| Show J iH j HIS RELEASE 1 Borne j ears ago 1 vv as riding along 11 li v road on my return from a trip Into Vlr plnla w her I had a business mission On 1 tho way and In fact Just niter wo lefl 1lttsburg I fell l in 1 with a joung fellow lr who wai on his way to tho Itoeky mountains moun-tains 1 think Denver was hl objective joint Howasa oung Virginia lawyer JI YI J 1 who hid been educated gl tho University of Pennsylvania During I ono uf our chats tho byfor ho j was hoarccly more thun I boy being probably r prob-ably 23 ears of otok mo into his photograph iifltlcn I I of a bea fI r l o ho n1 eclngIYIru1 and told 10 oho shU etr to whom ho WM < Cngid and whom ho in I > i < tiel to Inrr bo could 801 hOU toblid II pruetlco Along about flvo mllrs back w hero you pOll thpt old mill down by tho crcvk is a moth plow ot tra It tor nearly two reachliiKthatllttla trrtrh miles and upon rcahllhntltUo r tho cnglnn r usually pullt his throttloox > n a llttlo w Id mnd lots the train run tory n t-ory llvclj rale I lOl cry level plce ot track and there Is I not mueli danger In fast running there Suddenly however nnd without any warning tho engine left tlio rails and the long train of coaches follow eiL There VM ho embankment only n Hat plcco of country coun-try nnd so It was not no disastrous os It otherwise would have Iweli 1 was so bruised nnel stunned that I fccnrceJy real l Iwelwhnthad oiiurml I was utter 0 o clock Hi tho CM nluit and I had scarcely mom than curtailed mj self from tho ear turn to Iceei w hen whleh n literally Ilrl hel tho wmk eatl ht on fr Most of the tauwcnmrs however hud Ixxll rescued but I few uf them were ctlll In tho wreck and so we started In at oncv to nsUt tho trainmen In doing what wo could 1 lost fight of my < companion lu soon as tho cir tut over but alter T got out of tho car I wondered hcr ho w n liut then tho Uamed shot Into tho air and wo heard a shriek Hushing to tho I other Id of tho car I beheld my young Irlend underneath a heivy beam In fact I tho lower half of bl budynat under the ilebrisof tuu wreck ami ho w a < Jammed In so tight that wo could not possibly re 10 0 hll llhout 10r nIlaleo 0 I hod nothing to work with only ono ax Laving been taken out of tho cars and I that was broken and of llttlo UH Iho flames had nlreoelj rewchcd his feet and his cries for help wcro heartrending 1 cnn nssurojoil 1 her was absolute nothing w o could elo to help him not I thing in which we could Bt any water and If thiro hod been tin ro w uj lot a drop nearer than I mile for tho crok at that point was at least that faraway I pulled at tho drbrlj until I burned Inyl < t hand s severely lint I have used It but very llttlo slnec and as 3011 ece It la I bad Kcarrcd t Olc o worked trying to svvo him until tho fr doro u buck Ills appeals were some Ihlmt terrlblo to hear aid ho begged us again and nnll taihnot 11m Ihls ot tourai no ouo would do nUhoiiih It would havo been tho thlnj tn i put him out of hl mlrfry But jUt then help came to him from tho eldo of tho track In tho darkness dark-ness for It was on Inky night appeared n slender llturo In hlto It came up without u sound I ktio1 where I eouM too her erj plalnlv for tho flguro was that of I ounc woman Her toco was leshcn her features perfect and I recog niM at unco In her features tho photo nrai tho train h my jouny btioutlded friend up I had to vvheio show n tho mo vie on I tlmliy W oheard tho sharp lejort of a pistol and the apruiltlon v anl hed Instantly Instant-ly 1 Just hud tlmo to eco tho Xr fellow tloscd him nod Koro tho ames < over there was a bullet hole In his forehead lie was dead Uho Uunod rushed 01 c him and 1 turned away Tho next elay from out tho ruins we took his remains Tho skull was badly charred but III It was a hole liko that inodo by a ball and Insldo of tho remains I of thokkullwnaa small plcco of molten lead I went to tho telegraph offlen only I few mites down tho trucK and tele Krai lied to the girl whojo name nnd ad I tlress ho hud fortunate given 10 An answer uuim from tho girl sfather stating that steps would utoueobo taken for the roper c o of tho remains and that they i 1 ould be taken buck to tho Uld Dominion 1 roni there I went home Only a short whllo after tint I was compelled 1C mako another trip to Virginia W hllo In the state I chanted to pass I through the town where tho prospectlvo father In Hw i of tho oum lan resided and so I took I tho lib Uy u callliu at his lonc klv 1 Im that they would n doubt llko to beut about tho accident In w hlch tho young I 11 W oo t bomo old very glad to wo me I told him oil I tho clr cnmstunces of tho strunto event that had I taken place When I was thruSh he I Went Into nncthor room and brought out I f S I ll f t I that was thovveupon that put Harry on I ho called him out of mllery lie said that oc night before Iho aecldent occurred Ml I daughter the lad to 1 horn my young uo qulutonco CIn Inkrn ud1 UenlylH and died before morning On tho table In her room was this mal Ivory liahdlcd pistol which hi r llanco hud presented pre-sented to her before ho kit l I was loaded I ho morning after tho aecldent ono ra trltlge was found to halo been exploded nnd n ono could poshlbly account for the curious hit pciilng as tho plttol hud not becntourled by mi one alter tho joung ladys death I luul tho llttlo lump of loud which I found In tho unfortumto youna mans skull and we weighed It and also one of tlioputol balls ana alter careful cxumluatlou they wcro found t bo of C octly the same CUb I am firmly of the belief that tho fMt of that joungwoman anno that elark and aw ful night to tho relief re-lief ot her lnuvde1 husband IZlchongo |
