St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-11-07

Isyen threatenine deucanor. ,Castina
q t6eilkaS ghnei so6ss the dhrriigc
he plunged his hand into his pocket
ehecti1e to gyssp IN imaginary reypl.
vec. Tb his Intense delight the ftisc
took immediate effect The nan op.
Qpsite give an unmistakable SHIRT, and
shrank back into his corner. So far,
50 good. But how to keep up the PIE.
tense? What 70 Do next2 : At this
crisis the whistling Of the engine sud.
denly distracted Brown. Good
heavens! He had forgotten the long
tunnel!s They were coming to it now!
His eyes, with quick. Involuntary
movement, sought the lamp 1t was
not lighted:
Entrapped! Doomed. Tho widest
thoughts, rushed cOnfusedly TO his
brain With shrek the train plunged
noisily into the tunnel into dark mesa
The din and rattle outside contrasted
sharply with the silence within the
carriages Crouched in his corner.
Brown. his hearing sharpenet! to agoniz-
ing acuteness, listened for y stir. a
rustic, the sound of human breathing
drawing nearer to him. Every moment
fancy detected q step. q stealtfy, cat
like movement. His imagination,
taking ample revenge. Uncontrolled
and uncomfortable were its wild fights.
Every railway murder of which he had
ever heard flashed upon him with all
the CHASTITY details The spring upon
the victim. the struggle. the death
stroke, the body thrown out on the
rails. How idly he had read Of these
things happening to other men! But
now to realize himself rs the victim;
his. the body! Absolute panic seized
upon him; hardly knowing what he
was doing, he tried softly to open the
door. 1t was locked. however. His
movements must have been heard,
there was q stir at the other end of the
carriage. The fatal moment had
come, the assassin was advancing to
the attack. In the extremity of his
terror Brown sank swiftly on the floor
and crawled under the seat
For what length of time. he crouched
there. half stifed. scarcely daring tc
breathe. Brown knew not Agony can
not measure time. A sudden and ex.
traordinary rush of air made his heart
first stand still. and then sent the blood
eOursing wildly through his veins The
far door was swinging open! Some
thing had happened! And what?
His straining ears detected no souno
but the outside rattle and roar Of tho
train through the tunnel; within all
was silence. He remained listening iE
intense excitement and amazement un
til the hope which had hardly dared t.
stir in his breast grew into vigorous
life. lie was alone in the carriage! He
was saved! Delivcrance had come
mircculously-whya and how he knew
not!
The tunnel was coming to an end.
light began to stream into the carriage
Cautiously and slowly Brown pecpee
from under the seat lie was quit,
Alsns. The man had disappeared
The fact of his escape was, Mt the
time. enough for Brown. Afterward,
in thinking over the adventure. he sur
pised that the .4aR deceived by BIZ.
(BrownsJ attempt to turn the handle
OF the door. had followed in suppose
pursuit. -.
At the station. just outside the tun
mel, Brown-alighting almost befor~
the train had stopped-changed his
place for one in 4 crowded second-class
A few hours later tho
brilliant was safely transferred from
his charge into that of Goldsmiths
brother at Luccrne.
The rest of the tour was uneventful:
he neither heard of nor saw his perse.
cutoI again. ..-
Browns adventure made quite a sen.
sation on his return to London. He |
was the hero Of the hour in his circle |
Whether or not he related the circum.
exactly, as here set forth. need |
not be mentioned. His friend Jones,
among others. gave q dinner party in |
his honor. Brown, with his usual |
was the first of the guests
70 arrive.
by the way" Jones said chafiingly |
70 him, rs the two stood chatting to- |
,ether on the hearth-rug. you must |
ool< to your laurels tonight. Brown.
Do you know Leroy. your neighbor in
Harley street,"
Never saw the man N my life.
What's the joker"
"A rival adventure! In Switzerland.
90. and eliminating in a tunnel-nos
lure that it wasn't the Often one also."
! ''D,ar me! What an extraordinary
I'm this case it was a lunatic, not a
,obbcr. He was Swallowed at hotels
nd trains. You must hear the story
rom his own lips: he's dining here to-
light The climax is terrific. Shut
nto a railway carriage alone with q
unatie, aforesaid lunatic armed with
cvolv.r. A long tunnel, an extin-
'uished lamp. the lunatic crawling in
he darkness to the attack, an escape