The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-06-17


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extraordinary person. 4 He had bee,
4 eyervwhere. and seen everything. N,
canifaI az HurobeI Int he 'knaW init
-fnatelv.. 80
4 HYSskseen, auur11,,rtsetti. .,,l he said &c a
no 10 vino Travelled On much bnt vbe,
IT was at Oxford I spent All nv iory "a
i cations in travellinoI and dnrinHH fh,
I;ttie T ,yas n the Amy. hcsores n,or' or,
serions convictions indncei ma 10 es,ta,
4 the Church IEaw somethine ofths col
o11ies. - lf1'f9f L gl-5sgeR
The Wears information seemed
boundless. He discussed the eeoIo}y
of Deyonshire and the mineraiorv s
Cornwall. He had views on miIifary
| tactics and Artillery. 3Hs I'd loterest.
! ed in engineering and, chemistry. and
seemed, quite co1yerennt, VIII, al, The
latest discnvevies in. The latter- ecience
H. 5MT went, ,fha other iav. "a ho aid r.
me- nd it beoan to eroW tIsrk. to :
4 iacfnro nj, alchemy. The ProSSasor az.
J pressed his beiief IL oreat.. discoyeriea
shortly To ba made. in s0methinr fhai
wonid s,nersede coal and steam in
priaI navigation-, and An the transii,u-
tation of metals. Rut 1 tire Won ?n
"Not at all.
"He Expressed his own and Liebig's
belief that the manufacture of dia-
| monds and gold would soon be possible
| by the merest ,tvro. He showed, US
small rnbieS TINT ha,3 bRy.Il yyfUl6eetf ~
Chemical action. There seemed no
hound to the discoveries this thouehtful
man did not surpest-the principle of
beef and corn from the cohnaoh dsirtSi,
gold and Jewels from the yery roadside
fiints: eoidrwould soon. he said. be OF
no yaiHe: pOyerty would disappear
from the earth: new manures would
turn the desert into prairies. and double
the resources of the world. He ridi-
culed steam hel,, fal77Lir
All This was nrofoundly interesting ::
hut somebow or, other wearied byo a
long davis TAGGING about london. I felt
drowsy. and the words of INV compan-
ion seemed suddenly to change into a
.buz, buz, but, buz. that kept in cadence
with the sound of the train as it tore
through Deyonshire.
7 fell asIeep. and dream arose before
me. / was alone at night in q railway
carriage with man who thought me
asleen' He stole toward the door. .lun.
locked il quietly. with a railway KEY
he drew from his pocket. and opened
II. Then riflin0 INV pockets tsOnae
strange n,,mbneSs prevented INV CRYING
ontl and he dra0oed me 70 the door
and shnt me 6i,t in the darkness. The
horror of that moment and some rnst-
limo movement in the carriage awoire
me- scarcely knew whTI Int a
stron,o ;nsiants,oo,,s caut;on nrevent-
cd me nov;nc or at once onening NV
ewes. At that moment I feit a light
hand. with practiced care. touch INV
and feIt hot hreat h mon INV cheek as II
some one was LISTENING to nv breathinr.
IProsortiv faif tha hroat6 M Ion0er
nor the n,otion ~ The The hand and heard
NV comnarionYfnr the breath and
hand were his. return to his seat. A
moment or two after witbout moving.
T onanaS ono ova ~ an insfant onI1
and to NV % boryor and M an sarnr;sa saw 9Th fRe
Vicar Vic ~ sitting at the % fnrfI,er window
narfactiv haIa and With a ~ ! viz in ks
benSWs na;r .nf bie"kD ,,a,,st.c,aa- And
q heard was on his knees. and he was
shining a nair Of large green snectacles
into . s6agreon casa: a little hattIe And
n small snonoe were IN fi1a 'c,1shion hv
his side - -
What did this mean? Was II possi-
HE this ;nte,iect,,aI thouohff Al 'clSfvv-
man ms was after ~ 'on;T a comnor,
swindier fiyine from Justice? What
shonId do? Shn,Iid t at once arouse
and denounce him? No: he might be
armed. and might shoot or stab me be.
fore / could summon the guard or ar
rive at the next station. No. IresOlv-
ed to lie still. and wait until could
either change carriages or inform the
noIice. The train ratified on. as If
bound to rush forever Though illimita-
BILE snace-on. ON. Through the welding
darkness.
All at once a strange. medicated
smell snread around me- and before
could omen INV ewes. a sponoe. steeped
i'm chloroform. was pressed chokinrlv
tipht over NV nose M and month 7 I tfied
10 resist. hut I felt an Irresistible faint
ness creep swiftly over me at the Same
moment INV watch and chain flew
from INV pocket. and / was dashed
back contemptuously upon the seat q
living cornse.
When I awoke T. Was lvineym a bed
in the Exeter ,HospitaI. faint. exhaust
ed. and scarcely able to move. The
doctor said had had so heavy a dose
of chloroform that NV reco, ery for, a
long time seemed doubtful. I need
hardly saw 7 had been strinpeIi,of evSry
thing bv INV friend the Vicar. who
was q nressionai thief ofthe first class
hoI1t two wears after that event the
following nsragranh met INV eve in 4
Leeds nener. - H-TLD
"STFAWGE DEATH OF, A. THIEF
On Thursday a a first-class passenger bv
r;aoa o faw miles hevo1,H Carlisle
anu Was hilleu Oh uhe spCC. II - ssF
poseu liat ne %as prOiessi9nal tn
ana navlng chioroIormeu anu LoDDeo
teeliownpassengef, Iien ManuIacturer
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