The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 7, 1887, Page 10

A i g THE BACHELOR'S LAMENT. | Over here on the banks of this lons, cheerless shore Where be hilisso solemn’y stand, ‘Whee Maiten ot twilight awaits us nc were, Mad tie viiseful enehantm nts of wooing are oer fs @ country Cu'led Bachelor Land, ‘mere, the feet day of life is approaching tw no t, And few hints of the morning remain; {Pe surmmer bh is passed through the flush of its Ls . fArd the song bird's extol no more isin onne That y uth heard in rapturous strains. ‘ [Be thous st of the twilight here lighteas the while The weicht of turdening cara: {Pho comfortiess dwelicrs that people this isle Be loving housew fe awaits with a smile, Or children their k seen to hare. {Bowetimes, in the dreams of our lonelier nours, * We lonzingly look over there, {Where the exhuling sweets of the odorous j flowers, ‘Mad the vine-covered dwellings ‘mid blossom ing bowe », Speak the hand of a womanly care, Miles for our duliness, thore smiles once we knew, Bx the bloom of life's eartier day, ‘Feo tong 41 we ponder, and we faltered to woo, ‘PUl hearts more sdmiring, entranced with the view, Bole the fair. lovely garlands away, PBioogh we've passed from the scone where the violets throng, gh we've gathered no flowers of the sorns, (Over yonder, agiow in the summer of song, ‘Pore sre fair latter roves in biooming so long, Whose beauties and prais » we'll sing. (Wat raatters delay if the prize still be won, 4 Phouzh our wooing snd we iding be late? (he foys of the glorious summer begun, Whe splendors thst gleam in the autumnal sun Wet remain, and our evming await. ‘Prey venture too much who wed wth the dawn With the risk for stormier weathor: forget of the spring's vernal freshness ‘ that's gone, Ma we take the first aweet fairy passenger on And sali down the swift stream together. — Toledo Blata A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE. ‘A Five Minutes’ Expsrience on the Midnight Mail. It happened one afternoon Inst year, Gating the month of November, that I geevived a telegram calling for my (Bres-nce in Loudon early the next femeening on an important business matter. To such » summons there ‘was but ono answer possible, so, with 4 :® regre'ful thought for a card- ty I should have to forego, I wired this reply: Sr. J. Devon, Anderson's Hotel, London.— leave Burtown by twelve to-night, and on you to-morrow at 4:15.—Ks1GnTLY. . Having dispatched my messaze, I Geished off the day's work with all @peed, and then returned to my lodg- fimgs to make preparations for my ferney. These, as tho masculine Needs not to bo told. consisted grideipally of cramming a soft cap eda spirit-flask, together with a few her necessaries, in a carpet bag; eher which followed the discussion of S@substantial meal, and the delivery @1 exhortation to my landlady to my fox-ierrier Grip at his usual hears. The remainder of the evoning was @pent in skimming over the morning's aper, wherein I found little to inter- me. In disgust, I flung the thing the floor. It slightod at a graceful @egie, on whoso apex ap; eared the @eading, conspicuous as leaded type @eald inake it—*Shocking Wife Mur- @erin Burtown—Arrest of tho Mur- ‘@ever."” “With « mental apology to the Mishers of the Chronicle fur the in- ‘ Thad done them as caterers to ‘We public craving for horrors, I picked “Gp the paper and proceeded to dizest “harrowing details." The gist .f fe news was ns follows: An aban- —_ ruffian, Chippy Watson by name, } after the fashion of his class, “Beaten in his wife’s skull with a mal- BAB, in consequence of some domestic rem: n. Having committed the he coolly put on his coat and hat, and was proceeding to depart, ‘when the neighbors and police, at- @ected by the screams of the unfortu- @ate victim, rushed in and s-cured fie. This was al, or nearly all, the @eragraph contained, except for the @aal information that “the prisoner Wil be brought up b fore the magix. @rates this morning, and charged with ng the willful murder of his wit.” Tewas now past eleven—time for @e to make my way down to the sia- @ea; rather mer. than time, in fact, @inee that imposing structure was @istant from my lod gs by fully éwe miles. Foriunately, my bag was ft and I shared in its pleasing aPacieristic of being unburdened Sy superfuous weight None the less, oa reaching my destination @here was only one minute left = wherein to take = my Geket and secure a seat. The Matter operation, thanks to the slowness EB the booking-el rk in handing met gay Change, had to be sceou plished by | | i | | | | | | Swening the gauntlet of guards and Peeters as the train begin to move. Bo seoner had L a-certained that wy lim's w uninjured by the un- * @etemonions fashion in which the rail- Wer officials had va-sisud’ meron @rat, than Tids ft V Vered that the only | yi 1 . pret ent @mee, Ihave s i poses-ion ensue | ghand | | OBepare; bat in tie press c- of judi-s Phe se}f- possession vanishes with yjos @Pealles!-for ropdity. Li th Presence | @ lailios, yes; bu here there was but | wha was Lound to keep me com- pany for «a whole hour until tne train should make is first stop So it ape pened tha, as 1 conte pad the charins of my vieanevis fro behind the evening piper, wuich Ehad found tine to buy oom fli bb & measure of my eomrage returned, and inthe in-piwiting words of Mr. Gilbert, aad Loo myself: “PU take heort and make a start; faint heart never wou fair lady.” “Ttrust you o lie station, were not with some inward misgivings, much outward assurance, For answer, a quiet stare and slight cottraction of the pretty mouth of my conpinion—indiewting — her opinion that, as a stranger and unin- tro'u ed, Thad no right to speak to her. This to an ordinary male animal was the movent for atrar tack upon the fa'r one's scruples; for me it was th: «xact opposite—the moment for fli, hiad fl ght been possible. Ostrich-like, T buried my face behind my Newapaper—there being no sand available—aid in s&s few moments heard, to my relief, « corresponding rustle from the opposite side of the ca rave as my pretty prude tllowed anit. The sense of defeat aud diszr: fairly overwhelmed me for n whil my eves wandered over the paper I held in my hand, seeing but under. standing not what they saw. At length they lighted upon a familiar name, “Chippy Watson.” aid their owner recovered his 8 nes and almost forgot his grief ashe rewl the follow- ing lines: “The B riown Marder— Escapes of the Prisoner. After de- ‘ailiog the incidents of the hearing before the magistrates and the and of the prisoner, pending the ing iest, the naragraph went on as follows: “Oo leaving the e urt, Watson was conducted between four offic rs to the van, Just as he was siepping in, and when the policemen were end -avoring !o keep back the crowd that pressed round, the prisoner suddenly snapped his handcuffs, in some nexplicable manner, and knocking down ‘he con- stables who threw them elves upon him, broke through the bystanders ant fled down the street. ‘The whole affair took place as it seemed in a second. Ose minute, and Watson, rigorously guarded, was quietly wal ing into the van in the milst of the officrs; the next, and he was free, tearing down the stre«t with the pelieo and the popu ace at his heeis. He was seen to dodze down a back alley, known as Shut Lane, and followed by the crowd of several hun- dreds. Attheend of Shut Lane he disappeared round @ corner, and, strange to gay, has not been seen again. There ean bbe no doubt that ine will be recaptured, but his present escape and disappearance are most m-sterious We understand that tie ellow pos- Ssesses singular strength and agility; but none the less, it will be a stand- ing disgrace to our police anthorities that a prisoner should thus, in broad daylight and in the midst of a crowded thoroughfare, effect his escape from the very hands of justice. A cewnrd of one hundred pounds has been of- fered for his re-apprcehension. Watson is nbout five feet nine inches in height, strongly built, an when he escaped was dressed in a gray fustian snit, with a red scarf and soft hat. He may farther be distinguished by 9 scar across his chin, and by having an ar- Tow tattooed on the back of his left hand.” This was about the extent of the fn- formation contained in the paragraph, acd my readers will agree with me that the news was sufficiently exciting to oceupy my thoughts to the complete exclusion of the unpleasing experience Thad just passed throngh. As I lay back in my seat to muse upon what I had read. my thoughts began afver awhile to wander and my head to nod, aceordimg to their wot at midnight, and = before 1 mg | fill How long I 5 ept I can not tell—probably for afew min- utes only—bat in those few minutes I underwent a for ing dream, Tdreamt tha: Caippy Watson stood over me, mallet in hand, ani that my traveling companion was holil- ing his arn, to avert the threatened blow. She sirugvied in vain, and the nillet fell—vet with ag neely light touch—upon my acm. With astart, I awoke», and then saw th girl of my asleep. most disc dream bending towards me with a Scrap of paper in ber hand. Bot ber free, how terribly was it ch wg da! Iustead of the dainty pink flush I tad last seen, there was a ghasily whie- ness in her cheeks, ant her eyes seemed stariing from her head with terror, Holding up one tinzer, as if to command silence, she passed me the paper, on whieh was written the folowing worls: “Some ove is mder- h the seat, and has just touched Wasit the dreasy which filled me Wil the thought that this v ill alirm? Dean not tells b I know; tha in aniisia d sere se my miind with urderer Revtusr r e signal t { ole Hoon , i , s i se Hr < | alarmed br | my une removiowentr ? Dremarked, | but 1: nn | Passed veture netwevn my lellow-pas- senger and mys If it was adil-mma that I feitalm stdispo-el to weleome. The wale sex io my por-on was about to essume its ricutfal nf pree lector to its weaker, if wou le tides Losi pendent, companion. Swee. wis my fevenge; and yet, the revive earce- | ly promised to be wholly plevsir cies , M fi st action waste remorse any Sispevon Unat tere on ge tithe | mind of the suveterious Wied ooo ye of our carviage, throuch the presumes ably aceitental action of having | touel "sdress. Giving vent to yawn, as thouga [had jus swakenel from sleep, I | Fonarked, in w& tone of cool buperti« nese: “You really must exeuse me for: div 8 ing you again, madom; but will you permit me to smoke, to ene liven this tedious journe 2?" Ag f sik. I acconpanie! my worls by» messing glance, ant was favored with the reply: ‘Certainly, if you wish its ’ Tean not prevent you Therer pon, PE produced my pipe and tobiceepoich aid proceeded slowly to fil the former, as T thought out the plan of action. Ov reference: to m¢ watch, Paw that the train wold s). p in another ten minutes. Cooarly, ths only thing to do was to wait till we resched Blackley, and thers got ane sistance to find out who onr ank sown traveling companion might be. The longer I pondered over the problem, the more envious for ite solu. tion did T become, and then. heedless of th: warning Lhat received, Datruck awmaich and inten iovally deopp dit Stooping d tionitred males dietion to pick it up, Least a searching glance und roeath the oppo ie seat, with and then my blood ran esld, ae thy faint gleam of the taper revealed the back of aman's bond with the mars fataitoo d arrow upon it, Chippy Watson, thes, was our companion doom dand despera e man! By am ghty effort, T eontroled my voice suffici ntly to sav: * EB ms reaching across you, matin, bat that was my last mateh, and I could not wfford to let it go out.” The girl, into whose white checks the color -howed no trace of return- ny, murmured some unintellig ble r - ply. and for atew moments we aat in silence. Again Llooked aw my wateh. Thank Heaven! in five minutes we should be at Biackley, aid the aw- ful ride would be at an end. Searcely had the thought formulat d_ isself, when the girl opposite me 8 rang up, trembling like a leaf, and shrieked, ere Tcould stop her: “Oh, the hand hus touched my foot again."’ The moment the words left her lips I heard a sudden movement under the seat, and quicker than thorght a figure appeared upon the floor. In that » 0- ment I flung myself upon the riffian and clutchea his throat wih the en- ergy of despair, knowing that should he once gain his fect, it was all over with me, the lighter and weaker man. Can Lever forget the horror of that five minutes’ ride? The whole com- partment seemed to bé falling apon me. Teeth, nails, feet, all were ae tacking me at once; but through all I kept my grip upon the murderer's j throat, and thongh I streamed with blood, aid almost lost consciousness, still held on, while the girl’s screims rang dimly through my ears. Si'- denly the train stopped; the strugglo ceased; and I fainted across the body of my captive. When I recovered consciousness at length, I found myself lying upon a table in the Blackley station waitin: - room, with a sympathetic crowd nround me, and, b st of all, I saw a face bending tenderly over me, the f: of the girl of my dream and my disxcomfitare. After” maki: g two or three effu: I managed to asked: “Where is Watson?" “Very nich dead.” replied a ruddy- faced farmer who stood besid cise me, “You thre:-quarters s rar 1 the le out «f his ugly bod he was Black in bis face when they lifted you off him.’’ “Do von know that he is an eseaped wf sunrderer?’ 1 inquired feebly. Yes. we know, responded my hones: frien] e after the i cans? a oman 1 tion had ns-enin t fore itieft, The pole suf iny Tid, t take. Wity, and his and he B pric: rain to have: it sen own telegraphed red, ty deseri he station be answeri his have got him and him he time, no mise Vicuff sd arms pinioned behind him, lving half dead the while, after the throttling as you gave him.” D> my readers want to hear the rest of iy -tory, now that the tastrophe istold? If so, I wili inform them that Wa son I saw on breaking loose from the police, afier turning the corner on Shut Line—where it will b bered rememe- peared —eontrived, by Mort. he disay a: almost } high a anvel toa sesie a w rai're t i] | { | ALFRED DOLGE’S All Wool ELTSHOES ——_ ie i SLIPPERS. Noiseless, Warm, Durable! FOR YOUNG AND OLD. Prevent a d cose excessive perspiration, Ricumatism and coldness of feet . | Whig Aretic Overshoe will oultwear we pair of make. Ex f ‘ gerndes at PU on ole Ag't for the Selz and Giesecke e FULL OF FUN. —Sne—“What is a fortress?" A fore-tress is & bang." —Why shouldn't the puffed sleeves of the ladies be adapted to man's cniet . Ewment to prevent bagging at the knees." —7rzas Siftings. Father, Lhope you won't bny any mere gunpowder tea for mother, ** “Why “Because every time she dri it she blows me up.’ “Go to bed, sir.” He (of Bostony—In this world, Moss Poeun, we ean not have all things to please us. Even the rose has thorng,"™ Cf) Philade!phiay— » Me Waldo, and plinked sad) its bones," —Jidge—"Your tine has expired, Thope TE shall not see you here again,” Resalar Cos omer—"Not see me here again? Why, boss, ain't going to resign your posish, are you?’ — Tig Bits. ‘There is move pleasure in giving than receiving.’ was the proverb that a mother was trying to instil inte » “2 youthful mink ‘That's true about castor oil, mother,” was the answer the vot. —Gulden Days. —A Chicago youth arose in’ his sleep and walked all over the steep roof of a buiding withoat a mishap. He said he dreamed he was playing ball, and that the ball was knoeked over a high fence, — Detroit Free Press, Ise! 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How long he had secupied this place could not be aseer- tained, but on reaizing his prediea- tment, the man called herr.cdly to the driver toston, and lit rally fell out of His fellow passeager asked what was the matter. and the only answer reecived was “Snakes!’? Thinking it wos abal case of “ime jas.” ne paid no further attention to the matter until he cast bis eyes and saw his snakeship between his feet. Giving a yell. he male ove bound and siruck the ground twenty feet rom the sage, The snake was se. cured and piaced in the box, but the two passenzers have net got over the | eff-cts of the nervous skock yet— Oregonian. | Rapid Transit. BROS. ew York City the s age. about A man come to the house of a prom- | ir New York gon n, who was j Tevowned for not paying his debts, and, knock + door, asked the L vhoa his father was in. No. #1 has icf: town, to be r He is in Chicago right Tam scr for I lit silt i oO t i rmily Medicine in : r the world, ¢, 2 ¥ Sitor, Liver, &e. lac le Ingredients, %8 ow sy —"'Why, Sister Sue, don’t you knowP 4 , , < f \\ ¢ q