Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-16

| tasted, toe, a continual draught of
smoke aud steam. knew that train was
approaching, and my hair lifted on my
head What rails we're we on? The sus-
pense was terrible
My assailant increased his struggles He
became furious He was evidently fight
ing TO throw me down aud over in the di-
rection of that size of the tunnel along
which came the roar Of the train.
| saw his object and madly pressed upon
him. His body frantically writhed. He
twisted under me as if be revolyed on a
pivot He endeavored to shrek some
words to me, but my throtliing grasp made
his voice no more than q horrible hoarse-
ness.
saw the red and green lights of the en-
CINE approaching; they grew in size and
lustre with hideous rapidity.
There was roar, shower of dust, q
wind that struck me down like a blow from
q strong mans hand; then followed the
dying rattle ending in dull and sullen
moan.
rose tc my feet. | crossed over to the
wall, and feeling along it, took to walking
with all the speed my sinking frame would
suffer me to put forth.
| now and then stumbled over piles of
rubbish lying CROPPED against the side, and
sometimes my cropping was bewildered by
coming across recesses into which my
hands guided me.
At length | saw star, tremulous, glor-
iou5, in the distance 1t was daylight
the aperture OF the tunnel--an1 | pushed
forward with invigorated spirits. neared
it slowly; for this star maintained an in
exorable distance and would not enlarge.
How shall describe my JOY as | gained
the twilight of its refecuon-as / advance
ed and felt the pure air Of heaven upon my
dry cheeks and burning lips as | saw
the blue sky and dim vista of pale green
banks.
seated myself to recover nay strength.
| could see | was a dismal aud terrible
spectacle My coat was torn, my hands
my collar had been torn from me, and
the skin at the end of my fingers was lacer-
ated. After reposing myself | climbed the
| bank, and perceived about the distance OF
a mile small station. made towards it,
and had gained it. A railway official, who
was standing looking at two children play
ing in back garden, uttered loud cry Of
alarm as he spied me. | narrated my
story to him as coherentiy as | could, and
then sank upon the ground in tainting
| condition.
Of what happened after this I have no
renembr' nee. When came to my senses
! discovered that had been taken to the
| house of the station master, and carefully
tended by his wife. From him ! learned
the conclusion of this singular incident in
my life. 1t seems that after my story had
been told, two men were dispatched in
to the tunnel III search of my assaiant.
They discovered him lying dead, with both
! his legs cut clean off little above the knees
They bore the corpse to an adjacent dead
house, and an inquiry into his death brought
out such particulars as are very easily an
| ticipated. The man VINO so very close
| " resembled me at V had seduced the
betrothed Of laborer, one Theodore YER
! tot This Theodore, reckless row of life,
and resOlutely bent on vengeance, swore to
kill the seducer. Mistaking me for his
enemy, he attempted to shoot me- This
! falling, he hung about the hotel armed
/ with stilleto, determining to stab me when
ever I should appear in the street, Hear
| ing, however, that | was about leaving for
Paris ne perceived a better and safer
means of prosecuting his designs by stab
bing me in the tunnel through which he
knew we would pass, and then escaping IL
the darkness.