Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-02
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ing the child franticallv. 1t is too bad.
Celinc; Il Is shame to frighten me 30. =
Celine smiled, and the conversation
ended as usual with these words from
Laurence:
ssYou will come for her st noon.
Little by little their terrors faded
away. Laurence reasoned with himself:
ssThe child be said. lis familiar
with the passage Of the trains. il Is true,
but she Is old enough TO comprehend the
danger. And his apprehension gradu-
ally vanished.
One evening, however, when ne went
home he found he had been preceded BY
the rumor Of an accident which had oc-
CURED at q neighboring station. "A
brakeman had been crushed BY an ex-
press train. Celine questioned her hus-
band while they were Mt supper. is it
true that Simon is kiIled2r she asked.
Nos" replied Laurence, ''he was in
great danger, but he escaped, thanks to
his wonderful GOODNESS.
Then he is not dead2n said Celine.
NO; and vet the whole train went
over him. When Simon saw it was too
late to save himself he laid fat down in
the middle of the track, and when the
train passed by he got up again safe and
sound. / saw him, asked him how it
made him feels At first, he said, when
the engine went over him, he was very
warm, after that the time seemed long.
That was all. You know Simon is not
easily frightened. He is ready to 90 to
work again, added Laurence, TRANQUILITY.
But Celine's anxieties were aroused
afresh.
Sometime after that the hours of SER
vice were changed and Laurence took
the night section. He could no longer
think OF taking Aimee with him.
One evening. however, q poor woman
in the village was taken very i'll. The
doctor who came wrote Q prescription
and said to the neighhors he found
there: s.These medicines can only be
had in the town, and you must not wait
Tor them. Let one of you go to tho rail
way station, where there is portable
pharmacy, and ask the station master on
my account for a little laudanum. That
will quiet the pains till you can have the
prescriptions. Which of you will gogo
'Celine Celinel' said several voices.
It was certain that the station master
would not hesitate to give her the medi-
cine.
The young woman thought at first Of
leaving Aimee. but, as she had been par
ticuarly restless all day, Celine concluded
to take her. They had to pass Laurence's
post to go to the stotioD. He saw them
coming, and as soon as they were
within hearing, began to question them.
"Old Gertrude is very i'll, and am
going to the station for medicine"
That's right. But let me have Aimee
/ will keep her till you come back. !"
Celine lifted the little girl over the
fence to her father, who took the precious
burden in his arms and returned with
her to his box, before which lamp was
burning. All around darkness covered
the tracks, which crossed each other In
every direction.
It would not take Celine more than
twenty minutes to get to the station and
back. The child was in one OF her most
frolicsome moods; she ran suddenly into
the garden; Laurance ran laughing after
her.
You can't catch me, /" said she.
eyes can"
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pursuit, leaving laughter behind her.
Here, herel7 she said, and rushed to
the track and began to cross it.
DON'T GO there, darling" said her
father. It was very. dark -the switch
tender could hardly see his daughter.
''You can't catch me. repeated the
child.
''Come, come here, said her father.
Look for me, answered the child.
Aimee, Aimee, don't play any more.
] shall be angry. Come here"
''Ohi you say that because you can't
catch me- .
Come back, will give you cake.
That isn't true, you haven't one.
You want to make me come back"
s'Yes, / don't want You to stay there.
The express train is coming.
'sOhl shan't let you catch me. The
train has gone by
There is another"
Instead of replying, the child said:
run after me, papa, run.
Laurence saw there was nothing to be
done but to run after her and take her
out Of danger. He rushed toward the
place where he heard her voice. 1t was
dark, and Aimee escaped him still. His
alarm increased. At any instant the
whistle of the on-coming train might be
heard, and Laurence redoubled his APP
peals. His voice was hoarse with fright.
the fatal moment approached, and still
the child laughed aud repeated, ssYou
can't catch me. Now the whistle sound
ed. The lugubrious call paralyzed the
poor man, and he lost his head complete
". The train would have two victims
if he did not regain his composure. Two
victims! It would be catastrophe with
incalculablc consequences for q train
was stopping at the station little way
ahead, and if the express was not switch
ed of there must inevitably be coils
ion. Laurence shook off his torpor
'sAimecI" he cried, in laundering
tones.
''Here, papa. And the child con-
tinued to give sharp little calls, which
mingled with the roar Of the approach
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