Daily Republican., 1879-11-21

phsus himself, when he may be watch
cd us from one corner Of his eye. We
can't afford to wait much longer else
the game will be mp. The girl 10 sound
asleep"
"Yss, you could jerk her from the
seat and not disturb her slumbers. Isn't
she beauty"
"a perfect houri!"
"Of course she dosn't know that You
are on the train" .....
Certainly not. Don't you recollsct
that she was asleep when We boarded
tho car at Romney
"Oh, yes, | had forgotten"
"If she knew that was here, she'd
keep her eyes wide open and post the
old gentleman, who yet remains, l be-
lieve, in blissful ignorance of the fact
that made love to his child. II he
knew me as you do, Burdock, he would
play the role Of Virginius before l
should wed his Mabel"
He would, indeed answered the
young man called Burdock. But say
let's to work. have the bottle--shall
use 1t nows
I'VE are not there yet, said the other,
looking out Of the window upon the
starlit earth.
we must be very near. The road
where Morley ID waiting Is one mile
this side Of the town. There! look
there is the clump Of trees he told US
about. The road is three miles from
this point. We must work now
what If the old fellow is sham
mingf'
i'm use the handkerchief etfec-
lively
'All right
The youngest of the party now arose
and walked up the aisle to the further
end OF the coach.
He cast quick but scrutinizing look
at the white-haired man, who, despite
his suspicious, had fallen asleep. For
three successive days he and his daugh-
tor had been OH ths train, and during
that time the father had slept but lit
tie. His child's objections to the sleep
ing coaches had been listened to-, and
the twain had not quilted the through
passenger car.
They were travelling to one Of the
largest cities in the east, where they
hoped to dwell until death should teal
them apart and call each from the
world.
CYRUS Radcline-ior such was the
fathers name--wasa a banker OF emf
,nence in city far west Of the Allegha,
MES. His wealth was the open sesame
into the highest society of the land, but
he was not putfed with the pride that
is generally found with riches. having
no relatives save his daughter, he fixed
the great love of nis heart upon her,
and il was love vastsr than his wealth,
deeper than The sea.
But let us return to the scene in the
through car, moving at the rate OF twen'
ty. seven miles an hour.
The man at the end Of the car glided
toward his victim, the old gentleman
His movements were watched by the
associate whom he had left in the seat
When he paused beside his victim he
drew a handkerchief from his bosom.
Then the faint odor of chlorOform
became prevalent, and the handkerchief
was held under Cyrus Radcliife's nos
tris.
While this was being done the blue
eyed man left his seat, and came up the
aisle TIL he passed his confederate, and
stood beside the sleeping girl.
"Shall dose the othersf" asked the
Young man in whisper as he glanced
at the three remaining passengers who
were asleep in their respective seats.
"No! they'll not awaken" was the
reply. "Now give Mabel a bit--not too
much!'
The ch!oroformed handkerchief with
drawn from Mr.. Radcliffe, was applied
to his daughter. who unconconseionsly
inhaled the powerful apesthetic.
A moment later the agent Of vlllainy
was returned to his bosom and with a
lcok up and down tue car the eldest
man lifted Mabel from the seat.
ave must be near the road. Ring
the engineer down to slower time. Be
quick!"
These words were spoken tothe man,
who caught the bell rope and tugged at
it manfully.
Course III" he exclaimed. It's caught
somewhere. TIE train is increasing its
speed.
The face of the man who held Mabel
in his arms suddenly grew pale.
clerk it with all your mightF' he
cried to his confederate
The man obeyed and the rope snapped
in twain.
"The jig is up, l'm afraid. There!
we've passed the road. 1t seems to me
that we're going at the rate OF forty
miles an hour"
| "Yes, fifty of them'" said his com
panion.
AT that moment the door before them
swung open, and Conductor Davis step
ped into the coach.
The blne-eyed man fastened to place
Mabel in the seat from which he had
lifted her, without being seen by the
conductor. But in this he had failed.
Gentlemen said Davis, calmly and
at the same time displaying revolver,
you will oblige me by returning to the
seat you have lately occupied. Your
little scheme of abduction has failed,
and would inform you that you will
be under guard the remainder OF the
run. Any attempt to escape might DO
attended with serious results. l wit
messed your villainy from the platform.
The rascals did not reply, but with
logged sullenness dropped into the
seat, and two brakemen, armed with re-
volvers, were placed over them.
A physician, who was passenger on