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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1889-02-15, Page 2a, :i i r, w 1..4 .+ �:.�,,. .+r.=e... —.... .+x �elA a e +e.+ a ...... �..-. •w .. w. e -+es..... - .•• . e +• - _ �'' I 1.11• I.rv. .. r . ^� ^► * wise so lost to all sense of shame and CHAPTER XLI. ~,•••-• Tsai Thereat; that even snail the world would he. verdict -.ret sentence of desalt : and , . '' 1 { ile'f respect—she, A M88e1"1"4't 4tk her t^%•TN 114'1P he ]lllllw<:lf tYlita tho al:r;rreNl3ar, behind 3411••-'}'.1F1:', 1'.1niN..i':1.1++. FRIDAY, FHB. 15, 18e19. mother'e stde—as to give her cement Quick its lightning Relf•lenpe l upon imd Hugh hlr.tariLitrer, with t -het greet 'TIit reit. lay the blttereee ming cef � Vele - to Buell a degradhtt, c'1]•'11'�ealleltt, 1 }liar traftic assailant, and with one roll of slates bother(' imply in Inn the whole tregai.y. ritat Vele.,houht ti t, cant imagine. Blit you extorted telt it powerful at•111, stili''+\lied like ion hate pocket, was the iejerecl innocent.: ever armee to know be hats even ()ryes souaehow—by alternate tltt•ente and bar, dashed dowel the upraised hand, righting ivatinctit'c.ty for life akl,lne,lae` by eirt•tunt to net:(a, howt'ctt' imperious, 'aria -ion I suppose—by scolding !ler and the revolver in ita grasp, with all flared; his mild aseai.ault ri ht 4ataroa?E3 into tll•yien violent lati<.;•i on thigh TkZ UFL t(i s ajuliitf; bel fly lies: find ly ntiltad• kris nti„ltt, tuvris the liuor of trio rho crriage with hies utmot force 3tais(auiater, was ill tef mutt than er�,--, by frightauiug her and libelling earfla o. 1t desperate struggle en. 11tigh staggered acrid fell against the his nativo.equcinintlty cc•uk! possibly '"• n -..t' he lou • rertitied girl tortur- sued iii that narrow compnrtrlitent, their of the +iotnpxt•tmeut; leis bend endure, Went, vruuid 'Elsie re) ? art Ills pour girl., OR ed out of her wits, decided til accept' The two mei, indeed, were jtlbt even struok sharp 'learnt the inner brew That was Kiri o►1e dir,tiuc:. lit.rrtneri ,you, at last, out of pure weariness. ly matched. ' Warren Reif, stroma;-haandle. 'With a loud oa•y the would, tho*ght, ]low eyoulcl be ever brick; A roan would he ashamed, 1 say, to from his yatc•hing experience, with he inns3erer dropped helpless o11 the biome f even to e:.pinie the siu,lllt+ act as you have done ; but a thing sinewy limbs Lnnc14 exercised by ,con- floor. 1t'srren saw his tempo wag. truth to her, He Fhrillrk from the like yuu---salt--there—•it revolts rue stant outdoor Ot•etlpatiau, fought hard bleeding profnsuly, Hee seemed quite idea with a deadly lo"thing. She oven to talk to you 1 in sheer force of thew tinct rtinside, .s*ninital•-.-stlnnl0d or dead ? His face must never know Hugh Incl tried to warren Relf's feu was livid °rim- with tree oonscitiusue;s th t therein which but a moment before had murder hirer•-••nntl for her as the prize sots with fiery indignation ; but he lay his one chance of saying Elsie ,,lowed livid red, gnaw pile as death She mast never lit-towho Mier t,eete vont d nut do Hale drunken madmanfrom still further "Vinery. thigh with 0 horrible ereldenfess,-• 11'a itch ereepellsaf in self c'et'euee to i i el to hoi.our of cmltrodietiui 'or al'g;util; 1lassingers, on the other baud, with leaned over him, duelled with ev;nte- Hugh1'r'ou1 Itis throat, mot uuwtl!iegli witit Ilim. Bette to him wee far too. :knit and.wirv, now with mingled ex• inert, and hot with that terrrele.wilde to.iufliet that awful at )t!t,tit-,•for deatie sacred and holy subject to brawl .over tte1UCZ4t toad drink, grapple(t wildly 1 eattt--like struggle. yr arc tho melt aro ,herwi ac ulac,2r 1'j t ,t t tlt},y, 1ui,.• with a half busy find in a puble oon, with leis ucivcrs+try fi tett fieleo £eit;tli*''F� Mi. Wn" be rErally killed t 0 head. , vt'yallcal. lie ehltelied his hands hard strength of pure adventitious n(rvnus ,, y y , ,t e ntit.utes, pa'rhaps, to \1pnt6Ylc+ sod lie )th15 telo aer'; he Preferred to sit elleryy. Tho man's slluln iina> .bice Bos, c t,tdt}lith ? sa, he 11'arreu still, 1 1 p secured to Darr itself for'. n n . tjll, Ou those three loiterer; hemi;:; still and tale aro outernrcictr. P •;'en with a rush' In a Moment the fell !;error of the all his future --incl .[�kie's happiness. 11u h,tni,toolt his enforced calm for iu one fraultio .r Iu the midst of the. confused set, to gvigour, He -,vnilrat of insane situatiQ1 C-ItIA0 over hint. coed again, and panic. ,'nkat 1 h" alt ha .,,gripped the revolver with -i:le fait 111t;;h's pulmo : it was images thiat.:n ge,d up in eridlees,wal"1Y t pried again, so you see, my flue friend, -,d utmost force, anti 01111 avored to scarcely beaten he peered nto his toxin his mind, Due definite tltn`tlglit v011'ye been found nut! ieit'vo ► wrepch it, in spite of >Vl.rreu'li strong 1 Moue 110W plainly shaped itself its • 1? Hues: they were glazed and e'uyPlecs' cloir eui nleilt.el on}.line bcforp hint. exposed aua discredited: tT ,,fen hand, front his enemy's grasp,- stud to lie couldn't toll i the trait were deed no defence for your .att've gat told it by sheet force of wrist and azul ,• , t Ile utast rave El'yie—h° n111St P4V4� veas, GtaiL]n Lacon sec retic © { , or a Ivo ; blit 11e stood aah,L.t nosy' Elsie ; at all h:,zards, no matter how 1 upon t .Iso'' s new rarer. • 1' 1 ' It'' 1 • .1u1 nye or `-- • s r, nC -hnalr , ,lit: Heat ill a a IirP( 1C41n1311d. r' t , .• Elsie. lllt'Ol1"at the mist of ..ro yrl nail with frenzied struggles against \allot, ureito decide how to net 10 horror and, agony and despair that beep his hand from tree oete to prottetors,—tvorkiug upon he feelings his powerful opponent, ' Yon shan't the ir,tervtll 1 0 clear* heave:*, theme dimmed his sight, that thought alone Raid the barber .;,,oltngA Qh, by your ItaSH vile tricks --setting to , y o get ori. You shall air have her, lootlie<l clear full certain. Elever► * , Acensing, tell -tall ban1:•uotEs ! k`ht». ,, ries the atu,tlttish Of "lilt ai:fail des• ml' :,:•,,elks :enough : it didn't own wretched women to bully 1t 1. hang for 3't)tt stew' 111 *till 3C'U lying; hank-untes with their 111(0 .• :.A,eir the least 111 the worid t•l. ono and badger by day or by night, tilt she where you sarind. I've always lmtecl false whines a,ar•rtst 1118 real. iota+il• cnvery, ]!atsitl the' inerinessish ptoiu jtd If 1 d ;eves her consent at `Iasi --out of pure A d 'u the end i moan to du I' 11 1 d ,, . l o of knowiln that the luau she note • bl proposals, ] hQ s n and natural .SUNSHINE =Id &TAM. M. Still 'Warren said nothing, biting .,-._ but with an abstra.eted stir looked out of the window. Hugh was work ing himself up into a state of frantic oecitelnent now, though welt Betimes. ed. Fate had delivered his enemy plump into his Bands, and he meant to make the very bolt use of his ep- partnuity, A fool in Paris once Called in a barber, be went on quietly, w.itlt a studious outer air of eau' determine. tion, and ordered flim, for a joke to altave him at once,. with a pistol lying before hilts on the dressiug••tatble. If your band slips and you But tray skin, the fool said, I'll blow your brains out. To his surprise, the barber began without a word at reply, and shared hiul Glean with the utti,ost 01111E more with equal 11WO at either toiri l- ilii( eaoltless. When he'll finished, the terrific and It1;llnf; away a poor BI h d 1 ho cried through It1F I 1 1 only four great—let 1 ' l die— he must patient paid down tens pounds, and u, hiding. hornt.less ;,111 elenclle(1 teeth, as hes fought- tooth t4u minutes (iv 50 u`tnrs till ITetrtaun 1 '"L a 3~,l asked the fellow how he'd mouse-' . - to her our relations d °} oil lit you were n)a nay hond, } t tag Y was Bal', ^. W 1 u. n t diad slipped, l knew what to do : I'd disgust cold weariness, no iioubt—to f') you.tovecl and her, l man who once pretended „ i would ever believe. be Idler nut tried eco to love had closed together in hate cut your throat without one your misi•rt> e - With a terrible effort, Warren rob and �lurclerhim? •Whateter •mute tinge Ht's hesitation, before you paand the,;dhame of it l But you forget R,t'estecl the 'loaded 1'eyolver At last .of it, he must try to recover Hugh aiifrlpre'sc�V0d Hogltthat frorn10Lnurcier murder - time to reach for your pistil. I'll say you had n lna.n to deer with as well l from his trembling hands. Hugh from his dead -faint at all hazards' er'xyf;uilt by himself bk cotriill; , in :E~ it Was au accident ; and an injury its You're baougllt to book now, I've battled for it savagely like a wild \Vater, water 1 O.h, what would he not moment at da'Fpltir',' phi -epi i _i uah'� 4t11 z tea" ;rouicl without a claubt at found you ask i l the nick 1 eerie, oral beast . in a life•auct-death struggle, gide for one glass of water 1 Ile es - unwilling; ,. as and unwittin Duce leave aealu vied- m@. TIio story i wean to take c uta }? Ever chamber had a cartridge jam rayed• to bind up the wound on theexPe(atioiler. 011' Per advAlrta e ^y He }a" " duce •olore tit the 1 ense. is illustrative. 111`c+e., Monera, y el . v „ my`fOrtlltlilta C113C0'7 tiled home its recons. To fight ,ft,r 'head with alis own bauderchief. It •see its applicability ? y iltsteli here to me, linty . before the deadly Weapou would be down was all of no avail: the:Tee u .~vent :less wars that lay huddled ill blood I do not, Werrren answered an i. shoot you, I proposes to 'make you ri„llt •matdness. If it went off by aa- bnee*Iin�► stporltl.' �; ; IG Went bleed upon the trove of the carriage. Alive I shall have lay • • r �r dead v What hope of recovery cry • u,,,b r, S' la , C1Cle11t, sonit.body' would 1)H yi0t111r1.p,. • C. + V g pissed at last into �tlPrtlaTM back, know IU Issas. S 1a trio b0.}\ n,int,M•, •an; On .that looked as shoo ;lz , klalyh Vt hitt chance of reStttntinll' Whoa, rind with ant ,xHAsy feeing that Mas- legitimate triumph, out of yen first. A r were steal altVP., For If Iiugll was 11 Ituct' tklHn vou_. ,tier o throne ll the _..._ isinre WAS developing 'dangerous I shall tel you n , woodwork into, the s'cloioining Dam dead, theywould take hon or a a , Innrcy. But'1 must beg y'ou will coward, I'll s; er.4 a uii 'like a dor, 'and��Htt1d he r rear Warren?. or lie 1 hc. arttiients. Without' one moment's murdere.•die in some hospital w }th• a lit Dal his slave the goodness 1lt7t to 040':4'...": �" ; : la000ciy oil earth will ever be one penny -hesitation Warren a aiseel the fatal l+nor •minutes only till they reached the convels(�vllie • a1�e in future. lips, Csome lltitln has tliPuly: for tl theta aloft .. Pn ne, rely assault•be a ( y room for repentance ? If Hugh lived t t sir . the wiser•, g lo`t in..h!s:baud High above Ilia '�I ti, lint oh whal.ari eternity of bad hitasH}f So mad! " .e;,°""`itpplieation of li , remarii, • Warren saw the' man bad fairly head. .The window on, the peaWAl'd .doubt and terror 1 In Due single vivid yet delillerlltely caon,mittatl.? • ,What, " ltiab were" on to himself; groping reached the final stage ;of dingetaus side .yeas luctiily,ok�peu, r Aslie swung paronamio picture, the ,whole awful "ttlatter to.1 'arren? 11h?clla�"ver way with°his hand he his pocket for his inna..y, He was Simply 'raving with it, klugh leaped Up Davi OCP.: and• Hess of his situation burst full. ?lpai th}u�;s happened to tarn, the pent revolver and with draw*ug it again As success and excitement. His blodd tried to snatch t!teloadt'd: plstal afi rsl1 Iliui. Ile saw it all—a 1, ' yU'it as, tt. would be almost the some for Elsie. soon as he felt quite raafa :turecl that was lip, and he meant innrder. Tint ' fain his opponents lingers.; bot would happen.' 'What other. intprpre- (;orrcelilmmit was now the only possible the deadly weapon was sttfi�7y there— the painter fortunately kept his heed the, painter wits too gtlick�, for Niru titian could the outside world by Tiny , pitta, Ile must .c:onceal it :dt-•-u'll, all Atznllt at Deices to re ti tt: a cool. attempt to. disarm or it (ire "'qui', tl 8 u 2. n • 1 b us to iIW t He dldu t a temp' o is 1 'f he COUICL d1 u•• 1a p the ,. mstauces .. ultderstandtnge 'there are , dt,able.bim as, yet;, lie walite1 �. to see lifted arm with his whale Weight flan i ,ovrniter.At Monte • Carla, 1;eturnnl;~ slowing round a 'meanestThe tram was o g ,.. o he ocellsirsris 'wiidni .11001itidW: is so , whither %uxh lied. ° or read., not "a upon the 'iron .a,k.eps,, 'darer e „.0„,if aesvi n San Moana with ,, t etarnilrat " ' pistol in his ockee. Perbtl;ps rough, y dangerous cur'te=i1'curve whine the tiatlira.i that everybody jullips"at once p• p h .!lard cyhirleil rho dispute cl ,prd,.e round in • bi4ulc•notHs . concealed abcal,t Iiia g to a Particular CoilCiuei0t1.•—Observe with still deeper. e'unni111,_ ,was 0111y his head and flub.', it in *all alvch far person, ,eta lnt0 a. c'1rrta0 a410I1g Sy til Pne mattes a4 sharp angle rc.itnd'a pre- tty. t c,tinl; point—ft triumph of engineer• tty argenient. It ioncerns you . trying to egg him into a vain quarrel, out' t¢ setr'throuyh the w;udow, The +p h1tn,gets into a:,n: of ll e lacquaint. �" closely. fliit`tti) neueders have- taken than he might disgrace :,,him „iu the' iaiilway 'runs on A ledge of earl, over once, to tahotn he would' naturally at Itag, experts cone der--t,itli the sheer~ y plane on this line—murders of • heavy end iiy a ]lorribly „pinusFblu and'hiineing the:baty. It eel'; with'e splash once' confide tlleeitet of his uriti and rock t tsrnn straight above, and tho •w'intlt'tte at Monte Carlo, Marty vindictive, charge of attempted rob- - tl d blue '`va,ter, Hug') t • 1 Iileek is found blue sea crimpling itself into rippteo 1 l iiia 1 murder lis . b postbili y set upon le c Hu froltl Erste . Into ie cep 1 e below. He moved to the door- tinct' �\lttssinfier, thus harp e y � dead or dvliia; in the train at tho next an to ` i''ssl' balked for its' ar;;e warnings. travellers have c0Yrit 1 et cry, It thet winners thousand pounds the u m eat of his expected revenge t t•1i opt •torn after a friutir gazed anxiously out, No „re 1 aSSau On 17e1'S0n8 O' I've won eleven, lOU3a c 16 1 U 1 s n ' • 3 a inn, is coat with large sums otanmtey about them `, Hugh went, on dietinCtly,,with married sprang madly on lite foe ill a wild stru,�n'e, olid theCart'laa@' bearltlg .11llup 1nSG there the rock and ascot Now folli]w me closely. 1 ,;iv@, yon ! emphasis, in short sheep sentences. assanit, with teeth and oilers fuel eves ossible Bien of a desperate hon]med hien ill too closely. . /,rut,• fair seeming, If a winner with eleven - Mywife's dead,' end I've inherited throttilitg fingers, ate a wotinclecl" tiger 'fight f r iife ' between 'aggressor aitd b07011(1, by the torrent, nt, a loose boar. thousand pounds in his pocket were to Wlliiestrand. I.mea.n to marry Elsie springs in its`viudictive death throes defence@r. Itis revolver gone, his of earth on the further side might get :by aecldent into a. carriage with Challoner, . 1 eau keep her now as she on the broad flanks Of au' infuriated head broken,' 111s :anus bluets, with break hlslfall, if lie chose t0 risk it. ought to beekeptt I can , make her the elephant. ' numerous bruises, • who could doubt II'41Iness, no doubt, ey, almost suicide; ivifi of n. mall of property. You Next insta t, they were plus 4 hi that he had fought !lard for its li$n :but with r,nly testi lliiuutes more to alone stand in my, way. And ]mann the deep .alert of n, tunnel, and •oon- and his money, and succumbed at last lvtentone, he had no tinge to think of to shoot you, just to get rid of you off tinned their horrible band to:hand by slow degrees to the, must brutal it were madness or wisdom: time hand=Sit still there and listen ; dont battle for several minutes iir niter .violence 1 Who would ever believe the only to act, to act for the beet, on, the budge au inch, or, by }toavell, I'll fire' darkness. Rolling and grappling iia , cook•and bull story . whi'e alone spur of the moment, while action of at once and b'ow your brains out. the gloom together, they' ruso enc! Warren Reif could get up in self justi- sotue sort still was possib;e. At soli}t Lift Vaud or foot and your a dead fell, now one marl on top and now the iioatiou ? How absurd toretend that times, indeed, leen do not reason t.p men,ie Rr'•f; I mean to shoot other, round after round, likes a conpl.e .the man With the money was the - real tht-y follow ori y tits strongest and vou. No•goad praying: and cringingof angry wrestlers. The train rushed aggressor, and that the man with deepest impulse. iritrren Pelf did'' for your life, like the coward that you out into the light oncemore and none acted only in pure self def, ace, not wait to argue out the result of his are, for I won't listen..Even:if .you plu,:ged a seeoncl tit..!( into a still withont the slightest intention of eou<luCt with himself. If he leaped were to renounce your miserable claim. darker tunnel. But still they fought seriously iiajlu•ing his wild assailant! from the train, he Must almost Cer- to any Elsie this moment, I wouldn't and tore one another fiercely. All the An acoideiit, indeed I No jury nu the tainly be stunned or maimed, 'perbaps spare, you ; I'd shoot you still. You way froth Monte Carlo to the frontier, 'earth Would accept such an Incredible even killed, outright by the concussion. shall be punished for your presunipt- lndeeci, •the Ion P • At best, he must soon be ta..;en by the ion --a ereatttre like you: and when you're dead r nci buried, I shall marry E:sie,— lllnk of erre, yen miserable cur—when you're dead nil gone, en- joying myself for ever with Elsie. —Yee, 1 mem to make you drink it, down to the very drugs. Here 1110 out. Yon shall die like a dog; and I shall marry Elsie. Witten pelf's eye was fined upon one other person,•sLud ar qu•lrrel were by chance to arise- between thein, and the winner, in self-defence were to Lire at, and kill that other person—do you think any jury in all the world would rtinviee hint for protecting his lite from tele aggreslaor ? Ivo, indeed. ,rey good :-sir ! In smolt at cele, the .Doter person's life weuitl. be wholly at -tile offended winner's lna'rcy,--Do you uurderstanie me now ?--Aha, I expect ed so 1 Warren Reif, I've got you in my power, I can Boort you like a dog 1 can do as I like with you. With it sudden start, Warren Reif woke up attest once to a censeiousness "tai the reel and near clt4uger that thns uuexpectedly aria closely ooifronteel bun. It was all trot' ; and all possible; !ugh was marl --or mad - Aisne i at -least .vith piety and drink : bo4deli,berately meant to take his euemy'at life and trust to the atuthori- ties eccepting his plausitale story that Ire was furce;I to do so in self•defenoe or its defence of his money, Yoe bla.ckgeaard 1 the painter cried Elite hard, watcliinn, Irian e1os e, AS n as the truth rate htrine to kiln in ;141 cat watches, ready to spring, by au Vet naked nglineesa, £kill 11unl1 its o en mouse -hale. d'tiaerolls Itis riglitilous indignation -like an angry madmen snails he disarmed at all lion,• flow dare you venture on 811011 bnra•rds, t1i must rte showed his a eewatelly suhetnte? hew dare you dairy we'apoit, for Elsir.'s sake, he c!In,oct such a vire plot : low Tint would gladly have spayed him that you confess to you moan to put it-iuto _-.final exposure. But the men, in his P::ccattinn? insolent drunken brac'ndo, trade tri I'ttY i. p ose an, Hugb tin ithed, lt'y useless and mercy impoesi-hle, tt attiil'utg Mose at him still •with n wife 1. life•artd•death struggle between li1]eous smile of drunkenness, 0,1,11 tlleln now4 Warren must disarm fingering. ecce more the receiver ha his I print , notbiiitt rase wits feasible. pocket. 1'11 Alma no men without r As he w-llClt,tl awl waited, Thigh deo elefilanatiren and rev ere111 nivene ! *lived with his hand into . kris 11001(et I'll tell yntl xylrv. Ynn've tri(l(I to iv t lest on f bis revnliP'• end tlrety it forttl, e alternates between ow of defence. It was alpat)ly past bold ledges that just overhang the all rearenah'e belief—to any one but deep latae bays and tunuets that p18100 himself field 1-Iugh Messinger—on the with their dark archways the intorven very face of it. }ng liendlands. When they 'emerged'- And then, a still more ghastly scene a seoond time upon thought of dav, rose clear before his eyes with the• Hugh Messinger had his hands tight vividness, and rapidity of a groat pressed 1n at conclusive • rarsp upon 'crisis. At such supreme moments, Warren Pelf's throat; aid Warren 'indeed, we do, not think in words or Reif, purple and black in the face, .Iogibal phrases at all ; we feel and was•tearing them away with horrible realise prat, present and future i11 contortions; of arms and lege, nti inarcclible lightning like flashes and striving to defend Himself by brute whirls of some internal seine: our force from the wuuli•be.mur'derer's cnniou1ness ceases to be bound and Close- gripped clutches. cal)ined by the miaow limits of sptace Aba l Hugh cried, as 110 held his and, time : a single second 9111100e for enemy down 0n the seat with a gurgle Ire to know and recognise at :ti glance in his throat, 1: have you now 1 X've whet other phases it wottld take us got you 1 I've done for yon. Yon a whole hour deliberately to represent shall choke for your 111)11010,100 1 You by analytic stages to aur mental vision. shall choke—yon shall choke for it. Warren Reif, alone in that cramped With nn awfnl rally for cleat life, Compartment with Hugh 11`assinger, Warren Rolf leaped up and turned the tables ramie more upon his overspent opponent. Seizing Hugh round the waist in hie powerful arms, 01 an excess of despair, he flung hire from, keep Elsie out of my aty 1 I g for n veara> for your viler nail do;i;nirtf; tl:ultxnt, with. utatuatO P:lnerneee. Pot him AR one might ilin.e et child, with lnt'Irnses•--inn begarile And entrap that ty eecty'icl,110 hratxtlialted it, lo:t:led, iii all his store of withered energy. if Ill,aoei ill girl into marrying rJ0U Warren's face, laughing.a.loud le l:i'i till fhe ren hedd i,lletrtnnta the +,thclphvl•ou it >:tt•+lt a creature as !ant aro ;r :,lid iiy : �" eeedseti ,joy ; than be pnillted it come-�tltci porters tvnitld see and Durr lotto mealtime ions yott ve toe- t 1 d it r aoivc e t the tit yy to enenrH trent Ile heel ria tun, or Hugh ' Messl1lger's corpse ---Ire knew not which••-•-belleTd in his Iniad'a eke It wasn't nitioh to risk for E(sit„ in a g:aphiu picture a C stet of. A single plunge and all would be• jn stieie, installod anti. inaugurated; settled. advneal,tea plendtni~ his vaso in voters :; (To on couniorla. tt,ry'axdo &insti'1Uf)on Crofts gttestiouini montidons of justice and accused of the murder, to get. away imper- ceived, along that single track of open coast, backed up in the \•ear „by high, mountains, was simply impossible. Had be stopped to reason, lie might hovel utained where he was—and lost ai , 13nt he did not stop to reason ; hc, only felt, aid felt pro- 'oundly. Iles instincts urged him to lesp while there \lits still time. Ho opened' the door, as he reached the torreit, and looking out upon that batik with cautious deliberation, pte- .pared, to jump for it at the proper tnutnent. The train was slowing much- more, distinctly now. a 111ot•g11t tho brake must be put on hard. He coultd slimly jump as he reached the corder without serious danger. Isle stepped• with one feet otito trio open footboard.. Ihiin mercilessly with French persist- 1 ixiitsaet. eine on every detail of the supposed Tile following constables have been assault,: a jury of stolid bourgeon recently Chosen a Arch. Patterson, listening with saturnine ineredutity Whitechurch ; Joliu 111dgilis, Kinlosaa; in every lino of 'their fare:4 to his im-� Will. Tayior, `f:eeswater;,l. Ittrrigort t ttctl e'er e,... ll ti ip /our wretched .'1dv.ile01S. Ilan a1,. p il,t(rr'rl f:i' l, 1 to Mink in. the hurl'cq of the moments probable /apIanatiuns-•--P. delay - , a I Ilotyroad. ponied tat last in „;:ti.i'dtt: lice elnloria't s roti,+ r a . •