The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-09
THE GREAT X. AND A.
TRAIN ROBBERY.
By PAUL LEICESTER FORD.
copyright, 1896, by J. B. Lippincott Company.
SYNOPSIS.
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Dick Gordon, Yale graduate, goes in fol
hard work Fromthe Chicago and Alton rail-
road repair shops he is gradually promoted
and finally works up TO the position of super
intendent of western railroad the Kan AZ
and Arizona. The story opens with an c.
count OF trip by rail- of Mr.. Cullen, railroad
vice president, over the lines OF the X. & A.
Gordon is asked to meet Cullen and party and
pilot them through In the party are Madge
Cullen, with whom Gordon falls IN love; Lord
Rallies. an Englishman, in love with Madge,
and Captain Ackland, brother or Lord Rallies.
Talk turns on train robbers. Madge would
like an adventure with hold ups. So would
Rallies and Ackland. While horseback riding
near Santa Fe. Gordon points out among con-
vices working on a railroad grade Jack Drute
train robber under IA year sentence.
Madge sreaks to the convict, who answers
grufly. CHAPTER 1.-THE party is joined
by Madges invalid brother On a special
train all go on westward. While Mr.. Cullen,
his elder son and the two Englishman play
poker and Gordon and Madge enjoy the moon
light on the rear car the train is held up by
bandits. GII--Tbe robbers are fred at and
frightened away taking with them but three
registered letters from the mail coach, Cor
don telegraphs for help and starts the COM
pany's seuihs. He overhears Lord Rallies
talking rudely to Madge and knocks him
down IV--Mystery OF the search for the rob
bers: only four shots fred by the robbers and
yet six empty shells are found. Cullen and
party go on to the Grand Canyon. Gordon re-
mains to assist the sheriff. V--Gordon with
the sheriff and posse, follows TO Grand can
yon. finds the party In camp. tells them he
suspects them of completely in the robbery
and searches them and their effects. VITO
find the letters he decides that he must search
Madge. When she finds he is determined, she
yields up the letters. The motive of the rob
berry is explained. Letters we're proxies for
the X. and A. election. Cullen's company was
fighting for control and took desperate
chance to get the proxies. Gordon resolves
to pull the Cuilens out OF the scrape for
Madge's sake. VII--Our hero in leagvt with
the Cullens. Madge is happy and Lord Rallies
discounted. VIII--Gordon refuses to deliver
the letters containing proxies to the persons
addressed; a mandamus and an appeal TO
Washington. INA little lovemaking. X
and Xl--Aid from the army comes a little
ate; the sherif arriving first and taking Cor
don in charge for train robbing. XII--Gor-
don in Jail and the letters secreted in the seat
OF saddle.
S-eSt (coNTINUED1
A long time seemed to pass after they
were gone, but in reality it wasn't
more than 10 minutes before / heard
some one steal up and softly unlock the
door. l confess the evident endeavor to
do it quietly gave me scare, for it
seemed to me it couldn't be an above
board movement. Thinking this, I pick
ed up the box on which / had been sit
ting and prepared to make the best fight
1 could. 1t was good deal of relief,
therefore, when the door opened Just
wide enough for a man to put in his
head, and l heard the sheriffs voice
say softly:
Hi, Gordonr'
was at the door in an instant and
asked:
What up?"
''They re gettin the boys together and
sayin that you shot a woman in the hold
mp"
Its an internal lie," said.
Sounds that way to me-" said the
sheriff, 'but two-thirds of the boys are
drunk and it's long time since they've
had any fun
well, I said, as calmly as could,
'are you going to stand by me?"
Il would, Mr.. Gordon he replied
eff there was any good, but there amt
time to get a posse, and what's one
winchester against mob of cowboys
like them?"
eff you'll lend me your gun" said,
I'LL show just what it is worth with
out troubling you. "
"I'll do better than that" said the
tleriff, "and that's what I'm here for.
lust sneak while there's time"
You mean - exclaimed.
That's it. I'm goin away, and I'll
leave the door unlocked. If you get
clear, let me know your address, and
later, If L want you, I'll send you
word. y He took a grip on my fingers
that numbed them as if they had been
caught in an airbrake and disappeared
slipped out after the sheriff without
loss of time. That there wasn't much |
to spare was shown by crowd with |
some torches down the street, collected |
In front OF saloon. They were making |
a good deal of noise, even for the west. |
Evidently the flame was being famed. |
Not wasting time, 1 struck for the rail |
road, because | knew the geography of
that best but still more because want.
cd to get to the station. 1t was big
risk to go there, but it was one was
willing to take for the object / had in
view, and, since had to take 1t, it was
safest to get through with the job be.
fore the discovery was made that was
no longer in Jail
1t didn't take me three minutes to
reach the station. The whole place was
black as a coal bumper. except for the |
slices of light which shone through the |
cracks Of the curtained windows In the |
specials, the dim light of the lamp in
the station and the glow of the row Of
saloons 200 feet away. was afraid,
hcweyer: that there might be a SPY