Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-12-09

path with your fine talk and soft non
sense. which won her affections"
Two minutes more," said he. after
a pause, durin. which he looked at his
watch. ''les. two minutes more AMI
vour soul will leave its miserable body.
Please give my regards to lis Satanic
Majesty. Tell him sooner or later
will join you in the fiery regions below.
Your eyes are closing now your face
has the hue of death. Your limbs are
getting cold. yes. cold as ice
l telt the touch Of his hot nand upon
my face. 1t seemed rs il thousand
needles were entering every part of my
body: rel blur obscurei my vision
aIrl it was becoming darkGf | felt a.
if something was pressing upon ms
head which nov seemed la leave ms
body, my breath became shorter anl
at once II stopped. felt.
rs connted the bca,ings of my heart
one. two. three. four, i've, SIX. Then
all was oblivion.
| opened my eyes. that il. | felt |
opened them, 4, not a ray Of light fell
upon the pupils. Darkncss-impcne-
trablc darAncss-was around me.
Was in the grave? I made IN effort
to stretch out ms hands succeeded.
They moved through water. which |
now felt was eddving around nv neck
Where was /, Surely it was not a
dream, for felt that was thoroughly
awake. raised my right hanl to my
head, and my hand came in contact
with m iron roi, upon which my head
was lying Again the question passed
through my mlnl. "Wherc am Z"
Soon. but too soon, the question was
answered.
liark Hear The SOUND of distant
voice. II came nearer ani nearer
YES. my ears iul not deceive me IL
was the voice of George. our night
watchlnan.
lie was singing sony. The words
of thc refrain came distinctly - my
ears
NHi ioF ms ltfaaS~ Aunt- Lsnr"
III Ity ine 10 yI aat ttr ="
II took all ms strength 80 raise NV
self o. 4 sitting position. stretched
out ms arms. NJ hani came IN CON
tact with cold iron wa~-nU. 10.
not mai, but felt !unacy, in the shape
Of terrible spcctor, waS approaching
mc-iur the question Was Answered:
! WA imprisoned within ,hr steam
boiler
! began 70 shout
Help George. for Coils sake help =
Bur ~ voice sonuded like that oi a
mntil..d bell. Then commenced to
ponud with my fist upon the iron
surely, t'rur4e must hear HAT.
thought.
Bul no. be was whi,tlin. The tune ot
Yankee Doodle.
Once he stopped, aud a thrill p. joy
ran through n~ Then hr began again
icll nv was To the head 81 he boiler.
far nov heard THAI hc MAS opening the
furnace doors. | knew welt what hc
Wa going 70 do. >ppu heard the
scratching -uund--lIc was Lighting a
match. Then heard tn. ru,fiiis of
,,'.' ,'',-. ,r'. t',i' Hin lin
BY 4. cracking sound.
ne M the hre, ana VIII hr h's.ed
awe. thought J, agatn pounded aud
rcralchih2 against Inc -ldr~ 81 the b'ilrr,
ln The valh hope oi making m'>cii heari.
ielt not thc pam, bur i"lt thar the
warm blood was dropping from my
L l. Il
iarrrated kmhckies and torn mails.
listened Zoe sharp, cracking sound
OF ne hre became lower AMI lover.
Again h.ui hOpes-Ilic lrr had gone
out. and | knew that the watchmAn
hal gone 10 bed, ior the Lighting Of the
iirc wAs ms iast dnIy al i'e 4 .oGA IN
me morning. ! also khew the iireman
would noi rise until half past five.
twenty. perhaps twenty-five minutes.
ana Then 4" would come ani rcli@ht the
iire.
hiftF minutes. aid then | must
die.
Dliri M hand.. | prsys 10 God
a, 1 lu.i never pr.., ed before recalled
ID TN mind i pra, cr my mpthc. taught
ms when | wa, A chill. and a hply calm
came VIVIAN upr. ior .ur,.i, ihpu~hf NJ.
who .e,.s the sn,rr,w tnlI viii M d.
.ert me in nv present need
>Iowlv TN hlnd, paired and fell 10
INV side. and ,l,wlv rr,wI.d toward.
thc end OF rhr boiler. where | knew VA,
III, man bnt. thrnnol, (Which had hoo,
showed by the wicked engineer. while |
VA, under the influence OF tie dru,
" hich he had administered.
uu.sed M hands ovnr thc c,.r i'm,
The boiler. [ pushed against il win nh
nv strength. stiiI lnew th.,f nr.. LuI-
drri p,und. of steam ure.,urc c,,,II MOI
r.mpys that plate t.lt exhnusted m
nv efforts. and | threw myself .t FIN
the ilue. TIN. wnt.rrovrr.
Ell ne above ms neck. which k..nt
above it, leveI
4 desperate thouyl,t came ~ M mind
Why should MOI drown,nyselfbv INV
erino nv hrad5 yo,Id ami ,n,. ,ni.ar,.
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