Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-07


some awful moments passed. Nv 4
strength was beginning 10 fail aud /
my grasp was becoming fainter. Then
came second deadly crack | was ,
wounded in the hand ,and immedi.
ately my nerveless, shattered fingers
relaxed their hold. and | was at the '
rutlian's mercy. AS | let him 90
reeled back ina half sitting posture ON
the seat; while he. with a blood stain /
ed and most CHASTITY face; glared at me
with the expression Of u tiend. knew
that if lie recovered strength enough
10 fire again he would kill me; and,
weak and wounded as was, | resolved
to make one more desperate bid for life,
| We were out of the tunnel now, aud
tho speed had slackened little. Ii,
/ thought, / could but let down the
| glass, open the door, and by stepping
past or over Buckland get. out on the
footboard and make my way along it
To another carriage, | might yet be
saved
was dizzy and sick with pain, but
1 nerved with the determination Of de-
spair and the mad longing felt to out
wit the cunning Of the thief, | man
aged TO get hold. of the strap of the
window and let il d6wn. Again the
sudden rush Of cold night air revived
me; but, alasi | could see that il also
revived my companion, for, as put
out my arm and turned the handle Of
the door, he was trying hard To stead Y
his arm and fire al me again. might,
perhaps, have knocked the pistol from
his hand; but might have failed u
do so, ald knew that il would have
been foolhardy in the extreme for M
TO put myself at close quarters witt
! him in order 10 step out on the foot
board Besides, the door was stiff, ant
! resisted the feeble push gave il. s,
I left il and determined 10 try the win
dow at the other side OF the carriage /
e | cotrioa drag myself over, although
' felt sure that the door on that side wa
locked.
! But even had it stood wide open
d could not reach IL The exertion
had already made had exhausted me
n and once more fell down on the sea
and within easier reach Of the dyin
z , wretch--f6r dying he surely was
Ii who meant that | should die wit
e, him. Twice / saw the shining veal
is on within foot OF my head, but Il
d. had not the strength Ia fire, and ! ha
Y not the strength To twist il from h
f. hand. The third time lac raised it, an
at | felt that this time lie would not fai
With u supSshuman effort pulle
| myself together, and jcrked up Ia
| arm us lac at last pulled the triggc
Il. The bullet hit Tho 'ceifing of the CT,
IL riage, and at the same moment M
il would he murchsnr. fell back.wlth
ts- ha Il II He,
id open, and | had one glimpse of h
z, malignant, terrified face Us he fell o.
co head foremost on the track.
ed When the train reached Liverpool
on was found half faintlng upon the flo
nyiI of the carriage land the body of Buc
I'D land-or foreman, n his name TURN,
Ter out 10 be-was found dead on the hi
ye, With the bags OF gold upon his pc
at, son; so the credit of the branch hon
es-, was saved. Foreman was a detects
also; but lie meant. il the robbery v.
in SUCCESS n ...t,l ,slbscond. lea .Amerrc
EN- lie and auckland were close FRIEND
tly and the latter, il appeared, wanted
Use get of the job and spend the niglrt
ICE another fashion, and, mt Having &
ese slightest suspicion Of his comrade,
The sent him to travel with me ~ help
ere guard the go, 200.
e. But, through some mysterious cha
zen mel warning'wis- conveyed to BuU
land of ForemaQl's tehaeel'treschoi
Tho aud too late lie had seen liew rulpat
col he hiul been to trust hha in sucl
,er. serious matter HeEcached Euston
red time To see the. train steathing out
Sc. the station, and, feeliiig convinc
till that my life would probably be sac
ing feed, he telegraphed 10 tiae authorit
The at Liverpool to have Foreman arrest
ON the arrival Of the 10 o'clock ,
lief press if was not safe and tile ihon
APP intact
nd. But nothing could undo tile dan
the ing fact that he had passed on his dr
OF to another man without permlssiC
sed and. Buckland was dismissed; but,
. TO the earnest request of MYSELF and "
ing for AS soon as reooyered.frotn /
But wounds became not ouly partner
ap' .Lhe firm but son-in=l law of Mr.. Frial
ast, posi- was found for Jim ia the cou
ne, ing house; and must say FOR Ia
lily that, from the hour he entered the 5
un vice OF Friar Brothers, Bowman
Ter, Knox, lie did everything in his pow
}. i TO atone for the unlucky evening Il
VAS lie faxed to catch the. Liverpool
tprcss -Detroit Free Press.
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