The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-05-06
&c BUSINESS.

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Ira foplthc ss'nsf as IL
aq1 egie, khe greatsed abo,,t 10
IRON magnatg lie hggy whiskers,
ltslegraph operator, sas as 4nervy"
Ininety.nine cases ouf hat ever lived
| would Be q mcss ina pattie with !, =:
to do, mJrtgaged his a. arn sn.11 bo n,s
lin orderto raise tunds2be worst of
I to start himself in bus,
bymoney thus acquired county
invested he soon wi1noenssr' glm
4 mortgage snd event. 1, = q I 49,
sole owner of an berth il the
Later his brother and was doing
with him, and from sleeping when
i into the ownership Ga a jerk, seven
biggest iron found, a. ,.o, ane ' aopr q
H States. Their prGtb hanaanne
timated BY the Ting his face and
4 CarIegie's fortunoervously in his
I. ed All 100000: up all right, and
Il - car, with one ex-
a The Brunswipands heavenward.
a..a.1.,laa He was asleep.
* the gun worked his
- sha''' zach, gathering valu-
Ition will dressed, until he came
| Wrench issS
! and dese~ake up! What have you
wick cantrain robber demanded.
Ma;tt growleed. ''''''l '''
Give me your money" the 9TH
- insisted, presenting the gun.
McCord was awake now.
my friend" he said, "you may
be a good thief, but you are blamed
poor diagnoser. Do you suppose I'd
be down here, crouched like a toad
in seat, if I had money enough to
ride in a Pullman? Go away" And
he dropped back to sleep again.
The train robber was nonplused.
Say" he said, 81 want what
you've got. Shell out. y
IF you don't quit bothering me
and waking me from an uneasy but
valued sleep" said McCord, "you
will regret it seriously. Go away,
I tell you.
The farmer looked up and down
the car for an inspiration as TO what
to do. None came, and he again
gave attention 10 McCord, who had
by this time returned to his doze.
1--WE got to have your money"
he said.
McCord reused himself. "Well,"
he said, Il see we are bound to
come to it. Now, l have not inter
fered with your business in this car,
and 1t is no more than right that
you should refrain from mixing in
mine My business is to get some
sleep. But you introduce yourself,
and we will have to settle the mat
ter once for all. "
Biff!
TWAS his fist which made the last
monosyllabic remark, and in sec
ond II was raining bandanna hand
kerchiefs and revolvers and hair
and old clothes, and the passengers
we're under the cushions. In min
lite McCord had the farmer ON the
ioor and was batting his head
against the iron uprights of the
seats. Several of the other passen-
gers came forward and wanted to
lelp tie the fellow up and take him
N to the next station.
"Thanks, gentlemen" said Jim,
but l think we won't do that. 1 |
lever interfere in other peoples
lffairs. If any of you had wished |
o arrest this man, the time to do it |
vas when he was negotiating di- |
ectly with you and not when he |
nd l were trafficking. The only |
hing have against him is his tenn |
'orary arrangement of my plans,
which contemplated sleep. If we
.eep him on board, / shall natural
y feel a sort of responsibility for
i'm and will not be able to rest as
almly and respectfully as wish.
m going to throw him off right
ERE, and if any of you want to cap
ure him then, why, that's your af-
air, III which shall not mix" And
onducting the culprit to the end of
he car he evicted him into space.
Then he went back and curled up
nd In moment was blissfully