Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-09-05
A Shocking Experience.

that ensued:
what time does the night express
pass? ?"
"She's due in about half an hour,
but she's over an hour late"
can hour late, ehf"
"Yes, besides she doesn't stop here.
You'll have to 60 to Bloomville if you
want to take the express"
"But if you telegraphed to Bloom
vile for her to stop here she'd stop
wouldn't shei Z"
mo, she wouldn't"
Hasn't she ever stopped here"
"Once or twice"
"What made her p
"Orders from the train dispatcher" f"
"Where does he live"
Center City"
"Well then, the message from Gen.
ter City TO Bloomville must pass
through this Office, mustn't they ?"
"Of course"
"All right. Then you could send
a message from here that the Bloom
vile folks wouldn't know but what it
come from Center City, couldn't your
81 could, but l wouldn't"
"Oh, wouldn't you? Not if l ask
ed you? Well, young man l will be
plain with you. If you don't send
just what l tell you to, I'll send a
couple of bullets through you. We've
torn up the track just around the
bend, SO the train'll stop anyhow, and
there'll be an eternal Smash. Now
we don't want to bother anybody.
We just want certain package that
is in the express car. We know it's
on this train. We expect to have to
kill the expressmen, for there'll likely
be an extra man to guard that pack
age. It's valuable, it is. If you don't
stop that train you will perhaps kill
fifty people and get shot yourself If
you do, the folks in the sleeping car
will never know anything's out of the
way. and we will have the cash with
out any bother. Saveyi"
81 understand. Let me think a
moment"
well, 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."
"All right. I'll stop the express"
Nov, look here, young fellow, l
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 any
body near here"
Nobody comes here, any how, at
night, or in the day time, either, for
that matter"
Gall right. / want you to under
stand just the fix you're in. We all
have fast horses, and even if you got
a regiment on that train you couldn't
catch us and you would have few
bullets in you before got on my
horse"
'1 understand"
"All right. Then 60 ahead"
The operator put his hand on the
key, but sat there thinking and did
not press it.
Now, see here you hurry up. |
don't want any monkey business"
The operator turned so sharply on
him that the other instinctively rails
ed his revolver little.
"Will you oblige me by keeping
your cussed mouth shut? I'll start
when / get ready, and don't you for
get it. Pm running this machine
and don't you forget that. If you
don't like it shoot and be hanged to
you, and then do your own telegraph
ing"
That's the way to talk" cried the
desperate with admiration. That's
business. Darned if | ever heard a
man talk like that with gun pulled
on him. You 30 right ahead and if
you do this thing square we'll wback
up on the swag. It's rather tiresome
here so III just take this
chair inside. | won't interfere"
"All right" said the operator,
make yourself at home"
Then he turned to the table and be-
gan telegraphing-
"Klick-a lick, klick-a-lick, klick-a.
lick" went the instrument rapidly.
Whats thatf" said the desperate,
his vow Of non-interference
of moment before. 1T seems to be
all the same thing"
"it is. I'm calling the office at
Bloomville."
"Klick-a-lick, klick-a-lick-chuck."
There, I've got 'em. Now don't
interrupt me. I'll tell you what is
said when | get through"
The outlaw leaned forward with a