The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-13

or. q, body of men ahead.
Surrender, or you are dead men!n
roared the Officer Curses and several
shots were the reply., Then came the
orders, quick and sharp: N ~ n
Forward! Close up! Double quick
Ihl.,..s 1t was speedily over. Left on
the car with the men, the old. Sergean,
'.Boys, you hear? It's that cursed
Perry gang, Now don't forget Larry
and Charley, that. they, murdered last
year." and there had come from the
soldiers q sort of 6efce. subdned growl.
The yolley was followed by, bayonet
charge, and it required ali the officers
authority to save the, lives even of those
who threw up their hands. Large as
the gang was Communicating the
troops), well armed and desperate as
they were. every one was dead,
wounded or aprisoner when the men
who guarded the train platforms ran
up. The surgeon, with professional
GOODNESS, walked up to, the robbers, his
instrument case under his arm. 1-ig
..Not much for me to do here,
Lieutenant" said he. That practice
for Creedmooor is telling on the shoot
ing. Good thing for the gang. too.
Bullets are better than rope. and a
Colorado jury will give them plenty Of
that" .'"Hi7 .t.r ~ .,'
Sinclair had sent a man to tell hi,
wife that all was over. Then he or.
dered fire lighted and the rails relaid.l
The flames lit strange scene as the
passengers flocked up The Lieuten-
ant posted men TO keep them back. '.i
/ sis there telegraph station not far
ahead, SinclairP" asked ne. "Yes7 All
RICH" He drew small pad from his
pocket and wrote q dispatch to the post
commander. 81 gtlaiI I2als, =, ,n
p '.Be good enough to send that for
me, said he, sand leave orders at
Barker's for the night express eastward
to stop for rs, and to bring a posse to
take care Of the wounded and prison
ers. And now, my dear Sinclair /
suggest that you get the passengers in.
to the cars and go on as soon as those
rails are spiked. When they realize
the situation some of them will feel
precious ugly, and you know we can't
have any lynching." .w ,.-..,f ass 70
Sinclair glanced at the rails and gave
the word at once to the conductor and
brakeman, who began vociferating:
"All ABOARD" just then Foster APP
peared, an expression of intense salts
faction showing clearly on his face in
the freight. .it Isl .'lrp .'.1i
Major" said he. IL didn't use to
take much stock in Special Providence.
or things being ordered; but L n darned
if l don't believe in them from this day.
l was bound to stay where you put me,
but was uneasy and wild to be in the
scrimmage; and if 1 had been there
wouldn't have taken much notice of a
little red light that wasn't much behind
the rear platform when we stopped.
When l saw there was No danger there |
ran back. and what do you think / |
found? There was woman in a dead |
faint, and Just clutching lantern that |
she had tied up in red scarf, poor little
thing! And, Major, 1t was Sally! It |
was the little girl that loved me out at
Barker's, and has loved me and waited !
for me ever since! And when she came
10 and knew me, she was so glad she !
most tainted away again; and she let
on as it was her that gave away the job.
And I took her into the sleeper, and the
madam, God bless her-she knew Sally |
before and was glad to meet her-she
took care of her, and is cheering her up. |
And now. Major, I'm going to take her
straight to Denver, and send for a par
son and get her married to me, and
she II brace up sure pop" iihi"
The whistle sounded, and the train
started. From the window of the
sleeper Sinclair and his wife took their
asst look at the weirY scene. The Lieu
:enant, standing at the side of the
rack, wrapped in his cloak, caught "a
glimpse of Mrs. Sinclair's pretty fare,
md returned her bow. Then. as the
,ar passed out of sight. he tugged at his
and hummed:
"why, boys. why.
81 Should we be melancholy. boys f,tI
Whose business tits 10 de- '.,....
In less than an hour, kilograms hav-,
ng in the meantime been sent in both
directions, the train run ALONGSIDE the
platform at Barker's; and Watkins. i'm
as usual, met Sinclair and
rave him his letters. -ap b.. --.a
"Perry gang wiped out, L hear, Ma.
Or" said he. ''Good thing for the
That's lesson the .toughs'
n these parts won't forget for a long
lime. Plucky girl that gave them
sway, wasn't she? Hope she's all
light" 90 dar-1 II : ~ r7tiT |
''She is all right" said Sinclair, with
smile. fr 7tG far f l.
s.Glad of that By the way, that
ather of her'n passed in his checks to-
light. He'd got one warning from the
'igilantes, and Yesterday they found
tut he was in with this gang, and they
vas a-eoing for him; but when the; tele-
ram came he put pistol to his head
md saved them all trouble. Good rid
lance to everybody, say. The
'herif's here now, and is going East
N the next train to get them fellows
les got big posse together, and ]
wonder if they was hard to
Iold in after the boys in blue is
one" '-rl yr.gsHrr- ~. g,.s.. 49,. i
In few minutes the train was of,
nth its living freight-the just and the
MUST, the reformed and the rescued,
he unhappy and the anxious. With
many of the passengers the episode OF
he night was already thing of. the
vast. Sinclair sat by the side of his
rife, to whose cheeks the color had all
ONE back; and Sally johnson lay in
Ter berth. faint still, but able to give
n occasional smile to Foster. In the
tation on the Missouri the reporters
we're gathered about the happy Super. .
ntendent, smoking his cigars and fill.
az their notebooks with items. In
Denver their brethren would gladly
ave done the same, but Watkins failed
0 crafty them. He-was a man of few
7ords. When the train had gone, and
friend remarked: 'tf'S