Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-15
COOL is A CUCUMBER.

bic, trifie pale, perhaps, but seemingly
cool and in no way disturbed by the extra
ordinary situation, says the Detroit Free
Press. The stranger, who wore wide
brimmed hat, and was dressed in the rough
costume of frontiersman, leaned over the
counter, his right elbow resting on it,
which enabled him to hold the heavy six
shooter without tremble. The six
shooter covered" Warner. The follow
ing was the conversation that ensued:
"What time does the night express
pass ?"
"She's due in about half an hour, but
She is over an hour late"
An hour late, Ell ?'
Yes; besides, she doesn't stop here.
You'll have to go to Bloomville if you
want to take the express"
But if you telegraphed to Bloomville
for her to stop here she'd stop, wouldn't
she ?"
"No, she wouldn't"
Has she ever stopped here ?"
"Once or twice"
"What made her stop?"
" Orders from the train dispatcher"
"Where does he live?"
"Center City"
"Well, then, the messages from Center
City to Bloomyille must pass through this
Office, mustn't they?"
'Of course"
"All right. Then you could send a
message from here that the Bloomv1lle
folks wouldn't know but what it came
from Center City, couldn't you?"
81 could, but | wouldn't"
"Oh, wouldn't you? Motif asked you?
Well, young man, I'll be plain with you.
If you don't send just what | tell you to,
Pll send couple OF bullets through you.
We've torn up the track just around the
bend, so the train'll stop anyhow, and
| there will be an eternal smash. Now we
don't want to bother anybody. We Just
want certain package that's in the ex-
press car. We know it's on this train.
We expect to have to kill the expressman,
for there will likely be an extra guard
manto to guard that package. It'svaluable it
IS. If you don't stop that train you will
perhaps kill fifty people and get shot your
self. If you do, the folks In the sleeping
car will never know anything is out of the
way, and we will have the cash without
any bother. Savey%
Il understand Let me thinl, a mo-
ment."
"Wen, hurry up There's no time to
lose
"is the track torn up now, or are you
going to do it if don't stop the train ?'
"The tracks torn up now.o
| "All right. Pll stop the train"
"Now look here young fellow. | want
you to understand this. If you try any
fooling you won't catch us, and you'll get
shot yourself. Nobody can come here, for
my friends are around this shanty and
won't let anybody near here"
| Nobody comes here anyhow, at night
Or in the daytime either, for that matter"
"All right. want you to understand
just the fix you're in. We all have fast
horses and even if you brought regiment
on that train they couldn't catch us, and
you would have a few bullets before | got
on my horse"
81 understand"
"All right again. Then go ahead"
The operator put his hand on the key,
but sat there thinking and did not press it.
"Now, see here; you hurry up there. 1
don't want any monkey business"
The operator turned so sharply around
on him that the other instinctively raised
! his revolver bit.
"Will you oblige me by keeping your
cussed mouth shut? Pll start when l get
ready, and don't you forget it. Pm run
ming this machine, and don't you forget
that. If you don't like it, shoot and be
! hanged to you, and then you can do
! your own telegraphinpn
/ That's the way to talk" cried the
desperate, with admiration "That's
| business Darned if ever heard man
talk like that with a gun pulled on him.
You go right ahead, and if you do this
thing square, we'll whack up on the swag.
It's rather tiresome standing here so long,
| so I'll Just take this chair inside won't
interfere"
"All right" said the operator; "make
yourself at home"
"Klic-a-lick, klic-a-lick, klic-a-lick, klic-
a-lick," went the instrument, rapidly.
"Whats that" said the desperate, for
getting his vow of non-interference of
moment before. ut seems to me all the
same thing"
at is. l am calling the Office at
Bloomville"
"Klic-a-lick, klic-a-lick, klic-a-lic =
chuck"
''There, Pve got 'em. Now don't inter-
Irupt me. I'll tell you what is said when
Pm through"
! The outlaw leaned forward with a puz-
zled expression and doubtless wished he
knew as much about telegraphing as he
did about shooting.
as Stevens there?' asked the instru-
ment at Bloomville. "Tell him Warner
wants him."
There was pause, and then the instru-
ment at the lonely way station answered.
Warner rapidly ratified out the follow
ing message:
"This shanty is in the possession of a
villain who has pistol pointed at me
while work. | expect it is the Zama
County gang that is around the place.
They are going to rob the express. I'm
supposed to be telegraphing orders for it
to stop here. Now, can't you make up a
special there and get the Sheriff and
strong posse to come down and gather in
the gang?'
"rll do it. There's freight engine
here now, and I'll put the boys in some
box cars"
No, don't do that Make up train of
passengers. Put Pullman on behind if
you have it, and make it look as like an
express train as you can. Then send her
i down ON the time of the express and hold
the No. 9 there till they get back"
'Good idea. Now what are you going