Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-06-26

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"Robert," Alice said.
Eyes, love. Speak low. there Is a
man under my window"
81 am going to Paris. There is no
man under my window, and can get
out there. have six. long roller tow
els here knotted together, and / have
cut my white skirt into wide strips to
Join them. The rope made SO reaches
nearly to the ground. I shall fasten
it to the door-knob and let myself
down. It will not take long to reach
home. saddleselim and reach Paris in
time. Don't fear for me-"
Nine o'clock AS the bell of the
church clock ceased to strike, a rumble
flash, told me that thunder storm
was coming rapidly. Oh, the long,
long minutes of the next hour. Ten
o'clock. The rain falling in torrents,
the thunder pealing, lightning flash
ing. Alice was so afraid Of lightning.
Eleven o'clock The storm over,
though still the night was inky black.
The midnight down train was com
ing swiftly, surely, to certain destruct-
Joni Where was my wife? Had the
ruffians intercepted her at the cottageP
Was she lying dead somewhere upon
the wild road? Her heroism was of no
avail, but was her life saved2 In the
agony of that question the approach
ing rumble of the train was far more
than the bitterness of Alice lost in the
horror of the doomed lives it carried.
Why had let her start upon her mad
errand2
The heavy train rumbled past the
telegraph office. 1t was an express
train. and did not stop at Deering sta
ton; but as 1 listened, every sense
sharpened by mental torture, it seemed
to me that the speed slackened. List
ening intently, knew that IT stopped
at the embankment, as nearly as could
Judge. Not with the sickening crash
1 expected, not preceding walls and
eroans from the injured passengers,
but carefully. A moment more and
heard shouts, the crack Of firearms,
sounds of some conflict.
What could it all mean? The min
utes were hours. till l heard key turn
in the door of my prison, and moment
later two tender arms were round my
neck, and Alice was whispering in my
ear:
"They will come in few minutes
love, to set you free"
"But have you been to Paris2'
eyes, dear"
ain all that Storm"
"Selim seemed to understand. He
carried me swiftly and surely. I was
well wrapped in my waterproof CLOAK
and hood. When 1 reached Paris thu
train had not come from D"
''But it is here"
"Only the locomotive and one car
In that car was a sheriff, deputy sher
if and twenty men, armed to the teeth
to capture the gang at the embank
ment. I came, too, and they lowere'
me from the platform when the spec
slackened, so that conld run here AM
tell you all was safe.
While we spoke my wife's finger
had first united the handkerchief
around my neck, and then, in the dark
found some of the knots of the cord
binding me. But 1 was still tied fas
and strong, when there was rush Q
many feet upon the staircase, and, i
another moment, light and joyfr
voices.
; "We've captured the whole ninel
, was the good news. "Three, includin
John Martin, are desperately wounded
but the surprise was perfect. Nov
old fellow, for you'll"
A dozen claspknives at once severe
my bonds, and a dozen hands were e.
tended In greeting. As for the praise
showered upon my plucky little wifi
it would require volume to tell ma
of them.