Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-25
THE MYsTIFIEp MESSENGER

who knew that & orgc G.tW- ON, the ia
vorite express messenger OF the 7. c. anC
ST. /. Roads, was >omnSmhuli>t. Hi
strange freaks performed during Il som
uamhulistic trance were known toa smn
circle of friends and associates, who men
toned them not when our hero wa- ap
pointed t. the position he va, destined t.
till with honor.
For two years lie IAN his car withou
incident, no tiSln robbers attacked II, an,
hr h-cam. the .avo ltc mes,eu-c, ol tb,
road Suanpc 10 say tia, dujnv d,
tm,, Whue he iuzod often IA hi, ear, b,
d,d nal orce Is,it inta the ,omuauhuit,u,
,lair. nhd hc Wa cnusraumting him,eu
trsi tac ,iuguuW frances bad ,clt hiu
a t'g thrD, ben "ctu .cd Che Incident
atuui to tr.le
ih, 4 Wnwa 4 run oo H. niehtcxp,c-,
eAlef'l.'d ttum Co hoctou toSprmsied. 4.
q i,lauce OF one handled nad eighty mice.
There were few .tatia0> of itnpojt lance ou
,he route, and the t.Nin mad.. hut thru,
helts between the two cities. The Office,
o the road were, "a; he date ut our stony.
aud ,tiil are, careful mru ot business,
Jealous Of thei+pa'rons interests. and
gentlemen ni integrity.
When r,hbel~ became common ON 9th
,r upd,, the ines enger of the p. c and
81 l.. were sure to receive orders COM
mouding extra prrcaution, and il was IL
ur."orilcrce %. these orders that much
o'thrpopu arity of the road wa. atnbu-
Hello = exclaimed messenger GIca
>'n ou".rvruiug while looking ove. the
column of the Cleveland ierold. "Th,
eNpic>, ear g. the c. c. aud j G. robbed
o., S30,C0o ! That's good haul WHY
don't the car thieves try my car? Here
I've been ON the road for twa ycnr,, and
never fora moment has the safety of Il
dollar in my safes been jeopardiled." j."
lie considered himself one Of the lucbi
est messengers in the country and with
thrppp'r in his hand, stepped into the
rAptc>- car which "a moment later moved
out lo CoShocton.
1t WASH beautiful Autumn evening, nnd
the messenger ~at at the open side door
enjoying cigar until the sun went down
and darllue-~ fell over The eurth. Then
hut the door, lighted the lamp. ard saw
thnt everything was safe.
H. knew the value of the contents OF
the cnmpnnv'~ safes, aud he thought what
a hau thieves would make il they would
,ucce>,hil'y burg arize his Cur on the
present nip.
But hr eit secure, for he dropped iutC
hi own chair and lell asleep
The train he | a run Of forty nine mile.
before the messenger would again be call
ed to service, and he thought of this. per
hap, when he settled into the chair re
solved upon DOR.
By aud by he rose, aud his eyeIld part
ed.
lie walked directly To the saf,> whicl
,lnrd side py SIDE aud opening the com
hitation ocb< threw wide the burglar
y o,-doo,. ThDn he took forth valuabi,
package a.trl p,ckag", until be- had emp
ucI the -tlop5 5hod- Of their treasures. -
Il i, SAFE 90 say lha Messenger G ra,ot
deprived the ,atc- oi money, and o,hcl
vaInaor- with the aggregate OF seven
ty thou-aad doia,!
Auer doing th, ne clo,rd the doors,
ard vim tho package, walked uut Of th.
car 10 the tender
1t vas flied with coa, bhck aod grim
and TIA heavy .mu&oot tlecneue. Tn,
toyot the smart breeze blowing, beat
against hi, iaor.
But o. did not seem 10 heed IT, for bc
elm ed upon Ihy tandcr wlth one h,nd
AID de- ih"InteN >ecur.ed- thc pacsag
among the coa IN one GARNER.
lltiog accomplished hi- .iu.uar ta-k,
h.l"jor,-I to Inc eAr'cs- car, va bed
ti- noud, Ntirb bad brrn tcrrimcd ~
tGo lumu, at c.d, ard rrr1,d t. Li- chair
where hi eyes c'o.rd and be brcathrd
li.ca sleeping man.
Georgr GIra~ou had tohLed the .a.es
40 state of soinnamhu'rm ard their
iron doors guardcd the messenger, hook
and few old ptpcr> OF iiuIc valuc!
H. ,lopt tor hnltan hour Iougc when
be awoke ard rubtcd hi. eyes. Ii, first
action theteal'er was tocon,ulthi~ watch
"We're approaching Gtntou," be ~nid
lo himself, and drew another cigar from
hi- pocket Tor quiet smoke.
: inmate Iatr the fragrance ota prime
d2rdc' Jumar flied the csr and the
mr--rugrr ~as halfrnvelopcd in smoke.
Grafton VS. vet ninc'ecn miles away.
An az once Gleason he.d bis nsme
pronounced, and turned quickly in hi-
chair
He pang to hi. feet the moment after
ward, and the hAlt-con.um-d cigar fell to
ihr floor, his hand hew to the pocket
that held revolver.
For there stood before him two men
whose dark mask, hung tar below their
-hin,.
Don't draw, Mr.. Gleason," said one
,f the strangers, and the young ne.sen
ger saw n revolver covering his head.
% We don't want to be so ungentlemanly
as to .lay you here The road can't spare
YOU, indeed it can'tv'
& ea-onl- hand -hrunk away from the
pocket il had touched, and be looked at
.he mtn for moment in siiencp.
"Whnt Do you want ~ he asked.
"What most men earnestly desire
Il have none"