The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-01-18

He had taken of his hat, and was
stroking his forehead, as he sat en-.
deavoring 10 realize what had hap
pened. He asked himself whether
he was not in the midst of a night
mare. If the train had stopped at
that minute he would have been un-
able TO crawl out, and anybody who
had seen him must have suspected
him of crime. During a quarter Of
an hour the poor wretch could nei.
ther stir nor think lucidly; he could
only moan and tremble, What first
recalled him to himself was the sight
of the things which the poor girl
now dead, beyond doubt-had left in
the carriage. There was d shawl, a
travelling bag, a novel, and on the
fioora small gold watch without q
chain.
The sightof these articles stirred
in the unwilling murderertRe sense
of self preservation. He caught
them up one by one and flung them
out Of the window into the dark,
after which he crept on his knees and
looked under the seat to see if any
thing else had been left. He found
nothing. Pitiable as his agony of
mind then was, he saw the necessity
for composing himself and sat down
again, trying to reflect. Had the
passengers in the other carriages
heard the girl shriek-had any one
seen her fall2 If so he was lost
man. He would be arrested at Bir.
mingham, and in the due time he
would be hanged or sentenced to
penal servitude for the better part of
his life. How would his story be
believed-and if it were believed
how would it justify him2 The pub
lie outcry against him would be all
the greater as he was clergyman,
and now that he had thrown the girls
things out of the carriage in the first
moment Of his panic the evidence of
criminal intention would seem com.
plete: "Why did 1 throw the thipgs?"
Tfaltered Mr.. Gloam, speaking to him
self, and then he. groaned again: "My
God, what shall ! do2"
1t was between bennington and
Birmingham that the girl had fallen
out of the train. AS the express
neared Birmingham the tension on
Jude Gloam's nerves was such as few
ever experience. Within FIVE min
utes he endured an amount of terror
andanguish enouah. to sprgsd over a
lifetime; yet heshadth craft 10 see
that all his chances of escaping un.
suspected might. depend upon his be-
hayior when the train stopped. He
must alight quite coolly, he must not
run or appear anxious to get away
he must control his terrors, though
his heart throbbed to bursting.
The train glided into the station;
the porters ran along the platform,
opening doors. One of them opened
Mr.. Gloam's carriage. "Any lug.
gage, sir?"
ayes, 1 have some luggage" said
hr. Gloau, and he stepped out, shak-
ing in every limb, but apparently
sedate and calm, as it behooves a
clergyman to be. Next moment he
was mixed up with the throng Of
people who were foraging for their
trunks and portmanteaus.
Nobody paid any attention to him.
He heard no one talk about shrieks
having been heard during the jour.
ney. The passengers all attended to
their own business and left him tc
his. Mr.. Gloam's business was tc
collect portmanteau, a box and q
hamper; having done this he turned
to ask porter to call a cab for him
but as he was about to speak his
words froze on his tongue, for he saw
standing beside him a girl who was
the very image of Miss Aviss.
If the girl had looked at him che
must have noticed his confusion, but
she was glancing towards an elderly
gentleman and lady who were walk
ing towards her.
"Here's her box, papa, but I've no
seen her pass" said the girl to th,
elderly couple.
eve have looked into every car
riage," said the gentleman addressed