Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-05

| Ouuuenly tnOuSHC OccurTeU 10 Ine.
The clerk at the hotel where | DO ,rded
had taken a fancy to telegraphy and we
had put up wire between the hotel
and the depot. Why couldn' | advise
HIM of my danger, and have him serd
help?
heard a new sound at the door Just
then. which sent the blood in great
fl Oh ened waves all over me. The
men had begun to Cut their way in with
pocket-knives,
rushed to the instrument and "call-
ed George. What if he had gone to
bed, or should be out? l turned pale
at the thought
But pretty soon a response came back.
He was there. Go ahead.
began and wrote:
Il am in danger Two men are try
ing to gain admittance for the purpose
OF robbing the express safe. Send help
Immediately, for Gods sake! Not a
minute to lose"'
''Slower," telegraphed George, who
had not been lracticing long enough to
be able to read well.
! / went over with the message again.
But | suppose excitement made my
writing BLURRED" for again he sent
back word:
''Slower, and more distinct! Can't
make it out"
Good God. Before l succeeded in
making him understand me they would
be through the door, l thought, witt, a
cold sweat breaking out all over me.
But went over the message again, and
this time he caught it, and sent back a
hurried ''All ight! Hold out for ten
minutesr'
The men were digging away like
beavers. could see the points of their
knives once in while, as they splintered
away fragments of the panels. But |
knew that it would taEe them some time
yet to cut away enough for them to
make an entrance through. How l
wished had pistol!
waited in feverish impatience SUD
denly there was crash, and one panel
was stove in by the foot of one of the
men.
''Aha"' he grinned, with his lcerirs
face at the aperture. ''YOu see we
mean business. don't you? What are
you going to dowhen we get in, eh?'
l didn't know. Die, I supposed, if
they took an idea to put an end to me
into their heads. Why didn't George
and the help he had promised Gomez 1t
seemed to me that they had had time
enough to make ten mile tramp.
We've got the second panel almost
ready to stave in" said the other man,
chuckling horribly over the cheerful in
formation. Then, I guess, Tom can
crawl through. You might as well be
opening that box your n, an git out
that bundle we're a'ter. tell save all
on us considerable trouble an time"
Crash came his foot againstthe panel,
and it burst into splinters; and my
heart fairly stopped beating when saw
one of them thrust his head and shout
ders through the opening. l seized the
poker, and struck him over the head
with all the force l could muster He
rolled out vOlley of terrible curses.
but was master of the situation at that
particular moment.
Suddenly there was sound of voices,
and then the man outside cried out that
they were Enabled" and tried to MAKE
his escape. But knew by the sound
that he was caught, and was struggling
with his captOrs. There were several |
pistol-sbots fired. and eager cries, dur
ing which the poor wret h in the door
made no effort to escape, but lay there
limp and motionless. l began to fear l
had killed him. | drew hac the bolts, |
and got the door open just in time to
see the other one overpowered, a
prisoner in the hands of a half-a-dozen
of the boys from town. Then we got
tn" man out of the door. He wasn't
dead, but he was insensible; my blows
with the poser had been too much for
him.
bought me pistol the first thing
next morning, and was on the lookout
for rObt ers and adventures after that;
but that was the only adventure of any
. count that happened to me while 1
stayed there. If it hadn't been for that
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