The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-09-20

telegraph I rem mhnfed that the 't-
fee did not open tlli o'clock
] had. By this time. reached the
rt4ti0n. OF c1ursa DO was all shut up
and 900 the lights were out except those
600 the signal lamps Tor the might eN-
proas. 10 o. now ii.3) Was thcre no
h0ua7 Ye1f
A. this moment my oye caught a
light On the signal box about quart
Of mile up the line I could soc the
mgunlman On his box. che outline ol
Dis nruro standing out against the hght
within
looked no my watch. the down ez-
press from London was almost que
would make "a rush Tor that signal b9A'
and compel The occupant 20 put the
signal against % ana stop ".
Even az Z reached the rails. semi
phoro signal that was near mo let illi
ltH arm. and the rcd light changed INTO
brilliant green would there DC
timer
u was very dark. and stumbled
over and over again. I had cleared
about half the distance. when ] heard
the omln0uH rllr ahead. and In rev
seconds could Distinguish the dl.inh'
HNNHN"N 200 N.'" NNNNN NN.. q" A'"NH'N
ins towards me.
A. that instant m, eye ION upon "a
ghnFtly-loukinr structure By the aide
of th" track. looming rrlmly thioukh
the darkness 10 rcHDmhlcd onc-ain,,
galluwH with man dangling from lt'
This strange looking nppnution was
none other than a mail bag suspended
from o. poatain fact. part ~ the ap.
paratua 10y which % train going az iu''
speed picks up tho malls.
4 mad ana desperate Idea took pos
session ~ mo- The train that was
bearing down. and that would reach me
IN one minute. should pick me up win
tho malls. n I could hang on 20 thai
bag 30 that u came between me ana
the net. II would break the force OF
the shock. and the ne' would receive
me ns we'll na tho bag
The bag hung Just over my head
Jumped M H.. seized II. drew myself
up parallel with Il. held u nrmly ~
the top. whore II swung by a hook. ana
drew my legs up 20 as 90 present M
small a compass aa possible.
Then I waited. ~ was but Few
seconds. but IL seemed hours. | hcar'
/ the roar 81 the approaching train, Thcf
the engine dashed past me.
shall never forget the row o
| lighted carriages passing about n 700
away from mc-cloacr oven than that
/ I ruppoac-and 1 hanging ard waltnl
Tor the crash 20 como.
Ana u came. There was n dull thui
"A whirr ana q rush. ana All was darn
when I came 90 my senses I wa
| lying on the floor OF the postal van
/ Two men IN their shirt sleeves wcr
buslly engaged In sorting letters nt
/ rack fclt bruised and stin all ovci
ana I found that my left arm wa
bound In a sling. made out OF hand
| kcrchicf
where are wc9' I asked.
"Oh, you've como &C.. have your" sal
/ one of them. "Now. perhaps you
give an account Of yourself IL
precious lucky you're here at all, let M
| tell you. Tor N you had been n tail,
man We should only have goo n pal
OF you In the net As It ~, you've ~
your collar bone broken. Now. pei
haps, you'll speak out, ana look her
" We fnd you've been lodging the ~
lice. don't you go thinking your giN
'cm the slip any further Tho mail va
Isn't a refuge of that sort"
They would not believe me NJ frs
Luckily. though. had put the cvcnin
paper ana my dairy In my pocket,
I showed them tho paragraph aud n
entry They were civil enough then.
"Wcll. slr. we shall be In silkmil
stcr about .. or little later hoi
you'li be able 10 save the poor hcEgn
You must excuse our turning TO woi
again. ana the best thing Tor you vi
be- to rest yourself"
Before he went 10 work again q
other one said
what pity you never thought
better way out OF the difficulty thi
coming In here 10 sudden like"
what was thit7"
why. you should have got the sl
mailman TO telegraph t. sllkminntcr;
could have done n alt right"
what AN idiot had been after a
However. 1 should be In time 10 ",
the execution.
A little after we drew up at sl
Minister station. There was pollc
man ON tho platform. ana I at once Go
my story 10 him. the result being IA
we drove around - the jail and insli
ed upon seeing the governor
OF course. he was deeply Interested
& what I had 20 toll him. and 40 on
made arrangements TO stop the exec
ton. Tho home secretary was col
munlcatcd with by means Of spec
, wire. Fortunately no happened 10
In town. ana after a couple % hot
anxious suspense. "A r.prlcvc was
ccived from him.
Little remains 20 be told. 30
Identified the condemn ed man as
person whom l had met In the ira
: lie also turned out TO be- the SON % !
ola friend. na had fully eNpcctD
, After the due formalltlos he was Il
> charged. and about "a fortnlght AFT
. ward the real murderer was discover
and cnpturod.