for the t ravel
ing public. J. B. VAN WINKLE,
Jan. 10,1867. Proprietor.
Ulillinerß ant) Press making.
GRIFFIN,
Would respectfully ask the ladies to call and
examine her stock ol Spring Millinery Goods,
just received from New York. Every thing
beautiful and new, in the line ol Bonnets, Hats,
Trimmings, etc- She takes pleasure in offering
to her friends and the public generally.
Of her work, those who have patronized her,
are the best judges, and to them she refers.
Towanda, April '23,1867. —6w*
MISSES WOUGHTER A SHIP
±Y_L MAN,
DRESS .MAKERS.
Rooms over Bramhall & Cowell's Store, Main
Street. Second Door below Beidleman's Block.
Towanda, Pa., April sth 1867.—3 m.
I L L I N ERY"
MRS. J. C. FIERCE,
Would announce to the citizens ol Towanda,
and the public generally, that she has just re
turned from New York with a well selected as
sortment oi Goods, and opened a
MILLINERY STORE,
Over Shlam's Clothing Store, in the front room
formerly occupied by W. C. Bogart, Esq.,
where she will be pleased to see the Ladies of
Towanda and vicinity, being confident that with
a varied and well-selected assortment she can
supply their wants.
Having procured the services ot one ot the
best Milliners irom the City, she believes that
she can give entire satisfaction. Particular at
tention given to STRAW WORK.
Come and see us. Don't forget the
place, over Shlam's Clothing Store, next door to
if "rear's Store.
Towanda, April 3, 1807.
jjjiss M. A. BUFFINGTON,
Would announce to the ladies ot Towanda and
vincinity, that she is now prepaTed to give her
time and attention to
DRESS MAKING,
And solicits a share of their patronage, All or
ders will be promptly attended to. Rooms at
the residence ot N. :J. Keeler, (up stairs) two
doors east of Dr. Pratt's office, on State street.
Towanda, April 15, 18>!7.
E W MILLINERY
AT MOXROETON.
Miss EMMA SILL & Miss MAKION S. RIDOWAY,
Having just returned from New York with a
fine and well selected assortment of
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
Would inform their friends, and the public gen
erally, that they would be pleased to receive a
call from them at their rooms formerly occupied
by Mrs. H. M. Tracy.
Particular attention given to Straw Work.
April 17.1867.
fttiscellancous.
T O. OF O.F.—BRADFORD LODGE
X No. 167,1. O. of O. P., meets at Odd Fel
lows Hall, every Monday evening from the first
Monday in April to the first Monday in October
at 7i p. m., from October to April at p. m.
J. S. CAREY, Sec'y.
April 23.1567.
PUBLIC DRAY.— The subscriber
has had made a new and convenient DRAY
and will hereafter be prepared to do hauling for
all persons desiring his services.
His Dray will stand in front of Patch's store,
when not engaged and all orders may be left at
that store. .
The patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited, as by prompt attention to orders, and ,
by punctuality and low charges, he is determ
ined to merit a share ot custom.
FRANK STEPHENS.
Morch 28,1867.—3 m*
GtRIST MILL.—I have purchased
T the grist-mill known as the Hale Mill, sit
uated near the moufh of Towanda Creek, and
about two miles south of Towanda Borough.
I take this method of notifying my old friends
of my location, and am in hopes to gam many
new friends and patrons by strict attention to
my business. All I ask is a fair trial, as I am
well satisfied that I can suit my customers .
WM. bA Hill
South Towanda, April 23,1867.
E W ASBANGE M I X T
AT THE
NEWS ROOM AND BOOK STORE.
The undersigned having purchased the BOOK
STORE AND NEWS ROOM of J. J. Griffiths,
respectfully invite the old patrons of the estab
lishment and the public generally, to call and ex
amine our stock,
ALVORD 4 BARBER.
S. W. ALVORD. F. E. BARBER.
WENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI
ENCE IN DENTISTRY.
J. M, SMITH, M. D., would respectfully inform
the inhabitants of Bradford County that he is
permanently located in Waveriy, N, Y., where
he has been in the practice of his profession for
the past lour years. He would say that from his
long and successful practice of 25 years duration
he is familiar with ail the different styles of
work done in any and all Dental Establishments
in city or country, and is better prepared than
any other Dental operator in the vicinity to do
work the best adapted to the many and different
cases '.hat present themselves oftentimes to the
Dentist, as he understands the art of making his
own artificial teeth, and has facilities for doing
the same. To those requiring under sets of
teeth he would call attention to his new kind of
work which consists of porcelain for both plate
and teeth, and forming a continuous gam. It is
more durable, more natural in appearance, and
much better adapted to the gum than any other
kind of work. Those in need of the saaie are
invited to call 'and examine specimens. Teeth
filled to last for years aud olteutimes tor life.—
Chloroform. Ether, and " Nitrous Oxide " ad
ministered with perfect safety, as over four hun
dred patients within the last four years can tes
tify.
1 will be in Towanda from the 15th to 30th of
every month, at the office ot W. K. TAYLOR,
(formerly occupied by Dr. O H.Woodruff) —
Having made arrangements with Mr. Taylor, I
am prepared to do all work in the very best
style, at his office, April 23, 1867.
THE ENGINEER'S STORY.
"Going up to-night, Frank?"
How quickly a man discovers the
friendly outlines of a familiar face,
even amidst the confusion and tumult
of a crowded railway depot ! I had
fancied myself uurecoguized, as I
leaned against the arched brick door
way nearly shrouded in shadow,
watching the hurried, anxious faces
that came and went, under the glit
tering gas lights ; yet here was Ca
rew's hand on my shoulder, and Ca
rew's genial countenance looking in
to mine. We had been close friends
and allies two years ago, when he
had been conductor aud I was engi
neer on on the same train. Tempted
by a more liberal offer, I bad left my
post on the " Lady Franklin " and
undertaken the supervision of a large
machine shop ; yet I had recollection
of my railway days, and to night, as
I stood on the old familiar ground,
with the well known sights and
sounds around me, aud the " Lady "
gliding out of her place of shelter"
with burnished sides and flaming
headlight, I almost wished myself
back again at my old post.
" Yes, I thought I should. How's
the old ' Lady ' ? Holds her own
pretty well ?"
" Better than the new one a deal !"
said the conductor, enthusiastically,
viewing the fiery-throated monster
as she pulled and groaned, ran back
ward a few steps, and then darted
forward, in a manner entirely enig
matical to any but our initiated
selves.
" She looks as trim as a city belle."
"Yes ; McLeod keeps her well up.
I say Frank, McLeod's wife is going
through to-night."
I know he was looking closely at
me, scrutinizing my countenance ;
but I managed with an effort to say,
quite carelessly and unconcernedly :
" Is she ?"
Carew had known all about the
one disastrous love affair of my youth;
he knew perfectly well that pretty
Isabel Martin had suddenly turned
round and married John McLeod af
ter encouraging my suit for nearly
a year ; and he knew also how sen
sitive I still was on the subject. I
had not blamed Isabel so much as
some might have been disposed to
do ; she was very young, and en
tirely under the influence of her fath
er, with whom McLeod was a great
favorite. But none the less I had re
ceived a great and enduring shock.
" Poor little Isabel," said Carew,
as he reached up to turn down a
long jet of gas that threatened to
crack its glass globe—" I rather
think she pretty well sick of
McLeod by this time."
" Why ? Does he ill-treat her ?"
" Well, I don't suppose he either
locks her up on bread and water, or
beats her ; but I do suppose that in
every other particular in which a
man can neglect or ill-treat a woman
she is neglected and ill-treated.
" The old brute !" I muttered, be
tween my teeth.
"Well—l shall see you again,"
said Carew, vanishing into the crowd
with a sinuous ease and swiftness
peculiar, I believe to the race of con
ductors.
It was a tempestuous night in
March—the wind howling and shriek
ing like an infuriated demon, and the
rain heating a stormy fugne on the
depot roof, as I advanced to help a
woman in with a heavy basket.
" Excuse me, madam, but that is
too heavy for you to lift 1"
She looked up to thank ine, but the
words died on her lips as her eyes
met mine. It was Isabel McLeod,
the lost love whom I still cherished
in my heart, and the wife of the en
gineer of the Night Express. I was
the first to recover my composure ;
for this, be it remembered, was the
first time we had met since her mar
riage, more than three years before.
" Here is a vacant seat, Isabel ;
do you wish to sit so near the stove?'
" It makes no difference," said Isa
bel, hurriedly. " I am very much
obliged to you, Mr. Atwater."
" How does it happen that you are
going through such a stormy night?"
I asked, unmindful of her evident
anxiety to be left alone.
" I do not know myself, except
that John wishes it."
Still I lingered. "Is there any
thing more I can do for you Isabel ?"
There was no answer. I stooped
my head a little lower.
" Isabel, you are crying ! What
has grieved you ? Isabel tell me
what the trouble is ?"
" Nothing —nothing," she sobbed
behind her veil. " Only—l had not
seen you in so long a time, and it
was like old days once more ; and—
and lam very foolish. Please leave
me now, won't you ?"
I obeyed her, puzzled and indig
nant. Oarew was right. A happy
wife does not burst out crying when
■he meets the friends of her girlhood;
a happy wife's look is far, tar differ
ent from that pale, frightened face.
I felt strongly inclined to go straight
out to John McLeod's post on the
" Lady Franklin," and administer a
summary thrashing then and there.
But I checked my rising choler,
and contented myself instead with
a leisurely saunter through the train
now under full motion. It was very
pleasant to find myself once again
on the old familiar ground. The
brakemen all had a word of respect
ful greeting for me, the baggage
master insisted on ensconcing me in
the single arm-chair which graced
his car, while he himself sat on a
pile of trunks and asked more ques
tions thau I could have answered in
a week ; the Express Agent issued
from his deu and demanded to know
" where i had been larking all this
time," and even the newsboys grin
ned as they slid past and accosted
REGARDLESS Or DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., MAY 30,1867.
me with "How d'ye do, Mr. At wa
ter ?" .
But all at ouce our train slacken
ed its motion, moved more still, and
came to a dead stand-still. I knew
we were an express that stopped but
twice before we reached our fiual
destination, and this lonely pine-bar
ren was certainly neither of onr
stoppiug-places.
" What is it, Carew ?" I asked,
swinging myself on the ground where
j the conductor stood with his lantern
in hand looking under a car.
" Only a journal box heated. Con
found that Warren 1 what made him
report " all sound " with such a worn
box as that? These pateut boxes
are continually getting hot in the
shortest runs, aud ain't fit for ex
presses at all."
" We can cool it in fifteen minutes
sir," said one ot the brakemen, who
had his tow and water all ready for
packing it anew.
" Fifteen miuutes ! and we were
just running ou time with the Light
ning to catch us at B."
" It's too bad to get iu behind the
Lightning train," I said.
" Worse for me than McLeod ; for,
though Warreu's to blame, I catch
the curses. Well, Truefit, do the
best you can !"
In spite of Truefit's sanguine pro
phecy, it was full twenty-five minu
tes before we were again under way.
I had gone back to Isabel McLeod,
whose dilated blue eyes were glanc
ing from ouq to another in the ap
prehensive agony of terror that no
one but a nervous woman can fully
appreciate.
"Frank—Mr. Atwater? do tell
me what is the matter 1"
" Only a ' hot box '—there is no
occasion for uneasiness."
" Upon your sacred honor ?"
" Upon my sacred honor. Why,
Isabel, how frightened you are ! I
can see you tremble,even here. What
is the matter, child ?"
" Sit down and I will tell you,"
she said, hurriedly, motioning me to
a vacant seat directly back of her.—
" I know it is a piece of mad folly
a—a delusion ; but I must tell some
body, or I shall go mad !"
I sat down, leaning forward with
my elbows on the top of the seat she
occupied, so that my face nearly
touched her heavy black veil.
" First promise never to tell him—
John."
" I promise."
" Well, then," she went on, speak
ing in a husky, nervous whisper,
"he is very peculiar—full of the
strangest fancies. When I first mar
ried I thought it was merely super
stition—now—"
She paused.
" Well, now ?" I questioned.
" Now, I do not know what to
think. Oh, Mr. Atwater, I ought not
to say so, 1 know, but I am the most
miserable creature in the world ?"
" Isabel !"
"lam ! He threatens sometimes
to shut me up in a mad-liouse, and
perhaps I should be happier there
than subject to his whims and cruel
ties. Why do you suppose he bro't
me here to-night ?"
" I am sure I do not know."
"He told me," she whispered,
clasping her hands tightly together
as siie spoke, " that we were coming
to death to-night, and that we must
come together ! Oh, Frank, what
do you suppose he means?"
" Only to terrify you,"l said, sooth
ingly. " He is a bundle of old Scotch
superstitions, and always was."
" And, Frank, once when I thought
I heard footsteps close behind us,
and turned my head to see he jerked
my arm and told me not to look—
that—oh, Frank, it makes my blood
run cold now—that it walking at our
side 1"
" But, Isabel, surely you will not
allow yourself to be influenced by
such folly as this."
"I told you it was folly," she an
swered, dejectedly ; but—"
A hand was laid on my arm at this
moment—the hand of Carew, the con
ductor.
"Frank, look here, I want to speak
to you," he said, hurriedly. "Come
here—out on the platform."
I followed him out into the stormy
darkness of the March night, where
his la tern gleamed like a sullen,shif
ting eye.
"What is it ? Anything wrong ?"
"Yes, and no. Of course you know
we're nearly half an hour behind time,
with not quite thirty minutes between
us and the Lightning."
"Yes. What of it?"
"Well, that old fool McLeod has
turned crusty, and says if we don't
run out on the side track at Speeds
ville, the next station and wait for the
Lightning to pass he'll not be answer
able for the eonsequencee."
"Who wants him to be answer
able ?" I demanded, with considerable
acerbity, not to say disdain.
"Well, he says it's a bad night,
track slippery, and all that sort of
thing ; and I suppose its all very
true. But you know the 'Lady Frank
lin, of old. She'll keep the thirty
minutes between us and the Light
ning won't she ?"
"I should say there was no kind
of doubt as to that. Ain't you going
to mak' up that lost time 1"
"Thai's just the trouble. That
crack-brained old Scotch foal wants
to stop and lose another half hour
which we may just as well gain, and
run into B on time, as to come
trailing along behind the 'Lightning.'
But McLeod refuses to run her unless
I consent to his conditions. Frank,
why can't you take the old 'Lady' into
B ?"
"I'll do it with ali the pleasure in
life."
Carew's face brightened at once.
"What a lucky thing it is you
chanced to be on the train f" he said.
"I should have been entirely at Mac's
mercy if it hadn't been for you.—
Come on there's no time to be lost."
I followed him through the long
train to engine, and entered the little
inclosed compartment were McLeod
sat amgng his screws and valves and
dials, like some magician of old sur
rounded by the abstruse implements
of of his art. How like home this
tiny place appeared to me ! It seemed
almost as if the "Lady Franklin" shot
more swiftly over the track as I step
ped upon her. McLeod inclined his
head stiffly in answer to my greeting.
He was a tall, spare Scotchman,with
deep-set blue eyes thatched with shag
gy brows, aud hair already thickly
sprinkled with gray, though he could
scarcely been more than forty years
old. His face was cold and repulsive,
and his manner forbidding in the ex
tremest degree. Moreover, he had a
way exceedingly unpleasant to the
spectator, of continually looking over
his shoulder with a sort of spasmodic
motion, as it he had suddenly seen or
heard something close behind him
As I threw myself down beside him
he suddenly pointed to the place be
yond
"Sit there, if you please, Mr. Atwa
ter."
I wondered, but complied, and Car
ew spoke pleasantly.
"YVell, McLeod, shall we put on
steam, and drive her ahead ?"
"No, Mr. Carew," said the Scotch
man, coldly and firmly. "Either we
run out on the side track three miles
ahead, as I have explained,or I leave
the engine."
"Bat why are you BO determined ?"
I asked.
"I don't conceive it my business to
answer any of your questions, Fran
cis Atwater," said McLeod, "but I
have no objection to gratify your
curiosity. lam so 'determined' be
cause I see further than you or Mr.
Carew here, and 1 see danger—dan
ger !"
"How ? -and where ?"
"You a practical engineer, and ask
where is the danger on such a night
as this, with the 'Lightning Express'
close behind, and we twenty-five min
utes after our time ? Boys, do you
know that we are responsible not only
for At water and Carew and John
McLeod,but for all the passengers on
this train ? Do you wa it the sin of
murder on your soul ?"
He spoke in a sharp voice that was
almost a scream.
"That is not the question," said
Carew, "and all nonsense besides. —
Isn't the light hung out behind, and
can't you tell when we are gaining
or losing time ? Once for all, will you
or will you not do your best to gain
time and keep ahead of the 'Light
ning V "
"No ; I will not !" he answered,
sullenly.
"Very well, here is a substitute
that will. Make room for Mr. Atwa
ter !"
"He can do as he pleases," said
McLeod stilHy, rising to yield me his
place. "I wash my hands of the
whole thing, now and hereafter.—
Bear witness, Carew and Atwater,
that I protest against this rash and
foolhardy thing !"
Not a word more did he utter, but
sat down silent, and rigid as a galva
nized corps, watching me with his
deep set eyes until the very con
sciousness of that steady surveilance
made me uncomfortable. Uncomfor
table, but not nervous. I never in
the whole course of my life,was more
entirely in possession of all my facul
ties, or more composed than at that
moment, as I mechanically examined
screws and valves and satisfied my
self as to the correctness of every de
tail. All was right ; McLeod was a
good engineer if not an agreeable
companion. •
"Now then, my 'Lady,'" I said to
myself "we'll see if you keep up a!!
of your old pluck !"
I turned to give some directions to
the fireman, and when I was about to
sit down McLeod seized my arm.
"Not there ! I tell you not there !"
"And why not there 1" I deman
ded, with a momentary fear crossing
my mind that the man was deranged.
"Because another already occupies
the place," he cried in the skill,shriek
ing voice he often used when much
excited. "Death is a passenger on
this train with,us and death sits there
ghastly and still 1 No, I know you
don't see him ; but second sight is a
gift in the family I come from, and I
see him.— I would have warded off his
fell errand, but you—you and that
cursed Carew wouldn't let me. Now
go on your own mad reckless way,
and see where it will bring you. And
remember, Frank Atwater, that it's
not your own worthless life that
hangs in the balance but the lives of
all who travel OH this train."
Argument with a man in in this
excited frame of mind would have
been but folly. I sat down without
a word, smiling in spite of myself,
and resumed my intent supervision
of the engine while McLeod sat silent
ly by witli folded arms.
Never did the "Lady Franklin"
show finer mettle than on that night.
The machinery was perfect,the crank
well oiled,the heat steady and intense.
The fireman worked in conceit with
me, fully comprehending my inten
tions, and the "Lady" rushed over
the rails like a living,breathing thing.
"How are you getting along,
Frank ?" asked Carew, coming for- |
ward with his lantern, as we left our
first stopping place.
"Oh, splendidly !" I answered.
"I have just telegraphed back to
Feldtown ; we have gained five min
utes on the 'Lightning' already."
" I thought we were gaining," I
replied, quietly. But I was very
much excited. The idea of pressing
this magnificent piece of machinery
to her utmost speed ; of eluding the
lightning pursuit of the express train
which followed—pursued us ; of iden
tifying my own nerves and sinews
with the iron and steel of the "Lady
Franklin," was exciting in itself; nor
had McLeod's wild talk been entire
ly without effect on me. I was not
superstitious ; but we all know the
mesmeric effect which the strong be
lief of another person, however ill
founded that belief may be, invaria
bly exerts on the mind. That Mc-
Leod firmly believed that he and 1
were not alone in this little glazed
compartment I entertained no doubt,
and his horror reacted upon me, base
less though I knew it to be.
" I wish we were at B ," I
thought, leaning my elbows on the
wood-work aud gazing out into the
stormy night, athwart which our
huge head-light threw a streaming
banner of lurid light as it rushed
along. At that instant my shoulder
was touched.
" Atwater," said McLeod, in a hus
ky, uunatural voice, "if you have
any prayers to say, say them now.
Death is very near to you !"
A cold chill ran through me.
" I am always prepared to meet
death," I answered, trying to speak
composedly.
" Death ? yes, but not death by
suicide. You will be a suicide, Fra
ncis Atwater ; nor do I wish longer
to interfere. The hour of grace is
past."
" Oh, McLeod ! don't talk non
sense. Go back in the baggage car
and sleep the liquor oft"."
"Liquor? You think I'm drunk.
You think I'm mad. You take me
to be superstitious. I heard you—l
heard you talking to her. You best
keep clear of her, young man. You
see this, eh?" and he drew a huge
knife from his bosom.
"Yes, I see it," I answered laying
my hand on the brake, as if I could
use it for defense.
" With this I could have silenced
you long ago, and saved the victims
you are sacrificing. But I prefer not.
What is to be is to be ; as well might
I attempt to stem the current of the
Mississippi with a straw as to check
the tide ol Fate with my feeble hand I
Only 1 would warn you to say a word
or two of prayer before the fatal mo
ment comes."
My heart seemed to stand still with
deadly terror. Was I indeed shut
up in this narrow spot with a maniac?
Would I be muidered before I could
call for help ? But I remembered
that in coolness and presence of mind
lay my only chance of safety, and
resolved to abide the result. We
were now putting on brakes for the
second and last stopping place ere
we reached B . McLeod sprang
out upon the platform as we stopped,
and went into a bar-room adjoining
the station. 1 went back and spoke
to oue of the brakemen, an athletic
Maine man, with thews and sinews
of iron, the stature of a giant.
"Jim," I said in a low tone of
voice—his name was Jim Torrance
—"I want you to come on to the lo
comotive with me. lie talks and
acts very strangely to-night; and
he may attempt some violence."
"I saw him draw out that out
landish knife o' his, sir, a minute or
two ago," said Jim, shrewdly. I
could easily jerk it away from him
when we're movin' again." '
" No, I do not wish you to use
loroe of any kind unless it is abso
lutely necessary. I think he is harm
less, but it is just as well to keep a
little watch over him."
"He's queer," said Jim. "I'll
keep an eye on him."
Once more after a ten minutes'
stop the little signal-bell sounded
" Go ahead !" the brakes moved nois
ily, and the wheels began to revolve.
McLeod had not returned to his place
by my side, and I began heartily to
hope that he designed to favor me
with no more of society. I was over
joyed to feel this, and in much lighter
spirits than usual I let on the steam
and was soon going at a rapid rate.
Three or four hundred yards from the
depot the road ran through a deep
cut, and just beyond it was a corres
ponding "fill" or embankment about
ten feet high. The engineers, that
is the "surveyors" as we mechanical
engineers insist, half-sneeringly, in
calling them,had with very bad taste
made a "compound curve" here, so
that before entering the "cut" I could
see nothing in it, and when I was in
the "cut" I could see nothing beyond
it. So, of course, we had to go
through with whistle blowing and
usually at a slow gate. But feeling
in good" spirits at McLeod's absence,
the prospect of a good ruu, having
the "Lady" in fine condition, with the
trains we were to meet reported "all
right" and the track clear, I "let the
dogs loose," opened valves, dashed
through the cut and—
Very, very nearly into eternity 1
Danger is said to be fascinating ; it
is particularly so when you see it
coming, have time to reflect upon it
and plan and execute a rescue or
what you hope to prove so. I saw
it plainly this night, the rail half re
moved, the figure of the madman
still bent on his hellish work. I saw
him as he completed it, saw him
shake his fist savagely at me and
jump aside to watch the slaughter he
had plotted. I was not a second in
sounding "down brakes," not an in
stant in reversing the engine, but
nothing could have saved that train
excepts the madman's "lack of meth
od," or want of the skill of the des
pised surveyors. For want of this
knowledge, perhaps for want of time,
McLeod had removed but one rail,
and that the inside one of the curve.
I knew if I could check the "Lady's
speed she would not leave the track,
as the outside rail is the one which
guides the train on a curve, and this
was iu-tact. Jim Torrance had come
on the locomotive with me, and I
turned to tell him to jump for his life
when I saw him standing upright in
the center of the tender, grasping a
huge block of wood and his eyee
gleaming like coals. It was no tigic
to look after his safety ; I saw bin
hurl the stick of wood at McLeod as
he ran down the embankment, anc
#3 per Annum, in Advance.
the next minute we struck the ground,
plunged into the break.
My calculations had been correct.
Jolting violently over several cross
ties, shattering "cowcatcher" and
"headlight," the baggage and first
passenger car ; throwing Jim Tor
rance with great violence from the
tender on to the locomotive, leaving
him senseless by the shock, and near
ly throwing me on to the boiler, the
"Lady" struck and stopped without
leaving the track exeept upon the
side wh&re McLeod had removed the
rail. We were disabled for the time,
with nobody but Jim seriously in
jured.
Except McLeod. Jim's aim bad
been too true, and the block of wood
hurled with all his force, gaining
double velocity from that of the train,
bad struck McLeod as he ran and
felled him senseless—the fact is, as
we soon found, dead. The billet had
struck him and killed him. Jim Tor
rance was never tried for it on earth;
poor fellow, he's gone since, and 1
don't much think they recorded any
verdict against him in heaven.
After Jim was taken care of, the
lanterns put out ahead and behind us
to warn approaching trains, and the
disabled train was gone through to
see after the wounded, John McLeod's
corpse was taken up and carried
back to the station which he had iust
left.
" Frank," said Carew, when mat
ters were slightly settled again,
44 who is to tell this story to Mac's
wife ?"
" She does not suspect anything—
that is, she don't know how it occur
red."
" She knows there has been acci
dent, but she doesn't know that Mac
was thrown out of *the locomotive
and is the only one killed."
Good 1 Even Carew did not BUB
pect how McLeod had been felled by
Torrance's blow and killed. .
" I will tell her," I said, determin
ed that she sheuld never know his
crime, nor learn how he had been
suddenly and terribly punished.
Her grief was terrible to witness.
She lay on my shoulder and sobbed
half the night away, but it was less
from love of the man—.who had al
ways been cruel to her—than from
her woman's nervousness. At the
inquest, next day, when she identi
fied hia body and told the story of his
misanthropy and superstition to the
jury, she was more collected, and
surprised me by her calmness. The
jury thought its course in the matter
plain sailing—no suspicion of the
man's crime arose; Torrance and
myself were not examined ; we kept
our secret to ourselves, and the jury
brought iu a verdict of " Death by
accident." They knew nothing of
the incentive to the crime—the chief
cause of his death—jealousy.
I have told the story of my mid
night trip on the " Lady Franklin."
Is it necessary to tell any more ?
Sudden transitions from death scenes
to marriage ceremonies are always
offensive in the telling as in the
hearing ; and therefore I think it
useless as well as in bad taste to
waste further words in saying that
just one year and a half after the fa
tal accident I took Isabel home as
my wife, and that ever sinee, by
God's help, I've made her a happy
wife, and repaired the wrongs of her
youth bj' being a good and kind hus
band to ber.
For the Reporter.
EDUCATIONAL.
Below will be found interesting ex
tracts from an article on the " In
struction of the People in the 19th
Century/' by M. E. de Leveleye, pub
lished in France, translated for, and
published in the American Educa
tional Monthly.
The article presents many facts
worthy of the consideration of the
American people. It is perhaps too
flattering to our national pride, but
being written by a foreigner, it af
fords us an indication of the views
entertained abroad of the results of
the general education of our masses
—indicating the silent yet powerful
influence our example is exerting
abroad, and affords us encourage
ment to persevere in building up the
cause of common school education.
The after speaking of
movements in progress made by sev
eral governments to effect reforms in
education, says : "In fact one must
be blind not to see that the future of
nations depends upon their intelli
gence." " While education is indis
pensable to the increase of wealth
it is no less needed to teach its prop
er use." " A nation must be intelli
gent to produce largely and dispose
wisely of those multiplied produc
tions."
" Equality is making progress in
monarchies as well as republics, in
Russia no less than Switzerland."—
" Already universal suffrage has
been established by several nations."
" This democratic movement depends
upon causes so profound and so gen
eral that no sovereign, no party, no
coalition, can arrest it." We must
then make the best of it, and to this
end each extension of suffrage should
be the consequence of an advance of
public intelligence, men should ad
minister the affairs of society only
when they are capable of wisely
managing their own. Give the bal
lot to an ignorant nation, and anar
chy will result to-day, despotism to
morrow. An enlightened nation, on
the contrary, will soon be A free na
itiou, and will preserve its liberty by
I knowing how to use it."
" A great danger may threaten
modern civilization. If, at the same
time, that a general desire for im
proving their condition pervades the
people, intelligence and morality are
diffused among all classes, so as to
inspire justice on the one hand, and
on the other the patience required by
peaceful reforms, steady progress is
insured ; but if we maintain cduca*
tion, wealth and selfishness in the
upper classes, ignorance, poverty and
envy in the lower, we must expect
bloody reve'utions."
44 What has been said may seem
common-place, for scarcely any one
now boast 3 the advantages of ignor
ance. Ministers and deputies, book .
and journals, proclaim with one ac
cord the absolute necessity of edu
cation ; but it is doubtful whether
men's minds are prepared to make
the necessary sacrifices to accom
plish the work. That we may not
deceive ourselves in this matter, it
is profitable to study the methods
adopted by those nations that have
most nearly approached the cud in
view. A single example will show
at what cost education has been dif
fused among a people.
41 There are, I think, four nations
that can say with laudable pride that
all their citizens can read. North
Germany, Norway, Switzerland, and
the United States, but only in the
last one named does every one read
for information, for diversion, to be
come better acquainted with public
affairs, to find out how to conduct
business better and earn more money
or to learn more concerning the great
truths of religion.
44 There is twice as much printing
there as elsewhere, and the Union
alone consumes as much paper as
France and England together. Ac
cording to statistics, the number of
subscriptions to journals divided by
the number of inhabitants gives
more than one subscription to a fum
ily.
NUMBER 52.
" Daily papers are issued by the
hundred thousand copies, and some
weeklies have a circulation of four -
hundred thousand. All travelers
who visit America are impressed with
the fact that everybody—the com
mon people as well as others—is oc
cupied in rea ling.
" In the spring of this year I visi
ted the noble .'ederal frigate, the Ni
agara, which lay at anchor in the
harbor of Antwerp. Every sailor
who was not on duty had a book, a
magazine, or a journal iu his hand.
In Europe on leaving school, or when
a young man enters the army, the
statement is made that he can or can
not read a few lines ; but this su
perficial knowledge of the printed
letter is generally of little advantage
to him ; he does not use it. In A
raerica reading is a daily habit, tlx
source of public prosperity, and the
essential condition of the permanence
of republican institutions.
" The common school, all Ameri
cans confess, is the foundation of the
state—the true bond of the Union.
Free to all, open to all, receiving the
children of all classes and all faiths,
it obliterates social distinctions, soft
ens religious animosities, eradicates
prejudices and antipathies, and in
spires each heart with a love for the
comman country, and a regard fur
free institutions. It is amazing to
see the mass of foreigners annually
introduced by emigration so soon ab
sorbed into American nationality. It
is the school which, from the first
generation, imprints upon them the
seal of national manners, imparts to
them the prevailing ideas, and ren
ders them capable of exercising a
citizen's rights. Without the school
the Union would long ago have ceas
ed to exißtj rent by factions, ingulfed
beneath the waves of ignorance con
tinually flowing into it from Germa
ny and especially from Ireland. lie
cent calculations show that if all
immigration had ceased in 1810, tin;
free population of the United States,
instead of amounting in January,
1804, to 29,902,000, would have
reached only ten and a half millions.
The immigrants and their descendants
constitute then two-thirds of the pop
ulation. It is due to education that
this primitive stock, so inferior in
number to the foreign element, has
been able to assimilate them and
communicate to them the peculiar
characteristics that distinguish tlx;
old Anglo-Saxou and Puritan race.
" How often during fhe late civil
war was it predicted that the West
would separate from the Atlantic
States, and that California would
form an independent republic on the
shores of the Pacitic ! Iu fact the
friends of the North were not with
out fear #f this result.
" Those distant States might have
deemed it an easy way of escaping
the fearful sacrifice of blood and trea
| sure demanded by the war ; but they
ah* not even think of it. The school
masters, either natives of New Eng
land or imbued with her spirit, had
already awakened the sentiment of
nationality in these newly-settled
communities, and the school was the
strong bond that held together all
parts of the stately structure. Eu
rope has justly admired the energy
of this young nation which in four
years could furnish, in defense ot a
just cause, two million men and four
billion dollars It is an unexampled
proof of power and wealth ; but it
is still more remarkable and com
mendable that this nation /" the
midst of heavy taxes to which it
' was wholly unaccustomed, has sup
ported a government demanding
■ these sacrifices which only victory
could justify. It is an indication of
great wisdom and foresight of which
' an ignorant nation would be incapa
• ble. The school has proved the sal
ivation of American Democracy.
0. J. c.