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BY 'HAWLEY' 'B6 CRUSER:
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IDE PRINTEIOSPORE LINDEN.
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• In the seasons Wife& are
Subscribers so provokingsloiy, „ • ••,
A few supplies keep up the flow ,
•I'l Of dimes departingrapidly; •
13ur We shall se satide c t
• siunS,pPur In .from rztorn till night4',':' , l
Conimfgkding every. sixpence bright
• To.be forked overSpe'editY: ' *
• Our4bnudsan ue hills art rri yy d,
•
Dictums' and)signaturedisplayed,;
r'he. tiblders vow, they must be
- • "Withibitits of lari'atid',Chaiteery.”
• _odesPal: We're alind'i '
n l v
en,
There's'. precious' littte use of
Whentour last copper's rudely riven
c• • ' Fioni•hithdli that hold it loyingly:
13ut larger yet . these dims shall grOw,
•,Wlieu r interetit's lidded on beloW,l'
Lengthening
~ouritin fo,4,fat:lstp,
Wlfen gazing at 'themhopelessiy.
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:1 1 iS so thitt Siaice we hard begun
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Toplead for tithe' upon a dint,
Before tliere,comes, another ono,
'Demanding payferoeiqusly.
The prospectdarkensr---on ye brare.l,,„ • •
littho :would niir Very
WAivni t patrung,,all.yottr pretexts.warsre;r
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And pity 'Ur printer cheerfully, ,• • ,
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` : Alii it Would' 'yield us 'pleasure s'wept f ._
.' lbw delititluetith riorf to Meet;
Asking 'use clear receipt ,••
For papers. taken regularly:
THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN
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• 1 /
titrit Uncle Royal, am Certain he, will
.1) "re foriii',7' sUittli.ero . 1"Ife has
promised' the," • . '
Uncle RoyaLloo l ked down, with &sort
of mild sublinlepity. frein the height of
his ei . fect two, upon his . pretty niece, as
he stroked her silky hair softly.
"Mylmor Hero; he said; ”what 'the
word of a . drunkard worth ?"
- "Oh,-, uncle; dourt use that cruel word:
Don't call him a., drunkard," cried..the
girl, shrinking baCk it,lrour a hlow.
hardly know valid other. Word.is
applicable to him, Hero.`` "Ifo,he will nev=
er reform.':._ And, child, I'd Tathek see you
in your grave than married to u mama that
drinks." • •- •• •- _ •
.
t•H'e hail promised," pleaded the. gill, I
her eyes shining, like bltie : 117150'174_ stars..
"Uncle, oUght'lliof eh' give hini anOttiee
trial?" :..: :1--: , _ , fa :,,i -,i , !-. _. ; . :- ‘‘; , o,
He:shookitiisitield :, ) 1 1 ,; .*, - , , •-: '
"My common seuse,,44o,,says no."
..-
"I • hate corririion sense l' flashed _out,
He o, "P6iifile''itliTrays talk about
,dam
mom sen se , When they -'ineitii t 6'. 'be led
' and cruel.- :' I , love I:lfirry ..Rivers,; _and I
mean to marry,liitir,:ii4 Spiteof the Orp
ing sneering, Worldi'i,,. l j -' . ~,, 1
Atid Hero Went awciy,thro gii;the gold- ,
en waving of ifie n 'etvg'...Of iripeping rye,
• her blue - Jibbed .fltitteimg 'like penno'n's
\ a,
in the_hrgoze„,:i : ,' . ..;,-, ;
....., = , ~i
.. ,- .. ( ,-., 1
' ,`Uncle, R0..y . pl hooked after her. with: a
countenance of misgiving. . .;,,, ..,
, i,' , : , -.
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"Like all oths.girls ' ,_is 4
he ,1141h.e..i5.
detel-Mined to have her own way; e AO,
if she•Y*ill WriA,lferielf ''! I ace. h e ii:".
)
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"Do-yon expect Ilarr t 9 night ?
Was :what - the
• world irreverently tenth an old Maid, hut
she was-quite . young enough at heart to
syinpathize in ihe love, Affair's of. the- sis
ter fifteen years her junior, to whom she
had always stoolinthe -Ogee of a:moth
er, and she too had!, - a• ,spot inviter
heart for handsome dissipated .lariy Riv
ers. Sh ? sp4e ,from the ,window while
Hero waft kyver the ea 4, a' . light
scarlet, shawl thr . own across, her ,\shoul-
ders: • ~- ,•,. -, ,,, L - . ~:', :
,:.: ''' , - ;,.i .'':,• '.' .' l :,',
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"He 644;401'04a. ...c(itni'e, ;.:with!a ,lialf:
• hesitating answr. - ,
' • "It, is get - A.l4' fate ritikeol •
~ better -come'
in to tike fire. - You kn0,w,4 1 . weli \ as I 'do . ;
• that your throat isn't stionelkitt . .Ei°4: , .
iaia. - • . ..
4 111 Come,in..4 Inmt4e.,” sti;i4.geroi' .
'They were-Aelling-tne 'lloivit." at the
corners this afternoon," said F,rtninia;
speaking with 'at,frks - t - ti - , "that the:'ltail
', road company are going to giSb,hargelbizn ,
frna th f Or eli*l4, ! ' , - • •
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-' 119'tatidOct„434 , pit.arOU'a4, 1 ,;:f1idii.
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charge
him I Wiiat-for ?" - • . b'l . --. ':.... .
• "For habfitiar iiitti*leatiot.. !Iliey.say,
it Is, not a_ 'safe- thing to employ..a,n4an
wklio7...iailiiiiti al wayi liitiiE;eit.'?;. , -.!.
• "It is' a slander,'' cried Hero ~ hotly.-
- "It is the work Of'Sorne i base villain ., Who 1
1
. Wants the_post•liiinSelf.'"l• . .\.', . ' • • I
"Very , posible;" said!rminia Radly,-- , -
"Only 11eriy--40gett'beFAvbxeti,•witli me
. .darling but tb ey • say ?arty has -fallen
,
in With that set .Of.trien . I from the - Mines.
• and is getting - into worse . habits thain•ev 7 - •
er1",,,.1; . ,:'.i. ~,, . • ~...-:[..±...','
' •
1:446. thr rye II- her .. face' aw a y . • :i,,,,T,
„Have yon only evil tidings to_ tedtme
, Erminia ?'''' ' • • ‘--,...; :.•,;, - .-,,..,,,,,..ti1.!,t,1,
,
"I would that'ithev weregbod 'for your 1
sake,
sister ! But the .air .is growing,'
chill; we Will have t rajp: r , - , 1414 you pot
better collie le r'' . ..
"By 'and blfri, Don't teaser ine'.?"
A.ud ,Erminia,- compprehending comprehendingthat at
times solitude is the_ best ruedi' inti for .8
mind 'Aideased;*Said, nothing: - 00;iand
i t
closing , thy , pasemenf, sat dow tO her
needlework, bY the light of a laittlE t '
-At eleven eclook, punetually, , she-irieut
to bed; , after having aenertained,by a peep
through the window, that' Hero was:etili
leaning, on the tilt, all
.. alone lb.: the sant
u' umn dolt:ins, with red leavet:raining
down - around her, and the , thelsuollolaT
cry oran O.WI-iiiVthec'distatit woods lend- °The mulnicht• express • Paßsed by fit!
an. additional ,tipg,e of, mournfidness teen or
,twenty min utea, ago," said Hero,
'
to the - firmlY; 4 q* heard the Whistle."
conic iti < When she is.. ready," ° "Are vou sure ?" " *
thought; !don't like' to as "Quite. sure -
sett any.authority when she is ''.°Then,,God have in- 41;on mY 'soul 1"
to oae q# it•hg'sq •PPod." • • • crienttvers, Liirly.scobered at lad by the
Nc, sooner: did Hero , perceive,,, by the shock.- •• - -• • --•
4-• - =• • ,
disatip 114 h light from- her ens- ' 'You need have no fears.' said • Hero,
terse ,; • '
wil de*, that - Bimini% had sought coldly.' "I was . there: turned the ,
her pillow >;than softly: gliding'. thrimitil switch - I" .. •
the : gate; she. harried down , the road with t", • 1:a ?`
the scar,l9 i t ab,awl draWn tightly, OVer her; , ,: "Yes, I, I had seen y9a:dp-it, .knew .
head; ,: 1 - • • - ihere'the key Was kept."'
!• Will - not be deceived an ut off," I'ol - fere!" cried' Rivera, with a 'strong
she :titurnihredrto 'fink sobin his throat, °yen 'are:iny griaidutri
Qut for , Myself . whether`-e-whether angel 1 Hero Von are_ woman aniong
trustfid.or n tioti - 7, • - t• ° . ten. thotisaud. Klee nfy, darting 1"
!,11,f : the cOrper, - qt '''Npyer, again, "Harry Myers Vainiwered
three rbairs , ,was, all alight as;she approach-, she,'Shrin king froin ,
ed'it;:an l / 4 1' thk.l'iVit)e open caheinen es has opened My eyes. 114eafter, We are
she coulti;flieat the tprOarous' cliortii Of 'a the thereet Strangers to one , another." E '
drinking song,: the; clink of gliteees;.and; ~IShelPfte him, : searcely believing the•oy-.
that 1€1 1 4A4, of t , besotted laugh4er, ;- , And; idence, of his own sense t ei, l *.q.,
lifting tioi of , : §wipt- ,Nave4: N oodlairees, The next day hiefo,rnial kern:,
whi?,;ll . forni - ed 4 natural, eurtaiy.tb one of., theSentice 'of the riiilieadtompany came
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wirisloWs;He'ro peeped; in% d• he 'accepted t Withinft prOtist.
• Witlr'a girdling hkiirt `seti::' knew= .how darkoreeord, would
iiation. .dispair -she
'saw' HarrY''ltiverti' ag,iiinst ,his name had , Lteroi chosen tcr
risestuggering ,ti 'his. feet with*brinp.: speak, and he dared,,yot hazard ill retrion.
ming glassin his hand, and, propose i some; strance. - ' ; -
iliecotiih ,which was "received with fOr'ilJio `herself,'' lie d neve Bair' liaai
noikpaPplallee b the riotouS aisOrriblage., again/ - 1, 1 r °-
Dropping the woodbine' once tnore, - she - •Pgy‘girl," said ITnele , likya);'"y4M:a'N
hurried away with-a white, set - ,worthy. of your . name, : , iAntkvheve,•the
"God help me God. be .mercifuh :to- you•,,riever could., have •res e,cted Harry
me !" she muttered. .For the idel whom, .Rivers t 6 a Wife should reSpeetlher hue-
I worshiped has fallen to ',the ;
Just at - that Moment thfar-riff whir 0 1 know it, uncle,"'she.said` softly.'
tie of a train smote `=through the itiehee ..,Prit,alsilays within the depths- of her
of the . night- , -4, sudden, ghastly.possibik own seal ahe s kept,.the.secretof the mid,
ity, took passession of Hero's heart, • night e - .9ress
"The midnight express," she Muttered
to herself. And he de.sid drunk, in that
bar-room!" ' d
1
Hurrying doWn stee„p h e ed=`
less ,of scratching briars andCcruelly
Piercemg thornes that rent her dress 'and
dre* blood from, 'her_ tender, flesh, she
;Sprang like a wild deer down the declev
ity, sca'rcely oaUSing for - breatliiintil 'She'
had- reaeheiL the ,•iron , trae,k`in the:valley
below, here A. side Tail , Marked 'the=in.•
terse.ct i ing.,course of freight ; .road
that lea away. toward, the northi
every l hoining, 'Ora; eVeriing the'freight
train passed'ever', the had bed; 'and if *as
among ',\', cars' most - Ithpo4 taut
4klties to. turnlthe.,,,switch that connected
this branch roa4 with, the
after' thetreighttrain had gone ,by.
• Had' remembered to do.*so tO 7 night? , ,
Or was the = long and lien,Vily ladetied et
press.froin the 'West even: , howl hweeping
on Ward to its certain doom of death and'
destruction ?--• ri, .
' Hera :knelt. feelA of the liraCk:
4eidliloubt had too ranch_ fonndation
in fact—tile striteh'had - not' been altered.
since the 'freight trai>S iF Caine. up at:%sit
4Ohip:dew,beided over her ; ; forehead,
a'sinking sensalion, struck - to her. heart,
Whitt W
Whas 'she Id- Were she gifted,
With , the': flying- idtitstepe . 'of . Alereury i s
she,' not= 'get: 'to the lliner'S
Arms in . time., to- .avert: the *pending:
dange4 And even. sppposing she conid,
a
wtt.. - Hitiq..RiverE, ill: ,co -,
ndition
,to - com
pre hend'',What Was 's'aid - to him . ?• And
With "at` . bitter Eioatfilsiiik'froth the depths
'of,her Etarti she *realized , ' hOrrorr
whichhaFy their: Intuiting .-and end in
he wine cup :
Suddenly a
,glearii,"Kif hope shot across
hei`hrain. ' ``knew. -Where the switch
kir •Was 'kept—she 'remerre3ered having
;once seen- Harry 'slip ;it - under a- Projectifig:
I!.dge, of ,rocks, upon a X sort; . of naturatl
.shell, secnre, from -the dew,, ,or tend
pests just,beyed,wheie she s \ tood., What,
'if she herselfllicail& attempt to save Elie
lives •ot , die W'oindd. - fiesSengefs'; every
stoat cdmint neater heir ! fate : The
idea and .!,o.ii 3 O , were•altnost.sintaltaneons! , •.
- telegraphed. froth,', ; brain.
Snatching the key,froMits,r l sting
shelitooiied in "the 'faint 'sta i rlight, now be-.
nmg to Om inee thiotigh- 'the; break;
:eiondei and,etrove ‘Vithk:verkforee:of - -
her weak wolnaa's,atrqintilf-itC 4 'Wye 'the
irori . rails. - . 1 ,
1 God be . thanked they ; stirred 7 ---theT
in •th Bed k d; 'even - at - the
Etionierit titer! eye fof
the approaching ; express tram ;blazed in
the „foggy , draggek . the,
switch in itkprpper- place. 1
Yet `even 'then ;she:' could [scardely e
lieVe"thatlit-Wai '2"- right, -as Jwith' . the. key
dnnaling , %her: siacy she le'ans4'l) - anting
gai.nst ..the rooks up vital al4hriek4ike
that (f
,some fire throated dem94 o' Av,-,
'erbile;"the train swept, by,, a diziying sue
cessioii or lighted' wind Owe, and; ditrknees
and Silence - again settled down O'er. all.'
IlerolLewief -neit her, fainted nor wept.
'She was not of- the niaterial that, slitiok!
ere and iwoonere aremade : She knew
'alibi she had 'saved,. the lives upon, that
exprese-train - ; she knew that! she- had
averted a great crime froth Harry tivers ,
soul, and that *.asAindugh for: her:
As slie clittihed
,the, hillside ,a fvir
'tee later, 'eliemet,
,Harry. givers stagg9r 7 ,
_log down the rOid: She ‘stopped
f)ereintiorilY.s' = \ 1
"liiirzymhere'are 'You going ?It/ _
:`‘Don't get in toy way lass,fori Ilealren's
eake," he cied-in . 4 thicktineeTtaill
"It's the Midnight ex . prggsp, 4,41
qdite oertata al out'theiniiteh r
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ERMIMI
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MONTROSE, .PA.i,` FEBRUARY 2 „1.876
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A - .ll4ght ! :Of . . 44m0..
11/1 - Y sister Julia was
,very` eoprageons.-- 7 ,
Our yOnth; the'aolifitey was wilder
than now ;-' Might said Of :he r
that she was ,not- broughti-nyin , !theltvoods
to be seared.,by-tio-owl.:--Stie,wOuld trav
erse the . •most. tinfreipientel,t, piths, won
dering at my timidity. • •
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Thtirti :was nothing , mastulinel'ho*ever,
'in..4uli4's•!appearanett. , ,;-.mbei WAS AfitoplY'sA
OFee...jo2 7 Pus *ith 413.•,4b56,nce,,0f •
tear
r in h er Character, ;and, qt:t
0:T0en!,
a . ttriiet. , s'piveeprtibri';tijat ciS,6o;ol *sup
posed or
IV ilen wasfseirteeh , :::4llVd
eighteen m‘y,f4ther hired i slaboier halted,
,Hans smith . a
the' Brit 'serilde,.. and :who, who, at
,the. close
of . the' fiiid"tdeSerfed
110 .was a- powerful 6,-heavy,
imbrut.6d4ounteninn6, .and*th
and riuSelC.we_re struck, at the Yety,rt4i,
With dread s of The
feeling - Of julid '''ttiOlci 1' the' ch
ter:of- fear",bni mins .one; rather Of theiliosi
intenselpatking.i: -'• • • •
Ong evening she, .read a : horrible mac
der that' thrilled her .61cok. and.; upon
furriing her eyo papOr
'they en=
countered thokie of Hans. Stnith. - - 'There'
was - somethin : terrible .in °tbatr g}atnc:e,.
and from that b tnoracnt, she resolved that
the villain should: be ,tnrued . ,
4 1s :het Wishes and Opinions were a ways.
4 . much wi.ight With herlatlo.; 1;,;..t00k
her advice anirgaiee:'
s 9 9a -lifter is,-Julia: and: Ir were , rkft
alon in, both father 'atv.4; motll7
el:being - absent on a visit. the. fol
• . •
lowingday; and ,
ha end (t) be'svitth
Otte 9, serviipt 'tile titi - te, Oir we, kei)
-motethan . one: . •• .*
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At, .Pigb t . ye, wept. to bed, atad bad 'part,
y farobed,, whep. glia 1 1.101104 hotily to
he,:windoill. • • ,
"I declare,'' '‘ithe".ievening 18
'so pleassut tbitt' "Vitt u pifyr
dgars. IsloietJeel'a: bit -sleepyT let's go
down. on Oe lamb's!
Wc,descentied.,the ,stairs. little I
imagined wlitt was in,JUlio's heait liar
r,ylrding,catne. uplust as We ipaeheil the
lawn..; lie was only casually inassing the
house.
Julia engapd him in conveisation and'
he joined
7 fl;:e . 'rforniind Ediai and Will ?"
sbefuked. - F
"Oh," replied Harry, "they are over to
my uncle's. They, wilt be corning, hack
oon.",
The three young men soon appeared
upon, the road, and to my surprise Julia
areSe at their approach and , &lied' us
-,aside from the door.'
•
"Now,, 3fary, you need not be nervous: -
,Keep quiet and do nut speak above.your
breath. There is a man under our bed:—
there,' there I" and she clasped_..her hand
over my mouth--"a mats under otir bed,
and. the Irvinge-are going to try to secure
him." - • • .
They all provided 'themselves with big,
sticks, and then, guided by Julia, ascend
ed the step S..
As for myself,-1. could not. follow' them,
but. remained treming and leaning Up.
on lihe.dooti3pe.. Never did I=experience
a greater sense of - relief than, when the.
assailing party discended, boating partly
'ashamed and; partlyartiused, having found
nothing:, to:;justify' their' sudden arnia.
went. , ;.. - : , '
tinlin. was irk Nony Of. ,mortifin#Von
and irgip,k , piteouslyolt.hough hat
half oeaviiicid that her afiprehetisitini‘
had be4n groundless,,the''idea i'she';'
who never feared anything till iin'w,had
placed herself so ludicrously rn. the eyes
thode men was insupportable. , .:.!
The' au, ;he, lid, must, i have taken.,
the,alarru and' fled out • the
~bacii d00r,,1
fer steel could net' have been so 'deceived.]
Our .young' friends ; more :for''
her mOrtification than from Any WI
the reality or.the night, intruder, offered'
to remain, in the vicinity morning ) ,
brit she would not listen to the,Koposi l .
do and tfiey fook 4 their . departure.
I I- waieorry to see . them go; end Watch.'
ed their forms till they wereVut of'sight,
fortbe `affair of . .thß, evening ,laud fright
eued* almost into. hysterics:
boweireic at once rnelie - a . r..to the,
room; and, flinginglierself npdi.(the-bed;,
cotitinnell weeping 'bitterly
!exhitiited herseltin a tharacter,that, th&
,despisld v and . f‘her man, under the, bedl4
wßuld talk, ,of the whole neighbor.,
,hood: 'r - -
•• , vi • - •' - • , i. , t.- = . 4 - :1.
' 'VV)! lqwed,il'At...bnt. 'leitiler:4f' us •e,ould
sleep. ,'th? clock ;On. the inantk i struck
efe'venl' and theii,:""tiek ; ' "tick;` tick'" it
wen Con for the it , ;itt 'dreari.hotti:' 'Julia
.at Jest" -ceased , Weeiiin g atid: lay ,iti . thOhglit'
oull; 4n : occasional:. sigh ::betrayed, . her
•walie(Olnest. o
, ',, • , , ~ ,-; . I.
' Again tbe:Clocic `struck, bpi it 1104 n 4
reached tli - ,:. 'fitial ; stioli iv h..n` Jraii: leap.;
in g . Out 1 alied, - fl an g lierS6l r • iiiidn ah
immense: chest av the' further. end of .the
1'99 01 .1
f!Oh
lie is')
will' gt
'Thy'
the cli
the li
stinet
terror;
, Mi l
ai,rine I
show
.S ~
•writh'ng. , beneaih ; , or keeping , a cage top
in its i lace by, your weight alone, is
with: ,
hyena struggling to; tear, his way out: acid
devo you 1
u l
Bit .`we:liiid not long' in itilienee.—'
Eltirri exoratnations, 'hulf Gvivant, half
ngl'h, chlilled, ontf, •very ',.: hearts; and .*.e
kne,lhat ,Ithere, k the ,nciidnight,!only.
the lit of Of an old chest
,was .between , our
selvi4land ''Tans smith 1 ' ' • ,
,‘
Alltitnea it ' started:Avir,:iiid, - (inoo or
twice 'his .fingirs were caught in - the open=`
log.• ,I'X•hen finding ; -our oomboled.weight•
too!anti ibr his streught,
.ii.-...,w0u1d,b4 7 :
come levid,oa,i, that he Was 44o,voring Jet
rt l i
folee int in, end_ Of, the chest, 134 hp
conic 'not' iirk . to 'adva n tage: Crianped,
withii site • limits; his - gitini'lioilet•Of
muse e.: w s not , , , ,wholiy -aviittable.! 1 He
coultl flea er kick !nor .strike2with full
torne.!and er.ep_hia,chic-f.•hope restpq on ;
his 'a 'llity o lift us - eip; lid 4 - iia ill.
li
'De l l n th n; in 'the absointe terror that
inigh hay :bee:. supposed to' pOtiess her;
a'•qu4er ,f (ding , or • exhultation 7 ., , spring!
uporilJuli 'it heart.: . - ~.• • „, 1 , . 1, ,
"frwas r glit,, Mary," she cried. "They
won 11 - call' e a fool now: 1 `iiharit be
ashaip€d• ,see Harry Irviiiit."'
t il ,
POol lJ
ru is tiderihe birentlistan E 4
c
the ii ea w - really luzlicrotitil:tiut,paturt
'everypher '4iszeit 'itself, and Juli a hated
acoward. 1 _ 1 . ~ '.„ ; ~. ." f ' '
gary,l",she cried ; "quick ! quick!
ere l' reairuot hold : the lidrk,_
malt."
e wil l s indeed some living thing ii
st for, in spite of Julia's weight;
was 'and then, -as the i»-
Of . self. preser va tion overcomey m
I. spifang quickly to her,astietcnce.
mor what • had we caught ? Im
ourself holding down the lid of
,a
an's box, with a bda` , !' constiictor
.. 1
Thiumpl!thumpl :thump.!: .Lid;. side
and !.fidlternately felt :;the cramped;
pow - ful Jima. Then ~ came 'the Strain,
ing,l ft, a 4 Julia , .eheered ~me when'the'
1.
it,
cove I shook and rose ‘ and trembled. . .
;"11.e can't get'out,- Mary... We . are safe.
.00. n just k i eep.your, , full, weight on-the
lid, and don't be nervousieither.' -It is
alm4t,murOpe.,. ~ ~.: , ,
'Sht , kne* it was not one oo'clock. .334.
one' 4'eltick came. 'How I 'wished ',
it Was
five lAtikiltiro o'clock catrieitind 'tlitee
and four,! 4nd. we 'hoped ~titer: :pritiOnEir
had ieldol to ,his; fate, whicb. must now
appe rto him: inevitable.. . ':\,
AI I
, rat& aperture at' one ,end ,of the
ches, where there was a "fracture„in the
w(x) supplied- 'him' waif! air, ' hence4e .
I t
soul , ~ not . hope that ..helould: 'betuine
through .suffocation-,Ile: was evi
y testing from the necessity of the
for his exertions' had heen vrodigi.
urea!
dent
ease,
Om.
T
in t
sat;
. t A • • .;•
ere was faiKt'stretik niortmig
'e sky, and' there =open - Me chest we
hd watched: for. the ileam,,to:broa&
Si Idenly there : lies tremoudousl,
st,ruggle• beneath ns, as
concentrated all his energies' in a fine
struggle. Atnrif end of the olieSt:there ,
was-a crash, and :the 'permates; :feet pro-
Irucled„ through Ole, aperture , : that •he had
famed in the; boards. ,
_„
So horrible now , appeared Our bosition'
that uttered a scream stieh as t
thinla ever at any other time'conld -have
Dad the power to , imitate, To get off .the
lid its order to;defeat, the . moNement,throi,
the ch,at end would instantly' have been
our idestructi6n.; 'therefore, still hearing
'our , weight On the chest:We caught at
the projecting feet. •ln doing this; how'."
everj , we partially lost our balance, and
the sudden -bracing up
,of the - miiscular
shape below so forced, open the. itd that,
the head, • arms' and - shoulder* .44 0 nine
Smith were thrust- forth and 'With' a
fearful oNtolt, seized Julia th.
throat. ,r. ,;
Jig then a heavy' oraah was beard at
rr sr
0' • 33 --NO
bop, the 'foot tramps
sliring
lug towardszus as ifsome one 'was teg
ing up the staircase .
with the hill convic
tion
,that thia,was an hour of
,need. The
daybfeak' hard - lx!evea'eA his ideijtify.
bit I perception traTharry
Irving hal' come to us in ourifotir Of'per
-111
Sometime in - A e t r uirgVfound my
self in bed with Julia' ar.d seieral; of ihe
neighbors standing
clasped iiv.in'ller , ar.4 lB .4 l) , (l ,l„ . 0 0E 1 , 1 .:
aVire are safe, l orr y 4rvtg[
, itear 'the use• al }lei& fit n
ed alter .iiierning''to
screamhe would .have heard, itc.beiait ,
: last heard pitrs.- . . Ettit - l'firfghtd you did
nptlacr4linvefore;:aet.now".we,iheve.liiid
_a4, experience and know hat Isel.pan (114 3
llansS9iitli` bad
.' , decided upon
,Ozift j
chest'asii, 'much" safer hiding. place
ifi'Whieli Julia hatt first
TJpon, the. . morn i ng. which t ffarry.) .
Irvin z. stunned. - ..aud-sitcured.-the ruffian
in on r.roo,rn j the . officers justice
~nre
sear6.! . :ing 'for the old tles3ion 'sco)tndrel.
as a SlippliSednrderiii • and' be' was-So :if
afterwards con.victed'ati ' d:hittigi' t
hectanc!,the wits of Harry irringfp
and a most excellent wife She, was., Mag
naninvus and u nrev,e,ng! uI, , she,• was peri . •
hagsthe 'Only' 'perioli Who felt:no t.aitifi- •
cation at •the' fate . ' of liana
rather a pity for the ignorance , ' whidlf
had steeped him9n ' •
The Outside
It was in the old days' of stage Ctiachek
and.one of those. , huge , lurnbering
cles ,was ploughing, its way, between Boa,
ton and Salem in .a driving raiu
filledinside and outside
' ,with a ji,lly,set, )
of pat:du-tigers: -
Among the number of ilie more fortit.i"
nate insiders was -a— 1 respectable bald
114eaded 2gentletnan, '.who seemed:.to:lie
very solicitous about a lady riding on, ther , l
roof. '' Every - few , minutes he popped t
he' Ont,e'regardless the ram, , and
shoiited "t 0 Borne one
now ?"
"All fight, I"
"Is she, gettiog wet , ?"' itiquire4
man.
"No,'llot much'," Was tli!it 'rep y. •
youlpui sornetbing:
her ? T'will never do Aof‘have:ihi , r_gettl
wet, ylni
" W eve got wieryth ing Around - her, lie,
~` :
gpt . ai wag r
..or ug,
"N/ tot a rag
.k•Syrripethetib 'young matt ; heariir+g-a~l`o
this, and: fi;eling.' alarmed for- fhei•poor
ley out in
~,the; atorm,, inquired :of-tlia,4
old gentleman why, they.didiet hayc,beF
and,Uoi on the''rotit ?:.
- ` ,o Bleseycin'there'ain't rOnml."'eielaiin= l4
ed-thefold man. • : .•
; , ftls.,Tokroom ; ? Why- Ilk her mIT
Place it's too bad."
"Not at a11,..5ix4 not atall.,:We'
get her,into this stage anyhow. -;1 •
- Amused at her prodigious dimensions,
the kind young man , said: ',Wel; sir, if
niii , coat , would be of - any EterViCe . to you.
she iriay„ have it,", and tuiting:_the action . ;.;
to, the word, he._ took the : , garment and
handid it to the old gent:en - pm.
• "It'i almiist''i* pity, air, - yi get your ,
overcoat' wet, •
"Not at all, sir l: by nri means ;• piss it
*up to her." ~ • • • • -;
The coat was. accordingly pmsed
"1104-'ll that' d . ),•)for, her - ?" na k e d, , the
old gentli:man: ' ' •
.•••• "Tip top-l• Just .the tiaket: All right •
nOW.I " • -
Thus, relieved, no further. anxiety, was,
=wrested about the, outside . , passenger ;;
till the ' stage 'arriied' St • the inn. when •
wt . :At:was hi s syinpathetic 'and the•giP'•*:
lant•yoting . man's surprise 'and -
lion to find that.this nico'.cotit had,beenlo
wrappeds,round—not a
~fair young lady
of unusual , proportions, but-- a double„ ,
bass viol. - - • •
Tbitt Was shrewd ad'Nice alearned
lawyer to avapil. -A4W1:101 ttie.facts . are'
n your favor, but the ittiv , opptysedltolotli:
pogkeout syclttg , ,on ..the faots phut, whop, di,
'the l aw is iu your. f4vpr . and _ the.faots
posed ypn, ,ont 'itiong'Cin the
,
' o l3iit' when the Jai''end facts .
icoth against trkeL'isaid the etudent,"vihit
,4ha11,1,d0 I' ~ , *!Why• then;" said thelawf.'
, ? yer,‘,‘tft*,,:r , out4o., ;,
Grindstones are' considivdt safe prop , 'i ,
city , to , invest - in ; „because,- ityou
not sell them for cash., you . alwayf -
turn - thein..
4
lEEE
„ •
In `tll4'sOil'iiitilc4 "distilots of liens
, youmillet' a free ride do"' ' hearse , by
picking np-wrattlesnakc. - ; `• '
"Mary". *rote to her "Dpar John" to
"Comsatafpastati.",.
"Died-in - a attempt to twiit 0.6
tail or a raille," ie ft:Weatein obituary le:
tthe . unfortunate subjeot - of a prael tc:Le
.
T.14..01d4t - WlAtern :' seitifitli;' 4%:«4' . ' '
log.stliti-.
, 4 , ,
Londoi "forhorbe are 'made g
Aud - - the answer. ..eactitooo