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

throat, she began, "This IS q terriblV
rough road, sh9A .<oUao
There was no answer.
HE didn't hear ,k}st" sR6 txoakA1 M
repeated her remark in q little lou0k
lone.
Still there WastDQI nesfQoae.
Deaf, perhaps" thought she. "Well,
shall not try again"
and But nes%|es s6 Z & sss ssiE;S ce%
and silence that seemed to wrap her
around like shreed, aAd.sA sorts of grisly
possibilities began to occur to her abnorm-
F. .aD lti' HR| Ij75A $s.a1 l,ligA 4a
was some poor lunstic, whom they were
transporting to the private asylum at
Ge6aHtaS' HeigtSqaiittsx .=as:
And at the very idea her blood began
90 run chill kAr6dah het ttibk Il Slhfal0
she stop the stage3-should she Call aleu1
lor help?
i Just then they rumb past the lights
|of a toNq,s6s; 1nA fr@h Z ShH .Slna swift
ltglance which Rachel was enabled to take,
Itshe could preceive that the figure
dlegaaallN Abpbsite Aei ,isas lfrappea. Ii
a travelling rug, that it reclined stifdy, as
FIT it were perfectly rigid, and that the
h sss was as" ,isqRRt 'RfA, INV "" without a
| And then with lightning sud1eaness il
flashed upon her that she was shut up in
tbs sane Plaba,Hith I'd De aqitanl}u It<;
/ In vain she tugged at the check-string
and ratified at the door the former was
broken beyond all possibility of use, and
the noise and jolting Of the wheels entire
ly>dr0Fnad an htAert aennAs.i l., ir,.,Is,
On went the stage, rafting dbwn"a de
scent as if some unseen fiend were At the
horses heels, and poor Rachel crouched
pslpitsh q ter nn%
breaking out upon her forehead, and
eyes close shut to avoid the CHASTITY sight
BSt {Ssa1s is Ii SSd Il ai tkM{hgs,1 s&e h
to a waking nightmare like this, and in
the course of.hmethe stage came to a
stepv-+he. -asixes- oaca- -aaza--d ascaa41ed
from his seat au13loae9QRen the door
Hadn't Yokbsttfr stop: put .sn4infveTs
warm while we're changing horses?'
| More dead than alive, Rachel stumbled
out; clingiag T. :the armr Ct the dryer
with the lights of the wayside hostelry
shining on her face,- and the welcome
| sound of human voices once more in hel
ears, she pluc;sed up resolve.
oIbe.S1ne d Asssh{d1 Ito 1SSuI1 i
apoeal for protection and help! There
is some horrible mystery herew
| "Eh?" said the Aasadlo1d,' With opening
eyes and mouth simultaneously.
"Fo1 the sake Of humanity .peapistel
Rachel, "look after the other inside pas
senger. See who he is. apd what he is
! But at these words the man who hac
set with the driver. and who had beer
drinking glass of mttAed ale before the
bar-room fire, emerged into the scene.
/ II can tslkyou, MISS" said he. wipin&
1 his mouth with the back of his shaggy
sleeve. r,'HH amt no human creeter at all
but only BARRIERS dummy as White
/ Co, up to GepsXa Heights has bought a
secondhand for their show window. The,
sent me down to fetch it home, and whel
tcame on to storm so hard I was afeart
IN" SO IA: Sy Fl s s%' aSossn
1 it, and gave 1t my inside place, while
climbed. up Alongsids.of ths;d1izsr. ,-.tus
DOT 1e@ie.,e No..
/ And he brisklHhulel out the DUNN,
as he spoke-a ''three=quarter size" witt
| a very pale amplsxop, ,,bqsRI;AYl
whiskers, and EXCLUSIVES at least twice u
length of life. -~~.-
4 Rachel broke out into hysterical laugh
ter. .nCSD2EC \
ysssS f g5R ; 9s: y Eh:t SsGE eaE
| ave 'dug hf to Have told You; and 50
\ would if I'd s'posa4 you didn't know