Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-04-08

( sell " hen the lamp flashed red and then
back 10 yellow again ii answer 10 .he
engineers call for signals. After that
il was too late: there WAS i rusb and n
roar. a discordant clan~tnr az tba en-
CINE bell mingled with tie Kissing Of
steam. and before he could cross the
street the train had Numbered mast
without stopping.
circumstance and tha ,o,,er r.,
,;cl ard eboss. s,,,..... ,h.l ,.,s..,,:,,
ties have p5r..b ~ n, -, 49, 60
of mind f4e1f IL t..,.. -. t5l,fli,,
baa aab,ted v,.tb h,,ss..i4 III. 49,
sity for b,,rrr;ose l..i- =, tl4..,,,,a..p.,.,
tba. nsybf ,fha .,,sfi 4.,t,1 ',,.a.' -.
"a simmer ha4 baan of,t,..l. ;,,5 49,,
rro,f,es.ss ,tl.,l..so,,,,. f...,,,l.5a..+.
ana 10 was WARY e,.o,,.,,, ), am i )
S,,,s xvorls gnd IL !, III NJ, -,
less when h. rs,,li5a,l mas bis last
chance for reaching AlIacoochee baa
faded into distant roar ana two red
eyes staring back a. hir, down the
long stretch Of straight track
north Of 5leneo. h. was i'm
inediatelv possessed with an inn
a
matter Of fat. since there was an early
train in tins morning. it could make lit
lie difference whether he slept al Glen
co or at his room at the administers;
but it was a part of his plan that he
should reach Allacooehee at once. and
90 he must. If he had 10 walk. So
much he said to the hotelkeeper. who
was az loss TO understand the impa-
thence of his guest. man might
walk, he said. it was only ten miles.
And then. again. a man might ride. if so
be he were willing to paw for horse.
Philip caught At the alternative and Of
fered to pay literally. The horse was
found, and after many minute diree-
tons about the road. which were ouali-
fed. repeated and amended until they
were hopelessslv obscure. Thorndvke
rode away ID the darkness.
HAVING set out in haste he had am
nle time to renent 81 leisure me rood
little used nj any tin,o ana r,racticall,-
abandoned since the evening" of the
railway. soon led away frou, the valley
and ran In tortpons winnings ana IN
oenious doublipos over a snnl. or .Jo,r :
mountain Al INC ION III the sn,,r. II
sneedilv lost its itlentifv 81 II succession
az wood roat1s and after follo,vip,r ee,-
eral az the lattar IA tbei,, vanishino
points phflin o-aye nm ,ha et,,,,rcrle md
determined ~ lat tho horse fo1 tba
yyav If rs oo,ild III co,,,r3oo ,,-itl, M
ecnas+ria1 r,sTls:,d i, .ro,o,.al tl;l;,
shared fbo bnlief ia the ;,,erra.,,t ,,s+l-
fr,1inor inet;,ats ~ l,,rs,. t.,,t .r4t,.,
other bour Of besi+art v.anaer;no DIR
mo which sine ii, Mad baon thrice an p
rofed In lov.-s,,.i,,.,i,,rr I,rarcbee sna
;,,,r,a,.tiall,, l,r,,,so5 ,io,,t tl,o ,,o.. h,,
Inc efforts of tba borso ~ er,,eaze he-
t,,ea, ,iose.c.ro,,.;,,,r +roos ~ oo,,s
,le,ca in tbe eoc,.city. 80 ana, o,,i,,,aI 10.
eron ~ ,,.ots, E',.a,,, d,ul,t n ~.
taint,- i b,,t e+o,, a,a pb;1in.s f.;tI, -,
bo,.se, ,.o,,+ 40 80. &c oil aal,,eio,,s
when tbo oIn,,,s,. boos+ stumbled 4, ~,
o,lga &c +. ra,.;,,o el;,l b,1,,Ioss.,,. - a.,
Lo+to,, and onded ~, thro,,.;ror his
rider ina ) bean ~ stones
r,t..1; ~ -, ~
o,,a -, 49, =, ,,,.,aIS !,
tbo+ ~ M r-aiaad ~
- -. ~
the maxim about great haste and small
speed. he got up with some difficultv
and continued his wanderjnos afoot nm
iii the min n his ankle became nnbear-
able. After that there was nothing for
il but to sit down and wait for DAYLIGHT
ana he was about 10 resign himself To
this comfortless alternative. when he