The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-07-07

dub Try Aby fuunf bnsinsNs s"e"
possrfuI sish. Of coffee sroand here. and
think III take .ome along. Go on into
the freight house.
led the way aud be ioiiosed. There
Vas q lot Of -four 10 diiy pound cloth sacks
and be ordered ne 10 empty one OF them
aud partly All i, With eeiise. Had be done
Il fr himself he would have stood good
chance OF finding the money. be sst down
on a boz and watched me. When hal the
sack shout two tbirdsfuli, be said Il ~ould
do. While ! carried it oat 90 the plat
form for him, he followed with q side OF
bacon, aud helped him TO make them
fast 10 the saddle. He Vas 10 no hurry.
though some one might come along any
time. WHEN ready to go be slipped the
cartridges out Of my revolver and handed
IL back with the remark;
You seem TO wsnt to do the square
thing and won't rob you. Next time
show up | hope you'll be heeled with
cash.
Or may get the drop on you. ] r'pli.
ei
You may bat doubt it, No human
crit,tr has ever held up my hands Tor me
vet, and it's purty lste in the day to begin.
Wall, young feller. so long.
He was hardly out Of sight before con-
s,ructiou train going to the front drew mp
st the station. but made no report OF the
robbery. In the hrst place knew would
be ridicnled oil along the line for having
been held up, aud 10 the next the man had
not taken spything worth maiing fuss
about. | decided to hold my tongue and
be warned by the adventure t, keep the
money any where but 10 the safe. A moth
later the regular passenger and freight
trains w,ra beginning to run over the road
and eot man to help inc about the
freight house. / did not have the hand
ling OF so much outside money now, but
once 10 a while what took 10 aud what
was left 10 my keeping amounted to tidy
SUN
ken, a few dollars 10 the safe Tor APP
pesrspce aud convenience sake, but the
bulk was hidden 10 the freight house.
took an emIt spike keg, partly filled 1t
with sand, and then deposited the pack
ape Of money on the sand aud covered 1t
with loose spikes 1t bad the appearance
Of a full keg OF spikes, and my assistant
had no reason to meddle With it. While
he went home at night continued to sleep
in the office. was no longer afraid OF
daylight hold up, but worried good
deal nights. The building had been put
up hastily, and any one determined to Ell
feet an entrsnce could find half dozen
vulnerable points to operate on.
One afternoon my assistant called at
teniion TO two men who we're hanging
| about 10 suspicious manner. but | was
80 busy at the moment that ! only got
glimpse OF them. As to suspicious char
scters, there we're so many OF them along
the line that one would have bad been 10 a
| continual state Of alarm bad be set out to
spot them of. When was through with
nv rush my man informed me that the
two strangers had teen prowling around
the freight house, beth inside and out, and
was firmly convinced they were up to mis-
chief OF some sort The length OF the
building was east and west. The boards
on the east end ware badly warped and
sprung, and could be easily pried of.
The door between the freight department
and the waiting room was fllmsy atiair'
and the door to my room was only hall
length. II any one wanted to get at me,
the best way was to break into the freigh'
department. Among the freight We had
| Ave big steel bear traps for man living
about twenty miles away. Before olne
home for the night, and entirely unbe'
known t. me, my man set one OF these
traps iu front OF the door connecting with
the waiting room.
The passenger train going east was que
at Elkton at 10;3S A freight followed o.
l5A NJ. and side,rscked for q freight iron
the east to pass The west bound traln'
all passed by daylight or early IN th'
ey ming. % this night i Was IN bed ano
asleep by II o'clock. 1t wss dark anc
rainy night. aud though ! worried litti'
over the two suspicious men ! went "
sleep trusting to luck 1t was exactly
midnight when wac awakened by vel
which fairly rolled me of my cot. Ih'
one ou,cry was followed by baf dozer
others and a clsnking OF chains, and Tor
couple OF minutes was too frightened an'
inset to make guess what bad happened
As soon as | struck light however
heard the ,oices OF men In the freight de
psrtmelt cursing IN the most horribl
manner, and directly some one called ou'
SAY, young fellow. we vaut yo'
4 here.
Who are you? demanded.
Never YOU mind who we sr~, bn. com
. along.
Where are you:
10 the freight house
What are you dong therei
Come and see, and be qnick about
too!
Ikues they wee q, the door openin
into the sitting room. aud | knew the
could see my light through The efsek'
Why they didp. burst the door 10 was
puzzle 10 me. They could have Int on
object 10 breaking 10. aud that was rot
berry. Iwss badly ratified. as ! am willin
to sdmi,. but new trtheless bad some sac
4, left. blew out the light aud opened hI
10 their direction Ia hopes to ifghis