The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15

station. turned In about If o'clock,
with the rain coming down as IL
everything was to be drowned out.
aud Il was ju. It half au hour after mid
night when was called by the little
woman Mt Lone Pine.
"Pm sorry to disturb you," she
said, ''but fear Pm going to have
trouble"
"What's wrong?"
ga number of those tramps who
were bounced at Big Rock today have
reached here aud taken possession of
two empty freight cars on tho siding.
Tho whole crowd Is half drunk aud
raising Cain"
elf they have shelter and some
thing to drink they won't be apt TO
bother you tonight However, I'll
sit up with you for while for COM
pany's sake. Arc your firearms load
| cd?'
Eyes. Tho gang appears to have
four or five revolvcrs, aud two bullets
have been fired through the window"
"Wcll, don't show any light, and
you had better bunk down on your
cot. The fellows will get over their
hilarily pretty soon"
It was five minutes before heard
from her again. The engine of the
freight train was standing almost OPP
posile the door, aud during the inter-
val | went out and reused tho sleeping
engineer and fireman aud told them
what was going on at Lone Pine. IL
things got desperate with the little
woman 1 proposed to take half n
dozen of the mechanics aud 80 up to
her relief. When she called me again
she said:
''Onc of the gang has routed me up
and demanded whiskey aud something
TO cat. When l ordered him away he
made threats Of what they would do"
"Don't get shaky," replied. "Irs
probably bluff. Construction No.
8 is lying here, aud in case you need
help lot of us will come up on the
engine. Wen have a clear road and
eau make il In fifteen minutes"
1t was seven minutes before she
called again. Tho locomotive had
been fired up, aud the fireman had
gone back to the caboOse and routed
out six men who had rcvolvers. and
they were ready to make dash with
us.
"You remember the old caboose cal
at the end of tho side track?" qucried
the little woman at Lone Piuc.
eyes"
"Wcll, they have made bonfire oI
II, and it's blazing away even in thi'
rain. There are fourteen Of the fcl
lows and the toughest lot I've cvel
seen. think they mean 10 attack tn,
house. Hadn't you better come up?'
al don't want to take the RESPONSE
bility unless II is positively necessary
You are expected to stand them off Il
you can. No one will blame you /
you wipe out the whole gang. Tall
right up to them IL they como to th,
house."
Three or four minutes slipped away
and then she announced that they hat
given her five minutes in which t,
surrender, and that one of the empt!
freight cars had been fired.
"Thcy can't set fire to the hous
with the water falling like this" re
piled. "You have stout shutter a
the window, aud thcy can only aitacl
by way Of the door, if at all. Tho,
can't shoulder It In with two bar
across It. aud IL they bring up bat
toring ram you want 10 fire on then
through the lower panels"
What was to be the last mcssag
camo about ten minutes later.
"They brought up u BEAM" tcle
graphod tho little woman, "and L CAV
them tho buckshot through the lowe
panels. l think hit three or four
Some of them are now firing into tn
house. while others arc bringing ~
frebrands to burn me out"
"Coming-don't give upl" Irat
tied off 10 her, and thirty seconds late
the engine was moving away with on
, crowd. We had wet track, but ,
J clear run, and after the first two mile
we simply flew. We had some fea
that the fellows might have turned th