The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-02

women together here in this corner.
where they viii be out 81 range from
the Vestibule-th hats right The pin is
TANNED. and they know they have us
the coupling. They'u charge us in a
minute and We must defend the pass
age AT all hazards WHAT'S that2'--
the question % Bfsby, who was again
suggesting a treaty.
Miss L.angham was looking 0n-she
was the only one of the budding quar-
tette OF. women VINO dared to look on
and she saw Raglan s lips curl and his
broW-l eyes flash.
Compromise with them There
would be more hope of compromising
with hends from the pit. And, besides,
/ have Killed three OF them Give me
that pistol and stand aside, IL you are
But the president came between, and
the lieutenant showed the useless Wea-
pom TO him. Its empty. = he said. II
~ forgot to bring any ammunition
Raglan lip curled again. but when
the White-haiTed one would have kept
the passage with him, with a broken
gently aside.
NO: this is work for a younger man.
and I must have room to play in" He
barred his swOrdarTn 10 the elbow and
cleared a space at the entrance to the
narrow side vestibule Ieading forward.
DO you stand just here behind me
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farther end of the compartment, and
give me the word when they begin to
come
The construction OF the private car
favored the defense The forward YES
tibule was narrow passage one-man
wide leading from the front platform
around the tEO drawing rooms to the
central compartment. There were two
further obstructed by glass paneled
swing door
Raglan stood to the right of the
passage, with the women in the corner
behind him The lieutenant looked IS
II ne would give his shoulder straps to
be out Of is, but for very shame's sake
he dubbed the empty pistol and braced
himself. There was a great square
mirror filing the panel at the opposite
end Of the compartment. and in this
the salyport vestibule was in view mp
to its first right-augIed turn around
the drawing rooms.
The little interval of waiting was
more trying than the fiercest battle.
Raglan glanced out at the flying land
marks. Five minutes more of the fu-
riOuS speeding ana the Wreckers must
either do or dles since the train was
rapidly nearing the hin top crisis.
There was no more hammering at the
janmed coupling pin in front. but from
the rear came g succession OF Earring
blows, telling of the efforts OF the
armed treasure guard TO break out of
4
AS before, Helen Langham was the
only one of the trembling Quartette
who dared to look on, and she Gould
not help contrasting the two young
men, comparing them and thinking
that they might well change places IN
q militant world, The blood trickled
from the bullet score In Raglan's tenn
PIE, binding 'him as lit ran into his
eye; ana when she saw this Helen
sprang up, suatched the handkerchief
from the pocket of his CASTOR coat,
and bound it quickly and deity about
the wound. At the knOtting of the
/ handkerchief he caught her hand and
pressed it to his lips.
1t was at the kissing instant that the
president gave the word.
'On guard! Here they GOMEZ
The speed was slackentng. and in a
swift glance aside at the mirror Rag
I Ian saw the narrow passage filing with
men at its farther end. Sweeping the
way before them with a scattering
volley, they crashed through the light
swing door, and the battle was on.
For the one woman who was still
looking on, the scene was not less in
spring than it was terrifying. As in
a series Of hashEght pictures, she saw
Raglan spit the leader in mid career,
smite down the Second with a blow
from the pommel of the sword. and
fling himself upon the others with
roar Hike that of an angry lion Der