Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17

the station window. Inc hahus
pointed to half-past nine.
"That stupid old clock!" she ex-
| claimed petulantiy, as she shipped
back to her hiding place; I'VE might
have known it would be too fast OF
| too slow; it never is right except
| by accident. Now Jim's coffee VIII
he as cold as a stone-and /, too, for
! that matter!" she added, shivering
and drawing closer into the corner
out of the wind.
| But the next moment the sound OF
| low voices almost at her side sent
her heart into her throat, ana at the
next bound her blood flew through
her veins like fire.
| "Don't turn cussed fool, now, eN-
claimed a gruff voice in a hoarse
undertone. IT'S a little late to turn
soft hearted just when the game Is
ours: and | amt no hand to put up
with no nonsense, you know that.
~ don't mean nothing-only If l
was sure there wouldn't be no woman
and little children--especlaliy n..,e
children. Ever since little Time
died" 49,,
"Now bottle that" angrily inter-
runted the other, with a fierce oath.
IF I'd supposed you'd ever turn gu,
such chicken ivered coward, ia
seen YOU starve before I'd have taken
Won into this. But it's too late now,
there is a cool fifty thousand on tha'
express tonight, and I'll have IL OF
die. You do your part and share the
thunder, or you back down and / Il
put an end to you. But you shai'
stop NELL see to that, Bill
Jest give me pull at the fasF
and I'll be all right. never desert
friend YOU know that, old fellow
IAN right, them said the other
notified: lets get to work. Mike Is
at his post, is hep
Eyes. lest the other side OF the
building. If that station chap sets
foot outside before we have hnlsneo
Iour work. Mike will send bullet into
that sorrel top of his before you
could wink. He will meet us at the
old oak ten minutes after the tram
lis due. and we'll be off. Now let's &c
IN to the cut and get them rocks
down onto the track mighty lively
There amt much time to spare"
As they noiselessly moved away
the mans last whisper rang in Milly's
ears like a death-knell. Surely there
was not much time to spared" Oh
course, they knew nothing of Jim's
train. that would, within a few min
utes. come rushing into the death
trap they were to set. And she could
give no alarm. The express never
did more than slightly slack Its
speed to drop some package on the
platform: no one was at the station
except the sleepy agent. all uncon-
scious of the terrible guard that
stood beside him; long before she
could get the nearest neighbor, II
would be too late. All these thoughts
rushed like lightning through Milly's
distracted brain. There was no one
to know or aid but God and herself
She lifted her eyes to the starless
sky in mute appeal. then turned and
sped like a deer through the darkness
toward the spot chosen for the
dreaded deed. Well was it that she
knew every step Of this ground, even
the very rocks piled on the edge OF
the rocky gorge, that now were
meant for the crushing out of human
life. Only at Jim's last visit she had
walked with him to this very spot
Now. as she approached, she heard a
heavy, grinding sound, and the men
as they strove TO move the heavy
stones from their beds.
by the Eternall there she comes;
they have changed the time! Quick
now. with this big onei"
Poor Millyi she knew what light
was drawing so fearfully near. Not