Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-07

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the youngi girl had already given her
own recognizance in the law officers to
answer. r....-....--.- -.
The question for me was the simple
one effecting the management Of the road,
if the management was effected how
and why the crime was attempted by one
of our station masters. [ was about to
resume my questioning when the stoker
Interrupted
Mr.. ChaHnce," said he, "this question
ing Liz about her father is distressing
the girl. She knows he's innocent, and
SO do |; for. g. ing on nine years that |
have run on this road, I never, night or
day, knowed old man Foster to take to
liquor He was steady, hard working
man, aud done the station business right
| up to the handle. Circumstantial evi-
dence convicted him, and I believe as the
| directors do, that he is innocent. You
see, Lizzie is furried. and she's tender
girl on them points, though the is hard
worker, like her father, and tends the
switches night and day, as well as any
station master along the line, man or wo-
man" @ aH1 i" 1@
| / took the stoker's remonstrance in
good part, mainly because the girls sad
face and his own honest one urged me to
feeling of shame at my mental conclus
| ions. a
"All right, Tom," I said. ''I asked
the questions in the furry of finding that
we had women for station master, and
because [ was deeply interested in her
story. Now, while she rests herself do
20 u tell me all you know of the affair
last night"
Lizzie took The seat profered her, but
Tom preferred to stand while he told the
story: Iii % sa. a =s
.'Well, sir" be said, las you prob2by
know, l. is only long platform
| with two rooms and the warehouse. The
two rooms were built for Lizzie and her
father, by the directors, and they have
lived in EN- for twelve years, not count
ing the four years he has been imprison-
ed. He was sentenced for ten ~
"Ten years p The words sent chill
through me. My cheeks blanched, and
| looked almost with amazement at the
brave girl before me. l sympath.zed
with her craving for vengeance, and I re-
cognized the wild justice of her sentence
on Kelly. -as -a5
"There amt no town or people nearer
than mile to the station" Tom resum-
ed, "and during tie four years Liz has
lived alone She's a nrave girl, and
wasn't afraid, but gave her a musket to
keep in her room, for fear that there
might be rude intruders some time This
same Kelly Las long had barkering
after her, and both Of us mistrusted him,
for be's villain enough for anything.
But Liz don't like him. much and has
told him SO rnore'n once. In fact, me
and Liz is engaged to be married as soon
as her father comes out. We was engag-
ed before the accident happened, and
would have been married by this time
but for that" .a#~=r 1,
"Well, Kelly, if he had any show,
knew he didn't have any after his evi-
dence convicted Lizze's father That's
against human natur', you know, but for
all that be bothered Liz the same. [
heard of it, and when [ met him up to
k, the other day, l knocked HIM
down. This, of course, didn't sweeten
matters atween us; which never was very
sweet. -
"Well, yesterday, at noon, while was
cleaning this engine in K, the en-
gineer told me we would have to take
Lsviathan down to l. that night, aud
to be ready by eight o'clock. L asked
him if any train was going along, and he
said no nothing but the engine and
tender I told him, all right. Kelly
was in K that morning, and my op
inion is he heard this news, and left on
the 3p, NJ. accommodation for station
"Only an opinion, Tom. That would
not 90 iu court of justice"
fright, sir. so it wouldn't. Nobody's
'cept the lawyers and judges. But
mine is a good one for that, because he
couldn't have walked, and no other train
started that day, and Kelly was at L
after he got there. So he could not, in
reason, have gone on the tender.
"Most probably not.
"Well, it has been my custom, when
ever passed Lizzie's on express time, to
throw a paper over to her, and at night
to swing lantern out Of the window.
On the 'commodation, when we stopped
there for awhile, I used to have a few
moments. talk with her, as we'll as could
she being busy all the time. On this oc-
casion it was unusual, and | wanted to
let her know that | had come down the
line, for she would look for my lights on
the other train. and be uneasy. So [
axed the engineer to slack up, as we get
there, and he done so.
"When the glare of the Drummond
light struck the platform, We was going
slow, and | looked out of tie window.
There, sir, stood Lizzie, with the body of
that Kelly in her arms, trying to drag
him into the house She said nothing,
except that it was all right along the lire,
and she feared she had killed Joe Kelly.
I jumped out and took hold of the fellow
nyself, told the engineer that he'd have
to stoke for himself, and he said all right,
and left US. [ was only twelve mile, you
know, and he really wouldn't have much
stokiny to do IN that run.
"Well, sir, Kelly was pretty badly
hurt, and we tended to him, and [ goI a
neighboring doctor to look after him, aud
| reckon he's doing pretty we'll now"
''Then Liz told me how it all happened.
She had just started off the three pm. train
from X - which don't arrive at L