The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-01-29

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N#9 n 1l tgoGr rang caia,
IL iNc .tl.i coulin { uso tll,
wTolf | HlS at Tie taDle while my
'ii,4s' aaa iiod toeJther behind my
IL,
aoid On there, kid, snid a new
voice. II ,lster hang round tele.
graph laytlt myself when | was
! carryin messages for a lightnin Jerk.
er down in Jersey, IN I'd like to
: know what's tibet wiro fur tibet runs
j from this yere room to yer boudoir?''
II Steve assured him that the wire
had once been used when the Office
did not boast of two operators, for
, fear that the night operator wonld
pound his ear" during the night
time. while he was supposed to be
wide awake. but that it had been
, dead wire" since the night man
was put on.
That's all very sweet, young
ster," said the ex-messenger boy,
but I'm jist goin ter foller up that
string an see if I can { find yer pard-
ner at the other end of it" Then my
heart began to jump around as if i'll
was trying to escape from my body,
and l strained every nerve to hear
the results of the explorations of the
Jerseyman. The others apparently
followed him to the bedroom, and
soon | heard the creaking of the trap
door and suddenly saw it raised up
ward, followed by the head and
shoulders of tough looking man,
and at the same instant he seemed
to espy me and with a shout drew
his revolver and pointed it toward
me. From time ;mmemorial men of /
his class have been written of and
spoken of as quick with the gun, -
but the rapidity of his movements
did not equal that of mine in Jump
ing from the side of the car to the
ground, and while I was yet in mid
air the report of his revolver was
heard.
Luckily I landed right side up and
started on q run for--I know not
where. | had not gone ten yards
when the entire gang darted out tho
door with the. evident purpose of
pursuing me, but they had scarcely
reached the track when heard the
sound OF wheels, and turning round
saw a train stop near the water tank
and heard volley of shots from
wholesalers fired from the train and
q command to surrender addressed
by some one on the train to the ban
dts, which was answered by few
shots, and with curses long and loud
the train robbers rushed toward the
horses, which were near by in charge {
OF one of the band. They reached |
their horses, and mounting rode '
rapidly away, turning in their sad.
dies, however, to fire q parting salute e
in the direction of the train. O
No. 6, with the posse aboard, had o
dropped down on them with her I
headlight screened and the cylinder
cocks closed, and made so little noise
she had not been noticed by the ban !.
Tits in the excitement caused by the h
discovery of myself. n
After convincing myself that there !,
was none of the band left behind to n
make target of me, / arose from g,
he ground where I had dropped q
When l noticed the arrival of the a
rain and called out that l was the h
lay operator and walked toward the >,
POSSE.
With both hands extended above u,
ny head, as if l were eager to grasp OF
he sky, l continued to tell them al
Who l was, beseeching them all the u,
While to not mistake me for one cf n,
he robbers and assuring them that az
had no intention of making an at m
ack upon them. A.
After leaving half dozen men to w
rotect Steve and myself, should the OF
again return, the train pro- fe
eeded on It's journey. de
Mounted men from 80" and E. ev
'ere quickly sent in pursuit of the hi
rain robbers, but they had q good bo
tart and were never heard from, e.,
OF course l was rewarded by the an
abroad and express comprehensive isl
,ward was in the form of a letter Of
me for my part in prevent tr,
lg the robbery. otl
left K about two weeks after ow
lis exciting adventure. The cause
my departure was due to the fact
lat forgot to display my train
der signal for freight train, for sh,
hich held orders to meet another APP
eight train at my station, and the sal
70 trains meeting between stations me
rain demonstrated that old axiom un
lat two trains cannot pass on one
ack. ed.
No person was injured, nor was mil