Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-11-13

have strength enough TO reach Il. was
fearfully exhausted, and dragged my feeble
limbs along ~ u they were weighted with
lead. For time the consciousness OF dan.
ger, and the excitement Of tho fearful scene
| had gone through, sustained me; but by
and by strength and reason seemed to desert
me, and staggered like one in the deliFium
Of fever. How long this continued cannot
tell, for made no count Of time that terrible
night; but remember how, at last, in utter
exhaustion, fell PROSTATE on the snow.
As llay there, unable to rise, and unable
to move limb, long piercing Shrek. the
horrible import of which I knew too We'll.
rang ny cars. / looked up; that eve Of
Gre was right before me- How can I ten
you the horror Of my situationl A lifc's
agony compressed into the compass Of ono
awful minutel Tho goods train, which a.
ways passes Longlcy about three o'clock in
the morning was coming, and was laying
helpless on the rails. With cry of agony
tried to rise but / fell back in utter exhaus.
ton. Even tho terror Of approaching death
did not give me energy enough to crawl from
where lay, But my mind was active enough,
for the one thought: to stretch myself out
with my head towards the cngine-my only
chance Of safety. Commencing. my soul 10
God, lay prostratc and closed my eyes.
The next instant the shrek Of the engine,
loud and terrific, blended with the rattle Of
the carriages and the grinding sound of tho
wheels upon the snow that covered the rails.
and then----and then looked up to heaven
with feeble laugh Of spcechless gratitude,
and all danger was over. The train had pass.
cd along the other line Of rails, not over those
between which lay 1.-The snow had prevent.
In6v III s,kes sa6s.
er; but had ! had strength enough to crawl
in the direction had Intended, tho engine
and carriages would have inevitably passed
ovcrmc, andslcft mo there maRgled corpse.
It was my utter weakness which saved my
life. SAa s.t9i.Bs s3i ~
The joy Of my delivery from horrible
death was followed BY q natural reaction. I
sank back in a swoon and when conscious
ness came back to me again, I .ound myself
weak and wasted, in my own bedroom, in
my own bed, where (they told me) had lain
for eleven days In raging fever II seems
that In the morning, one Of tho railway por.
ters found me lying inscnsible in the snow
and thus was third time within dozen
hours, saved from death. But this bald pate
was the price paid.
+" But the bag Of goldY" tss ~ H.a'
Was found suspended from my neck,
and with the letter in my pocket was dcliv.
cred in the proper quarter"
"And the intending assassins!" O..
%" | know nothing Of thcm. They did not
belong to that part Of tho country. They
had disappeared from the cabin several DAYS
before recovered from my fever, and there
fore, before suspicion could have fallen upon
them; and they werc never heard of after"
T" The Carstons, hope were grateful"
DO you see that light burning family in
that window across the line thcreY Frank
Carston's sister is sleeping peacefully, l
should hope) in that ROOM, She. is mother
Of three Of the finest young Britons in this
big shire, and am their father. here
comes the mail train, and Il makes no long
stay here; you had better look after your
luggage. Once Week. ~