The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-04-02

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With ! sinking heart and = chill
sensation " despair she ssw Harry
Rivers rise, staggering u his feet with
lsimmlae glass in his hand. AMI prs.
pose ssme hieceaehal teas, which va.
received with noisy applause ~ the
rietous assemblage. Hero did not
wait n hear more. Dropping tho
woedhincs nnrc mere. she hurried
away with 4 white. ses face.
God help me- tod hc merclfal
to me-" .he murmarel, For the idol
whom worshirrci has fallen u the
ground"
Just NJ that moment the far.ofr
whistle Of train smotc through the
silence u the night "a sudden CHASTITY
possibility took possession Of llero's
heart
The midnight express "Shc
muttcrcl u herself And hc dead
drunk III that bar-room."
llarrying down a steep raven. heed
less of scratching bricrs aud cruelty
piercing thor,s that rcIt her dress
aud drew blood from her tender skin,
she srrang like wild deer down the
decliyi,y. scarcely even pau>ing for
breath until she had reached the iron
track in tho valley below. where sido
rail u,arkel tho interesting course Of
. little freight road thu. lcl away tpw-
ard the North. At six every ,surning
aud evening tho freight trains passed
over Aho roal bed, AMI i. was
among Harry Rivers most imrortan,
duties to turn tho switch that Connect
oil this branch r,al with tho main
s.ss.L ,ff.r tho freight train had CONC
by
Had he remembered 10 ,le 50 %
night. or was the long and heavily
laden express from the west even now
sweeping onward to i,s certain doom of
death and ,lcstructiong
Hero kaelt to feel Of tho track. Her
deadly doub, had too much foundation
IN iact--tl,c switch had not bean altered
since the freight train eame up At six
o'clock.
A chill dow bcadel over hor forehead.
\ sinking sensation struck 10 her heart.
What was she 10 do. Wero she gifted
with . flying footsteps Of Mercury's
self. sho could not get 10 tho Miners
!Arma IN time - aver. tho impcndin Z
catastrophe. And even aupposing tha.
she could. was Harry Rivers in con-
dition % comprehend what was said to
himy And With bitter grcan. rising
up from tho depths Of her heart. shc
realized all the horrors which have their
beginning and snl Ia tho vine cup
Suddenly . gleam Of hope shot
athwart her brain. Shc knew whore
tho switch key was kept---sho rcmem-
bsrstl having onco scon Harry slip IL
under projecting ledge of rock upon
! sort Of natural shelf. SECURE from
dow. rain Or tempest, just beyond
whcro she stood. What It she herself
should attempt to saso tho lives to tho
doomed passengers every instant COM
ing nearer to thoir fatc! Tho idea and
70 act upon Il wcrc to egraphed almost
simultaneously from brain to hand
SnAtching tho koy from 10 resting
place. sho stopped in the faint starlight
now beginning to glimmcr through tho
breaking clouds. aud s.roye with every
torce Of her weak woman's strength ~
move tho iron rails.
And bc thanked. thoy stirred. -.they
grated in their sockets. -anL. even at
the moment IL which tho gray-red oyo
Of tho approaching express train blazed
in tho foggy distance. Hero dragged the
switch into ito proper plauc.
yct cycn shcn sho could scarcely DO.
licye that !: was right, ~ with tho koy |
By her side. shs leaned pant-
ing against tho rocks until. with 4
Shrek like Tint OF AoMo 6ro ihrostcd