Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-15

ed her by, and then Alice Renwick
again stood erect and looked anxiously
but quickly back.
Captain Armitage is not in sight,
and we ought not to leave him. He may
not find it easy to climb to that plat
form," she said
"Armitage? Oh, he'll come on all
right" answered the batteryman, with
easy assurance. "Maybe he has gone
round by the road. Even if he hasn't,
I've seen him make that in one jump
many time He's an active old buffer
for his years. -
"But his wound may prove too much
for that jump now. All, there he
comes" she answered, with evident re-
lief, and just at the moment, too, the
forage cap of the tall soldier rose slow
ly into view some distance up the track,
and he came walking slowly down the
sharp curve toward the platform, the
same sharp curve continuing on out Of
sight behind him-behind the high and
rocky bluff.
"He's taken the long way up" said
the gunner. "Well, shall we 60 on?'
mot yet," she said, with eyes that
were glowing strangely and voice that
trembled. Her cheeks, too, were paling.
"Mr. Stuart, I'm sure I heard the roar
of a train echoed back from the other
side"
Nonsense, Miss Renwick! There's
no train either way for two hours yet. "
But she had begun to edge her way
back toward the platform, and he could
not but follow. Looking across the in
tervening space. a rocky hollow 20 feet
in depth, he could see that the captain
had reached the platform and was seek
ing for a good place to step up; then
that he lifted his right foot and placed
it on the planking and with his cane
and the stiff, wounded left leg strove to
push himself on. Had there been hand
to help him, all would have been easy
enough, but there was none, and the
plan would not work Absorbed in his
efforts, he could not see Stuart. He did
not see that Miss Renwick had left her
companions and was retracing her steps
to get back TO the platform. He heard
sudden dull roar from the rocks across
the stream, then a sharp, shrill whistle
Just around the bluff. My God! a train,
and that man there alone, helpless, de-
serted! Stuart gave shout of agony,
"Back-roll back over the bankl"
Armitage glanced around, determin-
ed, gave one mighty effort, the iron fer
ruled stick slipped Oh the icy track, and
down he went, prone between the glis-
tening rails even as the black, vomiting
monster came laundering round the
bend. He had struck his head upon the
iron and was stunned, not Scnseless, but
scrambled to his hands and knees and
strove to crawl away. Even rs he did
so he heard shrek of anguish in his
ears, and with one wild leap Alice Rem
wick came flying from the platform in
the very face of advancing death, and
the next instant, her arm clasped about
his neck, his strong arms tightly clasp
ing her, they were lying side by side,
bruised, stunned, but safe, in a well
coming snowdrift half way down the
hither bank.
When Stuart reached the scene, as
soon as the engine and some wrecking
cars had thundered by, he looked down
upon a picture that dispelled any lin.
gering doubt in his mind. Armitage,
clasping Queen Alice. to his heart, was
half rising from the blessed mantle of
the snow, and she. her head upon his