The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-17

W A A&&A A<A& A@AR either one of them 'ccmpreAended what l vas about had made dive between them and succeeded h gessing into the efsce. and had the doer boi,ed aimcs, befcre bknew what was dctnv.
 heard a voiley of curses hurled after me, and then knew hy the sounds and the ereaklns of the door that both of the men were trying to break tn. But had no fcars et ,heir doing that. l. was cf hard wood. weil-seasoned, and would re- sist all their efforts in ,ha, direction.
 put the package in the satc and locked |, securely, before l stopped so think wha, was to be done. Then sat down to think while could hear the men talking outside; knew they were hold ing council over the means to be ased , to effect an entrance and obtain posses son of the money had received IL was anything but pleasant situa- tion to be ,n. Herr was alone. half a mile away from any assistance. at ten ! o'clock at night--and a stormy night as ,ha,--and the probability was that nearly everybody was already in bed. li they were not. no one would think of coming to the depo, al that hour of the night Outside were two desperate men. who knew had large sum of money in my possession. aad they knew that if they could efiec, an entrance would amouat 10 but little in the accomplishment sf their sillainous purpose.
 Suddenly thought occurred 10 me The clerk at the hotel where l boarded had taken fancy to tciegraphy, and we had put tip wire between the hotel and the depot. Why couldn't 1 advise him of my danger. and have him send me i help .- 1 heard a new sound M the door jus, then, which sent the blood in great. frightened waves all over me The men had begun to cut their way in with poek- i et-knivcs.
 rushed to the instrument and called" George. What if he had gone to bed, or should be out turned pale a, the thought.
 But pretty soon A response came. lie vas there. Go ahead.
 began and wrote e:
 -l am in danger. Two men arc trying To gain admntance for the purpose of ro5bing the express safe. Send help i'm media,ely, for Gods sake. Not minute to lose.
 Slower selegraphed George. who had not been practioing long enough to be able to read very well 1 l wen' over with the message aga,n Bu, suppose the exe,temen, made my writing blurred" for again he sen, back word:
 slower. and more distinct. Cant make Il out. :"
 Good God. Before l succeeded in making him understand me they would hc through the door. thought. ~ith a cold sweat breaking out ali over me. Bu, went over the message again. and ,hIs time he eaugh, i, and sen, back | huf ticd All right Hold oa, for ten mn uics :"
 The men were digging away like beavers. could see the points oi tAeif knives once in a while as they spin,ceed away fragments of the panels But knew that ii would take them some tune yet 10 Cut away enough for them to make an entrance through. How 1 wished had d pistol.
 waited in icye4ish impaiienoe. Sud. denly there WAS crash, and one panel WAS stove in by the foo, of one of the men.
 Aha he grinned with his leesing face d, the aperture. You see VIC mean business, don, you? What are you go- 1 ing 10 do. oh ~
 didn't know. Die, l suppose, if they took an idea to pu, an end to me into their heads. Why didn'i George and the help he promised come! it seemed Ia me that they had had time enough Ia make ten-mile trip.
 @We'ye got the second panel almos, ready 10 stave ln." said the man, chuck. ling horribly ovfr the cheerful informa- ton. Then guess Tom can crawl through. You might as well be opening ,ha, box Q your'n an git out tha, bundle we're after. ltll save ali on us consider able trouble an time"
 Crash came his foo. against the panel and i, burst into splinters and my heaIi fairly stopped beating when saw one of them thus, his head and shoulders through the opening. seized the poke, and struck him over the head with all the force could muster. He rolled oui | volley of terrible cures. but was mas ter of the situation a. that particular iime.
 Suddenly there was sound of voices and then the man outside cried out that they were '.nabbed." and ,Fled to make his escape. But knew by the sound that he WAS caught, and was struggling with his cap'ors. There were several pistol shots fired. and eager cries. during which the poor wretch tn the door made no effort to escape, bu; lay there limp and moiionlesx. began to fear 1 had killed hira. drew back the boiA and got the door opened jus, in time to sec the othe, one oscrpowered- a prisoner m the hasds of half-a-doxen of the boys ifotn to~n Then we got the man oai of the door, Hs wasn't dead, but he was insensble inJ blo~s with the poker had been too mucE for him.
 l bought me pistol the first thing the next morning, and was on the look, out for robbers and sdven,urers sfrer tha, but that was the only adventure of any th.. k~rr~r~i -.ttf~