The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-09

| AS L clambered back to the cab
heard shot; then half dozen of them
in quick succession. Road agents!
Tom yelled in my ear as 1 took the
lever. l brought her up as quick as
l could and held her ready to run for.
ward or backward as circumstances
might decide
The train had almost come to a
standstill, when saw a CLEAN of light
cut through the night about midway
of the car. Then that streak of light
was darkened by the heightened
shadow of man, which moved cross
wise of the train and seemed to melt
out into the night.
" Get back, CharlieF yelled, for I
thought he was about to look out for
the cause of our stopping.
Open your head again and I'll
blow it off, said a voice beside me-
Turning. / saw a man at each of the
cabs front windows. They had jumped
up on the pilot and crept back along
side of the boiler
There seemed to be dozen of the
robbers. Not more than two had come
on the train, 1 am sure. The whole
thing had been planned. Those near
the engine, with the exception of the
two at the cab windows, made rush
for the express car. As they ran into the
stream of light coming through the
open door shot fired from the dark
ness to the left of the train tumbled
one of them to the ground. The others
fusilladed the spot from which the
shot appeared to come, and then two
shots fred under the train from the
other side, and another shot from away
out cold and caused another one to
howl.
1.-The trainmen were beginning to
fight My blood got warm. had a
good six-shooter under the seat, and if
that fellow at the cab window had
only taken his eye off me for moment
I'd been out there helping the boys.
Those at the rear of the train then
Joined those in front, and all made
dash at the open door of the express.
They were all in bunch in the light.
The first man to enter the door
stood a moment and then fell back out
side in the crowd The shot came
from the darkness away out to the.
left. Another man tried it. AS he fell
on his face in the car, the others, who
had been watching, fred volley at
the fash away off in the dark. The
next man who tried to enter the car
"The others kept watch until he re-
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wrong. Two others got in to help him.
Then one of them whistled. and my
nan at the window jumped off and ran
back to the train.
That was my chance. Out came |
jhe gun from under the seat, and | got |
l snap shot at Toms man, but missed |
him. AS he turned on me Tom struck |
lis arm with a wrench, knocking the |
pistol from his hand. He jumped off |
nto the darkness. We backed her
slowly up toward the train, firing as
We went.
Suddenly dark form rose up on
TOMS side of the track and threw
something into the tender. Tom and 1
both fired at the man. He staggered
Up against the cab steps and groaned.
Then by superhuman effort he caught
'he hand-rail, and just as we were pre-
pairing to give him another shot he
ragged his face into the light.
ut was Charlie! We both had hit
liml
"'Pull out, Jim, and save the boxr
"That was all he said. 1t was the
,oX he had thrown into the tender.
10 matter how much there was in it,
he stuff wasn't worth the life of the
10y who saved it to the company.
While l lifted Charlie up into the seat
ON threw the old engine wide open
md we ran away from the train rob- {
ers and all. !
sit was forty miles to the nearest {
-ation, small government post. Tom
I'd and worked the engine. / sat on q
he seat beside Charlie and held him
p. The rattle and rumble of the !
heels accused me at every revolution t
'They seemed to be repeating the :
ords: You've killed himl' You've
lied himr Tom made those forty
lies in an hour; good time over that
'ad at that day, but it seemed to me c
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I've the bell and whistle both, and
zen when she came to a stand he fred Fl
70 shots. The bluecoats were out in A
fly. ID
Everything was told in a few
ords. Charlie was carried into the u
iarters and turned over to the sur "
on, fine old fellow named Hamil- P
n. With an escort of twenty men n
G ran back to the train. The robbers
ID left it. Finding the express empty .
treasure they had tried to go
rough the train. There were too s.
any revolvers among the passengers d
d they drew off.
when we reached the post again
rgeon Hamilton walked up to the
b. Are you Jim Cook?' said he. 1 10
dded. Take these to Mr.. Whites r
fe,' and he handed me Charles be