, 1888-09-23
A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE.

leaned over the counter, his right elbow
resting on it, which enabled him to hold
the heavy six shooter without a tremble.
The six shooter covered" Warner. The
following was the conversation that en-
sued:
What time does the night express
passT'
''She's due in about half an hour, but
she is over an hour late"
AN hour late. chr"
Eyes, besides she doesn't stop here.
o 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
she2'
mo, she wouldn't"
Hasn't she ever stopped heref"
"Once or twice"
What made herr"
"Orders from the train Dispatcher"
"Where does he liver
Center City"
"Wel then, the messages from Center
City to Bloomville must pass through
this office, mustn't they2"
"Of course"
"An right. Then you could send a
message from here that the Bloomville
folks wouldn't know but what it come
from Center City, couldn't your"
COulu, Dub L WOulun u
"Oh, wouldn't your Not If 1 asked
your Well. young man. I'll be plain with
you. If you don't send just what I tell
you to, I'll send a couple of bullets through
you. We've torn up the track just round
the bend, SO the trainu stop anyhow, and
there will be IN eternal smash. Now we
don't want to bother anybody. We just
want a certain package that's in the ex-
press car. We know it's on the train.
We expect to have to kill the expressman,
for there will ILL., 'y be an extra man to
guard that packG+ It's valuable, it Is.
If you don't stor Is.t train you will per-
haps kill fifty people and get shot your
self. If you do, the folks in the sleeping
car will never know anything's out of the
way, and we will lave the cash without
any bother. saveyf"
81 understand. Let me think a mo-
ment."
"Well. hurry up. There's no time to
lose."
us the track torn up now or are you
going to do it if don't stop the train."
1.-THE tracks torn up now"
"All right. I'll stop the express"
Now, look here, young fellow. 1 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 round this shanty and
won't let anybody near here"
Nobody comes here, any how, at night.
Or In the daytime, either, for that mat
ter"
"All right. Iwant you to understand
just the fix you're in. We all have fast
ment on that train they couldn't catch US,
and you would nave q few bullets in you
before l got on my horse"
II understand"
Cali right again. Then go ahead"
The operator put his hand on the key,
but sat there thinking and did not
press 1t.
Now, see here; you hurry up there. I
don't want any monkey business"
The operator turned SO sharply round
on him that the other instinctively raised
his revolver a little.
"Win you oblige me by keeping your
cussed mouth shut III start when ! get
ready, and don't you forget it. I'm run
ming this machine, and don't you forget
that. If you don't like 1t shoot and be
hanged to you, and then do your own tel
egraphing."
That's the way to talk. cried the des-
perado with admiration. That's bust
ness. Darned if ever l heard a man talk
like that with q gun pulled on him. You
go right ahead, and If you do this thing
o4udIo We WHICH up On Uue SWaR. IL b
rather tiresome standing here, so I'll just
take this chair inside. l won't inter
fere."
"An right" said the operator, make
yourself at home"
Then he turned to the table and began
telegraphing.
"Kic-a-lick, klic-a-lick, klic-a-lck,
klic-a-lick" went the instrument rapidly.
What's that?" said the desperate, for
getting his vow of non-interference of q
before. at seems to be all the
same thing"
ut is. l am calling the office at Bloom
Vile"
"Klic-a-lick, klic-a-lick-ehuck."
There, I've got 'em. Now, don't in
terrupt me. I'll tell you what is said
when I'm through"
The outlaw leaned forward with a puz-
zled expression, and doubtless wished he
knew as much about telegraphing as he
did about shooting.
Us Stevens there?" asked the instru-
ment at Bloomville. Tell him Warner
wants him"
There was q sause, and then the in
strument at the lonely way station an
swered.
Warner rapidly ratified out the follow
ing message:
This shanty is in the possession of a
william who has a pistol pointed at me
while 1 work. l expect it is the Zama
county gang that is round 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 Q
special there and get the sheriff and a
strong posse to come down and gather in
the gang7"
IN do it. There's q freight engine
here now, and I'll put the boys in some
box cars"
mo, don't do that. Make up a train of
passengers. Put q Pullman on behind If
you have it and make it look as like an
express train as you can. Then send her
down on the time of the express and hold
the No. 8 there till they get back"
Good idea. Now what are you going
to doH They'll shoot you"
Can you make a connection with the