The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-14

she came dowa wdh q companion
meet me IN the evening Re | returned, |
saw her sweet face SHINING under tRe
lamps as we drew up, nut so feartully
likGmy vision Of the nlght before that
hardly dared 10 think II real IN answer
TO my hurried Inquiry she said hhe had
been out In the rain ON the previous
night, returning with u friend from a
house whore they had called, had Stun
blcd and fallen across the railway, but
had picked herself up and was safe aud
dry beneath the roof tree long and long
before either down train on up train
passed that way, She ieatel me on my
clRiryoyance, then laughed that ahe filled
up my eyq 80 completely,
saw her f'gn'lug there While We
haClcd down a. switch oil again ON the
main track, gazing and 6millngalter me
standing 30 securely with her light, rust
ling figure, airy and supple as some glad
young white birch In the bfccaoi then we
Numbered by with our terrible tread, and
| lost herl II there had been u score Of
faces on the track ~ We drove along ]
should have seen none of them that
night for broOllng over aud carcaalng In
my happy thought the pure aud perfect
face that | really saw beneath the tlaring
station lamps,
! had almost forgotten this Incident Of
my nlghtfaring-l mean, Of course, the
vision on tho Mlla-whon, some weeks
aitorward precisely the same thing 90
Cured,
II was q soft, starry night Of tho In
dian gummpr this time. There was a
ccnGclclA pllmmur OF harmless sheet
lightuinga through the nly, tho horizon
lifting every few moments with the In
nocont reflection Of some deadly storm
~ l4V wgyIdlgn beneath H. We were
making about our ordinary running,
when, likeN quick illumination, directly
In our path, the same o~bacurity, theaamo
roaolylng-thoro lay the Facet
/ know 90 well now that II must be an
Illusion aa that | was q breathing being
l did not essay any motion by which
ghOull be guilcTed 10 impede Our prog
! ress, but ] stared NJ II with n fascinated
gaze, Tho beautiful faool-itagr gray
eyes cleaning no softly up an tho belch'
Ing monster pounded down 10 dazzle
them blind with Ia fierce and blazing
headlight, 20 crush thom from their
0oclieta with lta romorHoloaa whccla, !
could no more help my hands lifting
then than my hearts beating,
In another instant the tra.n was ahlv-
cring with tho shock Of Us roycrse, /
WA OIL again, searching tho plNco-on
again, aware Of my follyi and we spun
atraightwNy along the track % II lot
loose from u meteor, ! heard George
Rowe muttcring NJ mo In a%mOzoment,
but | made him no roply. AZ Br0okford
tho conductor |haranguod mo Btormlly,
and bato George Rowo have q charge
over mo, llo thought that | was a
drunken man, and well no might, for !
felt my face 80 iluahod, and my eyes 10
pnlnod, that tho latter may have glowod
iiko flames In a bed OF Goals, whllo my
| brain burned and boiled, and bubblod,
til II seemed hko bursting. / was, In.
decd, well nigh beside myself,
/ wrote 20 Margaret Of thig second 90.
| enrrepeei gn9 Qsgod her what Il meant,
WAS | really becoming out Of my heQdl
Was | even out Of my head already She
| replied In much the same strain ~ bo.
fore, joating and ohoorfuli but II wQ9
like u transparent mask, and | could
clearly detect IN anxiety and alarm on
hol INV uoiYntll wy WhoIY OF ncr Playlul
PogVa ION hVy 70 vuLn hol .hto gravon gne
uiiu VIII ,uaGtw'sp, nor 70 onhVS nor
p%o,Sohalty WIZ huon uiepolyNl lhInBs
~ tnV hui,lcs " tno ~, hilnob nIo tnu
: yVYy g1iioE goVN N his toplhasVl una
I w9lGh hNu pVlo}less y thouYpnq lVlloS
pongiu running RoioIY mo oR tho ram, q,
uoterillhed lheh Ihst unlfeamy minq
wore reNlly n%ileoted would mko no
moro notico OF any renewal gf this up
partition than would OF tho copper eents
phd brass pins which adventurous school
boys wore IN tho habit OF placing upon
tho traCk ior the wheels TO ilOttcn out
lhto hothlhgnoss' MY resolutions, need
no. snyl were % worthless as The nat
toned pms, ana quickly became paving
stones Of that region whore asphalt was
pfllnoNully found IN uNn,