The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-21

station, and then told tho doctor, as VIC
| neared liroOktOrd, what sight there Was
la store for him NJ that place and fe'
marked that II was, may DO, fortunate
! Tor mo that night that Margalst had
/ really 10 cross tho track Ia order 20 reach
! tho spot where she was % await u.s. aA v
lOOlihg out that no danger befell herself
! should be less likely % encounter thai
wrath OF hers, nor could ] see them ,bolli
| together, hut Dr. blanchard hhooh hlH
/ head, and Dade mo mind my own plhl'
ness, and have that degree OF confidence
Ia Margaret 10 believe her capable OF
taking care Of herself
And looking out into tho wayerlng
whitenesa lit by tho glare of tho head,
light, while h0 shouted forth his Muii
| advice, all at 0nce-"Iherel IheTeP
cried "There II isl"
UWheref demanded the doctor, 6prlng'
Ing 10 gao over my shoulder % u hls
unlfahled vision could have dlhceTned 90
much as an outline IN that thlei ui,
"Damn itl Don't DO o fool Drive onl'
"WhereN 1 answered, "lhefel rlght
before ua, A woman walking heel hhe
has turned her headl she heea ual hhe ald
not hear us IN that gust, we have fright
ened herr she etumblea, fhe falls fhe u
| lying on tho track, fh0 cannot get up
that face, that white FACET % Mar
garets" 90,
ony 0odl thcro is no woman thereW
no replied, before | had finished MY
eyoa are Hs keen % yours, ! tell you
there 10 not o single object before ui tlll
We reach tho lrookford lights there q
mile aWGyl"
hardly heard him, had stretched
out my hand % pun up when ! caught
o Hldelong glimpse Of him, brNndlshing
an iron bar above my head "Iouoh
that handle,n ho cried, Uand viii lMoeh
you d0Wu" And then he interpnhed
himself between my hand ana H.
"YOu aro mad" / said, calmly, and
believing what l said, "DO you suppose
/ fear your hlllyi While am master Of
the Black llesi she does not run down O
wOman-lcgst Of all that ono"
Tho whole OF this was 20 hurried that
not even George Rowe, who stood staring
aud gaping and hcorkening win all his
might, could mako out O. ayllablc
VERY well, said the doctor then, 20
yerblng hla method, and yelling out his
words Ia my ear I'll he must have been
purple "IOu are convinced that you
SEQ lhis face, and as both your fireman
aud mysei can assure you that we $50
nothing there, YOU must feel equally
convinced tiAt II u your pursuing phan'
tom, as YOU call II, Now, then, u tho
tlmO 20 put an end 70 H. Destroy "
EXcrt your will You have 0uly 10 fold
your hands behind you, Nothing else IN
tho world TO do, Give them here 10 me,
Tho engine viii do the rest, Do q man
now -fcmcmbor that, this on 70 done, all
your peace bcglns-M0rgar Z ana mar
rIagc-homo and happnca, 2 'fe u
nothing thcrol Drive on"
] heard him now, but 90 o hollow voice
might speak far, far out6ido OF tho
world IN which | was,
/ had ilXod my will, 90 much o. was
possible 20 llX 90 loose and weak ana
ihaltIng thing, o bundle Of broken
linls-,l was determined 10 obey him,
But all the tlmo | saw only her, only
her GWe1t iaco IN the fnowy light nh l
mover should SEQ II Ngoin-tho hood had
fallOn back from H. tho wet ringb Of tho
dark hair were blowing out from. ", q
tint llko tho flush Of tho tca rose was lying
on itI check mot that ! noted oil such
lt0ma thon, / rcmOmlcr thCm today,
thoy were Impressed Hike th0 work Of q
dic-tho rIpo and lovely lips Of tho ton.
dor trembling mouth were parted oh II
calling TO mo by some old fond nNmQ,
the eyes uuliglcd through OIL their depth
with tho light We cast before ~, the
6wOot gray eyes, llko those Of tho de-
sorted German girl, thono up Nt mo lilto
two great tears, All how many times
before had thoy ga2cd into mino with long
and lovely l0ola-and now for tho last
tlm0-had returned their g0Zo with all
th0proteBlOtlonao pos5lon'-Nnd Standing
hCr6 20 bray them Into nothinmOss'.-oh,
al the rpootlnga and portinRa Of the days
that could dawn no moro-tho dear Cin'
braces OF those arms never 10 DO felt
again, the warm, full kisses Of the moof
Ihg mouth--and l myself blotting al outl
To gnvo mo tho yoXlng sting Of u gndily
was cr0ghing down on tho best be owed
thing IN the world with all the mighty
revolutions Of my pondCrous red hot Iron,
with within d5PPgag e cS 81 q1 tbo tHG mn46cros SIcg
purpose Of this jumping, plunging ilcnd
hAAN A tAhllN NNANANANAi WIN - hlAl'hNA.Ah
doafening fury that 10 tho waiting VIC
tim drowned tho universe In itg roar.
All these horrors camo ono by ono bo-
fore my mind, and dropped into my ro-
solve lllSo grains into tho Weighing ocalo,
I suffered agony, My knees woro BhOk-
Ing under me, doubt II could hpvo
lifted my hand-it hung norvolosg
by my sidoj tho llfo was dying
out ol me- ! only stared through
my window, niong Iho trnoE, NJ mo
womanB faco with tho fright hardening
into H. tho blank terror thcro, doath
laundering down In tho fierce, Wild
throo8 Of Bundcrlng socket and nlangllng
ilesh, that In one instant would hayo
their holllsh grip on every 1.-Two noryo and
squirting voln Then my cars were ring
Ing with shricltsi / fnnoiod that even
through the hot roar and roverboration
Of our flight ! heard tho rest When
would the last cur bo over, the last wheel
tTnedy Was that swift hiss the soyoring
Of tress upon the raili
II was passed, We rolled into Brook.
ford station; George RoweB hand had
clipped before me and slowed the Black
BcsS 10 her usunl point, We stopped.
Then the blood bounded back 70 my
heart, 10 my throat 10 my face, tho
strength Of an army 20 my single hand.
seized Dr. Blanchard by the shoulder
ns II no had been made OF card board.
"Como back with mel' hoarsoly yelled.
"If wo find nothing / am well onco
more-but X II Is as l am sure II is, then
you nro deadr
And rngnrdloaa ~ nv trnin ayyinoinu