The morning news., 1899-01-18

robbers, because, as I've said, we never
had anything worth stealing on the train
But when Low saw these fellows ne sailed
into them with his fists and gave them
the worst thrashing they had ever had.
They were taken completely by surprise,
and before they got a chance to use their
guns Low had taken them away from them
and thrown them off the train. When
he got through with the robbers they look
ed like a couple of wet rags He kicked
them out into the night and that closed
that incident.
THE conductor on our train was a de-
cent sort of chap, but one of those fel-
lows who is always imagining he's going
to lose his job. ! don't believe that the
road had a more faithful employe. He
used to collect quite a bit of money some
nights from passengers, and he got it into
his head that he was suspected of rob-
bing the road. The idea probably grew
out of the knowledge that he could steal
half of the fares every night if he want
ed to without danger of detection. If he
had been robbing the road 1 don't sup
pose he'd ever done any worrying. but
being scrupulously honest, he was haunt
ed by the fear that he might be suspected
of wrongdoing. I've seen lots of men like
that in my time.
"Wen, Low and the conductor struck
up quite-a friendship, and the latter con-
hded his fears to the former. He sus-
pected every man that got on the train
of being a spotter and finally convinced
Low that he was under constant surveil
lance. II made Low who was one of the
whitest boys that ever lived, mad clean
through to think of the injustice being
done to his friend. He used to say that
if he ever got hold Of a spotter he'd make
him sorry that he ever took his job and
he meant every word that he said,
''Well, one bright moonlight night just
as we were pulling out of a small station
Low came over the roofs of the cars to
the rear platform of one of the passenger
cars where l was standing took off his
coat, vest, collar and neckte, and, hand
ing them to me, said
There's one of those cusses back
there now. Come back in a minute and
| you'll see some fun"
There were three empty fiat cars on
the rear of the train, and when 1 got
/ to the roof of the last freight car I saw
a tall, thin man in the grasp of Brake
man Low.
Well, my beauty, heard Low say
so you're looking for shy fares, are you?
Well, take thisr and he hit the man an
awful clip under the ear.
The man went down like a log, then
! jumped to his feet again and yelled for
| help Low hit him again on the point of
/ the jaw, then jumped on him and gave
/ him an awful pummelng. l thought it
J was about time TO interfere, and yelled to
! Low 10 quiet AS l did so the stranger
! staggered to his feet and turned around so
| that the moonlight came down on his face
| When l saw that face ] almost fell off the
! car. 1t was Haskins, the general mana
! ger of the road. He was a frequent pas
| senger on the night train and was likely
! 10 board US anywhere. He would jump up
/ on freight car as often as he'd go into
| the passenger coach. On this occasion he
| just caught us as We were pulling out
! and naturally jumped on the fat car in
| the rear Low had never seen him be-
! fore.
/ "I gave a wall OF despair as I recogniz-
ed Haskins, and Low turned around and
! yelled:
"'AIl right. I'm most through with
him.
Then TO my horror heg rabbed Haskns
! by the collar, wheeled him around and
kicked him off the train. And we were
| going twenty miles an hour l ran down
on the nat car
Low l said, get off at the next stop
and clear out
! What for?' he demanded.
DO you know who\ that man you've
/ probably murdered wasN
| No, and l don't careF
Well it was Haskins, the general
| manager
! IF l expected Low to faint away or
| anything of that sort I was disappointed
! He just burst out into laughter, and for
! five minutes he sat on that fiat car and
screamed. He thought it was the fun
| nost thing he'd ever heard Of but !
/ couldn't see the humor of the situation,
/ and finally l got him TO look at the Sc
rious side of the matter He agreed with
| me that he'd better clear out. and at the
next station he left us.
Well Haskns wasn't killed; in fact
| a week in the hospital fixed him up all
right As soon as he got out I went right
| TO him and explained matters. expected
! to be placed under arrest, but TO my sur
! prise ne told me 10 go back 10 my train
| and say nothing. The only explanation he
| ever gave to fss friends was that he had
fallen off of the train As for Low. I've
| never seen him since"