The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-19
MAN OF NERVE.
A rLucKY TELEGRAPH OPERATOR TRAPS
BAND OF ToUoHs.

covered Warner. The following was
the conversation that ensued:
"what time does the night express
pass P'I
"She's due in about half nm hour but
she is over an hour late"
8 An hour late, eh p'
"Yes, besides she don't stop here. You'n
have to 60 to Bloomylle II you want take
the express.
But If you telegraph to Bloomville for
her to stop here she'd stop wouldn't she p
No, she wouldn't"
" Hasn't she never stopped hercq"
Once or twicel'
" What made her P''
"Orders from the train dispatcher, of
course'
"Centre City"
Well, then u messagefiom Centre City
to BloomYllle must pass through this office,
mustn't it?"
Z" OF COURSE"
All right. Then you can send a mes
sage from here that The BloomyilIe folks
wouldn't know but what Il came from
Centre City, couldn't you ?"
" coslld, but 1 wouldn't"
"Oh,wouldnit you? Not If asked you?
Well Young man. I'll be plain with you. If
you don't send just what tell you to, I'll
send 3 couple of bullets through YOU.
We've torn up the tracks just around the
bend, so the train'll stop anyhow, and
therell be an eternal smash Now we
don't want 10 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
he has an extra man to guard that package
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
out of the way, and we will hayo the cash
without any bother. Sayvey 9'
81 understand. Let me think moment"
:" Well hurry up. There's no time to
lose.''
us the track torn up now, or are yuu
going to do it If don't stop the train ?"
"The track is torn up now"
" All right I'll stop the express.
Now, look here young fellow. want
you TO understand this: If You trs any
looling iYou won't catch us; you will get
shot yourself. Nobody can come here, for
my friends are round this slanly and
won't let anybods near here.
Nobody comes here anyhow, at night.
OR III the daytime either, for that matter."
IAN right 1 want you 10 understand
th9 fix you are in, We all haYe fast horses.
md even ii You brought regiment on that
train they couldn't catch us and you would
have a few bullets in you before got on
my horse.
II understand.
IAN right again. Then go ahead"
The operator put his hand on the key,
and sat there thinking and did not press
the key.
"Now, see here; sou hurry up there.
don want any monkey business"
The operator turned so sharplJ around
on him that The other instlnctively raised
his revolver little.
"Will you obise me by keeping your
.,ussed mouth shut? IN start when get
ready aud don't you forget Is. I'm run
ming his machine, and il you don't like it
shoot and be hanged to you, and then do
your OWL ielesraphlng."
That's the way TO talk cried the
lesperado, with admiration. "'rhat's
business. Darned if eyer heard man
talk like THAT with a gun pulled OH him,
You 80 right ahead and if you do this
hing square we'l whack up on ibe swsg
It's rather ;iresome standing here. so III
! just take this chair inside. won't inter
fere''
'Al right, said the operator, "Uake
Yourself al home. "
Then he turned to the table and began
teleeraphing.
"Klick-a-kliek, klick-a-k,ick, kllck-a
klick, Kick 1-klick, went the instrument
rapidly.
What's ihat?'' said the desperate, for
getting his vow of non-interference OF a
moment tefore, at seems to he all the
same thing"
ut IS. | am calling the office at Bloom
VILE"
"Knck-a-kliek, lck a-klick -chuck.
"Tlere. Pye got 'em. Now don't inter-
tupt me I'll tell yor what is said when
| am through"
The outlaw leaned forward with puz
zled expression, and doubtless wished he
knew as much about telegraphng as hi
did about shooting.
Is Stevens there? asked the instlu
meut OF Bloomyille, "Tell hlm Warner
wants lim."
There was pause, and then the instru
ment at the lonely way station answered
Warner rapidly ratified out The following
message:
"This sbauty IS in the possession of I
william, who has a pistol pointed at m,
while l work. expect II is the Zami
county gaSg bat is round the place. The
are aoiug to rob the express. I'm suppose
} 10 be tslegraphing orders for II TO sto
here. Now, cau't on make Il specis
there and ge, the sheriff and posse 70 com
down snd gather 10 t5e gang p
"I'lI do It, There's a freight ensin
here now. aud IN put the boys in som
box cara"
''No dou't do that Make up train {
}, passenger Put Pullman on behind
you haye it, and make it look as muc
like an express train as YOU can. The
send her down Oh the tune OF the express
and hold the No. 9there till they get back.
"Good idea Now what are you eoin
to dop They'll shoot you.'
Can you make connection with ii
, town arc light and get them TO put the