The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-07-11

had bound my arms and legs SO that wa
helpless What strength and skill this del
cate looking woman had could feel th,
thin cord almost penetrating my nesl
Yet in my state of stupor accepted 1t as
necessity, and offered. or, more proper
ly, was able to offer no opposition.
She then, with another rope, lashed mt
to one of the dividing seat arms. Still !
was silent and unresisting.
My feelings were quiescent. / had moth.
ing Of the horrible sensation of nightmare,
where the mind revolts, but paralysis
cramps action.
She now took up the strange looking in.
strument, which felt would be utilized
on me, and the service of which was excit
ing in my mind great curiosity. II may
seem strange to the reader, but It is fact
that, with tightly stvtched cord biting In.
to my flesh, my whole thoughts were con.
centrated on the strange looking instru
mont lying ON the seat by the woman :
side.
The reason Of its presence was not long
to be In doubt She took it, and again
bending over me forced open my mouth
and fixed the instrument Ii was a gag
I submitted to all this strange to say
even mentally quiescent. The only idea
had was slight curiosity as to what sh,
would do to me next but no wonder ~
to the purpose or end she had in view
struck me.
She stood over me for a second or two.
contemplating her handiwork. Evident
ly satisfied, she took down another parce
from the rack, which she unfastened will
her back turned toward me and which sh,
placed on the seat, covering 1t with brown
paper.
She then sat down on tho seat, and re
moving the slight, delicate shoes she wor,
replaced them by heavy boots, which haC
evidently been among the contents of TIN
parcel. Next she caught up her skirt an,
fastened 1t around her waist SO as to leav
the lower part of her legs free.
She rose, and putting each foot success
sively on the seat fastened a strong leathe
pad over each knee.
She placed her shoes in her pocket ant
again let down the window little
1t had come on to snow, and large fake
were blown into the carriage.
In my cramped position the cold wa
numbing me, and almost fancied ther
| was look of compassion in her eyes a
for second she turned toward me. Bu
she was bound on action and had no tim
1
| to spare.
Taking under her short mantle the al
ticle she had placed on the seat Of the Cal
riage, she opened the door on the near sid
and stepped out on the footboard.
The express was running on the extrem
rails of the railroad. A ditch bordered Tn
way at not more than foot from the out
side rail AS have said, snow was fallin
in large flakes.
From outside she closed the carriag
door, and her face disappeared from til
window.
Suddenly the train jolted, as trains rur
ming at express speed occasionally do, an
shortly after loud explosion struck IN
ear. / remembered no more till conscious
ness came back to me with sense of acut
pain. The train had reached Crewe, po
ter had looked into the carriage where
| was, assistance had been summoned, an
was being freed from my bondage.
1t was some time before could give a
account of the incidents of my eventfI
journey, and even then my recital was r,
ceived with some skepticism. No trace of
woman could be found on the line, an
surely she could not have escaped unii
jured, in spite of her knee pads.
"Who had the engaged saloon?" aske,
"Rhe Russian ambassador, was the r
ply.
"There was an explosion, asked. %,
might have been nihilistic plot-the W,
man was foreigner"
"Well, If she was, she was blown
pieces by her own bomb"
When the snow cleared away a plat
was discovered in the hedge on the outsit
of the ditch where the wood had been ev
IDENTIFY blown away and blasted, but M
the smallest trace of the mysterious W
man was ever discovered.
was sure had been drugged by meal
Of the cigarette, and that the fair plott
was fully prepared not to be interrupt,
in her scheme If any one at the last III
ment got into the carriage she had selecte
/ concluded that the nonsuocess Of h
diabolical plan had been happily broug
about by the jolt of the train, which h,
caused her to lose her footing as she cro
along the footboard to hurl the bomb IN
the carriage occupied by the Russian Ell
bassador, and that 1t had really been
case of "the engineer being hoisted by h
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