The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-15
The Wdu OF the TrdnSgr6SSOr. !
BY HOWARD FIELDING. sv@~~s
by the syndksssl
[copyrsh. ,s9s. by the Bachelor syudieass.l
PART VI.


Jack Pinney had barely finished his
<torv when the train which bore the
party stopped with an unusual grinding
of brakes and rasping OF whsels upon
the rails. So suddenly, indeed, was the
speed arrested that the three criminals
who had been riding with their faces
10 The front--were brought 10 their
feet, and they remained for an instant
standing there in line as If they eX-
pected the Angel of Evil Deeds TO call
the roll of them.
II thought we were all going over
board" said Pinney, glancing out OF
the window at the waters of the Hud-
son.
The place was little to the south
ward of Yonkers, where the railroad
runs for a considerable distance upon
an embankment raised but few feet
above the level of the river.
"There's been an accident of some
kind" said Gleason. 81 can hear peo-
pile shouting ahead of us. Let's go out
and see what has happened"
The suggestion was accepted, and the
-four men hastily left the ear. At first
their view was blocked by the throngs
of people that were pouring out of the
train, and mingliEg with a much larger
number that came down from the bank
upon the left. After brief struggle
with the press they came TO aspot from
which they could see what had barred
the way of their train. An express
toll
wrecked by the breaking of n wheel
under the car Immediately following
the tender of the engine. A coupling
had parted and the car had been almost
demolished by those which came after
IL. All the tracks were strewn with
wreckage, and the express car Ind gone
into the river, where n corner of its top
coald be seen above the water.
No person had been seriously hurt,
but the rescue of the two men who had
gone overheard with the express car
had been very near 10 miracle.
A telegraph wire had been tapped,
and an official of the road was com
municating with one of his superiors
in New York. The click of the instru-
ment was family audible to Newcombe
ms he stood surveying the scene. Pres
emily Gleason touched him on the shoul-
der. He turned and saw that his COM
panion's eyes were burning with fierce
fagerness.
"Do you know what that man Is tele.l
graphing?" demanded Gleason. "No;
you're not an operator. We'll I am.
and I'll tell you what that sounder says.
There's $4,000 lying there in the river
under our eyes"
II don't understand you," said New
combe.
1T was In the express SAFE" contln-
ued Gleason. "and it went overheard
with the car. They've sent for wreck
ing apparatus, and they re going to pull
the car out of the river. Now, the ques-
tion is: Can we get that money!
Newcombe was astounded.
"IIow can we get 1t with thousand
people watching us?" demanded the
criminologist. "How could we get 1t.
anyhow, while it's under water and
locked up in a safe?"
There's always n way TO get money
If you want it badly enough" returned
Gleason, sententiously.
That was all that he would say on the
subject, but he remained for long time
staring down into the water, while he
listened to the spasmodic clicking of
the telegraphic instrument. At last a
train with the appropriate wrecknge
appliances arrived. and, after consider
able labor, great chain was fastened
TO the express car and it was drawn out
of the river. But the safe was not TO he
found. 1t had been dislodged by the
shock of the plunge, and had passed
~4it through the forward end Of tie car