The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-27

me: but, alas | could see tIaaa a. aa.o
revived my companion. for. a. | put
out my arm and turned the handle Of
the door, he Was tying hard To steady
his arm and fire at me again. | might,
perhaps. have knocked the pistol FROM
his hand; but nil.ui have failed to
do so. and / knew tlias IT would have
been foolhandy ia the extreme for me
To put myself al close quarters with
him In order 10 skip Cai on the foo,
board Besides. tho door was stiff. and
resisted the feeble push gave IL 30
| left u aud determined To try the win.
dow al the other side OF the carriage If
1 could drag myself over. although /
felt sure that the door Oh t.lat sid. was
locked
But even had it stood wi,lc open |
could no, reach il, The exertion !
had already made bad exhausted me,
and once more fell down on the seat
and within easier reach Of the diving
wretch-for diving he surely was
who meant tiIas should die with
him TwIcc | saw the shining woap
on within foot of my head, but lie
had not the strength to fire. and | had
not the strength 10 twist 1t from his
hand The third time lac raised IL. aud
felt that this time he would not fail.
With a supcrhumau effort | pulled
myself together, and jcrked up his
arm as he at last pulled the trigger.
The bullet Int the ceiling OF the car
riage, and al the same moment nv
would he murderer fell back with
heavy thud against the door. 1t flew
open, and | had one glimpse of his
malignant. terrified face AS he fell out
lead foremost Oh the track.
When the train reached Liverpool
Was found half fainting upon the floor
Of the carriage, and the body of Buck
land-or Foreman, as his name turned
out TO be-was found dead on the line
with the bags of gold upon his per
son; 50 the credit OF the branch house
was saved. Foreman WAS detective
also; but he meant, if the robbery was
successful, 10 abscoud 10 America
He and auckland were close friends,
and the latter, 1t appeared, wanted 10
get of the job and spend the night in
another fashion, and, not having the
slightest suspicion OF his comrade, he
sent him to travel with me to help to
guard the &30, 900.
But, through some mysterious chan
mel, warning was conveyed to Buck
land of Foreman intended treachery.
and too late he had seen how culpablc
he had been to trust him in such a
serious matter. He reached Euston in
time to see the train steaming out of
the station, and, feeling convinced
that my life would probably be s;tcri-
feed, he telegraphed to the authorities
at Liverpool to have Foreman arrested
on the arrival of the 10 o'clock ex-
press if | WAS not safe and the money
intact.
But nothing could undo the damn |
ing fact that he had passed on his duty
to another man without permission,
and auckland WAS dismissed; but. al
the earnest request of myself and wife
for rs soon as | recovered from INV
wounds l became not only partner in |
the firm but son-in-law of Mr.. Friar-
a post was found tor him in the count |
ing house; and I must say for him |
that, from the hour lie entered the ser
vice of Friar Brothers, Bowman & |
Knox, he did everything in his power
to atone for the unlucky evening that |
he failed to catch the Liverpool ex- |
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