The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

GA AOt tlfne until-Well, until they
get tired of me. and then light my can
die again. and another set of moths anttar
| into my life I liked what The sinister
said about my seeking a constant man
ana frankly, l wish I could hurry and
find him."
Many and weird are the stories a couple
of young women tell of their adventures
while on a bicycle trip in the French set
Elements along the st. Lawrence river last
summer. Some of these their friends ere
inclined to take with grain of salt"
althougn the fair tourists VOW and declare
mat tney are literally true. One expert
ehce especially. which, according to ;heir
account, says the New York Tribune. came
near having a fatal result, was most thrill
ing Scoring masculine companionship
on their projected trip they, however,
| agreed that bicycle boy-their own but
tons, IN fact. incog.. as II were. and with
out MS insignia of office-would be a most
| convenient attendant, and in a certain
sense a protection and a comfort.
he could go for the DOCTOR" said one.
Yes; and blow up our tires or shoo The
COWS away" added the other
30 TO his unqualified delight, the youth
an question was provided with a hired
wheel, and the party proceeded by rail to
| 81 johns, whence they started on their
trip, which was to last couple of weeks.
Each member Of the expedition was pro-
vided with pistol, to use in case of at
| tack, the young women agreeing. for the
sake of mutual safety. to keep them load
ed with blank cartridges only, and for
| rear Oh oeing shot In the back by their pro-
| tector, that the boy should always ride
ahead. How that young rerSon proved to
be bitter disappointment, and unspeak a-
bic rival and how they finally got rid of
nm, and as it has already been said, met
with adventures, queer and manifold,
would take too long to tell. Suffice it to
say that, nearing the end OF their Jour
ney, they arrived one evening at an un-
inviting and not over clean-looking little
inn, where they were obliged to stop for
| the night. 1t was kept by a couple who
| appeared to be like their compatriots half
French and half Indian, and extremely
dirty looking, but unlike the inhabitants
of the settlements, who are almost inva-
riably courteous and obiiging, these per-
sons were surly in their manner and most
repelkant in their appearance.
Il am sure that woman would not only
have counted the heads that were cut off
| the gulllotine if she had been one of those
| terrible tricoteuses, but she would have
scalped them afterward," said the young
er cyclist. Jane, did you notice how she
| looked at your watch when you took ii
out to see the time? 1t was most impra-
dent of you
Yes" said her companion. nervously,
| 81 thought so myself after 1 did it, es-
pecielly when I happened to look up and
saw that dreadful husband of hers looking
| over her shoulder. Oh, what a pity we
sent off the boy! He was. trying, but I
am sure he was brave" This was said
| apprehensively, while the younger and
nj civ fPt.a To har
| ion, but without much success, as she felt
| anything but comfortable herself. After
| their unappetizing and scarcely tasted
| supper had been served the woman told
| them ungraciously in her patois du pays,
that their bedroom was ready; that she
and her husband worked too hard to sit
up pour faire plaisir' to every chance
conner, and that she would be obliged to
them If they would retire. Not daring to
demonstrate, and, in truth, glad to be left
alone, the travellers readily acquiesced.
Giving them a short bit of candle the
virago ushered them into a neighboring
room, saying, as if in mockery, "Bonne
mutt and leaving them to their rest, or,
rather unrest for they both declared they
were too frightened to sleep.
The bed was low and broad like a.
child's truckle bed. Finding TO their con-
sternation there was no way of boiling
or locking the door they decided not 10
undress, but to lie down in their clothing
and wait until morning. However, not
withstanding their nervousness, their talk
gradually grew more disconnected, and de-
spite efforts-for they were exceeding tir-
ed-they gradually dropped off to sleep.
"Janei' suddenly screamed out her COM
panion, waking the former from grew
some nightmare in which she was being
clutched around the throat by the dreadful
old Frenchwoman. What was this sense
of oppression and suffocation? The
blankets were being pressed down upon
them and over their faces.
Murder! Help! Help" they shriekeS
tearing wildly at the bedclothes
Stl4 they felt the horrible pressure, which
became heavier every instant.
"HelpW they screamed again in agoniz-
ed accents. Hurried steps were heard end
excited words
Murder! MURDER Their voices were
mufled now, they felt an awful sense of
suffocation, and then there was a crealS-
ing noise, like the grating of rusty iron
the weight was slowly lifted, and they
saw bending over them by the light of a
candle, the saturnine inkeeper and his
witch of a wife, both indulging in what
seemed to the terrified girls most unholy
mirth.