St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-16

Acts are the things whereby men ato
judged. Hear what have to say! The
society to which I belong has aecreed
the immediate doom Of an authorita.
tive rule, and with that object has dis
patched emissarie6 far and wide to car
ry out its behestS. A big blow is shortly
to be struck, and there il not country
in the whole of Europe which will es-
cape It, Russia, Germany, Austria,
Ffahce, all are condemned. and even
England. the vaunted home of the free,
is not to be exempt. At the present
moment, there are 80 picked men.
armed with the most deadly bombs, in
London itself, awaiting the signal to
commence. One more worker is re-
quired, and am commissioned to find
some one to supply the want. 1 have
done SO, and my choice falls upon you!"
l started in my seat at these words,
uttered in fiercely earnest tone. He
concluded:
"You, yes, you must become one Of
us; must enroll yourself under the BAN
ner of emancipation, and strike blow
for libcrty!"
"And what il refuse r. inquired, as
quietly as my excitement would allow.
He leaned forward, and hissed rather
then spoke in my ear:
IF you will not do this, then yOn
yourself are doomed! Mark me, un-
less you join ous. ranks you will never
leave this train alive!"
"Who will prevent me?" l asked,
again making vain endeavor to rise.
II will" he shouted, fiercely.
81 defy you!" 1 exclaimed. with .
firmnes 1 did not really feel, thinking
that determined attitude might poss.
bly, overawe him, for assassins are in
variably towards. 1 was mistaken in
my man, however, for ON hearing my
words he. put his hand under the cloak
that enveloped him and drew forth .
poniard. the sharp-pointed edge OF
which he felt critically with the tip OF
his finger.
Il will give you one minute in which
to consider your decision" he said.
land if at the end of that time you re.
main obdurate, then this blade goes
straightway through your heart!"
In order, suppose, to amuse himself
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 up. What say you now p
'What said before" replied. dc
your worst!"
Instantly he sprang to his feet and
clutched me by the throat
Coward" cried, half choking, as !
was. and struggling in his iron grasp.
The epithet seemed to madden him.
for his face became liyid with sudden
rage, his eyes glared wildly and his
breath came in thick and hurried gasps.
"You shall never say that again!" he
shouted, tightening his hold until the
blood 'swelled up in my face and my
eyes seemed ready to burst from their
sockets.
With the energy of despair made
one final attempt to recover my power
Of action, and felt that was succeed.
ing. The effect of the potion was evi-
IDENTIFY working of, and with use re-
turning to my limbs realized that
now was my time. Concentrating all
the strength had into cne tremendous
effort, managed to free myself from
his grip and Immediately closed with
him. We struggled violently together
for = few seconds, neither gaining the
mastery, and then I 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 cleaning blade descend in
one swift stroke raised my voice and
shouted
Tickets, please! All tickets ready!.
1t 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.
II suppose have" was my hazy re-
ply.
"And dreaming, too" he added, with
a smile; 'unpleasantly, should guess.
by your manner"
1t was SO. The substantial repost OF
which I had partaken had been the
means of bringing on a heavy slumber
which lasted right on to my journey,
end, and the fearful adventure through
which had been passing was not, as
l had imagined it, thing Of reality.
but only = horrid nightmare, engen.
dered by the reception Of a mass of in.
digestible food into q constitutionally
dyspeptic stomach.
My companion, Of course, was nc
more a nihilist than I was. The only
fusible article inside his brown-paper
parcel was q box containing hundred
choice cigars; and his flask, he assured
me. held nothing more injurious to the
system than y quantity of fine old
Cognac.
AS 1 related to him the experience
through which I had gone he indulgetl
in hearty laugh. and, while could
not refrain from joining him. even at
my own expense. I inwardly registered
vow to give German sausage = very
wide berth for the Bits.
The Celsgne Car&
The question il often asked whether
there is any way of nipping cold IL,
the bud-that ID Of stopping II 9 soon
rs the first symptoms make their ap.
pcarancc. Whatever difference Of
opinion there may be ON this subject.
have NO hesitation In replying in the
affirmative, and in stating that II can
be done by inhalations Of cologne wa
ter. Az soon. - . person feels the first
signs Of cold in his heed or chest some
eau de cologne poured on . handlker-
chief should be inhaled a. ener8etically
a possible BY the nose or by the mouth
several times . day. The inhalation,
Of the vnn0ra ariaind from tl.n nam s1e