Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-11-07

- ~, ,h"is Hi Jes' turns loose an
;, cnsses MIN high and low. He was kind
y arunk' the only one ut was, an be ies'
s"rns nis gun on me AN says he, I'VE want
y ~" sun anyway au lets her 10. The
'ei'er what seemed to be the leader n, the
gang Jumps him AN knocks his hand dow,
IN the ball gets me here IN tn. loo ~ ~
course I'd n returned the attention Ru,
wasn't heeIed. Don't kill anybolv sls..
you have to- says this Teller.
They all had masks nm / knowsd ,h..
wasn't tramps from that, for a tram n nsvsr
sports no mask, he's al'ays rather nroud =,
his profession p''1u
hurry up, here broke In Whitman
: NO hurry, Mr. Winthrop, was Tho 30,
reply, got any boozep' ~
! happene't 10 have little whisky and
passed my flask to the philosopbicai VIC
tini' AIter he had taken "A long mil
signed ana adjusted his other leg. he
no, there's no hurry. gentlemen; Pye
.hought the whole thing out while T,va
peeh iyln mere waitin for you fellers to get
oack' " course, II you'd come before
.neni robbers lit out 1t 'ud been different.
didn't. "' =" sou
wen, after they sees Pm shot an can't
Walk the boss. he says, might rs well
leave him alone; there amt no telegram
INSTRUMENT Hn he cant walk off,
ne was dead right; ! wasn't in Il a IT.
tie DIT on walkin match They talked
rlgnt on: before me what they WAS up to
an it's jes' this: Yon wee. they aimed to ,et
the schedule from my ranch here ~
prob'ly tie me up or kin me, or anything
70 get me quiet: this yer shot In nv le0
zone ali right IN NO they left me right here:
Tor the express tonight Is the first train
through, which they digs out o. the time
tables, an that's the train they're after
ihey've sort o gone into the camp down IN
the bridge where they can stop any one
what comes along an wee there Amt no ne.
cldental wHrnin; they don't seem To look
Tor no one to come from Sidney. There
amt no freight due to come through an
they knows it,
DO yon mean to tell me that there are
some train robbers within a mile of ma
waiting to jump the expresst' exclaimed
winthrop. now thoroughly aroused.
They're hin to jump it, an they're
goin to get fooled the worst you ever zee
was the cool reply
Garter, you're crazy said the super
intendent. sitting down again.
So help me God, Mr.. Winthrop. it,s
gospel true. Look at them drawers-isn't
the time tables gomez Amt shotf Amt
my dog dea.is None o. INV pruH,s he.n
touched-tramps never leaves no grub.
The mans manner and voice convinced
us much more than did ri. 49,. -.
array of cireumstautial evidence co,,id
see that Winthrop was Satisfied tb,t -,
was something in the story and WAS irving
to think 1t ont-be CHARGED nm ana 49,,
the shanty. looked ont nj the noon met
rising, and in fact was in an ent;reIv ay.
cusable state of excitement.
1.-THE situation was cart ,;niv ,,;, ..
say the least. A train robbery on tae carJs
and the division superin.endept warmed ha'
forehand
.If Carter had not been bprt we mich,
have attacked the marty ALTHOUGH tbere
were certainly four, whom Carter had seen
and probably more in the gang
"T could flag the train If con,d oplv
get across the river, said Wintbron
"'You can cross cent right there at the
bridge where them fellows is, was the re-.
ply; faint fordable an there amt no
boat
"'If could get back to Sidney could
telegraph continued the excited speaker.
think ing aloud
"'That's my idea get TO Sidney an fire
a telegraph to Antelope down below. where
you can ketch the train easy, to press a
lot o. deputies an come through
Yes, but Sidney's twenty miles was
the response.
"'Twenty one, Mr.. Winthrop, replied
the imperturbable Carter.
81 wish had grasshopper. was the
next remark.
60 wish you had, returned the other;
I asked you for one awhile ago, you re-
member This was true, Ms happened to
know.
"'There's nothing to do but stay and
fight it out. guess, said Winthrop, after
pause
at seemed rs if this was the remark
Carter was waiting for, for he suddenly
spoke up:
Can you sail II boate
THE question startled us both and
made us sure that the train robbers were a
myth and that Carriers mind was un.
balanced from the pain of his wound.
Neither of ms said word
".Cap YOU sail a boats' he repeated
"'No. / can't replied NV friend.
".Can YOU. lieutepaptf'
"Thipking it best to bumor the man
answered with a sickly laurb Il used tn
handle n catbo,t pretty we'll Whyy
""That's il exactly I've rot the best
catboat in Nebraska. rioyed it nm myself
1--WE now felt sure that the man was
clean daft. as he went on:
"'You know that switch. Mr.. Winthrop.
what goes to the gravel bank, we'll. YOU
$50 r. an vo,,,II fnd nav nr;,.,,t,. ractt.