The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-08
A Trap for Four.
Detroit FREE Press.

u<tyoS = RE tfeeo.
Catch . rat in . trap and he viii
fshi. Trap . man and-well you
cant RELY on him. u - according IT,
the trap. IL the heavy stsge-coach.
as xe r.ll out It Lead VILE. are seven
men. One is Nh army officer ii" has
half d, I'm Gears tn prove his bravery.
Cut ID from his c"mmand On tie
plains last GUNNER bv u scora Of III.
dians. he in,renche,i himself an.!
"a hit the band I'd until help arrived.
Tao 1T The Others are d-spera,ioe-.
wlo have killed their m-n. Three
o. the others are stalw,rr miners. each
armed With two REVIEWERS. nnd they
Ia K a- it they would prove ugly Gus
TONERS In ruw.
The seventh man might do some
sh"oiiu. ~" n pinch. but be hopes
there will lie IN pinch. In Oh. crowd
are ten reviewers, two d.E.;rgers.
three REPEATING Tihrs and four ns tise
b,~is-kuives. and there il perfect g'E'd
feeling Us the stsge rolls along. II j,
tsciily Understood that the army cap
tain Il to assume Command IN c. e the
Coach il attacked and that ell are to
keep coi aud lire IL Kill.
|: Is ten O'clock in the m1ruinc
The windows sSe down and the passen.
ses. are sm"king and talking snd
scr king for comfortable p''~i,ions. The
c"ach has jus. reached the top Of II
hill, When every horse Is suddenly
pulled up.
III us bar. veil have some fan. /"
growIed one 1t the miners, as he put
I'll. head Out Of the window.
1T It's y robher gin me the FIRST
pop at l,im!' whispered one Of the d.s-
peIadoes.
No ole cinii say what the ;r6 ub'e
was, when WHY little Chap ahou,
i've t-ei six inches tail. with b'ack
Eyes aid hair, clean face and thin lips,
spI%ar,,t at til ieft hand d,ar with n
cuck-d revolver in each talJ. end
sal,i:
"Gent., I'm sorry ,u disturb .ou,
but I've g.. tn make = rni-s ,hi>
morning. Pleas leave y"ur sh"o,er>
aud climb down here. one a: time ="
/; MAS su,:drn. IL IVES So sudden
that il t1k ten seconds 10 understand
tho dIitI Ut his remarks. Then
every eye turned to the right hand
d,s,r. aud the t~o Tevoiv~rs n-ld by
e cund rvbter were seen ut the Omen
window. Ii Was trap. The Fat.
were caught. aud would they fight?
Gents. I'm growing lee,lr. i'm
patient. continued the frat rpbber.
''and l wsnt TO e.. the proc,s.iop
begin TO novel,
Let's zee? The Captain was 10
lead VI. ard We were ip he cool anG
fire io kill. But the Captain ws-
growing white around tie mouth. ard
nob,siy na.i n Weapon IN hand. The
rats ~-re not guirg so fight. Oneof
the miners cpensd the do"r nnd de-
seconded, and the ether Elk humbly fol-
"SGus 1bt cCNC1 WCtC "
line acrcss the rad. aud while tie
robi,,r held his shnoisr en tie 'iae i:e
cunliy ol,s.rvr', I" his partner:
Now. William. you remove The
wes,nns from the Coach and d EN-
search these gentlemen.
As William ol,~yed every victim
was ordered to held his Lau,is sbocs
his head. and whatever plnuier aas
I ken from his pockets wns Gr'prrd
into William. hat. Four gold watches.
iwo diamond pins. n telescope. di,
;i,ond ring. u geld badge aud 81 .2'lO
To- cash charge.i hands in ten minutes.
Not a Man had word to saw. The
driver Ut the cn.ch did r',t leave his
sat and was not iaterteied With.
When the last man had been plnn-
t-red the gen,eel Dick Tnrvin k'ndly
uts.rvii:
You are the most decent sort Of
men | ever robbed. and il times
weren't 80 blasted hard. would make
erch 1t you present ut ten dollars.
NV. then. c:imb hack o" your rlac.s
and the c.ach will GO ON.
The crowd "clumb," snd the ve-
hicie resumed its journey. Not q
wespon or ,im~-riec- or dollar hal
ieen saved. Seven wsll-au med men
had be+n cleaned out by two a"d me-,
shot fired ar wound given. Each
man took his seat Without q ~"rd.
Mile after mile Was passed in silence.
and finally the seventh man. the "ne
who nigh, fight on pinch. but diju'd,
plrin'ively suggested: