The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-12-03

Exactly so--for the purpose OF trsv-
cling it in certain society. Don't be
alarmed for your own safety; its o de-
tective policeman-thati il ALL"
Twas about to repeat the words in as
tonishment, when be motionedTor me to
keep silent. .......
"And who is the offender"
II dent know myself yet. He don't
wish to be seen until the moment Of the
arrest. We are safe enough until We
reach Bayswater.
"Where Is he?"
"The detective? He sits by the door
yonder with a ragged fur cap pulled over
his eyes.
smiled. could hardly keep it.
! "What Is the case.''~
"A murder-a man and his wife and
two children-their thlosts cut last
night-the house set Oh fire after
wards.n
''Great heavens! what a monster
We had continued the conversation
in a whisper throughout, scarcely above
our breath, and now the conductor rose
and left me to study the faces of my fell
low passengers with curious dread and
horror,
Somehow as often as I revolved the
matter in my mind, my fancy would set
tie on a coarse, cross looking man oppo-
site, with bushy beard and coat of
shaggy wool, with the collar turned up
to his ears. I felt convinced that this
man with the brutal eyes, and heavy
hanging jaws, was the Cain! and as /
looked fuitively across I caught the
wide open orbs of the fair little girl.
Obeying the instantaneous impulse of
my heart I arose and went to her.
"You heard what we were saying my
child?"
Yes; murder o how horrible"
''Do not be frightened; no one shall
hurt you"
She smiled in my face with sweet,
con1iding innocence.
Our stop at Exmouth was but brief,
but during the delay l could see that
our detective had changed his seat to
one nearer the british man in the shag-
gy overcoat.
"See" faltered the girl, "they-locked
the car doors at Exmouth; they've un-
locked them now.'
She was right.
"Probably they were frightful lest
the criminal should escape" remark
ed i'm an undcrtone.
"Will you-may I trouble you to
bring me a glass Of water?'
rose and made my way to the ice
cooler by the door, but with difficulty,
for the train was again under rapid mo-
ton. To my disappointment the goblet
was chained to the shelf.
"Never mind,n said she with win
ming smile, II will come myself"
drew the water and held the cup but
instead of taking it as she approached,
she brushed suddenly past me opened
the car door, and rushed upon the plat
form.
stop her. stop her." shouted the de-
tective springing to his feet.
"She will be killed; conductor-break-
nan, hold up"
There wac rush, a tumult, . bus
| tie.
was the first one on the platform,
but it was deserted and empty, save by
| frozen breakeman, who seemed horror
! stricken.
"She swept past me like shadow,
and jumped of the train," he said.
"Well' said the conductor, "she must
have been instantly killed, what mad
! folly"
"It's elOO out of my pocket" said the
detective ruefully. II didn't want q
row before we got to Bayswater, but
was confounded fool, a woman corner
ed will do anything"
"What?" 1 calculated, "you don't
mean that-that child''-
81 mean, sir" said the detective, calm
ly ''that child, as you call her, is Atilly
Burton, married woman twenty five
years old, who last night murdered four
persons in cold blood, and was trying to
escape to Canada. That's what
mean.o
The train was stopped and party o
US, headed by the conductor and detect
i've, went back to search for any trace oi
the beautiful young creature, whose
loveliness and apparent innocence had
appealed to my sympathies so earnestly
Nor was it long before we found her, ly.
ing quite dead by the side of the track
frightfully mangled by the force of tn.
fall, and mutilated almost beyond recog
milton.
"Well she escaped justice in this
world If not in the next" said the de-
ective gloomily, as he stood looking at
her remains.
"Do you suppose she expected to jumI
from the moving train without inju
ry?"
without injury-yes women are un
reasonable creatures, But never
dreamed of such folly, or l should hav.