Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-05-23

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on the inner door.
"RobertI" Alice said.
"Yes, love. Speak low. there is
man under my window"
81 am going to Paris. There is no
man under my window, and l can get
out there. have six long roller
towels here knotted together. and L
have cut my white shirts To join them.
The rope made so reaches nearly to the
ground. / shall fasten it to the door
knob and let myself down. 1t will not
take long to reach home, saddle Selim.
and reach Paris tonight. Don't fear
for me-"
Nine O'Clock. AS the bell of the
church clock ceased to strike, rum
BILE, a flash, told me that a thunder
storm was coming rapidly. Ten o'clock
The rain falling in torrents, the thun-
der pealing, lightning flashing. Alice
was afaid of lightning. Eleven o'clockl
The storm over, though still the night
was inky black.
The mldnight-down train was COM
ing swiftly, surely, TO certain destruc
tionl Where was my wifeP Had the
ruffians intercepted her at the cottage?
Was she lying dead somewhere upon
no avail, but was her life savedP In
the agony OF that question the ap-
preaching rumble of the train was far
more than the bitterness of Alice lost
in the horror of the doomed lives it
carried. Why had 1 let her start
upon her mad errand.
The heavy train rumbled past the
telegraph office. 1t was an express
train, and did not stop at Deering sta
tion; but rs / listened, every sense
sharpened my mental torture, 1t seemed
to me that the speed slackened. Lis
tening intently, knew that it stopped
at the embankment, as nearly as /
could Judge. Not with the sickenIng
crash L expected, not preceding walls
and groans from the injured passen-
gers, but carefully. A moment more
and heard shouts, the crack of fire.
arms, sounds of conflict.
What could 1t all meanp The min
utes were hours, till heard key turn
in the door Of my prison, and a mo-
ment later two tender arms were round
my neck, and Alice was excitedly
whispering in my ear:
"They will come In a few minutes,
love, TO set you Free"
"But, have you been to PARISH"
/ i
''In all that storm?''
"Selim seemed to understand. He
carried me swiftly and surely. was
we'll wrapped in my waterproof cloak
and hood. When L reached Paris the
train had not come from D."
''But it Is here"
"Only the locomotive and one car.
In that car was sheriff, deputy
sheriff, and twenty men, armed to the
teeth, to capture the gang at the en-
bankment. L came, too, and they low
cred me from the platform when the
speed slackened, so that 1 could run
here and tell you all was safe."
While We spoke my wife's fingers
had first united the handkerchief
around my neck, and then, in the dark,
found some of the knots of the cords
binding me. But l was still tied fast
and strong, when there was a rush Of
many feet upon the staircase. and, ia
another moment, light and joyful
| voices.
We've captured the whole ninep
was the good news. Three, includ
ing John Martin, are desperately
wounded, but the surprise was perfect.
Now, old fellow, for you"
A dozen clasp-knives at once severed
my bonds, and a dozen hands were ex
tended in greeting. AS for the praises
showered upon my plucky little wife, it
would require volume to tell half Of
| them.