. Harper's weekly. teverthey could find as a protection from the biting cold. Although hardy and strong, I began to feel ex-hausted and benumbed, and probably should havefallen into a dangerous stupor but for my mind be-ing racked with thought. 11 ! gave these two rrthe overseer survived), what proofthey had poisoned the paralytic ? justice (supposing ; spoil with him or to her that he had then searched the still Bleeping Doctor; bowas so motionless and deathlike that I began to fearlest tho chloroform had had a fatal efFect upon found nothing but a few dollars and a revolve
. Harper's weekly. teverthey could find as a protection from the biting cold. Although hardy and strong, I began to feel ex-hausted and benumbed, and probably should havefallen into a dangerous stupor but for my mind be-ing racked with thought. 11 ! gave these two rrthe overseer survived), what proofthey had poisoned the paralytic ? justice (supposing ; spoil with him or to her that he had then searched the still Bleeping Doctor; bowas so motionless and deathlike that I began to fearlest tho chloroform had had a fatal efFect upon found nothing but a few dollars and a revolver,which I took; and, with his own neckerchief, sc-etireh tied his hands behind llim. now snowing heavily again ; but I sallied II under the engine, frozen as hard as covered him, and doubtless quite .lead. alioo-t as lifeless as his own Ii him, and found, besides the expected Just as I had my hand on the door r of the expected train, blind-l the (langer--igna] !had not telegraphedhe train was rushing. I seized her in my arms, amfrom the car before the crash came I I will not dilate on the horrors of the collision;we have too many such descriptions in our dailypapers. Happily, my shouting had aroused mostof tho passengers, hut some three or four neverknew how death came. I laid the fainting body of Alice for a moment, The murderers had met a milder fate than theyseer was completely smashed be-Doctor really died from the ef- The frozen iii the en-Whether tl lb a!>o w a-a bruised and almost ehapele: into us had jumped into the snow, and were unhurt. The passengers were very few, and, surprising tosay. only one was killed. We made great fires of the debris, and waitedthe morning, when help should come. Amidst all the horrors of the scen3 I felt a thrillof happiness in having Alice looking .. rue as hersole protector, and through the n? ;ht laying her nns to support her. At last help came: about five oclock in the morn ing an express came from R , expecting to
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