Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-27

Obeying the instantaneous impulse Of my
heart, / arose and went over 10 her.
You have heard what we were saving,
my child7"
Yes--a murder. Oh, how horrible !"
DO not be frightened no one shall hurt
you
"She smiled up in my face with sweet
condding innocence
Our stay at Exmouth was but brief. but
during the delay, could see that the ever
watchful detective had changed his seat for
one nearer the british man with the shaggy
coat.
Seo," faltered the young girl, they
locked the car doors at Exmouth they are
unlocking them now"
She was right.
Probably they were fearful that the
criminal would escape" remarked, 10 m
undertone.
"Wil you--may | trouble you to bring
me glass Of water ?"
| rose and made my way toward the ice
cooler with difficulty, for the train was again
under rapid motion. To my vexation, the
goblet was chained to the Shelf
No matter" said she, with winning
smile. will come myself"
| drew the water, and held up the cup
but instead Of taking it as she approached,
she brushed suddenly past me, opened the
door, and rushed out upon the platform.
&" Stop her Stop her y shouted the de-
tective suddenly springing to bis feet " She
will be killed Conductor brakeman
hold up !"
There was a rush, tumult, hustle.
was first upon the platform; but it was empty
and deserted, save by half.frozen brakeman,
who seemed horror-stricken.
" She went past me like shadow, and
jumped of as we crossed Cairn turnpike road"
he stammered.
" Jumped of the express train !" said the
conductor " Well" he added Struggling his
shoulders, " she must have been killed in
stantly. What mad folly :"
It's five hundred dollars out Of my pock-
et," said the detective ruefully. didn't
want row before we got to Bayswater, but
was a confounded fool. A woman cornered
will do anything, believe.
What ?" | calculated, you surely do
not mean that child"
" mean, said the detective calmly" that
child, as you call her, is Atilla Burton,
mdIIlcu WOnaui tNtul -siA years VI hbct Wuoi
last night, murdered four persons in cold
blood and was trying to escape to Canada.
That's what | mean"
The train was stopped, and party of us,
headed by the conductor and detective, went
back to search for any trace Of the beautiful
young creature, whose oviness and apparent
innocence had appealed to my sympathies
,, Nor was it long before we found her, lying
quite dead beside the track, frightfully man
gled by the force of the heavy fall, and mutt
, lated almost beyond recognition.
a "Well, she's escaped justice in this world
= if not in the next said the detective, gloom
: lily, as be stood looking down upon her re.
A., mains.
"Do you suppose she expected to be able
n to spring off the moving train without injury2'
| asked.
"a Without much injury most women arr
4 unreasoning creatures. Butt never dreamed
of such insane folly, or, you can reckon,
should have taken prompt measures to pre-
!, vent it,"
% They lifted up the dead fair thing, and
carried it to the nearest place Of refuge;
- lonely farm house among the frozen hills, ant
we returned to the train, reaching Bayswate
ouly few minutes behind our regular time
And when in the next mornings papers
e read an account Of the murderess, though
:, of the slender creatures blue eyes and rose
\. bud mouth, with strange, pitying thrill a
y my heart.