The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03

trai1 which arrived ~ inc Ntl-- AuAt-
incIonzhirc town OF St Peters at 3-5.
il was q hot. close summer n-Eht. THE
clouds had gathered .a the sky during the
evening. and the we4thcr-wisc folks
sEooE their heads knowingly and talked
about "a thunderstorm
There sger. only a rev idlers hanging
abou. Che station when The train came in
and obey were ali grumblius about the
heat.
O.d VIII Humphreys. the solitary por-
ter lelt on duty. declared that he hadn
felt So dolo up for years. When the train
came slowly llto the station he glanced
al il vicioUsly as though it had been am
advancing enemy. He wondered IL there
would be anybody with luggage. The on
" exit was on the opposite side of the line
and Win had TO carry an lugease
across the rails. Ii made him hotter than
ever 10 think of having to carry heavy
package across the line on such night
as this. And besides, there was always
the through express TO be lodged, and the
through express had provoking habit
Of being irregular. and being suddenly sig
nailed just as VIII had got box on las
back. and was getting ready to stagger
across with it,
The through express was Wits night
mare. He was haunted by the idea that
one day it would come upon him sudden
~ when he was heavily laden, and that
he should be fascinated by its great red
eyes glazing at him in the night, and be
able to move neither one way nor the
other and then
But it didn't do to think about that
Wills mate had come to his end that way,
and viii had seen him picked up and
carried TO his home mutilated mass.
with his coat laid decently over his dis
torted face.
The scene came back to him this even
ing The hot weather, he thought, had
upset him, and made him nervous and
out of sorts. At any rate he was in "a
frame Of mind to curse more heartily than
ne had ever done, in the fifteen years he
had been a porter at St, Peters, the con-
structive disadvantages of the station,
which compelled the passengers to 80
down a flight of stairs and through
subterranean passage and up another
flight of stair, if they wanted to get out
into the town, which compelled the por-
tiers to make beasts of burden of them
selves, and drag or carry huge boxes and
hampers and packing eases, to say moth
tng of heavy portmanteaux and travel
ers' samples, across the line.
And while he was hopping his brow,
and grumbling to himself, the $40 crept
lazily and languidly into the station, ana
the guard stepped out Of his van on 10
"AnythingY' said VIII. anxiously, mean
ing luggage.
Nothing" was the reply.
Satisfied on this point VIII Humphreys
walked leisurely along the train, looking
in at the empty compartments, and me
chanlcally mumbling st Peters"
No one got out there was no one TO
get in, ana the guard was just about to
raise his hand to shout Fright away"
TO the engine driver when VIII suddenly
discovered that young woman was stand
ing up in a third-class carriage near the
engine, and struggling with a window
which refused to be let down.
DO you want TO get out here?' said
VIM, opening the door.
"fes, II you please. This is ST. Peters,
isn't it?'
yes. Hurry up. miss, if you're coming
the trains just starting"
The young woman turned and picked
up n little bundle that was lying ON the
seat and stepped out upon the plat
form. The bundle was q baby.
This young woman was the only passen-
ger who alighted, and so VIII had plenty
OF time TO observe her. He noticed that
she was tall and cool looking and neatly
dressed, and that she looked rather weak
and pale, and he also observed with thank
fulness that she had no luggage.
Down the steps and through the sub
way. That's the way out" said Will no
ticing that she was looking for the exit.
The young woman thanked him. and
then with the baby in her arms went down
the steps A moment afterwards the
through express swept past, and when il
had gone VIII just caught sight of the
young woman giving up her ticket to the
booking clerk at the door, and then, the
station being empty and there being no
other train for over an hour, viii turned
down the lights, and went out into the
M u frrae 81 ON, D.,
little bench, soon fell asleep.
Just about the same time Jim Adams,
the police constable on night duty. came
out of the police station with his super
intendent.
You are sure the man was seen going
toward the paper mills?" said the super
intendent.
YES. sir, leastways that was the in
formation. Farmer Jones was driving by
quarter OF an hour ago and says he
saw the chap distinctly, and il was the
same that slept in the barn last night
lie seems TO answer the description,
doesn't he sir?"
Yes. but you know what these people
are, don't you? Ever since that bin was
posted outside the station, they've fancied
that every Nagrant who passed through
the town was the murderer of old Mr..
HAYES"
hut Farmer Jones only saw the bin to-
night, sir, after he'd seen the man, and
ne sald AZ once that he was sure it was
the same, because he'd had a good look
at him when he found him in the barn
this morning. It was broad daylight then
and the man was fast asleep. If he'd
seen the bill then he'd have detained
him
well, I'm not inclined to think that
it's anything more than q resemblance,
but. at any rate. if you find this fellow
wandering about you'd better take him
on the off chance and bring him down to
the station TO give an account of himself
If we tind he's not Ike the man that's
wanted we can let him go again"
Right sir. If he's the man. he's tramp
ing, ana won't go to the workhouse; he'd
be afraid. ] expect he'll turn in for the
night into one Of the empty barges by the
river. That's about where ne was max
ing Tor, because ne was going along the
river path when he was seen. At any
rate, I'll search the barges first"
All right. but take care of yourself
- Id send another man with you, but Smith
must be on duty at the lodge tonight. be
cause the wedding presents are there, and
the London thieves know it: and l can't
come with you myself. because the chief
constable s sent for me to arrange about
getting extra men for the wedding to-
morrow. but if ne doesn't keep me long
III come W 70 the paper mills and see
how you set on"
on, that all right, sir. I can take care
OF myself, and tackle half a dozen of this
caap's sort. But ] don't believe it's my
luck to tackle murderer. If I find this
chap at all, / expect I shall find he's Just