East Saginaw courier., 1864-03-02
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tint ho hnd gold, notes ana sccurktleo
10 very large amount upon him. syf
I then searched the still sleeping
+" Doctor" he was SO motionless and
death like that I began to fear lestf
the chlooform had had a fatal eilects
upon. him. boz "a sat ~ - ..r.s..,
I found nothing but q few dollars
and a revolver, which / took and
with his own neckerchief, securely
tied his hands behind him. - f1an
Itw was now showing heavily again;
but ! sailed forth once more in the
snow, and found the overseer still 'in-i
der the engine, frozen as hardas shoi
iron that covered him aud doubtless
quite dead. -,
With fingers almost as lifeless ns
his own, I searched him, and found,
besides the expected loaded revolver
and bowie knife, a large canvass belt'
fastened round his waist containing
the stole., money y clleat odi e ssioii
I fastened back with It TO Alice,
fearing she might be overcome with
the cod, and fall asleep. aN tsiai
Just as l had my hand on the door
Of the car, heard a we'll known
sound; there was no need TO think
twice - the driver of tho expected
train, blinded blythe snow, hadnot
seen the danger signal With crimi-
nal negligence they had not telegraph.
Cd our non arrival from R; tho
train was rushing on tlsl leir 80 hoA
/ shouted loudly to- the occupants
Of the cars to save themselves, and
sprang into ours for Alice.od f-a zof
Even in tho short time 1 had been
absent she had nearly gone TO sleep.
No wonder, poor girl She had
experienced hunger, thirst Vor, sho
dare not take food from the ovcrscer
lost he should poison her excitement
and cold--bittor cold, such as happily
we don't know in England.
I seized her in nv arms, and had
scarcely time to leap from the car be-
fore the crashgoame lsisg.a ssgs & ~
will not .dilate tho horrors of tho
collission-we have too many such
descriptions in our duly papers.--
Happily my shouting had aroused
most ofthe passengers, but somo two,
three OF fopT never knew how death
came.
L laid the fainting body of Alice for
a few moments, carefully wrapped up,
on the snow, whilst searched after
our late evil companions.
The murdercrs had met q milder
fate than they deserved. l13lEel h-s
The frozen overseer was completely
smashed beneath the engine.
"Whether the "Dootor" really died
from the effects Of cold and the chlor-
oform j can not toll, and do not liko
to think. a a. ays ye8 si
He was bruised and almost shape
less mass; both had died painless
delths. 2 iia'i -'-..n o. ie rit
The engineer and stoker of the
train which ran into US had jumped
into the snow, and were uuhurt.
The passengers were very fcw, and,
surprising to say, only one was killed.
3 We nado great fires of the de5r,,
and waited tho morning when help
should come. faa ff'sa13 eaas0H
Amid all the horrcrso Of tho sccneI
felt thrill of happiness in having Al
ice looking at me as her sole protector.
and through tho night laying her
head on my shoulder, in sheer weari-
ness aad exhaustion, suffering my
arms to support her.
/ felt as if l had known her for
years. Was the gentle girl who lean
ed unconsc ously on mo whom L had
met under such strange circumstances
was she soon TO bo severed from
mo? No! noyor! And With that
Thought / elaspcd her closer tony
heart. rnan alfbn 8si 70 s3msdaa
At last help camn; about fiyn u'er'oclS
IN tho morning an express came from,
R., expecting to find break
down; they took us up, and we arriv-
ed at .R-about eight O'Clock.
j asked Alice what she would wish
to do? 2a.iy n}N - ge ff.'isa gaf
g In some confusion shc3 said atiy
J IL know not what to say J., But
putting her littlo hand in mine, sho
said "Will you who have watched
over mo through that dreadful night,
who saved mo from the horrors Of
VIII 'ch can not think, sec me ,safo
back TO my own home--my own in
deed, now-it viii be very lonely, no
one to welcome me but the servants;
but ii is my right place. Am asking
too much I? ,....r 10 -
Need j tell the reader my answer?
l offered myself, poor surveyor,
as her husband as we'll as prs tector.
~ She did not say no. v,.
We gave up the plantation; for L
could not reconcile myself to my own
inc slnv6s although thei-s -.-ns.a,ss.
thing but londage. a,a 7.A
The railway accident was univer-
sally beloved TO be the causc of the
death of Alice's uncle, the ovcrseer
and tho Doctor" Alice, with par
donaLlo deception, explaining that tho
Doctor" not finding DIR. W--at
his own town, insisted on going to tho
next to somo other surgeon. si,i3e
Alice and / have now lived happily
in England many years; but we never
SEQ tho snow. lying thickly ON tho
ground without shuddoring at tho REQ
objection of the night which we passed
in the snowdIift. sra -. i,..4
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FIsn, FLEsu AND Fowl Fish was
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