Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-07-05
rooms-empty; into the refreshment-rocn
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rooms empty; into the refreshment-roon
also empty; no Emily!
He tried to rouse himself.
Certainty of the worst would have pro-
duced less profound impression than that |
energy-stealing doubt which palled him at
that moment.
The porter came back with all the infor-
nation he could CLEAN.
The passengers who had escaped, he
said, were then on the platform. Intelli-
qence had been received that the bodies
of an elderly lady and gentleman had been
found on the removal of one of the shat
tered cars, and that there were no other
bodies there.
All hope that Emily was unhurt was
gone!
His stupor disappeared with the sus-
pense, and in its place came . fever of wild
excitement
The man almost feared Will now, for
there we're lines on his face which were not
there moment beforH and his eyes seemed
twice the size they were when he had first
spoken to him.
She was not killed The porter swore to
the truth of that.
There were nine killed, but Emily was
not among them. Two of the nine were
young women, but their bodies had already
been identified. They had been residents
in the town.
Wills heart thanked God for that mercy.
He questioned the man as to the injured
and dying and cunningly framed his ques-
tons so that the porter could answer them
in few words.
There were four or five passengers who
had sustained slight external injuries
among them was young woman who. was
| unknown.
| There were three passengers, too, seri-
| ously injured. They had been carried to
| the hotel opposite the station, where they
| were now being attended to by the principal
doctors of the town.
| The three seriously injured passengers
were gentleman, his little daughter, and a
| young woman.
And this was all the porter had to tell
him.
Hope it'll be all right, sir, he said, as
| Win hurried away.
Without moments delay the young man
left the station, and, crossing the road, en-
tered the hotel,
Around the open door small crowd had
collected.
The proprietor happened to be standing
in the hall when Will entered. The young
mans pale face, wild eyes and excited man.
ner instantly told his errand to the hotel
keeper, who said in kindly tone:
Follow me, If you please, sir" and
Will, obeying was led to the empty coffee
room.
Tryfoil explained Acoherently, that he
wished to see the young lady who had beer
injured in the railway accident
The reply was that he could not do So
at least not Just then.
DO you know her manner" gasped Will
Can you describe her? For God sake an
swer mel"
The hotel-keeper did not know her name.
He believed that her clothes had been
searched, and that no letter, or card, or adj
dress had been found upon them. When
she had been brought in he had been toe
excited to observe her appearance; SO he
could not describe her. She was GER
tally young, and he fancled that her hail
was fair
Another dreadful questionable extent
of her injuries?
The hotel man could not say. One of the
TWO doctors and his wife were attending to
her then-had indeed been doing for her all
that could be done. He had heard the doc.
tor say that it was an extremely compli-
Gated case;" that on no account was an,
friend or relative to be admitted into the
room until the doctor left it, and gave his
permission or refusal, as a knowledge Of
her injuries prompted.
Wait here, Sir, or call in few minutes
you can do no good now. | will take the
first chance of speaking to the doctor fol-
you. You shall satisfy yourself presently
my dear sir; but not now when your doing
80 may cost the young lady her life. Pray
be calm! Pray waitl"
(To Be Continued)