Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-13

f. The coach came suddenly to a
stand still. With a sick sensation
of terror, jamie leaned out of the
window.
Through the frosty freshness Of
the nighttair came perceptiblyE to
her senses that peculiar odor of
chloroform, The coachman had
fallen from bis box, and lay like
one dead on the road side, the
reins trailing beneath The hoofs
of the docile horses, while the out
sidepassenger had descended, ,burri-
ed round to the coach door, flung
it open with a hoarse, exultant
sound, like a laugh. The lantern
thatshe carried displayed his evil,
triumphant face; in fact, he made,
no attempt to hide it any longer.
s.. ''Lindley Grey" shrieked jamie,
recoiling to the further end of the
vehicle.
..e'sYes, Lindley Greyl' he answer
ed, jeeringly "don't you fancy me
for1oaatraveling companion, my
naughty, spilited young lady? It's
my turn to dictate terms now:
you rein my pewe, at last. Out
with you, old lady"
He turned savagely toward the
other passenger, giving her arm q
poll to expedite her descent
The old woman, tottering to her
feet, hesitated an instant on the
step of the coach. The next in
stant, a blow--short, sharp and
sudden descended directly be-
tween Lindley Grey's eyes, and
he tell like a log in the road
The huge cloak fell off; the square
wicket ratified on the ground.
"Here, coachman, up with you!"
cried a clear manly voice to the
bewildered Jehu, who was just
raising himself on one elbow, and
stared vaguely round like one
wakened from a deep slumber;
"help me to tie this rascal, hand
and foot. He won't get up again
in a hurry, unless my right hand
has forgotten its cunning, but it is
just as we'll to make sure of the
villain"
"Where am /? What has hap
pened?" cried the coachman. \
"You've been drugged with
chloroform, but you're all right
now. Come up with you, I say,
and bear hand here"
"What are you going to do
with him?" demanded the coach
man, as he obeyed, not without
difficulty. o mss
"Leave him here by the road
side; he won't take cold, I'll ven
ture to say! There he's safe now.
Jump on your box, and drive on"
Cant | thrash him first, your
honor?' demanded the Jehu,
growing irate as he recovered his
dazed senses.
"No, he's sufficiently punished.
Drive on, | say ?"
"But, your honor, where's the
old woman? She hain't gone off
on broom stick ? and where did
you fall from ?"
The tall stranger laughed-"I
am the old woman"
The man mounted On his box,
not quite certain whether he was
In a land of enchantment or not /;
and jamie, still sobbing hysteri-
cally, found herself clasped in a.
tender hold.
"Janie, my precious one, don't
cry SO bitterly. You are safe
nowl"
"Oh, Paul, what would have
happened to me, if you had not
been wiser than II"
For the deaf old woman in the
huge cloak and the square wicket
basket was Paul Raymond, who,
driven onward by the irresistible
yimpulse of his warning dream,
had taken the express train, and,
contrary to Janie's wishes, be-
came her guardian genius.
"If nothing had happened to
you, JAMIE" he said, "you would
never have known who was your
fellow traveller. AS matters have
| transpired, / can but thank the
mercifnI Providence that, through
the medium of troubled dream,
SO clearly pointed out to me my
path of duty r
AS Raymond had expected,
when they reached Darnellsdale,
JAMES step-mother was found in,
the most perfec. heath; and sur
prised enough she was to see her
husbands daughter SO pale and
travel wearied. The telegram
had been a mere Justification to
aid the working of Lindley Grey'sI
Vaccinations.
Jane Martin returned to town
once again, to be married to Paul
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