East Saginaw courier., 1864-03-02

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no more fueliy 81 A5i0is won no.lC ~
Although / could not SEQ through
the young lady's vail, she, doubtless
could see me through it. L nodded
slightly to her, and fambling in the
folds Of my cloak, half exposed the
barrel of my revolver y 3n'A'iiial
The answer was scarcely pereep-
tible shake of the head. 80 ft'
For tho twentieth time we were
pushing and battering at a drift; this
time it must be deep one, for we are
come to a dead stop. 1p J n'iitll
81 guess l must get some wood
from that darned conductor or we
shall be friz," said one of the men, the
shorter and least evil looking ofothe
two. n.lsnAe'e a'eiiiA Niefsfoi laifi tte
'Do,n said, /, "for it is awfully
cold, even for us who are strong
what must it be for your invalid
charge lnlsghH sN 4l s1eaam
l"Oh, he won't hurt" replied the
man ~ !h apiiit iiit
ssYou shut up, and fetch the wood!"
said the other 10 h2t7il s1le9..
He returned soon, and said the en-
gineer would not let him have b. stick,
declaring that IL was not his business
to supply the cars, and that he had
barely enough to keep his own fire up
On going out TO see the state of af-
fairs for myself, / found the drift, in
which wc were fast, was of q most
formidable size; and saw at once thai
without digging, the engine could not
possibly force its way through. g{fin
I went to the engineer, whom
knew, and asked If he could spare us
log or two; but even whilst asking
| saw how useless the request was :
he Ind no rvooR. ---t l.fsases- sTrs nci
Nine o'clock at night--still show
iug--no fire and no fuel
p Fast buried in a snowdrift, on c
single line Of rail-miles away from
any house. .9I V3l Y 10 lH4i1
/ must spend night with q doat
man and his two murderers lf3iii
But the poor girl How can she
boar the cold i7G H
All the men set to work vigorousl,
To clear the line, whilst there was we
fire enough and steam enough to carr,
us through. Fsk
We were not many miles from ou
destination. tiii giHie tD1slH
Digl Yes but who can dig with
out a spade ? 1901 AeH aJ xHf'af
Small progress was made il soor
became apparent to oil that we wer,
fast, until two o'clock, when the nigh
mail followedus. iadf ,aen.
Five mortal hours in that picrcin;
cold. ahtt Aeoof Oh ~
pLei se-luotor, hr.lf fro1ou us u,
was, walked quarter of q mile dowi
the line and cxtcmporizcd DANCE
signal as best he could and th'
other passengers getting into the car,
and wrapping ourselves up, gfimly Il
bear tho five hours of misery. As
enter / see only the shorter of tn,
two mon on asking him for hi
| friend, he says: taf'
'Oh he's crouching down by th,
fire box of the engine to keep warm
l mentally addcd-"And will 60 t.
sleep, and when the fire goes out vii
be frozen TO death % t' ea1.
| now saw the young lady watchin,
her companion closely, seeing him be
come sleepy from copious draughts o
rum and water. 1il'aa = e1si
A loud snoring soon proclaimed him
fast asleep. 4'es
The poor girl then withaha frozen
fingers lifted her vail, and whispered
with trembling voice = I 19-l yaFtH
10 Can you help me You arc
English, arc you noty / think 1 ear
trust you" ~ pet 'goiieti 81 o9rui
"Sit perfectly stiIl for an instant, y
| answered. iy
A happy thought had just struck
me. t tlitlaf p
had for sometime past suffered
much from face and toothache, and
was in the habit Of carrying a stop
pered bottle of chloroform. .R8oonHi
took out my bottle and, signing
to the young lady TO be silent, poured
tho whole upon my handkerchief, and
held it over the face of the murderer
In five minutes | knewhc was safe
ly disposed of for some hours to come.
called loudly in his ear, and shook
him roughly, but he did not stir.
shall never forget the earnest Joy
with which the poor girl clasped my
hands and thanked me. Hif
L don't know whose heart beat
faster then -hcrs, or mine; L know
that forgot all about tho dreadful
cold, and only felt an instant longing
to take her to my arms and kiss her.
Taking the sleeping mans great
buffalo robe and wrapping il around
her, | badc her sit down, and asked
her the cause of her fathers murder,
and why she secmed to be prisoner.
As L spoke / could not help an in
voluntary shudder at tho appearance
of tho corpse. - tl Das
Iif administering the chloroform to
the man ] had accidentally displaced
tho rug, which the murderers had
carefully arranged so as to hide the
face of the supposed paralytic.
The eyes were closed and blue, the
nose pinchcd, the mouth partly open,
with c,irlcd, ond strained and set lips,
tho tecth set and grinning horribly in
the half light reflected from the snow
in which we wore imboddcd,
1t had now ceased showing.
In answer to my question, she said:
Il am alonc in the world; can
trust you'll viii tell you oil. The
the Jody'--here shc turned palcr than
oven she was before--"th body is
not that of my fatller--oh, no! Il
could not have borne i'll 1t is my nm
clo am a Virginian my father
and mother both ,diod whom I vos