St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-11-15

Miss Dwyer, he was expecting to see
her drop from moment to moment. In
deed, to the air of sway Down upon
the S'wanee River she now began to
sing,
"Oh dearl 1 can't bear up much longer;
I'm tired to death;
My voices gone all to pie-ee-ee-ces,
Ny throat is very sore"
They must inevitably give up in a
few minutes, and then he-and, terri
bly, worse, she-would be at the mercy
of these bestial savages, and this seem
ing farce would turn into most revolving
tragedy. With this sickening convic-
ton coming over him, Lombard cast a
desparing look around the horizon to
see if there were no help in their bitter
extremity. Suddenly he burst forth to
the tune of the ''The Star Spangled
Banner:"
''Oh say can you see
Far away to the east
bright star that doth grow
Momentarily brighterY
'Tis the far-fashing headlight
Of railroad train;
Ten minutes from now
We shall be safe and sound"
What they did in those ten minutes
neither could tell afterward. The same
Idea was in both miRds-that unless
the attention of the Indians could be
held until the train arrived, its approach
would ONLY percipitate their own fate
by impelling the savages to carry out
whatever design of murder, insult or
capture they might have. Under the
influence of the intense excitement of
this Critical inf ic f<,
that the performance degenerated from
a high-tOned concert and variety show
into something very like a Howling
Dervish exhibition. But at any rate,
it answered its purpose until after a
period that seemed like dozen eterni-
ties, the west bound overland express
with Il tremendous roar and rattle drew
up beside them, in response to the wav-
ing of Miss Dryers handkerchief and
to Lombard's shouts.
Even had the Indians contemplated
hostile intentions-which they were
doubtless in il condition of too great
general stupefaction to do-the alacity
with which the two performers clam
bered aboard the cars would probably
have foiled their designs. But as the
train gathered Roadway once more
Lombard could not resist the tempta-
tiOn of venting his feelings 10y shaking
his fist ferociously at the audience
which he had been so conscientiously
trying to please up to that moment. 1t
was qualification which had like to
have cost him dear. There was a quick
motion on the part Of one of the Indi-
ans, and the conductor dragged LOm-
bard within the car just as an arrow
struck the door.
Mrs. Eustis had slept sweetly all
night, and was awakened the next
morning an hour before the train reach
ed Ogden 10y the sleeping car porter,
who gave her telegram which had
Overtaken the train at the last station.
1t read:
cam safe and sound. Was left be-
hind by your train last night, and pick
ed up by west bound express. Will
join you at Ogden tomorrow morning.
JENNIE DwYER."
Mrs. Eustis read the telegram through
twice without getting the least idea
from it. Then she leaned over and
looked down into Jennie's berth. 1t
had not been slept in. Then she began
to understand. Heroically resisting a
scream, she thus secured space for sec
ond thought, and, being shrewd wO-
man of the world, ended by making up
her mind to tell no one about the mat
ter. Evidently, Jennie had been hav-
ing some unconventional experience,
and the less publicity given to all such
passages in young ladies' lives the bet
ter for their prospects. 1t so happened
that in the hustle attending the ap-
proach to the terminus and the pros
pective change of cars everybody was
too busy to notice that any passengers
were missing. At Ogden, Mrs. Eustis
left the train and went to hotel. The
following morning, a few minutes after
the arrival of the Central Pacific train,
Jennie Dwyer walked into her room,
Lombard having stopped at the office
to secure berths for the three to Omaha
by the Union Pacific. After Jennie
had given an outline account of her ex-
periences, and Mrs. Eustis's equilibrium
had been measurably restored by prop
er use of the smelliDg-salts, the latter
lady remarked, "And so Mr.. Lombard
was alone with you there all night 4?
It's very unfortunate that it should
have happened So"
"Why, l was thinking it very fortu-
nate" replied Jennie with her most
child-like expression. "If Mr.. LOm-
bard had not been there, should either
have been frozen to death or by this
time been celebrating my honeymoon
as the bride of Piute chief.n
Nonsense, child You know what |
mean. People will talk such unpleas-
ant things will be said l wouldn't
have had it happen for anything. And
when YOU were under nv charge too
Do hand me my salts"
'lf people are going to say unpleas-
ant things because l pass night alone
with Mr.. Lombard" remarked Jennie
with a mischievous smile, "you must
prepare yourself to hear a good deal
said, my dear, for presume this won't
be the last time it will happen. We're
engaged to be married" Ed,Uard Bel
Idmy IN LippincOtt'S Magazine.
TERRIBLE FIGHT OF ENRAGED BEARS.
"A fatal and terrific combat occurred
at tho zOnlOniaal