The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-08-26


aanr OUT path, and now they lighted up
raging torrent laf beneath Us. Wy com
pan'ou, however. was ~ calm and com
posed as though his cradle he'd been rachc,
nv ,tmres'F. fho flashes BY which oc
casionally caught glimpse Of him, gave
a. ia true, an unnatural ghasi.ipess "a IA
face. lot his amer Was as cool ard col
leeied Us lad always known it, eoal
feel lin managing the engine as qs.sti
1pd carefully Gs IL i, wss n summers daY
and he had tLe lives Of hundred passeu'
gers lo answer for. 5eaides lis own.
"A few minutes. Ten or twelve perhaps
bad elapsed since looked at my watch
ond had begun 10 thigk that cur journey
cuj was mar We were passing. Us rcai
ne could Judge by the sound OF he wind
over q level. open tract OF eoun.ty, wher
fanc,ed tell momcntary jar; 50 slight
however, and unimportaGt, that Il wouN
have passed from my rccoilec,iol At once
bad It not been for wha, followed. Just
at tint momcn,. longer aud brighter fasl
Of lightning than had before soen. attend
cd, not followed, By III awful crash Of thun
dor. 10 up again the surrounding scenery
Eat hieh above the dcafening peal, abo,,
'te lesser thunder OF the wheels. above
the iaviue Of the wind, ! heard n fhr.eh
a shout Of horror, 50 Wild, 80 awful 50
dteaiul, 80 like the ut,ernuce Of lost soul
that it vcxes ms dreams TO this hor- Il
was Il sound which no physical pain could
have elected from human being. which
nothing but supernatural fear could have
Produced and which no one who once
heard it could ever baush from his recol
lection.
" Involuntarily falt for my companion.
f lie irds gone CROPPED hastily about the
confined space IN which he had been s.and-
ing, aud at once realized the awful nature
Of my position. was alone ppoa ga Ell.
glue which was tearing madly forward, and
at the rate Of sixty or sevoaty miles an
hour, rapidly approaching my destination,
about 70 dash heqdlong at fun speed, Toto
the missi OF an eager and excited crowd,
+ aad with no more knowledge Of the man.
acemeut or government OF the crazy thing
than an naut. For en- instant vas thor.
aughy raral4zad by fear Cod d.ors Of
Precipitation stood upon nay brow. aud
.a,rly screamed in impoteut agony. had
some indisiiuet notion iie speed Of ar en-.
give was accelerated rr checked hy opsia.
log The levers whie' stood ~ nay side
art 'eh' a3 rr3uraced a series Vt ex.
netimonts WITH them Bat mv upaA.i.ill,
+ ness az agitation Pr vented my employing
tho r. Pc, means. and faucied bad only
increased tie speed Another resource
flashed upon the. might pull out th-
wood and eoals. sud reduce the Gre. Il
wts q mad idon lor my uneloved bonds
we're my oGlv tools Tor DC enterprise: Lui
( ! cluckled wildly % myself rs ! Thought
how very feasible !. waa. aud how very
sure Of success. Eagerly | stopped down
mr. non,lf.a ., -itsaGss ss.,k -irom beneath
hgndf. and the iiye emhcrp burned dsm
erde'ly, hut hardly falt the pain, ra !
hud.d Il frgHGcslly into TIE darlsua}s.
ra' di not sioop again. For. as !
muel 80 continue my vain Lahore, another
Na,h. one of those lngeripg, whyr daae,
ing FLASHES. which seem 10 iarrV a. o. do
lighting to C1fAuF1u the tefr0, they cHns".
once moro 30 mp the scene. trust thsi
dpslh viii face IT, horror from my mad
| know that can ueter forget t an lhis
.i4e NJ ihe rraye. Tina l3ak of my CON
pauion, which WAS shl ringing To- my os-e,
he lo,rer sarrrised nae. no LONGER won.
derel q. bis mad leap from tlic ca-.na u
was the excess of my terror alone which
prevented my following hie example. !
mo longer cared Gov lis ngrdarous speed
of lha locomotive B. l1arar tha1eit al
my own dancer All m..rIyirrs. IN fears
fsr myself wsre swaiowedup aal moreed
i, one vast. .hr4dsfiae inasAr,bsfls horror.
For there. ia. before me upan iho boiler.
eith ls h.. Dsris3 into "A fend,sh rrin.
with its owes Nil, opsp. sad STARING gpan
me. and the rlare inrst.ine Nfs like
pl.av 4, Ia st,nv fesi,fes tbera within
gearb Of nv naIsisd hanJ ev-n a. / ahfpnt
hnek In erayen fess 10 tbo fsrthes, lim.ts of
ms n,oying nrjson. sat male. rorv. lid,
eous and m 8rele1 I'm, an Head
You smile rsntlemep' continued dc
molly man. with A melancholy mir. eanI ID
,ec,,s n me tbsi II sbonld hear tho st,r,
told bv another IA Won ars now doing. ri
onia, rnoa, wits 4, Gam floor beseail nm
feet. rbeoffal fire before nae. and ffieal.
around sha,lI do tbs -snis hinr. bat
b,leye mo. a,orri,r h,s voice 80 law thal
could harIly bssr lin. "it Is a Different
ding in a Wild night, alone, and with a
sudden and awful death impending oyei
you"
Keep moving, stranger" fsii ihe mar