The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
WHEN REUBEN CAME TO TOWN.
Not the Modern Person, But Reuben Burrows,
 the Bandit.

though there was . briefest of heart throbs between him and the time when he would have signed his last train or der and reported to the Master of Trains
 The man behind the gun seemed satis- fled with the message and with the con ductor he climbed back into the train. lahan had a bit up his sleeve that would make the run down the stretch pretty swift when straightened out for home Walking into the baggage car he wrote
 Chief of Police, Montgoniery.-H officers at the Union Depot to meet train No on arrival tonight. Callahan Con ductor."
 Then, calling the news butcher, he fold ed the telegram and tucked it away in the bottom of the basket under the piles of apples oranges and the usual hetero- abutcher's" kit Then he put the butch next-told him to watch close and at the first opportunity slip the telegram into the hands of a train dispatcher. The ht- tie fellow was game all right and guar anteed to carry out his part of the con- tract At every station the two men in the srnokfn~ car, with grim perunacity that would have been superb in more
 worthy cause, continued the work of shadowing the conductor and having an eye out for the dispatcher's office. Pell. ham, Siluria and Longview we're passed "t tnnity coming ak S to the piucky little news agent, and it was not until Calera, six teen miles away, was reached, that 1t be- gan to look like daylight.
 As the train rolled into the station the men were starting out to pipe the con ductor as usual when one of them, glanc-
 ing through window. saw railroad crossing.
 said and the two of them went back to their seat and, after pulling down the blind, sat down.
 Here at last was the long lookedsfor opportunity of the butch, and' iags strollihg 1 the dispatch to the operator. That wor- I thy glanced at the bit of paper, gave a I kind of quick grasp, flew to the ticker;
 ta snd chef n dansyd y tas of Rss the aSnsomery Pc.
 All this time Conductor Callahan had
 been standing by the side of his train smoking car and everything looked satis, | factory to them. Everybody bfeathed easier when the train left Cslera. how | ever. The conductor and Dutch Tel,
 of 5eat the ehfs iSb snd tse two men that they
 had passed Junction, point ssfely. As the train began to near MontgQm.
 cry. the men seemed restless ana asRet See
 sons Lake. The Lake was at that time
 a flag stop, but Callahan told the mer | that it was against orders to stop there l EnK1neeT COx udSHeU Uy thC AsoNC U | nearly double the speed that he hat | been using and was oh the bridge almos | before the echoes of his bridge siEnal hat l died away After, getting over tn | bridge he pulled the throttle of the 25 1 wide open and made her fairly han l around Scott's Bend. Riverside Parl l was passed with a rushing, whizzing roa | that made the denizehs of that localit. | duck their heads in startled fear:
 The two men by this time had edge'
 out On the front platform of the smoke l Intending to drop of in the Montgom | cry yards At that time there was a order that all trains should come to full stop in the South and North yards | but having explained the situation, per init was given for the train to ru through without stopping. Like a bls
 black whirlwInd, Cox shot his trai through the yards--so terrific was tn speed that the two men on the plat 1 form eripped the hand rails and hun
 on for dear life, not daring to risk in
 stant death by attempting to get off. 1
 a fraction of T second the train was rat | ti,ns over the trestle of the big ravine- the airbrakes whistled and No. pulle | un at the station in Montgomery. Engineer Cox and his good old engln' , | Conductor Callahan and the butch ha : done their duty nobly and at the ITS of their lives.
 Stirring Incidents Around Mont gomery.
 It was raining in torrents on that coi , January night when the snorting engin'