The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-03-20

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HI, s: :. s;;:s:; e ~ So 81
~ you'd Asve y take the Lev:athan Hopn Is
E that night, and to be ready stis;xbt
IAHeek. asked him If any train was We suamc
49, and he said sNo-nothing but The crime
H. tender. told him all right Kelly ~ IN
that morning., and my epinioh ls he
al this news, and left on the three r. II. &C.
Nno4ntton TO Station D." soAi y 400
ssYnly IN opinion, Tom. That would not no IN
hAesrt Of justice.' asss :, !,
III as4tght, eir! 70 it wouldn't. Nobedy,ss ,osps
- hwyen and judges. But nina. i soSd &c
- ~ that, because he couldn't have walked. aIi
eeoeAer trsia started that day, and Kelly slss A.
- = atere We got there. So he could MOI. In
f, have gone On the tender ,pao'itgasf'F I
lost possibly, net" ,sa'5ss' =
sven, It has been BY custom, whenever /
pesssc Lixsies % express time. TO. throvss paper
Sver % her, and ct night 70 swing . lsnn ont
The window. On the accommodation, when We
eesPpod there for awhile, used to havs d Few
ene0eets talk with her, - we'll a. could. she
pSne busy all the time. On this eccasion Il WA
pnpsta1 and wanted to let her know that had
cems down the line, for abe would look Tor INV
pShs on the ether train, and be uneasy. y So /
80 ~ .ns engineer to slack mp, as We got there,
"WheA Eths slsfs u the Drsnnond LIGHT
struck the platform, wswss gsing slow, and
booked out the wihdow There, 81; stood Lizzie.
With the body OF that Kelly in her arms irving
% drag his into the hoase. She said nothing,
except that twas n right on he line. and she
feared che had killed Joe Kelly 4 Jumped ont
and took hold Of the fellow ,myseH. told the en-
g1peef that bad have TO stske for himself and he
said all right, and left ns. 1t was only twelve
miles, You know, and he really wouldn't have
much stokiAg to do in that rum tias isss
"Weii, Ir Kelly was pretty badly hurt, and
we tended to him, and / got a neiehboring doc
tor to look after him, and reckon he's doing
pretty we'll now" .,sg,l7T ! 80 /
"Then Liz told me how it all happened. IS She
bad just started off the three r. M. train from
-, which don't arrive at I,-----A-- until
nigh onto hve, when she was accosted by Kelly,
Eho, you see, must have come to K - by
that train. She was alters feared the fellow med
nateo some mischief, when he was around ; and
20 she kept watch on him. He got to speaking
bis love to her agin and she ordered him off, and
then vent into her room, and took down he mus
get, which had given to her, and come to the
door agln TO watch him. BY this time darkness
pad f:lien, and she conld not sec him. She knew
40 hsd ne Acquaintances around where he could
e. and che believed him capable Of any yillainy.
!he suspected him Of causing the accident on the
has at L. long ago, and don't know bnt
r her hand, sAs made risht Of No tie line to
That very curye where that rail had been laid
accele TIA tsaek.r.sss4 .asgdi} 4 .W-.tagsr14
The curve ran alongside rsvine into which
TIE train had been precipitated. She walked
4st and steady, as though she knew what was
oeminG ~ ~ was Instinct, and e she got near
ief, her womans heart beat with, apprebsns;on. !
fer in TIE still night air she oosM hear the rum,
bling q osr coming special miles away, but clos
= 70 her shs! heard the noise Of . pick digging
mo wood. She heard breathing too, q Of some /
spese wesk, ard ~ she turned the curve. dark |
= itwas, ne wv close upon him, ana could ace |
Asay hs.S q work Nth = pick, Knocking rail
De yos knew what I'd > done, cir, il Ia been |
tfe seefasn, MASTER and ed thata IA : give |
way in my knees, and my tssth would chatter. |
e like I vns chilling. But that gal didn't She
said: tiac kss8b~i hIg HsIl - -@,' - '''0
iJos Yslly, xA.t .rs yos doinga Go away |
from thst., 81 I'll shoSt you.s ga' =. = - -
Kelly nttered curse, raised his pick, and
started towards her. The distance between en-
was short, Lizzie had oaiy time " raise her mus
~ and shnt, without taking msch aim. So she
Ssr!y snsttsrsd tie rascsts arm, and il would
fsi! across the track, and she pnlied him awav.
and looked 70 see the line WAS all right, after
which she dragged that devil to the station,
where she might attend hin. And 30 desert
= ths engine to help her. Thsts the whole
L was oert.inly brave story, and could not
doubt the truth. rEss'h y 'fFtf7 ~ ~
~Mhst d. you suppess w. Kelly's r,..on for
wishing 70 throw yps Of tie Track n I asked.
u reckon he wanted to get me ont Of Lixxie,y
WY. sS%&M8 8aEMa3G s8&N0&
"reekensds % too.H n TWT or Y
That same afternoon, Lizzie, Ton and I STEP
ged IRON thS accommodated train at L------
and went inmsdiately into the presence of the
- wounded man: a country doctor was attend
lig Nm EltA little care, and the, first glsnos
scsusneeo ne saas 'he was II more danger from \
III sreatsaeat than from his wound. He was
N, ,41 emsid tnat ne was dying and With !
= lntary samonitions made confession of SER
les OF desperate crimes, any one of whi,h should
have entombSd him In the State Prison ~ an
has lltebaK 6as hiS& soSwaod "a nosaiiI o. GojS
I'm mighty afearsd my times come captain"
the whole truth" 80
u make no promise said I, 'sbut I warn Won
your :, time may BE- short, and You had better do
az IN your power 10 sst the people yeu have in.
)ured right gsge,r .vs A ~ rTy
"Well, Il course there ain't no DENYING - that
was trying TO throw Tom Aliens engine off tn
track last AiSht reckon that's eettled on. hut
I've got scmething else to tell yea that is fur
"Thcn tell it,
"Wsll, 81 !hrowed the darn passenger off tho Il
track y this point four years ago and old man
roster ~ now in prison for it. axed the cid
felier scr his ds'ter, and he cussed and damned
q IA snswer swore revenge, and stnpified y
MN one Night when ne was taxing e nap, early,
WIZ, IN caorofsrm, and then throwed the rail