The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
NY MIDNIGHT PERIL.

Shall ever forget It's pltchy darkness ,
the roar of the 8utumnsl wind through
the lonely forest, ard the incesssnt
downpour of the rain ?
This comes of short cuts. I NUT
tered pe,uian,ly to myself, as | plOdded
along, keeping close to the trunks of the
trees to avoid the ravinp, through which
I could hear the roar of the turbulent
stream forty or fifty feet below. My
blood ran cod as [ thought what might
be the possible consequences of p missiep
or & move in the wrong direction. Whv
had [ not been cOntentad to keep in the
right road ?
Hold on was thst light, or are my
eyes playing ne false
stopped, holding on to the low resin
Gus bOughs of a hemlocS that grew OH
the edge of the bank, for it actually
seemed that the wind would seize me
bodily and hurl me down the precipitous
descent.
1t was light-thank Providence-it
wss light, and no ignis iatnus to lure
me on to destruction and death.
Halloo-o=o Z"
My voice rang through the woods ike
clarion. plunged on through tangled
til oradnsIlv nearing co2l5 nerceivo
q f;o1re wTa9ned in sn oij.cIotb cane or
closk csrrvinc Iortorn A. The a.,
LIGHT teIl unon his face 7 oIroost r roo
Wopld NOT soIitpJe IN Tho wooJs ho
preferable to the companionship of this
withcred, wIinkled old man? But it
mWbor;o ,Eort;nrS1 w. -1,l i'll
nscni;sr Co"t;nn - Tho L. sn LAY tep o WI
tn Ieova Ri ell + wy. ii Im Ia Ia Seei"'O
al ON Iost - - '1 uenI az o"re' :;
rect me - p = $50 800 Oh "a" S0' WI
DYES p .tat;"n :. +uo,ro ,,i1os
iron, beren '-'A 10 '"el'' "ii'''
"Twelve milesl"
stood aghast.
"Yes."
"Cau Won tell mo of anv ,beIter 7
could obisin for the ,;,b+9,
No"
"Wbere are vou ooiroo,
"To D,om,s down h. ,bo u,on7o
sws,,nn
Is it a tavern 20
would they take me for the night
/ could pay them we'll"
His eyes cleaned the yellow stumus
stood revealed once more.
81 guess so; folks do stop there"
as it not far from hereG"
Not very; about half mile"
Then MAKE h aste and let u, reach it.
| am drepched to the skin"
We plodded on. nv companion
more than keeping pace with me. Pres
emily we left the edge of the ravine,
entered what seemed to be a trackless
wood. and keeping straight on until the
lights cleaned f;folly through the wet
foliage.
II wes ruinousoId nIsce with tho
Windows ,II drawn ~ one side "a if the
fonnds,ion had settIed and the r;IIo,s
NJ 8 large porch near rotted swsv.
A woman answered nv fellow>travel-
er's knock. Ny companion whispered a
word or two to her. and she turned to
me with smooth. yOluble words of vel.
come.
Sho r0rrot,ad tho ,,ovartv ~ tho GO
oororooJs tions bn+ 1vay ,reIoor,a -,
tSarn mob 90 ,bev wo,.
{. Iynara il 3,5 ds,oorIoJ NV
-
IL ,ot anna uo+, ,,
- - ~, q -, borcb bos;5a
a. S. o,d co. tom n,nII-bf,,Iz 80, ~
b-oo5
'ie"p .bonr,5 l;Lo 70 ro+ira .s s,o, 90 ,,s-
,ibra $50 was,inos. - = evoss.; -
si1 % ~. 10y ~ - - 80 @to.,,I
eis s"iy ''-''- ~
9. lVhara sye Won ro;nr 70 nm, hin, > ,
0sko5 NV oni6s
DIN cbSmber."
"Pnt him in Isaae's room"
"No.n
ssTt's the most comfortable"
- tell Won noI0
PINT here I interrunte1 the whispered
aolIonuv.
81 o., NOT r,r+io,Iar-V dor,+ c,re
where vou lo5ge me. opIv make haste
80 rs. conducted M 4 steen Igdde |
that stood in the corner OF the room. INFO
an apartnlent. csiled with s!op;ng beams /
and ventilated bv one small cI0.e window
where 2 Get bedstead, crowded close
AGAINST the board partition, and pine
table. with two or three chairs, formed /
the sole attempt at mrniture
The woman set the Ii zht-an old oil |
Ismp-on the table.
ANYTHING more can get YOU, sir ~ ,
Nothing, thank YOU"
Il hope you'll sleep we'll, sir. When |
hall | call YOU ~