The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-03-08

| wbllo put some clcun towels IN tn'
wash room, and then will come
and sit With you till you can come
home"
She went into tho dressing room
as she spoke, taking no light, bul
depending on tho candles burning
in tho Office. l was rising from
my scat to send tho telegram whcr
tho front door opened, and four oI
the worst characters in the town
lod by John Martin, entered the
room. Before could speak, twC
threw me back in my chair, one held
n revolver to my head, and John
Martin spoke.
"Mr. Hill was hero TO stop the ur
train. You will not send the meg
sage. Listen. The rock is there u
stop that train put there for that
purpose. There IL $4,000 in gold
on the train. Do you anderstana. ?
"You would risk all tho lives in
the train TO rob it cried horror.
struck,
Exactly !" was the cool reply
Ono tifth is yours If you keep back
tho message. The money has been
watched all the way along
1 saw the whole diabolcal scheme
ut once. n tbs train camo it would
be thrown oil tho embauknont while
the men could easily lie in wait
there.
Come Martin said, "you join
us y
"Never I I crio1 Indignantly.
trembled for Alice. If only my
life were ut stake l could have born
il better But even it were botl
murdered | could not take tho blood
Of tho passengers in the train upon
my head No. sound came from
the little room IA | was tied hand
aud foo. to my chair bound 30 30.
curely that could not move II wa.
proposed to gag ms, but they con-
cluded that my cries, ii ! made any
could not he heard. and hIniley.
chief was bound over my mouth.
Tho door Of tho wasA-goom wa,
closed aud locked. Alice stood uu.
discovered Then the light wa.
blo Sn out, and the rufliin left mo
locking the door after them.
There was q long silence. Olt
sile I could hear the step Of ia,
men pacing up AMI down, watching
rubbcl my head az inst the wiiI
behind me, ani succee1el in gstiin-
,he handkerchief on my m1ata t.
fall around my neck
had scarcely accomplished thi-
shen there was tap on ths inne!
door.
"Robcrt !! Alice sail
"Yes, love speak low, there is ,
man under my window
Are you alone in the room p
"ies, dear.
II am going to Postville. Their.
is no man under my window, anl
can get out there. have six long
roller towels here. knotted together
and 1 have cut my white skirt int
wide strips TO join them. The rop,
SO made reaches nearly II the
ground l shall iastea it 10 the d)oi
knob and let myself down /, viii
not take long t. reach home, saddle
Salim, aud reach Postyille in time.
Don't fear for me, when you hear q
hen cackliny under ms wiadow yon
will know am safely on til.
ground
Little Alice Ny heart throbbed
heavily as heard her heroic propo-
sal, but dared not stop her
"iieaven, bless anl protect YOU I
said and listened for the signal
Soon the cickling noise told me the
first step of her perilous undertaking
was taken. i. was dark, cloudy, anj
threatening a storm. ani nearly as
could guess, close upon niue o clock
She had to go six miles aad could
only wait aud pray. Twas too much
stunned ever yet to realize the heEUisJr
Of this dark rile through n Wild
country, with a storm threatening
Niue o'clock As the bell OF the
clock ceased to strike. Ii rumb,e. a
flash. told that thupier s;oym'wa,
coming rapidly. Oh, tho loUg, lsns
minutes Of the mex. hour,
Ten O'Clock. The raia falling in
torrents, the thunder psaliny. lisl..
ming hashing O,,ea | he'll her.
white rs death, troubling, almas;
fsintng, in sach storm As this
. Had she feared 10 star; with sAs
storm in prospect, or was she lyIaS
somewhere On sho Wild 'rosi over,
come by terror, or perhaps s.rIcssr
by lightning 2
Eleven o'clock. rha s.ortu MAS
over though the s,ill night was still.
iaky black -uo SQUAD u saesr aa
noae ~ make the hliseas sasNsase
moro enanvable, A hos; " passlesl
tiles. like a trlgh,.al nightmare,
chased Que after the other tagoash
my tortured brain,
Waa,a the next haar pass
oaee tue elaek .sllei aliaSsAs all
was safe
Was apeaehsa With pssspscasssa
wraag hosa me by msassl sSor,
one heae. chilled wisA heESes sAs
next No wes,ls can describe sas
m.sesy et was,las, the @Iaases drag
gea aleag, Ia tse aesa sslsaes q
lAr III seaaa s,saes 4 tArsA u Aesyol