San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-08

proposeu aomg 30 Wills 4 seuted up the
days business. Had there been thought OF
danger In the errand 10 disturb us | never
should have consented to his going alone;
being none, gave gesture Of thanks as he
buttoned tightly his coat about him, seized
the parcel and stepped out into the storm.
Alone in the Office, the days bushes was soon
put to order and the few express parcels
checked from the way bill. Then, seated in
my brothers chair, l fell into a reverie upon
the courage of the poor boy who sat there,
day after day. deaf to all save the busy in
struments-until aroused by an unusual stir
at the office door They were bringing him
In, my poor boy; his clothes in disorder and
stained by the storm and, yes, blood. What
could have happenedi His poor right hand,
which could have told In place of speech,
hung useless at his side, the arm disabled by
a blow
'What is it, mani" No answer, save that
they had found him struggling through the
storm, and, recognizing him, had brought
him here. While plying the questions had
clasped the wounded boy in my arms and
supported him 70 his accustomed seat beside
the instrument We have need Of a doctor
here greatly raising the injured arm. One
of the men Immediately started in search OF a
physician.
"'What is it, dear boyr asked aloud
For answer he grasped quickly my right
hand with his uninjured left and with his
fingers spelled out the words in the familiar
Morse alphabet, which read from the SIM
pie strokes of his fingers Robbed Robbed
Two Muffled figures Struck me down
Chung to money package to the last-till-till'
they broke my arm. Oh, cruel, cruel-two
poor boys, to rob them of so much
"A severe scalp wound, the result of blow
from some blunt instrument, and arm not
broken, but badly hurt. Such was the YER
dict Of the physician after an examination.
1.-THE long winter season at last grew into
spring, then summer, and the sun danced
again on the waves Of the Kennebec. My
| brother was back once more in his old time
seat, fully recovered from his injuries and
| busily working the wire as before. Yet no
| trace of the stolen money nor the robbers.
ut was noon, and our telegraph messen-
| gers dinner hour when one eventful day
there came message Of special Importance,
requiring immediate delivery Our estab-
lished reputation for promptness must not
| suffer this to wait the messengers return, so
thrusting the telegram into the pocket Of my
coat, rushed off on delivery duty | have
said that my brothers appearance so closely
resembled my own as to cause uncertainty
even among our friends in distinguishing one
| from another.
"Now, as my course lay down toward the
river among the ice houses, l noticed two
idlers of vagabond appearance sitting cooling
their heels upon one of the long shutes which
project out into the river used in hauling the
ice from its bed up the great incline plane to
A. A.
site and almost within arms length Of the
two worthless, one turning to the other ex-
claimed: Here comes the dummy, Bill He's
got our mark on himp In an instant it flashed
upon me, now was the time for action TC
denounce them later as the robbers would be
| hazardous
AT last I've got you, and with the words,
followed by a cry for help, turned, anu
sprang directly at the throat Of the first
speaker There was an answering cry Of
surprise from the villain ere my fingers en-
circled his throat, and the next moment we
were rolling over and over, each struggling
for the mastery. The other, evidently q
weaker spirit, took to his heels and aban-
doned his comrade. Soon my mad cries
brought help and the robber was secured.
Then, after directing some to follow the fugi-
tive, denounced them both as the express
robbers. That night both-the runaway cap
tured-were safe within the walls Of the VII
lage lookup.
TAT the trial which followed, the weaker
spirit quailed, and, to secure the clemency Of
the court, made full confession, likewise
disclosing the hiding place Of the stolen
money, which, less some $500, was unearthed
and secured to the express company. The re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of
the robbers enabled us to make good the
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