Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-21

mat wild sire ch the fireman se.,,e1
!" DC seized with terror and Mt t,n,o,
he would turn pale. and Bill freonen,
y saw him cronching at the side nj
ne cab and glaring wildly. anil III,
strange eyes seemed 10 be gazin in,
vacancy. On the trip that Bill de.
cared WAS To be his last with the now
fireman. the engineer had nnt ho.,
payihg any attention to Wa.
Iins until they had entered The
VIA piece of woods ma,
A'ne. aud hal run some die.
ance through i. Then Bill happened
o turn his eyes toward the fireman
Watkins stood against the side Of IN.
cap lis eyes were staring al The en-.
gineer. and BIS eyes met the oncer
gaze straight and full Bill SAID tho,
instantly he felt numb sensation rr,
through him like fl lsh. H, tried IN
AXE his eyes away +, ,m Watkins. BIN,
couldn't do it. Sense of the fact thu,
&c was on his engins cunning the ex
press on the Pennsylvania & Erie rail.
way never left him, but Their. h..
ODD. entirely helpless to move his
yes away from Watkins. Presently
the fireman turned and looked off into
me woods. Without power to help II.
II looked in the same direction. He
said That no didn't believe that w IT..
h'hs saw or noticed him. o.
knew that he was held unIer
That strange influence. The look of
error came to the fireman's ewes as
lie gazed. and suddenly the entire
scene was changed. as Bill gazed ont
upon 1t. Instead of the deep Kane
woods the train was gliding through
delightful valley. On one side was
lofty ridge; on the other a l,vJ
stretch OF fertile farm land was
bounded by line of low woods.
Presently the tram passed a town-a
b' autiiul village with remarkable
growihs of willows. where the site
sloped down to Il river Sstting far
back in terraced grounds was an old
homestead. to which a gree-.,ne. on
either side OF which were thick clumps
VI willows. led from the main
road. Beyond. rising back of
me trees. was church spire. A.
Bill Sandusky gaz ii in amYzement
on IN $ Transformation. an elderly
man, astride Of a large horse. rode
down the lane toward the village. As
lie was passing a clump Of tree, tall
man stepped ont from behind LARGE
willow with Il gun in his hands. He
raj ed The weapon to his shoulder and
fired ut the man on the horse. The
old man threw up his hands and tum-
blcd to the ground The murderer
iircd twice into the PROSTATE body of
his victim. and then ran away and
disappeared among the willows along
The river Bill said he could not dis
anguish the features of either the
murderer or his victim, but the horror
If the scene aroused him He uttered
IL scream that startled the fireman
who was crouching down in the cab.
Watkins sprang to mn erect position.
Bill jumped for his lever, and was about
t)reverse and call for brakes when til
strange scene failed away and the
wild Pennsylvania landscape once
more retched away on either side
In II seconds time The fireman was
himself again, attending to his duty
as cool as ever.
"Was there something on the
traokp' he asked. as the engineer
dropped III signal cord.
lit was some time before Bill could
reply, and then he told Watkins of the
ex l. lordinary vision. A, he de-
scribed it his fireman grew paler and
paler, and became greatly agilae ell.
When Bill came to the scene here
the old man was murdered, Watkins
WAS pic .ure of terror He threw up
his hands.
M Godr he shrieke,l. 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
bro 9ght her TO n stop as soon rs he
could, and backed down to where the
fireman had jumped of. expecting to
find him deaf or bally hurt. Not
trace of Watkins could be founl eX-
capt the broken bushes into which he
had disapp ared The woods were
searched, but the missing fireman was
not found.
OF course Bills story. the singular
d saprearance of Watkins, and the
mysterious circumstances connected
with it, created great sensa ion along
the line for some time, bit the matter
was at last fprgo ten. A month or 5 o
aftcrward b II Sandusky took a vaca-
ton. He went on trip through Ohio.
Ole day he read in n Cincinnati paper
that young man name Walters. who
had appeared in one of the small
X 'ntucky towns n month before and
confessed to having murdered his uncle
six years before in that villa ge and
gave himself up 10 justice. was to be
hanged for the crime. Bill Sanlusky
could never explain the reason why
Mt the moment he read the item
his fireman Watkins, the murder
he had seen in his vision.
and the fireman 5 disappearance. came
into his mid and connected Them.
solves with this confessed murderer
Walters. Bill found that h. coald get
10 tho kentucky town in few hours
by rail. and he jumped on the cars and