Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-29

throat, she began, "This is terribly
rough road, sir9aA 80 oSo
| There was no answer.
"He didn't hear nie," she Thought .fnl
Repeated her remark in u little lo,taak
tone.
Still there was; 10 res},Qpse.
Deaf, perhaps thought she. swell,
shall not try again"
and S% 'es g. oSs s 'Ss sISe f},"%s
and silence that seemed to wrap her
around like Il shroud, and all sorts of grisly
possibilities began to occur to her abnorm-
ally excited, fancy, ..,..
..Cduld iy.hd,c's1c th6tga,t, '+tnf Ills
was some poor lunatic, whom they were
transporting to the private asylum at
Geneve H eiShtsF $3.50.
And at the very idea her blood began
40 run chi thr6ugh hef 1einA: l. Alppll
she stop the stage should she call aloud
FOR help?
Just then they rumblcd past the lights
of a toRlgate, and freln the: uue swift
glance which Rachel was enabled to take,
she could prective that the figure
diagonally opposite her was wrapped ID
a travelling rug, that it reclined stitfly, as
riff it We're perfectly rigid, and that the
hat. - i..'E;
And then with lightning sulelrnuess it
flashed upon her that she was shut up in
tho same place sWith--,a dead mani, .,ir<;
In vain she tuggcd at the check string
and ratified ut the door the former was
broken beyond all possibility of use, and
the noise and ,jolting Of the wheels entire
ly drowned all other sounds. f,.,.,,:
On went the stage, rafting down de.
scent as if some unseen tiend We're ut the
horses heels, and poor Rachel crouchc.l
down in her corner of the stage pale and
palpitating, With de* Of coidl terror
breaking out upon her forehead, and
eyes close shut to avoid the CHASTITY sight
B1t t5srs is ii III s end 10 ali thiH&gs, even
to Il waking nightmare like this, and in
the course oftime the stage came to Il
s*spr~ths- -<asisax~ -0nca- -moxa.,-descended
from his seat aud fipagQpen the door
HALFWAY house miss" SAID he.
Hadn't yop:Petter step out .and have > a
warm while were changing horses"
, More dead than alive, Rachel stumbled
out, clinging to the arm, of the driver.
But the instant she felt herself free,
with the lights Of the waysidc hostelry
shining on her face, and the welcome
sound Of human voices once more in her
ears, she pluc;ied up resolve.
,, Sir" SAID she to the landlord, who
stood bean,ine dn tfreshold,s "to youI i
: apneal for protection and help! There
, is some horrible mystery herer'
"Eh2" said the landlord, With opening
eyes and mouth simultaneously.
"Fo1 the sake Of human1ty,''' persisted
Rachel, "look after the other inside pas
senger. See who he is, and what he is
But at these words the man who had
set with the driver, and who had been
drinking glass of muAed ale before the
bar-room fire, emerged into the scene
II can tell you, MISS" said he, wipine
his mouth with the back of his shagg,
) sleeve. :."It aim no human creeter at all
but only a BARRIERS dummy as White s
Co, up to Geneva Heights, has bought a
secondhand for their show window They
sent me down to fetch it home, and whc1
came on to storm so hard I was afearC
OF the wax washing of, or the hair loosen
ing, so just wrapped my! shawl aroun6
it, and gave 1t my inside place, while
climbed up alongside-of the. driver. jus
<s.alt -h1eaiazs saa
, And he brlsklys haulea out the DUNN,
= as he spoke-a 'three:quarter size," Will
very pale, complexion, bushy ,hlacl
whiskers, and eyelashes at least twice tn
length of life
Rachel broke out into hysterical laugh
, ter. ~ - : $50 r
, .4."O"'' cried she, what a fool l haxf
:. been! But was so frightenea!'' ~ 70 ''''
:. AND no WONDER said Jared Peabody
awe ought to have told you; and 50