Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-03-22
en- begun 10 cut their way in wit i,

men begun TO cut their way in Wit
pocket-knives!
l rushed to the instrument aud call |
ed' George. What IL he had gone toi
bs d, or should be out? / turned ale
at the thought.
But Or .tty soon a response came
back. He was there. Go ahead
1 began and wrote:
Il am In danger. Two men are try
ing to gain simittsnce for the purpose
| of robbing tie express safe. Send help
Immediately, for Gods sake. Not a
minute to Loser
Slower tciegraphed George, whc
had not been practicing long enough
TO be able to read very well.
went over with the message again.
But suppose excitement made my
writing blurred, for again he sent
tack word:
Slower, and more distinct! Can't
make Ii outv
Good GOD! Before i succeeded in
making him understand me they we'd
be through the door, thought, with
icold sweat breaking out all over me
Bat / went over the message again
land this time he caught it, and sent
back hurried: 'All right. Hold out
for len minutes
The men were digging away like
beavers. j could see the points o
their knives once in awhile, as they
lsplintered away fragments of the pan,
lels. But knew that 1t would tak'
them some yet to cut away enough 70
them to make an entrance through
How / wished had a pistol!
VI waited in feverish impaiience. Sud
ldenly there was crash, and one pane
was stove in by the foot of one OF tn
linen.
sAha' he grinned, with his leerini
face at the aperat1re. you see W
mean business, don't you? What ar
lyOu going to do when we get in, eh?'
e I didn't know. Die 1 supposed,
they took an idea to put an end to N
I Into tbeir heads. Why didn't Georg
land the help he had promised Come
Il seemed to me that they had ha'
time enough to make ten-iniie tramp
y We've got the second panel aimos
ready to stave in said the other man
chuckling horribly over the cheerfu
information. Then, guess, Tom ca
crawl through. You might as well b
opening that box 70 yourn an git ou
that bundle we're after. LpU save a
lon us considerable trouble an time
Crash, came his foot against the pan
lei, and it burst into splinters, and no,
heart fairly stopped beating when
saw one of them thrust his head an
shoulders through the opening.
seized the poker, and struck him owe
the head with all the force c0ul'
muster. He rolled out vollay of ter
rible curses, but was master of th
situation at that particular moment.
Suddenly there was sound of voices
a and then the man outside cried out tina
- they were 'nabbed, and tried to max
his escape. But knew by the SCUM
that he was caught, and was strugslin
with his captors. There were severs
pistol shots fired, and eager cries, du
ring which the poor wretch in the doc
4 made no effort to escape, but lay ther
limp and motionless. I began to fes
[ had killed him. I drew back tn
bolts, and got the door open just j
time to see the other one, overpowel
ed, prisoner in the hands, of half
dozen of the boys from town.
Then We got the man cut of the doc
He wasn't dead, but he wss insensibls
my blow with the poker had been to
much for him.
/ bought me pistol the first thin
next morning, and was on the lookou
for robbers and adventures after thai
but that WIS the only adventure of an
. account that happened to me while
staid there. If it hadn't been for ths
telegraph which George and had pu
into operation, / rather think shoul
l. have finished up all my earthly adver
Df lures that night.