The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-14

Yes. sad me ol1er. the ma,.oa
tod ne about that Is to-norso~,
ISL, IT."
No, We had arranged for it today"
said Mrs. Northcc.o.
Oh well. I can easily arrange it.
I've come all ready prepared, and will
igz' get yOn 70 write line 10 Try
pat 4lt's mother. The matron has tod
ne about his case
Mrs. NOrtlcote told Nurse Simmons
sae had better hurry OF at once and
cz.c1 Eer tran, out she saw -" pri-
ye-e.y first, and asked her whether size
was sure Cyril could be trusted with
tLs newcomer.
"Oa. yes. Indeed you can. Nurse
Clarke is one II our private s.aff, whom
know very ..t,.e personally, as have
Ieys- been thrown much with her. But
/ Know Of Ter that SIC IS q most excel
.sL; nurse, and the matron could not
have SCI. you better one"
= ...e ate. 800 d CAB drove do IN
. lie Cree. West-Southeru term nus,
AID out o. it algated Mrs. E3,ar
E-rt.cots, Edward. Cyril and Muse
Clarke.
"Hlrrsh." said Cyril. as they went
o their train on the platform. we re
going in sl.p-carriage.'
50 you are, said Edward. Wed
better find out if it's the right one,
though. Here's the guard. 1t this
right for Chipdale?"
Quite right, sir. We slip this car
RI frara TTUa s~afr Ircr-s. 49,, :
fore Castletown. Where are you for,
sir?''
This young man and his nurse are
going 10 Barmouth."
Are you the guard Of this carriage?"
Yes. Sir"
"Then l shall put them in your care.
Can sou give tnem Als-class com
partment to themselves"
Very sorry, sir" said the guard,
touching his cap in response to a tip,
but there are only two frst-class
compartments in this coach, and there's
someone in BOTH
oh, this will DO" said Cyril's aunt
IS she looked into compartment next
TO that Of the guard. It's an old clergy
man; you couldn't have better travel
Ing companion"
Certainly he looked harmless
enough old gentleman, so the guard
put them both in and locked the door
Right away"
The long train moved slowly ont Of
the station, Cyril leaning out of the
window waving a farewell, the guard
Of The slip coach jumping into his
compartment and shutting the door
from witAln-the doors of all guards
compartments on this line opening in
wards.
The guards compartment OF a slip
coach Is situated at the end OF the
, carriage nearest the engine, and differs
materially from the interior of an Or
+ binary brake van. 1t is Of smaller d.
mansions, but contains some very i'm
I portant appliances. There Is a small
/ window at the end, overlooking the
coupling to the next carriage, and
this window the guard must open to
properly detach the continuous vac
uum brake pipe before slipping" his
coach. The latter is effected by pulling
a lever, which Immediately releases the
coupling bar. The body of the train
PUSHES on, while the guard gradually
+ slows down his carriage by applying
the brake until it Illls up alone at the
station through which the train has
just sped.
The time at which this particular
coach was to be slipped was about
5:45. and the guard who had performed
this duty some hundreds of times, little
thought that in this case there was tc
be slip" Of slightly altered char
acter.
A little after O'Clock it had grown
quite dark, and the guard was just
looking over his invoices and other ia.
pers, when an extraordinary thing hap.
pened. The old clergyman in the next
compartment, who had been apparently
doing, woke up, made sure that the
green goggles on his nose were firmly
fixed, remarked to Nurse Clarke. much
to the establishment of Cycil, that il
was getting time to do the job, drew
out a revolver and examined it, put il
back in his side pocket, opened the
door, and deliberately got out on the
foreboard Cyril darted onward, but
was seized with a strong arm by the
nurse, and felt handkerchief. with q
peculiar faint smell pressed over his
face. After that he remembered nc
more.
AS for the old clergyman, he moved
carefully along the footboard till ht
could look in upon the guard, anC
while that worthy was still scrutlIiz
ing his papers he suddenly opened The
door, sprang in, and before the guart
could recover from his surprise heavy
blow on the head, just behind the ear
with revolver, had felled him to thu
ground, while the other proceeded t
bind his arms behind him with plec,
OF cord he produced from his poke
for the occasion. This inestimable per
sonage then looked out the window
and signaled to his confederate, whit
was glancing out of the next compart
pent, that 1t was "all right"
In a short time the guard recovered
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