Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-25

more for the regular train to pass
and her headlight was just in sight
l was about to cry, 'All aboard!
when Charlie came hurrying towarG
me, and whispered:
"She is gone! l cannot find hel
on the train"
81 knew who he meant; and in
stantly the strange words of the two
men came back to me. l told him
what l had heard.
"God shield her from all harmn
he prayed. And, in the same breath
he added, "God have mercy Oh the
unnatural uncle who sold her to this
villain, for | never can"
BY this time it became generally
known that Nellie was missing, and
many begged of Charlie to let them
90 back and search the grounds.
But it was no use He turned to
me and said:
"Get on the engine, and see that
Hart crowds on every pound OF
steam she will bear. We must be
back to the city inside of an hour"
l could only obey him. The en-
gineer tired Of waiting, was only
too glad to be on the move, and we
rolled along at the rate of fifty miles
an hour at the very least. Sudden
ly l heard Hart exclaim:
"My God! there is no help for
them!'
AT the same time he blew sharp
whistle for the brake, and reversed
the engine. Long before the lever
was thrown back, | saw sight that
froze me with horror. Not five
rails length ahead of the engine
stood a covered carriage, fairly up
on the track, and the horses, para
liZed with terror, were crouching
and trembling like leaves in the
wind. Only an instant was the car
riagc visible; then we were past,
and dared not think of the horrid
work we had done.
CAS- God is my witness, | am not
to blame," said Hart, when the train
came to stop. ''They drove into
the track right ahead Of me, and no
train could be stopped in that dis
tancc.'
We went back; and what do you
think we found? Nellie Archer,
alive and unharmcd, save a few
Slight bruises; and the villain who
had bought her was lying at her
feet, dead and crushed out of all
shape.
Hart wept for JOY when he saw
this.
at was so ordered" he said, IL
was only an instrument in His
hands,"
Well, we soon moved on again,
and arrived at the city without trou-
bic. Nellie would not 90 to her
mclc's home 50 Charlie took her to
his mothers. She did not stay
there long, for Charlie married her;
and they live in that house where
you see her eve,y morning. Hart
is on the engine, and She is at the
window to bid him good morning;
for next to Charlie she loves the old
engineer. But | am running past
my half hour.
: "Tickcts, SIR
TIE LATEST BIG Guns. There is
now in course OF construction in the
royal Gun factories at Woolwich,
England, a piece Of ordnance that
bids fair to surpass III range and
cailber all previous attempts III mod
ern artillery. The 35-ton gun will
be capable Of firing solid projec-
tile weighing 700 pounds, and a
shell of even greater weight. The
ordinary cartridge will contain 80
pounds of powder, while the batter
ing charge will amount to l2o
pounds. 1t will be rifled with nine
grooves, the twist of the ritling in
crcasing from nil at the breech to
as much as one in forty calibers at
the muzzle, so that a shot when leav-
ing the gun will rcvolve once in AGO
inches. The velocity of the projcc-
tile is calculated to be not less than
1900 feet per second, while the cx-
treme range will probably be nine
or ten thousand yards, or between
five and six miles. As, however,
the limit Of sight is but four, or, at
the most, five thousand Yards, the
range Of gun beyond that distance,
except when firing at very extended
objects, is of little Importance. Two
vessels now building, the Dcvasta-
ton and the Thundcrer, arr intend
ed to be armed with guns Of this
caliber. These iron-clads will, in
all probability, be turret ships, re
sembling the unfortunate Captain
and Monarch, but instead of carry
ing in each turrct pair of 25 ton
guns, they will be fitted with these
7oO-pounders. Thus equipped, and
protected with suitable armor-pla-
ting, which at some points will be lG
or IS inches in thickness, they will
be the most invulnerable and for
midable ships of the period.