The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-14

hAtH tnh uiGAANIi A0i Uill - anu u
fellow passing through them feols ~
il he were out OF the world. trom the
trst trip that Watkins made with him.
Bi noticed that IN going through
hat wild sire ch the fireman scanned
"a be seized with terror, and mt times
he would turn pale. and Bill froquent-
IN saw him crouching mt the silo oi
he cab and glaring wildly. and his
range eyes seemed 10 be gaz ing into
Vacancy. On the trip that Bill de-
Z AIRED was To be his last with the new
roman. tho engineer had not boea
owing any attention 10 Wal-
<Ins until they had entered the
lid piece OF woods near
Xtne, and had run some dis
ance through Il. Then Bill happened
turn his eyes toward the fireman.
Watkins stood against the side of the
cab. HIS ewes We're staring a the en-
gineer and Blrs eyes met the queei
gaze straight aud full. Bill SAID tha
ms anily he felt numb sensation run
hrough him like Il tsh. H tried 10
AXE his ewes away II om Watkins. bu
iouldn't do It. Sense of the fact tha
,e was ON his engine running the cx
press on the Pennsylv&aia & Erie rail.
way never left him. but there hc
ODD. entirely helpless to move his
YES away from Watkins. Presently
he fireman turned stnd looked oil ihtu
he woods. Without power to help Il.
d II looked In the same direction. Ha
,aid that he didn't believe that Wat
kins saw or noticed him.
knew that he was held unler
That strange Influence. The look uf
error came TO the firemln's eycs as
g gazed. aud suddenly the entire
scene was charged. IA Bill gazed out
upon H. Instead of the deep Kane
woods the train was gliding through
a delightful valley. On one side was
a lofty ridge; on the other l,vsl
stretch of fertile farm land was
bounded by line of low woods.
Presently the tram passed n town-a
b 'auiiful village. with remark able
growihs of willows. where the site
,ioped down To river Setting far
back in terraced grounds was an old
homestead, 10 which a gfee atne, ON
either side of which were timex clumps
# willows, led from the main
road. Beyond. rising back of
he trees. was church splre. A
Bal Sandu-ky gazad in amazement
OIL this transformation. an elderly
nan. astrile of a large horse. rode
Town the lane toward the village. A.
he was passing a cluap Of trees a tall
man stepped out from behind large
willow with gun In his hands. ii
nj ed lhe weapon to his shoulder aud
tired at the man on the horse. Thn
,id man threw up his hands and tuln-
bed TO the ground. The murderer
Is ell twice into the prostrate body %
his victim. and then ran away and
disappeared among the willows along
the river Bill said he could not dis
iAguish the features Of either the
lturderer or his victim, but the horror
Il the scene aroused him He uttered
a scream that startled the fireman
who was crouching down i'm the cab
Watkins spraug TO an erect position
iliil jumped for his lever. aud WAS abont
reverse aud cali for brakes when tn
strange scene faded away and the
Wild Pennsylvania landscape once
more retclied away on either side
Ia seconds time the fireman was
himself again. attending to his duty
as col as ever
"Was there something on the
irack?' he asked. as the engineer
dropped The signal cord.
1T was some time before Bill could
reply. and then he told Watkins of the
* raordiuarY vision. A he de-
scribed it his fireman grew paler and
paler. and became greatly agita;e ed
When Bill came To the scene where
the old man was murdered. Watkins
WAS picture of terror He threw up
his hands.
M Godr he shrieked. There is
no escape
with these words he sprang from
the cab and Bill saw him tumble out
of sight in the bushes. The train was
running thirty miles an hour b Il
bro rght her to n stop as soon as he
could, aud backed down TO where the
fireman had jumped off expecting Ia
find him dead or bally hurt. Not a
trace of Watkins could b. found ex-
capt the broken bushes into which he
h I'd disapp AIRED. TIE woods were
searched. but the missing fireman was
not found.
OF course Bilrs story, the singular
d sappearance of Watkins, and the
mysterious circumstances connected
with it, created great sensa ion along
the line for some time, but the matter
WAS at last fprro ten. A month or 50
afterward IL Sandusky took vaca.
lion. He went on trip through Ohio.
Oae day he read in a Cincinnati paper
that young man name Walters. VIII,
ad appeared in one of the small
K ntucky towns a month before and
| 1 o fessed 60 having murdered his uncle
SIX years before in that villa ge and
gave himself up 10 ju tice. was to LC
| hanged for the crime. Bill Sanlusky
could never explain the reason why
ut the moment he read The item
his fireman Watkins. the murdci
he had seen in his vision.
and the fireman disappe arance. came
into his mid and connected thop.
selves with this confessed murderer
Walters. Bill found that he could gel
| o the Kentnckv town in few hour:
by rail, and he jumped on the cars and
started for the place. As the train
approached the place there was nc
neei of the brakeman calling out its
name. so far a. Bill Sandusky was con
cerned. There was the valley. there
was the river. there stood the hills,