Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-07-01
On the Bristol,
BY DARIUS COBB.

good thing for us both. he wa
an inventor had offered me hal
interest 10 one Of his. .jnyeYtir|
for fnxaishi@g tie nf6nsy to al
Svae1lop It, and now had sold
half Of the whole for ten thoussnt
dollars. / had realized fou
thousand dollars profit. and has
quarter interest still left to me
This was doing pretty well
/ received the dispatch at fou
o'clock. and at half-past fiv'
o'clock I was on the train for New
York. The ride was q pleasan
one. But on the boat ! did no
find it so pleasant. I was dis
turbed by a couple Of passengers
who had a way of looking at m,
when we met in our promenad.
which / did not fancy. 1t seemed
Just as though they read my
thoughts, and were cogitating {
scheme for reaping some benefiI
from their penetration. Though
TO myself that we're I in some
dark street in New York and saw
these two fellows ogling me in
sthis way / would make for 9
street full OF gas-light with all
dispatch.
Well, reached New York in
safety, and during the day signed
the necessary papers, and drew
from the bank my five thousand
dollats. In such a city as New
York one feels the weight of such
sum in his pocket, and he doesn't
like to go into many by-ways,
for pick pockets are sharp there,
and have method Of their own
in hunting up game. You may
BE- sure Broadway was my chief
resort. The next time ! wa
paid q heavy sum Of money in
that city Of pickpockets I pur-
phased a draft on Boston bank
ng house. and felt q great deal
basier.
About an hour before the start.
Ing OF the boat l was passing
1own Chambers street when l saw
couple Of men disappear around
Centre street. They turned their
eads before they were lest to my
ght, and / saw the face Of one
them. He was looking at me;
d whom / caught his eve be
rned bis face quickly back and
dyed his companion. They
It no timein moving around the
rner.
I was uneasy again. This pair
worthless who were lodging me
ere sharp looking couple I; and
couldn't help feeling that il
icy had any designs upon me, !
ID certainly got to keep good
atch on myself.
The boat was off, and l was on
" return home. / looked sharply
hound to discover my travelling
ompsnions OF the former night
Neither of them could I see. l
Experienced O deep relief l
could not believe two men could
pause such uneasiness in me as
had these two. To be sure,
paw one man, with long. dark
whiskers, look once or twice OF
me from table next to one at
which I sat. and his glance was
not a pleasant one, either; but this
did not disturb me.
l finally retired to my state
room and was soon Warped in
slumber. I was troubled, how
lever, with the same nightmareish
dreams that so disturbed me tn ;
night before. This time the man
with the long black whi<kers
figured chiefly in my dreams
Now and then, he would suddenly
change into the light mustached
man who had 80 haunted me. and
then back again TO his long beard
and dark eyebrows One thing |
noticed in these faces in my
dream The faces we're exactly
alike. Singular condolences in
dreams, however, are not consid-
cred of much account. where we
can see horse turn into a mar
without even smiling at sucl
freaks OF nature.
At last the little bearded mar
came suddenly upon me. as / was
+ lying on the bank of the Little
{ Androscoggin, where / had spent
many happy days Of my youth
and Selling me by the throat de
mandsd my money l struggled
bravely, but the rufflan seemed
gifted with supernatural power
and without apparent eff,t hello
me down, and gradually stranglee
me With one mighty effort
seized him by both wrists, ant
succeeded in 20 loosening his hole
upon my throat that l caught I
breath Of air. At that instant
woke
] never want to be again wher,
/ was at that moment, nor do
wish to see such a face as tina
which WAS glowering down upor
mine. How he obtained entranc,
into my state-room / never knew
but there he was above me, will
a long, sharp knife in one hant
and eponge in the other. ] real
lied at once the game he wa
playing. He was administering
to me chloroform, with his knit
ready to silence me should
awake and threaten to sound tn
the alarm. 1t was the long whisk