Connecticut western news., 1896-04-30

their object in life the emancipation of mankind from the tyranny of author | ityr"
 "In other words, you are nihilist- a dynamitard?" suggested. "Use those terms if you like," he re- piled. "There is nothing in name. Acts are the things whereby men are judged. Hear what have to say The society to which I belong has decreed the immediate doom of an authoritative rule, and with that object has dispatch ed emissaries far and wide to carry out it's behests- A big blow is shortly to be struck. and there is not country in the whole of Europe which will escape it. Russia, Germany. Austria, France, all are condemned, and even England, the vaunted home of the free, is not to be i exempt. At the present moment there are 99 picked men, armed with the most deadly bombs, in London itself, await ing the signal to commence. One more worker is required, and I am commis- stoned to find some one to supply the want. I have done so, and my choice falls upon youp'
 I started in my seat at these words, uttered in a fiercely earnest tone. He i concluded:
 "You; yes, you must become one of us; must enroll yourself under the ban ner of emancipation, and strike blow for libertyp' ...
 "And what if I refuse?" inquired, | as quietly as my excitement would al- low. He leaned forward and hissed rath- ' CT than spoke in my ear: "H you will not do this, then you ! yourself are doomed Mark me, unless you join our ranks you will never leave | this train alivei"
 "Who will prevent mel" I asked, | again making a vain endeavor to rise. 1T will" he shouted fiercely. II defy you!" exclaimed, with a | firmness I did not really feel, thinking that determined attitude might possi- bly overawe him, for assassins are in- variably towards. was mistaken in my man, however, for on hearing my words he put his hand under the cloak that en- veloped him and drew forth poniard, the sharp pointed edge of which he felt | critically with the tip of his finger.
 1T will give you one minute in which to consider your decision," be said, "and if at the end of that time you re- main obdurate, then this blade goes straightway through your heart i' In order, l suppose, to amuse himself l during the interval, he pricked several holes with the point of the instrument in his arm just above the wrist, from each of which the blood squirted in small, purple jets, showing how sharp was the weapons edge. In little while he said :
 "The time is upi What say you now?"
 "what said before, I replied. "Do your worst P'
 Instantly he sprang to his feet and clutched me by the throat.
 Coward !" cried, half choking as I was, and struggling in his iron grasp. The epithet seemed to madden him, for his face became livid with sudden rage, his eyes glared wildly and his breath came in thick and hurried easps.
 "You shall never say that again l'' he shouted. tightening his hold till the blood swelled up in my face and my eyes seemed ready to fly from their sockets.
 With the energy of despair made one final attempt to recover my power of ac- tion and felt that was succeeding. The effect of the potion was evidently work ing of, and with use returning to my limbs realized that now was my time. Concentrating all the strength had in- to one tremendous effort, l managed to free myself from his grip and immedi. ately closed with him. We struggled violently together for few seconds, neither gaining the mastery, and then stumbled and we both fell to the ground, he uppermost. It seemed that my hour was come, for in his hand he held the deadly weapon. As saw the gleaming blade descend in one swift stroke, raised my voice and shouted:
 
 Tickets, please All tickets readyl" It was the summons of the collector. I rubbed my eyes and looked around. There was my fellow traveller sitting quietly on the seat opposite, regarding me with an amused expression on his face.
 "Been sleeping?" he queried as my gaze caught his.
 "I suppose have," was my hazy re- ply.
 "And dreaming. too," he added with a smile. "Unpleasantly should guess by your manner"
 It was so. The substantial repast oi which I had partaken had been tho means of bringing on a heavy slumbel which lasted right on to my journey end, and the fearful adventure through which I had been passing was not, as had imagined it, thing of reality, but only a horrid nightmare, engendere6 by the reception of a mass of indigesti ble food into a constitutionally dyspep tic stomach.
 My companion of course was no nor, nihilist than was. The only fusiblt article inside his brown paper parcel wal , a box containing hundred choice ci gars, and his Hask, he assured me, helC nothing more injurious to the system than quantity of fine old cognac
 As related to him the experienc' through which I had gone, he indulget in a hearty laugh, and while I could no refrain from joining him, even at 10. awn expense, I inwardly registered , VOW to give German sausage very wid' berth for the future. London Tit-Bits A Monte Carlo Incident. 1, , A correspondent at Monte Carlo de ! scribes an amusing scene the other day An American woman was making ! great noise because the manager declines