Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1900-06-01

liosshf walk IL shoe leather that's
eSdr Y tine To ielieve me Of copper
cen, aad don't you fail to rememb I
sNhe little man, who, as / after
ward astoftained, vas on his way to
california fof his health, looked SO
e1l tQady and fierce while lie was
z i,6lii1 Of ,Iloss brave remarks that !
.tpHi1t help but laugh in his face.
trhak psttled him triHe, but J
s1sotIlea il over spd made remark
.6E Is to him about The general matter
.4 train hQld.sfps
ff friend, said in conclusion,
'flo only Adyics oen give you is, II
aany pi slliese Chaps over comes along
$6uT way and asks you to call heaven
10 ritness with your hands pointing
70 the senitb, Just You do il, that's ali.
and do Il ii q hurry; do il a.running
III nice and good about It, and dom
eet gay. Don't endenSor to be lrivoloui
Sfith d man that's got the edge on yor
Nth u caliber lead.spitter.
Just lot oae Of .em try it will
me, that's all eSqisimea the lfftit
min 7iieFcely, and then we changed Tbs
subject
s.WolI, at about 0 o'clock that nigh
We pulled mp at little station caIlsc
Tyrone to give tbeehgine a drink We
only halted there about four minutes.
but il was long enough. The trai1
hadn't got more than five miles out o.
Tyrone before We heard lot Of shots
up forward-the smoker was the
second car from the engine-and the
train came TO halt The wheels had
scarcely censed to revoive when the
front door Of the smoker was thrown
open with q bang, and the command
rang through the car like the crack Of
hwhip:
Every body put EN- upl Quick
a tall, rRw-boned man, with
straggling red mustache, stood In the
door calmly waving his gun from sids
10 side with the characteristic move.
meut Of an expert gttn.fanner He
looked business all over. decided
instantlyTd put my hands up before
I'd done any deciding, however-that
he wasn't any amateur, aud that lie
was going to ges all that was coming
to him. [ co&ldn't help but notice
that the dyapeptie-lookiug little mau
III front of me threw up bis hands
with tue rest although he did a little
bit Of fumbliug with his right hand
before it went up In the air.
Seem that my podner's busy
keepin' tab on tn loco.driyer, said
tie raw boned banditAshe didn't wear
any mask, and there was certain
twinkle to his eyes as he spoke--'rll
jos ask you gentlemen to spring what
you've got on you with one hand at
time, As pass along, and I'll do the
rest.
He wore hickory bag, suspended
ey a string around his neck, in front
o. him "a bag similar to those worn
by carpenters or fathers for holding
tails-and he Just reached out his left
hand and dropped wallets, watches
aud chains and loose rolls into the bag
rs he passed along. None Of the VIC
Tins had chance 10 hold out any
thing on him. fol lie was one of the
eagle eyed species, and ho seemed to
see all hands IN the car at once. BE
walked sideways down the. aisle SO as
to make sure that he wouldn't be
piunked from, behind after passing
along. He was scientist ia his bust
ness, all righ., was that raw-boned
man. and he didn't miss trick.
Every man up forward unquestionably
PASSED over his belongings to be
dropped into that roomy bag. The
little man with the Bostonese accent
amused me, with his hands sticking
up there as rigid as poles, that al.
most fprgot to worry about what
was going 10 Ioss when IL came my
tnrn. He had gone as white as sheet
and be looked more ghastly as the
raw-boned robber approached him.
Finally it came to his turn. The rob
ber looked him over with half grin.
Sorry, my sAwed-oF friend, the
robber started to say, whom, puff the
right hand Of the dyspeptic-looklng
little man opened with a cat-like
fnpidity and the robbsr got full
bf red pepper square in the eyes He
let out an howl, and the little man
dropped to the floor like fash. So
did ], for that matter.
~ The robber, yelled like mad
man, lowered his gun hand and groped
around with it. aud half second later
bio was butted in the stomach with all
the force the little man from New
England had in his head. That
doubled the robber up, aud minute
later we were all on top Of him at
nnce.
You will Try to appropriate what
doesn't belong YOU, hey. dog-gone
yonr the dyspeptic-looking little man
muttered, standing oyer the blinded
bandit, who was almost insane from
pain, We bound him securely, did
what we could to alleviate his pain, and
pst d guard over him. The robber
who was holding up tho engine, bear
lug the agonized shouts ofllis partner,
concluded that there was nothing
doing, aud. firing few bluff shots,
seanpersd off the tender into the
darkness. We took The raw-bonel
bandit TO Trinidad. where he was
tried, as afierwnrd learned, aud got
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