The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-02-16

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Station about tltrs mills nrsth III t,ien
Aprsng. anil started ,in~n III night "a
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tl,c huMre That they could MI $50 the
Hig1,. There Wasn't tlac plimm.r II n
light alani thu place. They w.r' Ia 81
~oftls mp anil try The irpn, d.nf II il
opened. they were ~ step inside quickly.
tine II them WINS 81 stay n thu .l,sr ~
keep the errrs2 open the other WAS ~
~ w stairs AMI secure tl,c valnahlcx.
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y lot IL uthcr traps ~ Charlcs's. that yu,,
can 40 down there NJ the Central oilicr.
IN glass casc.
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before. Charley p,,nh~l il open. and they
both stepped quickly anl stcalthily into
tho hallway. "Wnit II moment" 10
whispered H. his companion. md strik-
ing 4 match: ~ want a. scc how this
thing works. With that h. struck
light anil tsk,k u HoAl l,ssk III thu ,l,nr-
why. :. SOC the trick, ss.ys he. .givc
mc TINT scrcw.wrcncli AMI he quick" In
IN which the steel shutter Moved M
pincl,c,l TINT no earthly power could have
mn.le the thing work. Now 20 on"
Hays hc. anl with TINT Fr~t cr.wls up
the stairway HI hadn't my more tham
got up to u,c top when the iron shutter
hegan t. appear coming mp through the
iluor, anu IN Charlcys astunishmcnt il
came down from above also. liz saw In
u minute Tint he WIS hatcn. The two
halves of the shutter would come Ia the
pinch in the iron and leave nu, nix inches
Hpatr---thrnngh which no human being
could escape. ~ hr jnmS tle jimmy up
right into thu groove IL keep thr irons
apart. nnl callS mt a. Frost lii il honrSr
whisper ~ come back. .Inrk wis iii Tho
upper hall, and, getting rearsl. makes Il
hold rush down thu stairs, catches his
fM,t IN something and lan,ls all i'm n heap
ut the bottom. Knocking chnrley's light
into smitler.ns and making most in.
fcrnal noise. calcott wis smart enough,
though. ~ hold hin jimmy steady NJ ~
e. keep the shutters npart. nnl nIier Frost
ha'l picke.l limrrlf NJ AMI they Ind both
listened. without hearing anything, nnc
of I'm kayr with MI oath Were III il
box lets get out IA WINS Frost. No
yon don't. says tho other. We've come
for thu stntf this time. never wax
beaten set nj this m,rt of game, and I
amt lnat yet. Take your shu,tar, follow
inc mp ANIL show mr. the why.
They gnt up ~ thu top of the stairs.
II WIN still Il. death, nnd Calcutt light. Il
Frost wins getting pretty
rhnky. ~ Charley N,ys, .Show M thr
room, nnl with his lamp III ono hand
and pistol IN the other he pushes in,
leaving Frust thcr in the hill Watching
the SQUARE hole IN thu door. between thc
shutters. md expecting every minute
That Il would ciorc mp, Il must havc
laen ten minutes before Gnlr,tt came
buck. II. llnl tho lamp III l.anl vt, an,l
Frost NAV TINT he VIVA IA white m Il sheet.
All hc said wns, Come .lnwn, it's no
20"
When they got IL the bottom, the shut
Tern separated ai,l Disappeared, md the
men walked out. Where's tlu plun.
Ter I" a.ked Frost. - haven't il, says
Charley Il tall ynn it's NJ ,,se--thc
man IL hnrglar-prool. II yu, don't h.
icsc Il, 90 hack md Try Il yourself I'm
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With tl,is cock-nnl. hull story they got
bnck 81 their rendezvous. Anil II wns
never known, don't believe, Till inter-
viewed Calico Charley mp there nj the
prison, TINT he Ind met llis uwn father
lint night According ~ charl.y's story
- me the oil man saii he was wait.
mr. for him. And ~ struck win the snn
with rmornr TINT h. lest nll hir pluck
mi .snlnesr. Whether he ,.yer went
mex ~ the nd mnn after lr got rid III
lix pal | never heard. bnt tile gung had
wo nations; One wnS tlmt the place wns