The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-09

TIGHT IN A TUNNEL.

1OmmeE deQ TO pass Winter
nth of France. OF so agree
description 1 readily availed
[ was without wife or child
her my departure, and armed
y portmanteau, made most
Al journey to the charming
v
after my arrival, whilst sit
window Of my hotel, man
s. so very much like myself.
ok with the resemblance, /
leaning forward, followed
my eyes. His dress bespoke
Enelishman. He was tall; so
Slim; I was slim. His eyes
ie, his skin fair, his hair a
lurn, his nose aquiline. All
my portrait. When he had
the bottom of the street he
looked around, then slowly
l, crossing the road. however,
lug the opposite pavement.
hi 1abled me to get q clearer view
The man. [ confess | was much
mpr I'd with the resemblance. and
hlv liked it. The Psychologist, I
Thought. may delight as much as he
pl9sses such Condolences; for my
part. decidedly object to being made
portion Of any sort of phenomenon.
+ had ad of very unpleasant conse-
4ucnges following personal resem-
riaaees and earnestly hoped that this
indip anal, whom Nature, short of
mon at the time. had undoubtedly
csst nine, would speedily clear the
aeiqhborhood of his presence.
GEEK or two after this. 10 taking
s Wslk cross beautiful bit of ada
cent lntry, suddenly encountered
ness, seated on a rustic bench
al a tree, with his arm clrcling
.st of very beautiful peasant
Eial h err skin, Of pure and cream
Is ti1, finely eontTasted the splen-
o rance of her black hair. Her
he'd upon me as / passed, and
! her draw herself erect with
-3 uteur, as il indignant or i'm
Of detection. The man by her
DE- o would have passed very we'll
Cob any other person but my
lnu or myself, still maintained his
gattitude. He did net conde-
D raise his eyes to me as pass
kept them fixed upon the face
irl, who, I could see, watched
a a species of sullen eagerness,
hing me well out of sight.
passed them must confess to
h experienced a momentary SEN
envy of the mao. Since Ma
ta as put him in my skin, |
thaaa ), it seems only fair that /
put myself in his shoes. For
ow, reflected. that beautiful
n8aszut girl might have been designed
8 but the intention of nature
has Hsn defeated by her love of coin
leaa. i laughed at my thoughts IS
ed on and turning corner lost
Va 81 the lovers.
oa aaching the bottom of the lane
fae1 that | had fallen upon a cut
The passage terminated in a
.I If fields. across which i could
r no footpath. / had no wish
to ta rrested for trespassiDg; so / de-
m returning the way / had
Citing the bench 1 found it
ieserted. / was not sorry. /
al1 Oy no means have disliked an
eep at the beautiful brunette;
he same time had 10 ambi-
sn inspire the couple with the no
= was watching them, | had
the top of the hill, aud was
az a sort Of natural hedge for
r area Of trees, like a gigantic
u8rf 8hen l was suddenly startled
hg report of pistol discharged to
n Ii At the same moment heard
tha low sound of bail striking
ufr at and that article of dress rolled
round.
Boz ked around with a pale face.
IL
4 the pane of heaven wanted
[ saw the bue smoke curling
% the densest portion of the
and heard the cracking Of the
ID tWigs, caused by the hasty
h of some one / picked up my
The ball had passed clean
tt b it. Had it struck two inches
ID would have entered my skull.
ened toward the town, possessed
much the same sort of enviable
q as you might imagine a Tip
landlord or agent would feel
n he sees threats of his life carved
On ery other tree. Bravery In q
on of this sort was quite out oil
7e rgestion. OF what use is pluck
you have to deal with invisible
[ might almost confess to have
- o into downright fight as
the town. so extremely anxious
w to escape the vicinity of every
-t ring bush, tree OF hedge IN the
ueia borhood.
gaining my hotel | began to re-
N the narrow escape. / had
too much excited to attach to ii
ignifcance it demanded. But
te ole IN my hat had conveyed the
shuddering information on MY
W escape. Beyond all REASONABLE,
,ant, my life within that hour haC
a been worth two paltry inches.
epeated the question to myself
who wants my life? And if anybody
ss it. what are his claims? Wha
I done to merit assassination
Iarq wholly unable to answer thes
Queries, / resolved to make a conf
dent Of my host, the hotel keeper.
aaled him to my room and told hin
what had happened. He shrugged
houlders as he exclaimed:
Monsieur, like the rest of man
kia8. must pay the penalty Of MAXIM
love"
But" said I, shocked at his SAM
froia ,-"I have not made love. Sine
L ye been here, | am not consciou
en- having looked at a woman
less spoken to one"
"Phen it is an enigma" he replied
The only solution | can offer is
you have been mistaken for som
one else.
Bon Dieul" 1 exclaimed. ''Yo
ha7s undoubtedly hit the mark.
have been mistaken-and | know fC
whom. Have you not seen a man ]
Ills town bearing a striking resen