Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-25

we did come here tn pNrlrN, aud a ",
mean business, we will proceed TO it a
once. Yon have ths keys, and wjll
ohlige Us by producing them"
The young messenger looked twice il
the eyes o',he mon aud once into th,
mozllc o: the revolver, before he display
Cd .hc keys.
"Hcrc they arr," he said extending
them
No NO, Gleason" was the rc,ponse
and thr tvinh1r OF thr dark ewes told our
messenger that The ace h,ucsth thr musk
was smiling IT, combination locL
you see and We happen 10 I've ignorant OF
the cabali~tc word your sesame, Open
the door Ton a., if vou plca-e."
GIep-on ~nw Tint pleading would avail
him naacht There Was stern d,te,mi.
nation in the rohhcr, tome, death in the
/ dop'h. Of thc black ewes Tie Ind often
rsad of such hurQaries how cashiers
ware made - omen tho >a o- Of thoir own
hanks aud throw 'hnu,pui. n the feot o'
thn nbbarS II hal nrvor dr"smed that
such m "vont would happen IN express
car No So, much less thot he would be-
compelled to assist in robbiug the patron
izing public
But he was at the mercy ofthc williams,
and his lie was in startling joorrdy II.
came forward with palo face, and stopped
before the safes.
BE lively about it," soii one Of the
men "You know the locks Ike book,
ard we know how to treat man who
obey, our orders with aNcrity. We give
you two minutes grace in which TO work.
/ lfst the end If that time the doors do
not swing open, the 7. c. and ST. l. will
/ 'o,e her best messenger
The imported man did not reply. hun
fell to work on the locks The combinn
tion was quite intricate, hut Goason was
familiar herewith, aud in lees than a
minutes time he opened the first door.
Now tor the packages !" SAID one OF
the men.
The messenger put forth his hand, un-
| locked an inner door, and started back
aghnst.
The money pocket of the safe was emp
ty
whats up, Gleason ?" exclaimed Il
mask, looking at the messer ger with as-
touishment.
Gleason pointed to the empty recepta
BILE, almost too amazed to speak, and She
robbers exchanged strange g.ances.
open the other safe !" commanded
one.
The messenger obcyed. IT, too, was
monevless.
"Gcorgc Gleason, we want no triflng.
I on know where the money is"
GLOW should know ?" cried the mes
seuger, mystlhcd more than the robbers
did | known that you were coming, aud
secrcte the matter? If 50, who betrayed
/ you? Here are my books, took at them
for yourself | swear to you that there
was seventy thousand dollar, worth oi
express matter in The safes when We Ielt
Co,noctou | haven't left lhe cnr tor one
moment though have doz'd, hut ike "a
cat. A ioot.top, however soft, viii rouse
mo. Yoa ask me whore tho money Is, /
throw the question back at you. Upon
prin of DEAN conld not tell YOU"
H. cra~cd, and the foremost robber
>aid
"Ihi. bent. mo. | believe you, George
Glcn,on Somebody hae robbed the .aies
bot,te wo rlrck Th"y d1 it while YOU
slept VIII you -oc>eu The speed OF the
tmun 2"
The messenger seized the beli-ropc, ard
the pced oi the train bng,n 10 diminish.
"Now good night, q ra.ou," -ad the
disappointed rohbc,s, moving t., lh lid
ing door. We hope the company Won't
di,chttge vou for Sleeping at vo,n post
o. c1ut-r W. are disappointed We ex
pected to make "a big haul tp nilht.'
Thcuc moment they -prang from the
car, and 'hc messenger heard prolonged
whistle
Then BE- ,aw the bell-rope moving and
the tfaiu last returned to it. usual speed
He ell bt-k into hi~ chair completely
mN.uded IL cou j rot imagine who
had robbed the safes, whose empty peck
et, stared at him from oae corner of .he
car.
Iii. thoughts were suddenly interrupted
by the conductor, who bounded into his
presence.
"Tbey did it, eh ? Money all gone
Curse the Geuds They had man on
each platform, masked aud armed H"w
much did they get j.? They came on bosid
=. pa-senecrs.'
"Not dollar ~ said Gleason.
The conductor looked at the safes aud
then at the man whom hc seemed to re-
gard a mad.
"WAere is the money then ?"
81 don't know"
The train WAS stopped, and as the mes
senger had told bis story, search for the
package. began.
II came to an abrupt and happy termi
nation. The engineer placed the lost val
uablcs into Cleason's hands.
"Bob, the fireman, saw you climb on 10
the coal in the tender, and then you stuff
ed all these envelopes into one corner
when you went back into yout car we
pulled en out, and intended to keep 'em
ior you tin we got to Grafton. Why,
you had your eyes open, but Bob and me
knew You were in walking trance.
Thus spoke the engineer, and the read
der may imagine with what thankfuluss-
the me- .enger received the envelopes not
one oil whose origina number was miss
ing
Do not know whether the robbers ever
lenrned the st0rY Of the missing valuables