St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-05-10

'o uAch la Tie Ud4gaTe car anu SIecl
the liquor off,
Liquor You think | am drunk
You think I'm mad. Iou take me +,
be superstitiouS. heard you-I hear,
YOU talking TO her. You'd best keep c!eai
of her, young man. You see this. eh p
and lac drew huge knife from hi:
bosom.
with this | could have silencei vor
long ago, and saved the victims YOU ar,
sacrificing. But prefer not. What i,
TO be is to be; as well might | cndcayol
to stem the current of the Mississippi
with straw as 10 check the tide of lat,
with my feeble hand. Only | woull
warn You 10 say word or two of prayel
before the fatal moment comes"
My heart seemed To stand still with
deadly terror. Was | indeed shut up il
this narrow spot with Z maniac Would
| be murdered before | coull call iol
help? But | remembered tina: in cool
ness and presence OF mind lay 10y only
chance of safety, and resolved to abb
the result. We were now putting o,
brakes for our second and last Stoppima
place ere we reached Il. Ne
leod sprarg out upon the platform IL wC
stopped. and went into Il bar room ad-
joining the station. went back ana
spoke To one Of the brakeman, an ath!e-
tie Maine man, with thcwS and simcw-
ot iron. and the stature Of 4 eiant.
".jim," | said. in a low voire-ki>
hame waS Jim Torrancc-..I want YOU
TO keep Your eye on Macleod and come
on the locomotive with me. lie talk,
and acts very strangely Tonight.
Once more, after Il ten minutes stop.
the little >i@nal bell sounded 'Gu-ahr.,! :.
the brakes moved noi~ilv. and the whce.-
began 10 rcvolyc. Macleod Lad not
returned 10 his place Ly nay side. and i
bcgan heartily 10 hope that h. designed
to favor me with no morc OF liz society.
Three or tour hundred yarls from th,
dcl"t the road ran throu.h dep eat.
ANA .lu>t bcyoni i: wa- ., CORRESPONDING
fill or cmhankmemt a'ou, tyn lei
high. Feeling in good spirits nj Mac
Leo.rs absence. hayin" The I.aly i'll
lille condition, with the trans ~ w,r. I,
meet rrporicl AL ri-!t' au tn. irayi.
clear, | op-ncl val,.-. da-Lyl through
the cut. and
Very, ycry nearly into eternity, Dan
ger Is saiI IL h' very t;;>cima;ii y i J.
particularly so when You >ce it conii.
have time TO reflect upon il. AMI plan amr
execute 4 rescue, or what hope IL rroy,
20. >aw il plainly thu night. the Ia.
half removed, the ii-urc Of the IL. lm:u
still bent at HI LeIIi,h worh. ,au
him a. he completed il. >ay him -laA,
hiS fist -ava-cly at II, :nl jam, aside {,
watch the >!au-it,r H.. hai plotted.
WIS not :: second In ~uuml.m. bow
brake" not an in>ia,i; in r,yer>im. I'll,
engine. hut nothing could hJ,c -..,v
that tram except the inai:a..r.'~ -. u
method" Fer want O. ill.,, hsowlc.i-c
OF pcr!l"l- Tor want oi i.,ac. M;scl.co,
hal removed iut "m. raj. AMI il.ai a.,
i.>,i. oac cft,. -.nr.. hi.cN II | cuui,
cllccl, tie LADY," speed Sic wuull mu.
leave I, track. IL the out>i,l, r.,.l Is il,
"'r Will -.Ii,:r> tl,- ;r:.in ,n a cur,.
AMI ii..- VIZ intact. lin Torrance Lal
com" on the locomotive with lie. and
iurn"! TIL him To- Jump inr liz l..;
wien -aw him standing upri-,i ia IL,
centre Of the tender. .ra-iiu. a hu-,
block of wood. and hi~ cy,> .l,.lmin-
Ike Goals SAW him hur, til. >tick c
wood at Macleod rs he r.m ,ic,,.n tn,
crnhanhmcnf, and tl.. n,Ni E;nui, ",
sircch Tia ground, and piunetd inio iL,
break.
lolting Violently over cros~-ii,~. >liat
ierln- ''o"w-c;licllc." and '.iI,:;l.i.lli.
smashing The ha@--a-c AMI iir-t pa>-,.n.ct
car; throwing Jim isrt:mcr with Sry.s
violence from the tender cn 10 the loco
motive. leaving him sens, lc>> Ly ih
shock. and nearly throwin. mc on 10 liz
boiler, tie Lady" struck and >;opl,,
without leaving ;ac track except upol
the side where Macleod had remove,
the rail. We we've disabled lor the ;im5
with no ont hut Jim seriously injured.
! Except MacLe,I .Iirn'S aim h:.,
been too true, and tie block ct wood
hurlr'i with all his force. Gaining addl
tiOnal velocity from that of the train. ha
struck Macleod rs h ran and iciic,l hin
>enseles>-thc fact i. is we soon found
dead. The billet had struck him an
killed him. Jim Torrance was ncvc
tried for 1t on earth poor i,liow, he
gone since. and don't much think the
recorded any verdict against him i
: heaven.
After Jim WAS taken care Of. the Ian
terms put out ahead and behind u$ +
: warn approaching trains. John MaciG
od's corpse was taken up sni carrie
back 10 the station.
Prank" said Carew. when matter
were slightly scttlcI AGAIN, ''who is I
tell this story to Macs wife -
"Shc does not suspect anythin--;h1
is, she don't know hc'r it occurred -
"She knows there has bcen an an a,
cidcnt, hut size doesn't know that M:t
! was thrown ont of the locomotive anj
the only one killed"
Good Even Carcw dill not s;I>pc,
how Macleod had been fcilel by To-
I RANGES blow and killed.
; Il will tell her. said. leterminC
? that she should never know his crim
nor learn how he had bevn terribly m
e suddenly punished.
She lay on my shoulder and sul.l,c
: half the night away, irut il WAS les fror
n love Of the man. who had ALWAYS bcC
cruel TO her, than from her womam
| NERVOUSNESS. At the inquest next dar
: when she identified his body and to-
Y the story Of his mi>anihropY and -upe
It stition TO tic jury. si'c was more coilcc
il cd. ard surprised me by her calmnc>