The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-03-28
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# die WRIT nail 5isTs London wasu 6iie
a.ssr,. worlds CAUSED me 10 t1Irn tonnd
WIN = sfara. Tllere was something
weird and tlneanny n the tone II aiiel
Voice which impressed me with an N
i.sssnal1le feeling Of apprehension /
fes,i a r,.sf. ,f.aaunB ftlr. Turning f1unds
ssrua myself ftsee "a s9ea with Tie
s49ealoar
lie was & ttstil ,Ggits5laiy aid iii'i'ss
lipelY iaailt man, qass'>''siiaa' EVER M
iieation II zzssaat. personal s1i'si' fun
4s was .nvefaDeai from head 10 loot N
= long bIaalr ei0aie. aIrt1aresfi siaseiY
Under ms shiu aud reaching almost
favvu rs Bise ground, waieia enueeaied
the whole ut MS person with tie t'S=
s,sDSi0u of 4 Iarge aauy hand OF I
a4asarsre. fnna6lral, almost cleaning.
gsItpness Tie aa4s also rtvsteft ny
gtdsnrionf q broad massive snfeiie'atis
FIRMLY set .aW high eileeis-aanes, +
tss.yJ. salopg complexion, aud aalr d
.aal als4sc yves which seeTuefi 10 glow
with lnnahlrsaI hriilianeg-f we're
the most striking features II the
strange fudleIdual who st7od before
ne
La e snufrantad INN. ms eye rsssgasa
mon ne for 4 moment with dark
nalsvolenU expression, but rt Ras NJ
s441llriv 8ger1efi Qglefller If was fancy
ar not I cannot explain, aar setr AZ
though under Giae influence oil some
mysterious, power af fascination. which
ezruirsd the exercise Of al the sriaz
ls5rrrrll + I1aaaeaae1t ID overcome he
sound IT fae 5etl announcing tae de-
I5ar1lI,e Of mp 5rain aad 1ile effect 9t rs-
calling ne 10 my se71sea, aud Z afasferlisfi
azsav. not d Htsie relieved 10 ser III
strange fellow -bF;1ueier, instead at tot-
lowing aae- nlave toward 5Ae ether end
Il the 5raln.
L soon found myself snugig en-
geancsd IN a comfortable snrueF Of 4
arati-,.ls44ss carriage she Only 3taer 9e-
I .4baut ST which Naa ateasaa s@bf1'l q
/ nu old gentleman VINO proved - BE- 4
esfg agreeable samaauiaa- t1r Before
Ne had gaa.s halt-a--iozeu miles We
rare shat-ln rogether a. gaYg as
slaugh Va had known eaeh osaer Tor
/ Fsars. add ln less than haEf All aaur :
lad alaldst forE865ea sle unpleasant
4 aeaa DC arr rznear reaeanEre with zl1s IN
fHg.duaI In The black si0alE
Il After A rum 1T aome three aGara the
/ tram drew aB at peaerborauga- Here
NJ companion and aLiga5et aad a.
tempted 20 swallow e1IB@ 5t saIlInx
saffss q fhe i've minutes allowed.
seraesI9 h.4d ne taken aur gIacea AGAIN
wien CHANGING 70 Isais aaz Of tae car
cage window 7 aeaeid Eae Identical
figure u The slack sieae- AgaIa the
Cd feeling sanf over me- far although
he ager4ed IA eyes The moment theg
met miae. and moved away. I teEs cDa-
THacsd IL Was Na5ehinx ne NJ
startled sas5i1 zlHlsT hare asea noticed -
~ fsl lelsv-r Traveller. fsr he Immediately
asked.
Are g1gs asszlsa Gn5zst win the gentle
nan IN the platform 50
1t was only by a great effort shat !
could answer n the negative adding
asl1h assumed uacnncsru-
what ler you 70 think 500"
''5ecaHss, returned ny friend, =
have Observed zs eVerT station whsrs
we have stopped during aEr IoEruey
he has walked past our window and
looked IN az gou "A # expecting YoG t.
reeognize him His appearance i -
remarkable that DO not think could
possibly have been mistaken"
I A cold shudder ran through ny
I Iimbs, and. "a J wiped the thick, clam
my perzpiration from my forehead,
could not help recalling al the wild
stories I had heard or read respecting
the power of the evil eye. and the uys
FERROUS influence Of mind unon mind
What was the meaning Of the subtl-
fascination which that dark stranger
seemed 70 exercise over ne that night
Was it only The efFecs Of an excited
imaginztion9 tried 70 persuade nv.
self that it was a deIusior-a nightmare
"a hOrrid dream. but 1t was Of no avail
was wide-awal.e; there was ny
companion opposite me, evidently dis
Irrbed BY ny strange deneanor. Ms
oras was in q whirl; I felt sick anc
giddy. and remained sntrancsd in d
Kind Of morbid stupor out Of which
{ was only awakened by the stopping
f the train az Hitchin.
well good-by.~ said nv fellow
traveller; here's the end Of my Jour
ney," adding, hastily: by Joye. her
he is
have a dim recollection Of his leav
ing the carriage and some one else en-
tering. Who it was I knew well. al
though some time elapsed before
could muster sufficient courage to raiss
my eyes. At last / looked UT. II wa.
IS I had foreboded. There. opposite I.
ne, in the Ia corner Of the carriage
zat the tall figure in the black cIoak
the same wild look in his restless eve
the same evil expression in his forbid
ding face.
Directly our eyes met, he leaped from
his seat with to- yell Of a wild beast
Something bright flashed in the din
lamp-light, and az he paused for an
instant a. if preparatory to a spring
/ saw that his hand grasped a clasp
knife whose long, glittering blade wa,
stretched tow ards me. In a nomen
the terrible truth burst upon me
was alone with raving maniac. IN,
train going at express speed and Nc
stoppage nearer than London. Escap,
was next to impossible. saw at 3
glance that in a struggle for life an1