The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-07-28

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said; Tor I haAadroiped ms own when
! iell
He shook be head again, and then
il struck me that Porhaps be might
stop ne, seeine bow rough and Mid
ana excftes 7 looked ! backed sldwly
towards tine aoor, facing hrm all the
tine. Ha told me AFTERWARDS, u lac had
rot felt afraid, be wonld have pipno1
me while l tlrntd NV bach
But ] didn't turn my back, and the
next moment was outside ON the long
stsp. clihmng oahe door handle, aud
with the guard leaning out ana wateh-
"Come back r lie shouted, as We
dashed dong al allspeed now rush
ing through the darkness shuad, and
giving a Wild shrek as We passed
station, The lights looking Ike one
streak, Thorewere the carriages sbak.
ing and the wind tearing at me as Il 70
beat me of; but | was recovering my
self fast, and in few moments 4 was
al the end Of the guards van, leaning
towards the carriage wanted 10 reach
So far my task had been easy, tho,
Of course, very dangerous, with the
train dashing along at fifty miles an
hour; bnt now there was a gap 10 pass
between the van aud the carriagc for
the buffers Keep the carriages at some
distance apart ....f.. s....
For a few moments ] stopped in
dread, but, as got my breath more
and more, courage and the recollection
of her wild appealing face came TO me,
and elinging to the buffers, 1 eontriyed
to let one foot upon the step of the ear
riage. and, still holding on by the iron,
contrived to get the other there
just then the train gave jerk, and
| thought il was all over; but the next
moment | was on the step, and had
hold OF the door handle ~. ..f....
"At last, ! muttered, as drew my
self up ON the next step and tried the
door, which was as | expected, iast---
Then | looked back There was the
guard With half his body out, and his
hand screening his eyes, trying TO fol-
low my motions; but, with darkness
all around. the snow cutting by like
knives and poiuis aud the dense fog
clouds we kept entering, felt sure he
could not see me, though ! could make
him out from the hight IN has compart-
ment Then listened, and my heart
seemed to stand stlIl, for / fanoied l
could hear the sound of struggle go.
ing on inside though WAS not sure,
from the rattlng made by the train -
| was not wasting time for | had tried
to look in at the window; and opening
my knife with my teeth was trying to
open the door. But the interior OF
the carriage was dark as pitch, and my
knife was useless, while now i was sure
there was a struggle going on inside
Directly after, one OF the little side
panes of the glass was broken, and 1
heard faint cry.
dashed in the door window in an
instant, cutting my hands with the
thick glass, and then, beating out the
loose pieces, made place for entrance,
and had half my body in before | felt
myself seized by somebody who tried
to force me back
Two hands grasped me by the throat
while ] held the door with one hand,
half in and half out oI the earriage.---
My blood was up. ! had hold OF my
unseen enemy by the collar, and dug
my knuckles into his neck as ] held on
for life like bull dog.
| had the advantage Of him there,
for while had on stiff collar and
buttoned up uniform coat, he had only
a thin dress-shirt collar, and one OF
those black wisps of ties. 1t was n
struggle Of life and death, but | got
further in. At last, / suppose, feeling
half choked, he started back and threw
me with him, and fell heavily on the
floor. Here, though, | lost my hold,
and he had me again at a disadyan-
tage For what seemed good FIVE
minutes, it was an up and down strug-
gle, while more than once felt myself
dashed against somebody who was
crouching IN the corner Of the carriage
Sometimes got the better and some-
times the worst Of IL. After the strug-
gle had gone ON some time, IL seemed
that the car door was open, and that
there was no one elese in the carriage
but US two, hanging on to one another
like a pair Of wild beasts. Then came
such a horrible reaction, that my
strength seemed to leave me; for / felt
that ia her fear and dread the poor
girl had leaped out.
But she had not; for she was out
side, clinging for life 10 the handles, as
in one brief glance saw the end light
Of the train flashing upon her. In the
last fierce struggle my foot trirped and
and the man ! was struggling with
fell hesdlong out of the door There
was fash Of light, sound Of rushing
wind, aud then / seemed TO be dashed
with fearful violence upon the ground.
The next thing j reeolect is the
sound Of voices, aud the kissing Of the
steam of an engine close by me, while
some two OF three people were moving
about with lanterns. | found some one
supporting my head, and then gave a
horrible shudder; for there were hor-
rid red patches and marks on the
ground As the men spoke in whs-
pers, | could see that they were cob
lecting something horrible that steam
ed IN the cold air. A raist came over
me and / tainted dead Away.
When could think again, j found