Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-10-02

traordinary rush of air made his heart
first stand still, and then sent the blood
coursing wildly through his veins. The
far door was swinging open! Something
had happened! And what2
His straining ears detected no sound
but the outside rattle and roar of the
train through the tunnel; within all was
silence. He remained listening in in
tense excitement and amazement until
the hope which had hardly dared to stir
in his breast grew into vigorous life.
He was alone in the carriagea He was
savedl Deliverance had come miracul-
ously-why and how he knew not!
The tunnel was coming to an end;
light began to stream into the carriage.
Cautiously and slowly Brown peeped
from under the seat. He was quite
alone. The man had disappeared.
The fact of his escape was, at the
time, enough for Brown. Afterward,
in thinking over the adventure, he sur
missed that the man, deceived by his
(Brown's) attempt to turn the handle of
the door, had followed in supposed pur-
suit.
At the station, just outside the tunnel,
Brown-alighting almost before the
train had stopped-chauged his place
for one in crowded second-class COM
partment. A few hours later the brilliant
was safely transferred from his charge
into that of Goldsmith's brother at
Lucerne.
The rest of his tour was uneventful;
he neither heard of nor saw his perse-
cutor again.
Browns adventure made quite SEN
sation on his return to London. He was
the hero of the hour in his circle.
Whether or not he related the circum-
stances exactly, as here set forth, need
not be mentioned. His friend Jones,
among others, gave dinner party in his
honor. Brown, with his usual punctual.
ity, was the first of the guests to arrive.
"By the way" Jones said chafingly
to him, as the two stood chatting to-
gether on the hearth-rug, ''you must
look to your laurels tonight, Brown.
Do you know Leroy, your neighbor in
Harley street2
"Never saw the man in my life. What's
the jokc9"
ga rival adventurel In Switzerland,
too, and eliminating in q tunnel--not
sure that it wasn't the Often one also!"
"Dear mel What an extraordinary
coincidence"
sin his case it was a lunatic, not q
robber. He was shadowed at hotels
and trains. You must hear the story
from his own lips; he's dining here to-
night. The climax is terrific. Shut into
a railway carriage alone with a lunatic,
aforesaid lunatic armed with a revolver.
A long tunnel, an extingushed lamp,
Il lunatic crawling in the darkness to
the attack, an escape by the skin of the
teeth. Leroy has sufficient presence of
mind to open the door and pretend to
get out, in reality crawling under the
seat instead. The ruse saved his life.
He supposes that he tainted in the sti-
fling air, for, when he was next con-
scious, the train had left Often and ne
was alone in the carriage, from which all
traces of the lunatic had disappeared.
Jones was so engrossed in telling the
story, he did not remark its curious and
startling effect on Brown.
Just then the door was thrown open,
and the footman announced "Mr. Lee
roy"
Jones, springing forward with effusion
to greet the new conner, led him gush-
ingly up to Brown.
"You two must know each other," he
said.
And they did. The recognition was
instantaneous on both sides. With q
gasp, Brown stared in speechless wonder
on the man with the black whiskers,
while Leroy stared back aghast on en-
countering the gaze of the lunatic J.
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