El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-12
TRIP FROM Ell PASO}
THROUGH New Mexico and arizona
Over the Southern Pacific Rail-
way In the Cupola OF Cdboose
$50 As the Guest of montana
Bill" Vim Weedon.]
Continued from yesterday.

Continued from yesterday.
With q sudden call from Montana
locke out his window in time to see
a ione-lee ged Jack rabbit going five
feet in the air with every bound.
bringing up the rear are three skulk-
inc covotes: "Montana Bill" informs
me the coyotes round up the rabbit in
this way. "Our next stop is Separ.
This lie great country for cowboys
and would you believe 1t, this little
station, Separ, to my own knowleoRe
has been held up and robbed by Black
Jack and his band of outlaws twice In
less time then it took me to lose my
teeth.
hold up. I was right in the middle of
two, the last one at San Simon, some
80 miles from here. When I have
time 1 may show how it lie done. They
claim through this country that Black
Jack and his gang would steal the
Dream out of your coffee"
From Separ to Lordsbur9 Is twenty
miles, all Down grade, through fairly
rich grazing country. Nearing Lords
in the distance gratefully close in and
from there onl for fully two hundred
miles you are up one mountain and
down another. through noted passes.
prsiries and miraged alkali deserts.
II cannot describe what it is that is so
attractive about this wild country, but
for the first few months l wore my
eyes out on the strange scenery, but
like the kid with the new wagon. |
take chances on the loss OF another
tooth MS start over the
road now in day light"
This, 1 thought, sounded like
One of "Bill's" quiet excuses and :!
ventured :-"Bill, when is pay day?''
"We are expecting the pay car tomor'
row." he answered.
just at this time the air gauge NEE
die dropped back to as. We brought uI
with q jolt at Separ. l was careiessly
looking out the window to the south get
ting good look at Black Jacks stamp
ing ground, when, 10 and behold, q
man with his hat and coat of rushed
out of q doorway and find three shots
In the direction Of an adobe CORA!
which were promptly returned. Black
Jack and another hold up flashed
through nv mind. Not desiring tt
take any un necessary chances
I got between the stove and the Ian
tern box AS made q dive behind the
stove some desperate looking men pas
sed the caboose window on the right
side of the tram covered with sand anC
dust, on dead run and wild eyed. Or
reaching the end of the train they
turned quick as q leopard and 1tf
almost one bound were on the roof o.
the caboose laying fat and dead still
Momentary I was expecting the
shooting TO be resumed. have beer
in all kinds of collisions. wrecks, tun-
nels and down bridges and even caugh
under an over turned train, but my
nerves held out until now and l wa
afraid, because, 1 suppose. was lens
time without sleep. Thoughts of thu
ever ready cruel bullet, flashing daz
cling steel with q lightning move re
leasing the imprisoned crimson came Il
me. Relief at last. The train starts
Three cowboys. armed to the teeth
hoped on the front end of the cabOos'
and took seats without saying q wore
while montana Bill' covered will
dust and clay entered by the rear door
and Immediately started to remove hi
clothes from the clay. had quietl!
resumed my seat in the cupola withQp
even taking q glance at the desperat,
gang on the roof. I was wondering
where could get fol
safety snnd ba from be, sns the eaes
on the roof and the cowboys who, q
vet, were unaware of the presence o
the gang on the roof. One of the COW
boys, q we'll built, good looking youns
man, with look as determined q
Napoleon and whom the others called
Jeff-asked my permission to occup.
one of the two vacant seats in th'
,cupola in order that he might no
catch the eyes of the enemy on tn
caooose. 1 nodded for him to tax
ssMontana Bills" seat which faced to
wards the engine.
The train was flying down grade at
terrific speed and rocks, cattle guards
and posts seemed in one undistinguish
ed macs. began to feel easy for
was satisfied the high rate of specs
would soon bring US to Lord sburg. A
the cowpuncher seemed pleased Wit
hts new seat ventured to ask Will
.eveinq bis big revolver and belt whs
was the trouble back there that causes
the shooting? He eyed me for q me
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