Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-23

"whs, shall we do ," ! whispered
back.
81 hop. to defend madam while We
wake. They will ~si, for u, to sl-ep.
We mus, no, sleep"
Then We settled ourselves back into
our corners and watched the t~o Italians
Ia silence. After while they stopped
smoking. and the olds., one pulled some
thing black oa, OF hIs pocket. ! 'hud.
d-red. | though, IL was . pistol; bat
no. I, W.. . small black bottle. The
man drank from IL. aud then handed !,
TO his companion. | though, they we're
rou,ing up their courage thus. and !
sre~ cold with ,su1t Nsii the big
man took oa, clasp knlfs nearly FOO,
long. lie opened Il, and is bright,
keen blade cleaned wiekedly Ia the
l.mp.lish,. lie cut of block OF bread
~i,h /, from long roll for his eompan.
ion and one for himself. and replaced the
weapon. IA, knew from ,heneefor,h
II -. there. bent fot-sri sni ~his'
perrd
odd you see lhn,'
"Ye., madam. | saw Il. They think
We will fall asleep In security when ~s
have seen them es, aud drink"
"Ba,." | said. "iha, knife 10 no, ls"
assuring"
"Mon Diea. no. The Italians do
mostly their murders with knives" lie
-h,per.d .epalehrslly. .if to "do mar-
d,r," we're the natural and legitimate
bushes, Of the Italian na,ioa.
Then again We settled Ia our corners.
watching. watching. aud the Italians
vent To sleep. or seemed to do 30 but !
though, could see them looking from
under their closed Id. nov and then.
and opened my eyes widely md stared
hard that they mish, no, ,hink Tor mo-
meat bad gone to sleep.
Aboa, oas o'clock in the morning the
eari.s. stopped and man entered.
"ie.ven be thanked" -hi'psred
nv n,ishbor: I'VE are nov three against
two"
ia, no. the new conner belonged 10
the enemy. They welcomed hirf. They
treated him from the black bottle. Tesy
ca, bread for him. With the wicked.
cleaning knifs aud then the three be-
gan TO talk together. eagerly, rreiisdly.
aud 1 fel, that some catastrophe vi. i'm
miasn,. watched and watched; but
| suppose WEAKNESS mus, haAlly have
q, the better Of me. and ,hs, Ia spite OF
myself my eyes had closed. for saddsnly
1 fslt hand tearing my watch and my
purse from my bosom. and other hands
pulling of my gloves and struggling At
my ring'
Iopened my eyes. and the Oldest iial.
ism, With the cleaning kniis between bis
teeth. W. elaiehins my purse. The
second oae vas tearing off my nns'. aud
the la,s.; conner h.i -, my French
Rasli,hmln do~n on the dor. sni vr
struggling -iih him. A. | looked up
the ois Italian caught b, katie 10 his
hand.
III you cry out. oas lss'le cry only. !
will kill you" be his.ed. aud my ,ongas
Glove to my mouth. could no, have
made . sound. ho-ever. had | tried.
And jaa then the train slscksned speed.
aud With the change Of mo,ioa 'prsns
20 my feet. The lnlian' we're sleeping
still a, their end Of the car. and | had
ba, dreamed q very evil dream. And al
th., momsn, III. train stopped altogether.
and clush, glow from the new day
in ih. east. aud the guard threw open
the door and said In French:
AT Mseoa carnage vas pat on ior
ladi., oaly-woald madam perhaps like
a change ,"
And indeed madam would and the
french EisIi.hm.a helped me oi,. aad
the l,.li.n' opened their eyes and nod.
ded farewell. and IN . moment more
vi. slons and safe; and the ,an rose
royalty over the monn,ain tops; and the
end had come Of very horrible night.