The North-Carolinian., 1860-09-29
WHOLE NJ UMBER 1892

That she had used her utmost influence with her
brother to get him to visit the north hoping that
the change of cline ad travel would COMPLETELY re-
store Nun to his former mind and health That
hour before, he had her room Will, a stout
cord IN his hand, ami said in playful manner, that
he must tie her up. Appreie ndine, no evil She had
not objected to what she SUPPOSED one of his vasa-
rles, but when he drew revolver, and told her
that the first words she cred would be her lst
then she became alarmed, ana begged be rcl'as-
cd. With strange calmness and voice whci,
orooked no reply he commanded her to silcnccand
stating that he w.s embassy Of Satan, duly COM
mSsloned to drive the steamer to hell locked ,lo
door and departed.
She paused and faint smile shown througi. her
tears like the Sunshine in midsummer rain. y
light dt"ncl upon my mind The engineer was
then the brother Of this angelic picture o loveness
and he-l s',uddercd as rcmembcre to have
noticed the increased speed Of the boat and the
heavy roar of the exhaust piisc-he was mad
man
No time to be lost, Hastily telling her Of
the little knew OF the ieutcnats movements cs--
return the moment found her brother, Went in
search OF the capt tain
Hardly had reached the staircase. when my at
tentloh was arrested by wild yell OF apparent
ultlt!o: which rose high and shIiil above all other
Souillf. chi!ling IN Its delnoniac intoA,! H. and
seeming the dread harbiascr of coming doom
invount,r;ly raised nv hands to nv ear as
did others, to shut out the terrific sound.
In Gods name what is that, exclaimed an c-
d,'rly gentleman by my sic officer ot the 10 It
r,.'in
Ina mad en- ,sneer Our lives are in fearful per-
i! Fellow, if y"u would i>now nore'
y tln:lt Ia II. an we were at the scene of ex-
citemrt and ',e4c! sight to chill the blood in the
stOutrHt lcdlt
W.T. cot n!, eyes la hing menace, revolver in
hand ..., TIA range Of the entrace, and the
'rtsl,t"t' showing great amount of steam far be-
yoll the rated capacity oft boers-the engineer
seated upon the safety vale to keepit down and
giving occasional utterance to a wild YELL as his
yya0 thraa atannI 6aath ne ken
crowd without.
No questions were asked--none needed--it
evident that the engineer had driven the fire
from their station after taking his position
had transferred several barrels of oil and rosin
the fire under the boiler, and the sharp shrili
from the escape pipe AS the quiverng ofthe steam
from truck to kelson she leaped with the i'm
detuosty of a mad race each and all the fearful
nature of the peach which was momentarily increas
ing.
1--WE shall be blown to eternity Shoot the wild
beast down! Our lives are in the balance - The
words were omnously echoed by the sharp click of
a revolver,
stay Hold! On your life, fire notr' And the
voice rang like clarion, yet with all the.wild music
of an Eonun harp the crowd parted rigat and
left, and the len o. my story, the sister, magni-
fcent even IL Ief palIi'i beauty, rushed to the en-
trance.
"Georgel VI brother !"
"Virginia iou here!"
The fire in eyes of the madman burned with
less flame than before and hand and weapon fell to
his side. His tercencss- gone in a moment
when her bright .gtz-I ,e,rchingly upon him
B@eathlosslyr A4,,4t LIZ Issue.
"GiVe me the pistol
1t done.
'NOw come with mo ~
''But my comniss!ol ..o:n Sltan %
elias been fulfil He'd ~
With her eyes calmly reading his, she took his
and led him q,..eJ, away to his state room
Captain Reynolds l''n4 ii4tey ordered the dam
pcnlng of the furnace Ire- and by thus reducing
steam, we were soon com i,rr.tivey sale.
L have but little more !t
We reached St. Lou, due time, and without
any return OF Lieut.. Ia. on $ maiauy, and, NAV
be supposed, it needed little urging for me to
accompany them to tnr nuIsc OF their uncle--a
wealthy retired merchal # mat city-who gave US
princely welcome, worjlA hi, 5cneIous bachelor
heart.
Under the careful treatment of several ofthe most
skilful physicians in the cily, the lieutenant
soon entirely recovered
And [?
Need add that my friendship for the beautiful
Virginia had ripened into something warmer? Into
love!
Poor WALKER.-When Gen. Walker was in this
city last sprlng, he remarked to friend of ours
that Douglas would surely be nominated at Charles
ton elected President, and in less than six weeks
afterw%rd he would again be President of Nicaragua
Alas! for human hopes. Walker himself is dead
and Douglas did not get the nomination at Charles
ton, only and endorsement of part ola Convention
next President of the United States than Walker,
with the bullet holes of the Hondurans through him
has of being President of Nicaragua.
At Road in England, recently, child nam
ed Francis Saville Kent murdered, and one Ed
mund Gegg gave himself up to the eistratts as
the .terer Before his trial, i.aWevcr it dis
covered that he had not been the place whore
the murder committed, tiat he did not know
the child murdered, and, in short that hc IN
distant part of the country. At last he coItcsstd
that his previous confession untrue, and tiat
be had been led to it bccuusc his life bur
den to hil:." He was, Of course, discharged.
Louisville RAcEs.-At the Woodlawn Go ursc
Louisville, Ky, Saturday last the match being
for one thousand dollars edward Everett won
the first heat in 2:434. Lew Rogers the Sc
cond heat and the race the driver Of the "Evcrett
| driving foul. Time, 2:4oa
Banks, Of Massachusetts,, has been made
Doctor of Laws. 1t is done, says Eastern pa
per- because he has doctered the laws of Mas gaohu
Sctts till they wont let white foreigner vote there
till two years after he has been naturaiIzed Wtle
they put negro through without winking
SrIcY.--Fhe following passage at arms has taken
| place between the Petersburg, Va, IreSs, (Dem.)
| ami InteIltgeneer, OK. n -
s'Democracy survives. - I',tSs
so does the devil'-Intehige"cfr
.And as both are fairly IN the he.d tor tie
next campaign, choose ye whom ye VIII serve
| ..Oftwo evils choose ye the least Wen take
,he devil '-Iute5tigencer-
ssOnnosion editor 60 to the devll, as natural as
,l,ck takes to the water. The InfeHaGe"ce| takes