The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-02-23
VOLUME XLVI.


'ee death if.p they pere 10 ,,, And ,.,
ele'd give no alarm The ,rpre,, new,
u'e more lhan ,lishily .lses n, .c,ea "a
a'Vp some rath's' on the platform no ar q
"" AZ 'be ,ss'icn Except the sleepy agent,
~ ateoafeleus OF the tcrtiNlo susd ,t.,
: STOOD beside him lorg e,forc she could ss,
zoe teMesl ndshhir, II would b. too late.
Al the'e ih,ashis ru,b,d ina nshtulpy .
through Mllhs c,lneud brain. There
was no.ote 10 lnow or aid but Goa ana
herself She llfted her e,,s to the .,srlc..
Ky 70 mute sppesl, then turned aud ,pcd
IKE a deer lhr u,h the d.,tucts ,or,,s
the spot chosen Tor the dreaded deed. Well
was VI that she knew every ,tep Of ,hl.
ground, tscn the very rocks piled ON the
edge OF heroeky gorge, that nov we're
m'sn' Tor the cru hing out Of human mo.
oaly st tJlm's last wish The had walked sIth
him 10 this very spot. Sos, ~ she ,p.
piosehed, she hMd hta,y, grinding
sound, and the men a. they stroye To NOV.
The h'av, stones from IN, beds.
Nv the Eternal thore The Gomez The,
have changed the lin, Qalcs, now, with
this hlg ou,
F1or Milly She kpcw What Ight wa.
drawing SO fcsriully near. Notlh,erptes.
put the engine Of the man she luv, d better
Than her own hfc. She drew tear 10 the
pantina, eursing men. till,hs felt A fth,y
could hear her heart beat, then, AS they
cried, Now over with IL she btesthed
''o, Jim my darling my darling :" AID
fired two shots at IN, met b. fore her
A sroan aud acry Of rage told her that
she had not ia'led In her ainl. The tisin
passing saiftly by below her assured h,r
hat her lover was ssfe; then she sank
down In a little qaivelirg heap In the dark.
ness. Nothing mattered now. Those
wrolches might lind her api tear her TO
atoms, II need be she had saved the man
she loved, and that was enough,
But In a moment or two she rallied, Al.
ihe cool rsin beat upon her face, and she
'ose sof,ly to her feet. she must see him
low at all hazards she must see and tell
lin all, or she could not live. She How
'yer The ground like mad creature. Moth.
ng held her light until she reached the
ram, where Jim's face shone upon her
rom the engine cab, and che fell with
peechiess gasp, beside IT, Ia a moment
he was In Jm's arms, some one brought
randy and dropped upon her cold lips, and
Tier awhile she heard Jlms tender words
he held and kissed her. Then she sat
p, pale and trembling, to tell her story.
but the express stopped that night, and
hen 1t went on 1t bore with II the two
zen who had sought to destroy It with i,s
recious freight OF liie ard left a heavy
arse for brave Mllly, contribution from
10 grateful passengers.
On going to the top Of the cut the men
ere found piDioned by the rock that they
I'd partly lifted to hurl upon the track be.
W. Millt's bullet had gone through the
n OF the one called "BlI.n As his hold
laIed, the heavy rock had rolled back
'on their legs, holding them both prison.
.. The second man was Pete, Mrs. Hes
MS hired man. Mike had disappeared.
But Milly was the heroine OF many day
when, soon after, she was about to be.
me Jim's happy wife, she got silver tea
Vice NJ for a princess, "With the graft.
ie ard best wishes Of the - Express
npany, for James Hosmer's brave wife,
Arthur's Home Maszn.