The Red Cloud chief., 1875-04-21
Of tobacco juice, and spoke:

pcitsrau L spo,e
Well" | answered with o fain,
sm ls, intended to BE- coucilia,ory,
"tbat : what We send kilograms by"
wal, | van, VOC 10 send a message
TO q friend O. mine in Cohoe. | tel
yer aforehaud | hain't got no c,lls,of.
al. But kinder gue.s you'd better
trust the. young filler" Here he
laid mas hand significantly on his belt
II Fetch it in ter morrow ef IL con-
v~enient."
] hastenel TO say that the charge
could just ss veil be paid a. the other
o6d by his friend.
"Umphl plaguey little you'll get
o Jim, | reckon. iiowsuncyer, per-
ceed."
What is the message, and to whom
is i, to go?'
II want you to tell Jim Fellers, Of
Cohoe, that the bull quit here las
night, and other sheep'll be elo>e on
his heels"
As he delivered this sentence he
looked At me ~ if he expected me to
be my,tifsi. Blu. | thought it best
not to appear so. aud l said carelessly
IL suppose you are a dealer in stock
and this is your partner? All, sir. the
telegraph helps you fellows GU. Of
many a sharp bargain"
"Ya'as," he answered, slowly, evil
IDENTITY pleased with the way | took it.
"Ya'as, that's um. I'm sendin' down
a lot o stock. Bought it dog cheap
over in GeDesee yesterday. As purity
a lot as ever you see."
| turned to my instrument. What
Wa to be done ? Though ours was a
railroad Office We often sent business
messages and if did as usual now !
should probably get rid of my unwel-
,come visitor without further trouble.
But in the short conversation with b i'm
| bad somewhat recovered from ny
first alarm. and now conceived the
idea Of attempting the capture Of Tim
Lynch.
| was only a poor salaried operator,
trying to save enough to marry in the
spring. Five hundred dollars would
do NE a great deal Of good just now
to say nothing Of the eclat of the
thing. Bat how was it to be accom-
pli.hod? Here was |, alone in the de
pot with a man big enough to whip
his weight in spch little men a. I was
several times over. Any attempt to
secure him single handed was not to
be thought of. But / could not excuse
myself, and going out, fasten him in.
No: well knew from the distrustful
look in his face that any proposal of
mine to leave the room would be per.
emptorily objected to by him. What
then?
Why, simply this, I would telegraph
30 the downtown station. But alas !
That very day the connection between
the two Offices had been cut for re-
pairs. Il was seldom used at any time
of course, But what Of that? 1t was
only a question Of a few seconds more
time.
All these things went through my
mind with the rspidity Of lightning
as | went to the battery. Lynch re-
garded me from the corner of his un-
covered eye with a suspicion that
made me shake in my shoes. As
sat down he rose an1 came TO my side.
Look s-here, Young feller," he
Kissed in my ear, and his breath was
sickening with the fumes Of li1uor,
perhaps We mean fair enouyh-I hope
We DO for ger own sake. But l don't
understand nothin' boat them telly-
{, I'd l j'st want TO tell ye that
asr'd better be squar-for, ty the
Eternal God! IF ye go back on me I'll
stretch &c on this year floor as stiff "a
ever did a mao yit !" and | felt the
cold muzz,e of his revolver on my
Perhaps my voice troubled a
bat | was still unmoyed 10 ry
as | replicl |:
Never fear. sirv I'll tell him all
about the stock" He nutterd some
thing to himself. and s,il remained
over me.
fou have heard, perhaps. how
much character and expire ss;on q ,ele-
graph OPERATOR can pa, into his touch.
Why, there were doyeus Of different
operators communicating With our
cfhcc, and | could tell a, the instant,
without ever making = mistake, Who
it vas signaling. You could tell if a
man vas nervous from his telegraph
WIG Just as wei as you could from his
hands ri:iay. The call that seut
hurying across the State to Council
Bus, must have runs Oh. upoa the
ears Of the operator ike . shrek.
sc. B Arc you ther;?' vas what I
asked, snd almost instantly esme back
3 reply in the affirmative, Then
sikh attending hand | rstt.ed Of my
message: 'Fo. the lore Of sd, te.e-
graph to our downtown ossee q: once.
Tell them that Lynch is within tvo
feet of me, and sheJ must send help
A short pause. rs though ny mes
ase ccssssnoed some sunrise, and
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