Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1892-06-23
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I buasssed the trsln "a fshf o'clock In
The afsefnsons and had scarcely Tos
seated when noticed little woman ON
the last seat Of the right-hand side. \
eould not see her face ON account 20 the
heavy ven she were. and she leaned over
against the window 40 heavily that
thought her asleep There were only
few passengers ~ as In the ear. and
everybody seemed 81 shrink into himself
% n diSgustea
who's the woman back there7~
asked a the eondactug as he sat down
beside me- for few minutes
'pont know. going 10 81 Louis. " he
sas
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Maybe. and maybe a.. something on
her mind. I've gui an idea that she,
watching Tor somebpdy"
" vas q winter dav. and raining ~
that II was dusk. bat the lamps had
not been lighted. when six NJ eigh, pep
pie got On az station. Among them
was . couple whosn believed 81 h.
newly welded, although they were
middle aged. The man was fns lu,sk.
ing and the woman rally hAnAsome.
and they took a s-at abpa, the middle
~ the car. with their hacks o. the
eeiled woman When I happened 81
look back ! found her sitting holt mp
right and acting % II very rnuch ex.
cited Fifteen minutes after the train
AA1 - "A Al II
woman passeed me a. she went down
the able The lsmps were anghi
now, and I saw pistol eiutched
In her rAgh, hand The couple
referred ~ were acting very lnv.
ingly toward each other. bat had not
connected the little woman with them
AZ all She passed them by two or
thrr~ fr~, end then wh~~led. raised her
veil, and stosd with the pistol pointed
full In the mans face
No one can he prepared for act bon nm
der snsh circumstances Everyone In
the car was looking az the woman. aud
everybody realized that q tragedy was
a. hand. bat nohniv moved Dor fully
thirty seconds the woman stonl like a
statue. the pistol within two fret ~ the
mans face. Those Va front ~ him said
tina, he aushcd mp At Arr, sight of her.
and then grew pale As death Ilr tried
to speak, but his lip. uttered M spund
The woman beside him looked. raiSs.l
her hands. and sank back la dead faint.
'Ge"rgr, have come IN say good-byf'
said the little woman AZ last. aud her
words were followed by the dull click
~ the hammer falling ON cartridge
There was M explo.inn Her arm slow
~ fell until " r~sied beside her, and
with a sobbing wall she sank down in
the aisle and was helpless
All ~ Va moved a. once She was
lifted TO- seat and woman ,ook charge
- her We turned to the man Tor 81.
plantations. but he had fallen back aud
his eyes were closed. Two minutes
later We knew that he was dead a.
surely dead a. ia ballet had pierced his
brain. 4 doctor " b. came la from the
car ahead said II was a case a heart
failure. llv was the husband 81 the lit.
tie woman Who had h.en riding NJ hong
On the hack s~at They had quarrcle,i.
and he had become infatuated with the
woman beside him The wife had
planned 10 encounter them and kill
thrm. lie had locked into the face IT
death for thirty seconds. and the strain
on his nerves had stopped the fow ~
life a. suddenly a. u struck by a thun-
drrbolt'
eorp~e, an adventures, q widow
II ended there for IA. hut not tor them.
Was u any wonder that a. the train
rushed on threagh the darkness each
one ~ ~ seemed To- hear voice. saying
As " sow. 80 shall v. reap The
deeds 81 the wick"d shall r-coil upon
their own heAds''-N Y sun