Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-26
A QUEER ADVENTURE

49,
r happened about seven years sgo
/ hal been rransactinz suuae business
IN London. amt WIS returning By the
afternoon mail ~ ms homs IN thu cuun-
try Being the only occupant % the ear
riag IN which I rusir. Z bruLe the rrIium
q The journey by reading IN the dim
light u The call D-cvmb-r day sorae uf
the several periodicals. with whish
had furnished IA self at the baokstaIl
previous 10 ms i-parture frum thr sta
ton
The papers az that timc were ftuI ~
accounts rsPscting some startling cut
= eumE-Itte,i Fust previously By .
band Of desperate aih8liss& xhn. N their
own partIcalar mo amer. uer~ ievvtng
var apou eivihzarron IN Z welI-kurva
European ~apitsL The reports wsr~
lIarningIy graphic. and an air ef in
security wss ~eugvnfer-f OF r~athng
them. for rumnr hasf II thrt th- rsm4f-
catiens wee wei-nigh Iinifless. *
tending into other lan'ls besides their
own. ami II vas plainly hiEie'i that Eng
Iand was riIartly to receive a special
share OF their attentions
I rrad on until the growing darkness
rendered he operation too difficult 10
be longer INDUCED IN. and then mus--i
upon what I had read u1sL. half my
journey being accomplished Il h-,,ame
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nlAse mysh S"hlioIaous uE me F'
Ok me Fnie
I Aad not been long tins ~enseoErr'i
when a Kind Of droNsy stup"r began To
creep ever me- which s~adiiy 4~ncreafe'L.
despite repeated Efforts on my part ?"
shake Il y Is sat IA THIS semi-eon-
seious state. my thought reverted 10
the nfhilistic hferat1re aaG been read
ing. and instantly II occurred TO me that
the brandy [ had been crinklng VA
drugg~,L The thought was not i pi"a~-
ant one. and SOMEWHAT alarmed by II
I made a farther attempt 70 rouse my
self from the lrrhargy into which was
falling. but without success Suddenly
1 lost consciousness entirely and every
thing became Il blank
II was only for Il few moments. how
ever. for my senSes returned as quickly
AZ they had left me. although NV power
Of action was guite one Iseeuled bk'
\ person under the influence Of SOM
u~1-susric spell. from which there Is No
eseaps. In this condition nv gaze in
stiuctfxefs turned 10 nv companion,
and I nvtired. IS I thought a mvstsri-
Gus change m his appearance HIS cum
pIexiou had assumed a malignant AR.
his eyes wore a Wild look- and rountl
his mouth there eurled a cunning smilr
4. I sat watching him. he begaa a.
undo the parcel in his hands. ard draw
irz away the piper IN which il WIS in.
CLOSED. exposed 20 view a box apparent.
" made ct TIM \ little hinged door on
on. Of it's sides. which he presently
opened. showed that the interior was
flied with a species Of ~ciockwork ar
rangemebs. and instinctively I guessed
that the thing I beheld was one of those
diabolicaI Inventions which have come
10 be known BY the term Of Internal ma
chimes.