Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-04-12

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Thereupon. produced nv pipe and
tobacco pouch and proceeded slowly to
If action On referenco to ny watch |
-aw that the tram would stop IN another
ten minutes Clearly, the only thing t.
do was 70 wait till we reached Blackelev
and there get assistance to find out who
our unknown travelling lcompanion. might
be.
The longer | pondere1 .over th. prob
lem the more curious for. its solution did
| become, and then, needless OF the
warning | had received. ! struck 2
match and intentionally dropped il
STOPPING down with mutterod male
dictlon to pick i up, cas- q searching
glance underneath theopposite seat, and
then nv blood ran cold as the faint
CLEAN Of the taper revealed the back Of
the mans hand with the mark OF the
tattooed arrow upon IT. Chippy Watson,
then, was our companlon-a doomed and
desperate man
By mighty effort lcontroled my voice
sufficient to say. excuse me reaching
across YOU, madam, but that was nv last
match, and l could not afford to Let it &C
out
The girl, into whose white cheeks the
color showed no trace of returning, mur
INJURED some nnintelligible reply, and 70,
few moments we sat in silence. Agar
| looked at my watch Thank heaven
in five minutes We should be in Blackclcy
and the awful ride would he at an end
Scarcely had the thought formulated it.
self when the girl opposite me sprang up,
trembling like leaf and shrieked ere J
could stop her "Oh, that hand has
touched my foot again.
The momen, thc words left her lips
heard a sudden movement under the
seat, aud quicker than thought a-ngurc
appeared upon the floor. In that mo
ment flung myself upon the ruffian and
clutched his throat with the energy Of
despair, knowing that should he once
gain his feet it was all over with me, the
lighter and weaker man. Can ever for
get the horror of that tive minutes> ride
The whole compartment seemed to be
falling upon me. Teeth, nails, feet, all
were attacking me at once; but through
all | kept my grip upon the murderer's
throat, and though | streamed with
blood and almost lost consciousness still
held on. while the girls screams rang
dimly through my ears. Suddenly the
train stopped, the struggle ceased and J
tainted across the body of my captive.
When | recovered consciousness at
length found myself lyin- upon a table
IN the Blackelev station waiting room
with sympathetic crowd around me-
| and, best Of all, saw a face bending
tenderly over me-the face of the cirl Of
my dream and my discontinue. After
| making two or three efforts | managed
| to ask 'NNhere is Watson
Very nigh dead. replied rr}dv
faced farmer who stood beside ne
You three quarters stranged 'fgo lie
out Of his ugly body ho was nlaek IN
the face when they lifted sou Of. him.
'Do you know that he Is an escaped
wife murderer | inquired feeby
'Yes, We know, responded M honest
friend The Burtown police teleg graphed
after the train TO have it searched he
cause man answering his description
had been seen in the station before It left
The police have got him safe, my lad
his time, and no mistake Why, saw
him handcuffed and his arms pinioned be
hind him. and he a-laving half dead The
while, after the throttlinc as You gave
i'm :
Do nv readers want 20 hear the rest
II nv story now that the catastrophe
Is told | will inform them that Watson,
On breaking loose from the police, after
turning the corner q Shut Lane.
where, it Will be remembered, he disap
peared-contrivei by an almost lncred
BILE effort 70 scale high wall. ana 50
gain the shelter Of railroad enbank-
n.nt. Along this he crept until he
feached the midtown tunnel, where he
had lurked al day. until late in the even
ing he crept into the station and con
.rived. 10 secrete himself ia carriage of
he midnight mail, with The resul. before
mentioned
There j one more incident IL close
connection with .ha, Journey 70 nc told,
il Is this that there will 5e q marriage
sarly this spring The name Of the b.i4e
groom will be hnichtly, the name Of the