The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-05

h"iAff ~ NathA
received BY express ior the mpcTln.
tcndcnl of The luroi Mining company
the money with which the miners were
raid OF. The amount averaged he
tween Sl5.0Oo aud SiS.OlO un the iith
of June Ia that year the superintendent
NJ the mines came to me aud said;
Perkins. the pay money viii be-
here tomorrow as usual: bat ! want
you e. exercise more than ordinary
Vigilance Ia guarding IT, as I under
stand srlEly 1911 h Operating in ia
mountains again
Grizzly 1871 was a name W inspire
terror Tile Individual who llure that
unmusical sohrlquet was an outlaw ct
great daring and resolution: De- stopped
go uoihlu- u was. thrrpforr. quite
natural tot mc 90 feel somc little trcn.
idailou, I assured ihc superintendent,
however. ihal I would DO all in my
power tu guard the money and !
thlnk," continued che major with some
dissatisfaction. that kept my word
in this respect
During the night which followed. q
violent rain storm swept through the
mountains shortly before ~ o'clock
the next morning ! received wurd over
the wire that the train from rlkevillc
could not gct to Guldtnn Dwiug 10 q
washOni below submit Rock u was
thought that ihc track could D. made
passahle ~ afternoon. and that the
train would rach my station before q
o'clock. ! communicated thpso facts ~
lhc mine superintendent hy means uf
an assistant who was always at the
station during the day.
AT = O'Clock that evening ! received
message saving that Il would be- im.
possible Tor the train ~ yet through
before . or 10 o'clock the next morn.
lax. sent word 90 this eject 90 the
mine superintendent who, In turn.
communicated 10 90 the men. Feeling
rather tired turned In early that
night sleep however was out of the
question.
THE baggage freight express and
telegraph offices were an Under one
roof une corner ~ the biz warehuus,
oi was harlly anything elsel was par
tiiioncd 81 - rs ia WakO . pdvate IN.
CLOSURE Tails hoX-lise compartment |
uscd for sleeping, eating aud the trans.
action ot the cumpany's tolegnphlc
and railroad business The sender aud
receiver were affixed 10 a table convc.
nlcntly penr ms hctl. aud lf ncccsscary
u was possible To transmit on take a
message without even arising or
course | never found i npcessary L. do
this ! simply mention u Ia Illustrate
the arrangement OF the office
Along toward midnight the telegraph
Instrument began 90 click. heard my
call, opened tho key and asked what
was wanted The operator at Pike.
willie wired back that the train which
had been delayed ON account OF the
washout had started Tor Galdion aud
would reach there between a Raa
o'clock In ihe morplua" AZ precisely
2ad ueiock the train steamed into
Goldton.
"ihe express messenger alightcd and
handed me huge aud many-scalcd
package. u contained Si7.an
"'oh, that isn't an said the mcs
scpgcr with 4 laugh, 4 have a bOX la
TIE eat thats a. heavy gg lead. Wcvc
heea WONDERING an The way up the
mountain what Il contained.
Tho box was lifted from the car aud
placed on end Ia the freight dcpart
mcui of the station. Il wac fuiD seven
feet long gpd four Wide horribly sug.
gcstyc OF the rough box Ia which a
coffin Is incloscd ! thought OF this
after the train had resumed It's iour,
ncy. ! Put The pay money Ia the safe,
turned the combination luck aud ~.
tired, ! fell into a dozc. from which !
was aroused with start by what
seemed 60 be- the ticking of the sound.
or. Il said as clear as II some one had
spoken. Beware; danger threatens I
sat up In bed. The moon was shining
brightly through the window. I gazed
intenlly at the sounder Il made no,
the slightest motion, yet the message
came again, this time even ncg1 start,
lincly distinct than before. What
could L possibly mcani thoughl
was dreaming at first; but when the
mysterious message was repeated FOL
The third time ! came % a different
conclusion, | dun't believe n spirit
pal.sln YEA | am Al loss aeN 10 a.
eflfs lha, neXpllcable communication
80 ether erufee.