The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-18

dels Tor freight train responded;
"'None Of yer lyin', you littleimp,' HI
roared, Yer up 70 some trick.
"'No,' l replied, 4 am not. II ! wer'
doing that my fngeR would be on thu
instrument, Don't you see ! am no
touching 1t, and yet works, It's only
an order for freight train away doWr
at Medicine Bow,
"Keep away from the table, he said
sayagely. AN II ] ketch you at any
tricks I'll choke the life out Of you
"0h, how eagerly my ears drank II
every word the instrument clicked out
| heard q telegram tothe sherlffot Greer
River, twenty miles west, asking him Il
arm posse Of men at once and get OF
board a special train which would bt
ready for him, Then another TO the
young superintendent who was at Greer
River, telling him how my slowly writ
ten words had been heard by the dis
patCher, and asking him to supervise the
preparations to fly 10 my relief, Then
q third dispatch to the master mechanic
TO fire up his fastest passenger engine
and couple on 10 q carriage and awRrt
the superintendent orders, My heart
beat so violently that 1t almost took my
breath away. It seemed an age ere
heard the Green River operator call the
dispatcher and say; -
"'The superintendent, with sheriff
and twenty armed men are aboard, and
train ready for orders,
1.-THE order came flying, II told the
engineer he had clear track and to run
at his very highest speed to within 9
half mile OF my station, and with bis
party 10 alight, Then came the welcome
report from the Green river office;
especial cast departed l:l6.'
"oh, how my poor heart beat, and
how my every nerve tingled with ex-
citement, l;15-I mentally figured that
the train on such desperate errand
should make nearly mile a minute,
and reach the stopping point at 1880,
1.-THE robber chief gave his men their
instructions. was TO be sent alone to
signal the train, and when 1t halted the
band would make rush and board the
train.
"'Blll, you jump on the engine as soon
as she stops and hold the engineer and
fireman under your gun. Jack, you
pile into the mail car an make the
clerk give you up his registered letters,
an Yank an Aleck'll work the express
car, while Tom an Shorty will hold the
conductor and brakeman back. Do
your work quick an bold, an don't be
afeard to burn powder II necessary.
Thar's big haul on that train, an we've
got TO have 1t,
"How eagerly I watched the clock,
and how slowly, how very, very slowly
the hands seemed to moYe-l:2l, 1:26
and l 80 were licked Off; 1851 Would
they never came?
"The men sat on the bench along the
west side OF the room, facing along the
two windows on the east. ! tried to
figure how long 1t would require for the
men to walk to tho depot from the stop
ping place. Perhaps even then they
were surrounding tho station, and
might hear knock ct the door any IN.
slant. Would there DO fight? Oh,
horrible thought! In few moments
might see men shot down before my face,
and l might myself be killed. almost
tainted with fright, The blood seemed
10 freeze in my veins, and grasped the
chair or l would have fallen to tho floor
-1:40 There came fearful crash Of
glass, and the black muzzles OF q perfect
cloud OF rifles wore thrust through the
windows and pointed directly at the rob.
bers, Then q voice cried outs
"'Men, throw up your hands ! am
the sheriff, aud In the name OF the law |
demand your surrender. Make but a
move, and I'll order my men to firol
eyer little catl Kissed the leader,
glaring at me savagely, as the band sud- |
denly held aloit their hands. Then the
sheriff and three men entered and dis
armed and handcufied the robbers, and
| saw the superintendent looking ut me.
aud heard him cay: What q debt | owe
you, my brave girl, and then fell faint
Ing into his arlnp.
"When l regained consciousness was
lying in my room at Green River, with
several ladies' around me, and was told
that seven days had elapsed since the
capture OF the robbers. / was suffering
from brain fever, brought OH by the Ter:
rible strain ! had passed through, and
had been unconscious for that long
period. For many days thereafter |
lowered on the border between lie and
death, and the superintendent was at
my bedside several times every day,
cheering me up with words Of encour.
agement and doing all in his power TO
alleviate my sulIerings.
II finally recovered and was called
into court to testify against the desperate
gang. l shall never forget their force
glances toward me as | told how / en-
trapped them, or how, in spite Of the
Judge and court officers to suppress II,
the crowd Cheered me as l left the stand.
Tho men were sent for long terms To an
Eastern prison and have never heard
ofthem since"
"And did the companyreward you for
saving the tramp l asked.
"Well, only slightly. Corporations
have no soulg, you know. hut | re-
yenged mySelfo on the superintendent in
a Manner
"ln what wayP"
II married him." she replied, with
charming smile.