Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14
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= RaiIrrad Ghoe, Story.
II. b. Valentine ia iae NagAa',aa

At I O'Clock IN the evening, on the Qeth
OF August, 1851, there stood on tho rail
road platform Of the little station Of Sill.
yer Bow seven persons. Silver Bow is a
new settlement ON one OF the numerous
branches OF the Atebison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad. Twenty miles south.
west OF Silver Bow, on the same track, is
Lone Tomb. 4 like distance beyond this
place lies Blue Canyon, and still farther
tolconto City, where the line terminates
Five OF these persons had bought tickets
for the Atlantic express. They were wait
ing to take the momeGtorily expected
train Tor Topeka, there 10 chapFe cars
and reach New York ~ way Of Chicago.
The remaining two individuals we've the
ticket agent and 4 teleErapl operator
On the platform 1t Lone Tomb we're Q
dozen persons, among them . narty con
sieting Q? bride grd groom. iust mar
TED. and mysterious stranEer. dressed
IN long, black cioaE ma s'ouaI hat
WLo glanced larl1aly. ttou time to time,
- the happy pe'r Tho !ra.- from Blue
canyon came slowly into enc Tomb, and
the plsseHGci1 oo-4 look th.ir scat the
ni'ds an. groom going li.. TIC parlor
ear, and tat llNei sr.uJs STRANGER e,,ierircy
chcIrcs ot CIIrt-s sues between Ia. lo;icr.
erS % tte Pi%1ar. ard Tie conductor.
DIaEt0r4 a.H ,-r!a-.r. then ih,, bell ri
Inc lo'o.n2 If. lH12. u't the train moved
on the sing '"."S l.'-c11 s.,|vp- Bow
Ihne Ms @'L great Id a. traglc on
tins b. ncD - tAa Atkinson, Torosasnl
Saht1 lie. b9t Two :tcial ia1 daily
Siuudovs acceltaG, tLr1rol :i,- n ,o,iss
q Wiz udt |.tiS levc! c5u- ~ fla: mad
o1cr llCnaLy bee /. l.,y,r-,L H.. he
lanes boys ara other dosperadoea, Tor
tne nied STATES express tar often car
Ied IA 10 t2Ie large amount OF specie.
The train that had Just If. Lone Tomh
was Hho"n as no 81. II consisted OF
Pullman palace rallor slcaper, q smok.
eF' al Ordinary passenger coach, bag
gage cSr' United States express and a
capoola. Inc conductor, Jem Harris.
was an Alnetam hero, favorabIv known
thfougaout Kansas, Colorado New Next.
60 ana !e1a5. The engineer Tina Tier
man, enjoys equally as much popularity.
hot h9Lely on account Of his good nature
PAT also lof ms skill IN the game OF 90.
kef. In remote regions such as these The
a aiiIVat ald departure OF the train lie, ont
siae OF an occasional lynching, the only
"HA 'H' tIblu men are looked
upon very mucn AS We're the driver and
land. ~ III
"efe twenty minutes behind time II
eald Conductor Harris TO Engineer Tier.
e enh. onaKe ner up, Tim wen get r.
The seven persons on the nIe,for,
oilyer bow toward 7 o'clock looked AMI.
we're no signs OF 1t ; 7:l5 O'clock. and
pun que wen known whistle, which could
pe caro- often at distance Of three miles
n"o hoi echoeG through the thicklv.
. "eooI 10 nlIlS' Inns was not unusual f1,
~ A"G neeh at times half an hour late
AS the SILVER Bow travellers were ha";n'
ming to get inpatient, the telaar,, Eeein'
rator wired to Lone Tomb md III oPe.
what time the train left. Tie So on ~
soon came: Hns"ei
No. o. in charge of Harris ,os,
,"Well," remarked the tick't a au,''
who was in charge of the st1tion ST.
must be along in few 1ninntes nar, ,, sic
Tue passengers We're satisfied or',
tent to wait They walked mn ,nd ny" :, o.ll
the platform, and rested occas,nn r" Eowl
their trunks and baggage. wbinh OF
piled mp ready to be deposited in H. we're
gage-car of "67." ID ~" Dag
1t was now o'clock and eIn,o.. -,
Wi'nout any Indications OF the annroacf
VI the Tram. Those who before bai haor
impatient now became alarmed esno n;e
~ tue atep-mother of tho bridndroa,,,,.I'
VINO, with his father, intended oo oo
panylhg the young people as far a. IT,
ha, as neither had been able to ba rro epo,
~ the wedding. The telegraph ober raon
az inc request of the ticket agent 80, ~,oi
once more to Lone Tomb as follow. "ifeo
wrorg'" '' arrived What's
Lone Tomb replied
c,n1 1u u5tI De all right ; perhaps hot box
p9oa nlgAt-going home. 10' QUA
!. ~ Is o'clock, said the ticket AGAR.
70 tHe tlfed and anxious persons on The
ppianoii, as ne looked al his wst.b !.
5o o,4Nnihe must have happened bnt
aon think 1t can be anything .arion Uu'
plsoe Oh maehlnery may have oot ont "a
otuet, snd Inn 1iernan's repairing ~ u
suses o' VIII turn Up by and bv n go
Nspe. The ticket agent tslLS5 sooo
Wy 70 Keep up the spirits OF tbs - Ills
%. .h 10 was easy to see by his forced ;oI,i
~ eg 1hss ne dId not ike the looks Of n iUa MI
YUM osn nave happened ?" he non,tas ?;
20 himself "She cunt have inmnsJ S1 ~ 4
srsok or Jumped into the Gttla srs tne
nsd 49, tae lanes boys got aboard, ,tonl
s pe1 hne IRAN and shot Tim Tiernsn r.
49, aIyINuilg OF tle SOFT has taken pIsce y
T0o'o % at least another h:u. L,ss5r rse we ~