Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-05-04

excitement. l:15 | mentally hg
ured that the train on such a des
perate errand should make nearly
a mile a minute and reach the stop
ping point about 1876.
THE robber chief gave his mel
their instructions. | was to be
sent out alone to signal the train,
and when it halted the band would
make a rush and board il.
"Bill, you jump the engine as
soon as she stops, an hold the en-
gineer and fireman under my gun,
Jack you pile into the mail car an
make the clerk give up his regis
tered letters, an me an Yank an
Aleck'll work the express car,
while Tom an Shorty holds the
conductor and brakeman back
Do yer work quick an bold, an
don't be afeared to burn powder II
necessary. Thar's a big haul on
that train, an we've got to have
it,"
How eagerly | watched the clock,
and how slowly, how very, very
slowly the hands seemed to move.
One twenty-one, one twenty-five,
one thirty were licked of. One
thlrty.Gve! would they never come
The men eat on the bench along
the west side of the room, facing
along the two windows on the east.
tried to figure on how long II
would require for the men to walk
to the depot from the stopping
place. Perhaps even then they
were surrounding the station and !
might hear a knock at the door
any instant. Would there be a
fghti Oh, horrible thought. In
a few moments | might see men
shot down before my face, and
| might myself be killed. | al
most tainted with fright. The
blood seemed to freeze in my veins,
and | grasped the chair or would
have fallen to the floor. One forty
There came a fearful crash of glass,
and the black muzzles of a perfect
cloud of rifles were thrust directly
at the robbers. Then a voice cried
out:
"Men, throw up your hands. /
am the Sheriff, and in the name OF
the law demand your surrender
Make bat a move, and III order my
men to fire"
"You cursed little cat " hiss
ed the leader, glarng at me
savagely as the men sullenly held
up their hands. Then the Sheriff
and three men entered and disarm-
ed and handcufled the robbers, and
| saw the Superintendent looking
at me and heard him say what a
debt | owe to you, my brave girl,
and then / fell fainting into his
arms.
When ! regained consciousness |
was lying in my bed in my room at
Green RIVER, with several ladies
around me, and was told that sew
en- days had elapsed since the cap.
ture of the robbers. was suffer
ing from brain fever brought on by
the terrible strain | had passed
through, and had been unconscious
for that long period. For many
days thereafter | lowered on the
borders between life and death,
and the superintendent was at my
bedside several times every day
cheering me up with words of en-
couragement and doing all in his
power to alleviate my suffering. /
finally recovered, and when called
into court to testify against the
desperate gang | will never forget
their fierce glances toward me as
told how had entrapped them, or
how, IN spite Of the Judge and
court officers TO suppress it, the
crowd cheeTed me as / left the
stand. The men were sent for long
terms to an eastern prison, and |
have never heard of them since.
"And did the company reward
you for saving the train ?" | asked.
"Well, only slightly. Corpora
tiOns have no souls, yOu know
But l Ievenged myself on the Su-
perintendent in a terrible manner"
ain what way y
81 married him." she replied,
with a cunning SMILE