The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-06-25

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$50 ioiE ~ and the fair lips poutei;
partially il il impatient regret, 7 hoped,
and partially. | knew, in daring as
surnplisls tLat it would be long time
for aDe5a = zrs sa4a -o
'sDon't speak so ironically, Madge
somegss','.' pleaded. ''The idea of
me beIHa, able 70 stay away only a half
hour-me, station-master and tele-
graph operator of tire. Lehigh road -
IRgh position % she laughingly
interrupted, resting her baud upon my
slroullsy. "Bqt by tie way, john,
l wis., ,tbey would appreciate Jour
transcendant talents and raise your sal
arr "asd os 's
l 4augHed Lc5uldn't do a,ything
clse-at,a this. ma,,er-oftact speech.
Just Ike her. Spoken in tnn-ot course;
but then there was earnest meaning III
her tene.I 4ou seethe. old captain, her
1ather-he was smoking out on the
porch. tGell-fad agreed that AIadge
might Become nf.e as soon as the Le-
high road found me worth fifty DOL
lars sanspMh,o, Whefeppon ! lad sol
emily vowed that that should be in
tie sh6ffest possible tin1e-vowed It
more strongly every hour that 1 wor
shipped at Ler Shrine. Bdt the Leigh
road didn't understand the matter, so
/ musolslaye at the old salary, and be
content with hope aud Madge's 10y
atty
Express viii be along, John, in ten
minutes" said the old captain, as /
s,epped-4b the porch.
It was "a gentle reminder that bust
ness was business.
20. T1.1' I shouted back, tor was
already At the gate. Only bundled
yardaat the station, and ran the
whole way.
unlocked the door of the waiting.
room. Days were getting shorter, aud
it was already dark, | swung out the.
wbitelight. It meant to Bill, the en-
ginee4do4 tile express, that all was Sc
reue, ,santlr-let -hersdrive."
l stepped TO the inner office. The
'ios;Idnelt'' was calling, but l paid
10 heed, Only to note that the fellow
at Lucerne was waking up Bob over
in Frankferd Yet, all OF a sudden,
eertafat letters reached my ears, aud
stuck tferdo: "@a'~ '
"sf-u-r-d-''
Murder % said l.
''Prst,aI1iy Oh the express followed
overlhe wifesa af ll
What did that fellow in Luccrne
mean! IA lsew. hand but he surely was
not crazy. 9-sH; 1e sssi.it f,"..
TLen began blaming myself for
not paying better attention. Too late
for that, though ! must call jim, over
at AshIand-an old chum of mine,
whom Snight presutne TO disturb at
any time,, ana with The most trifing
questions We often talked on themes
OF less ;mportaLce than murder.
Observation-Disclosures
ter ?-who's- murdered -and-what
bout-the--express p i asked Lin.
In two minutes lis answer came tick
ing back
Lord Daxis, ,pt the First National,
murdered thirty minutes ago, at La.
cerne. Big :oBBefy, ard lots of reward
MurdererBSpposed to have lett OH The
express. She las jpst gone by Bully
De The. boy that gets him"
That's. SO, said TO myself
'.Three minutes and she'll be here.''
/ swung out the red light. the signal
of danger, though I tatn't quite made
up my mind what TO do.
I Ieard tile old captain calling from
over tie way. il his high piping voice,
"John, what's up 70 bat there wasn't
time for eonyersation tie scream of
the night express was ringing through
the valley, and the next instant she
turDed the curve ard came laundering
down -s.'s
won't Bill be astoanded 70 could
not help muttering, ,.-asi L heard rhis sud-
den signal TO down brakes. There
came a kind of defiance from the Ie-
high Meteor--a harsh screech-Aand
then il seemed . groan, as if every fiber
# her iron system was being racked