The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-12-12

cry, and the watchmat turned DEATH,
| pale. L
what are you going to do, 20,
| devils?" he said between his teeth.
!, "Oh, a trifle. Tonight's express car.
| ries, as you know, besides the regis.
! tered mail, the cash receipts for the
month. You have the tools and under.
stand how to handle them. You will
break up three or four rails; the rest
is our affair.""
You devils!''
"Gently, my friend! You will get
ness we can work with perfect safety,
and by the time relief train arrives,
we'll be far away
"Scoundrel:' the Waterman cried.
do you realize that lives will be lost?''
$50 much the better. There will be
something in their, pockets. Well, will
you do the job?" f..
The Waterman made no reply. Wrath
and honor made him speeches..
"Once more ask, you if you will do
it."
Never"
Every well. We are beaten, but we
will, at least, reward your faithfulness.
Bind this honest man."
A fearful struggle ensued, but Rein
hardt was soon OverpoWered.
Nov take the woman and lay her
across the rails. Then bind the faithful
Waterman to the sigan1 pole, where he
can see the express go by. He must be
at his post; Ha, ha, ha!''
Reinhardt cried out in terror; but the
train robbers prepared to carry out the
command OF their leader.
my wife! my wife! Stop! I will do
it! Don't harm my wife,
go ahead, then. There is no time to
lose. Unbind him. But no foolishness,
Reinhardt. If you do anything suspi-
cious I'll shoot you down, and your
wife will be put across the rails
The Waterman did not speak another
word. He quickly fetched his tools and
went out with his tormentors. The rain
was still falling in: streams. With
three rifles pointed at his head, REIN
hardt performed his awful work. When
the second rail had been taken out the
poor man sunk unconscious to the
ground.
"That will do" Stein remarked to his
associates. "The train will go TO the
devil, and everything in it belongs to
u.s.
The clock on the watchman's house
struck the hour for the passing of the
mail-express. Reinhardt heard it.. Tie
sprang up with cry, and before the
robbers could prevent it, reached the
signal pole. Stein. however, overlook
him before he could carry out his in
tention, and felled the man to the
ground with the butt of his rifle.
Bind him and throw him to his
wife in the house. There they may
keep each other company"
The Waterman was thrown like q log
into the house, and the robbers made
preparations for carrying out their
purpose. A dull roaring sound was
two red headlights appeared. The train
was within a few yards Of the nearest
watchman's house when the signal
lights outside suddenly changed color.
The whistling of the locomotive. and
the jarring noise of the brakes an
nounced that the express had been
stopped.
The amazed Stein was in Reinhardt's
room in three leaps. The Waterman
had Wriggled, like a worm, to the
switch table. Kneeling there, he had,
with his teeth, given the signal to the
nearest Waterman to stop all trains.
A shot from STEMS rifle felled The
unfortunate man to the ground. The:'
the plotters fled, and left the explana-
ton Of the mysterious stopping of the
express to the superintendent, who
was just arriving on his lever-car.
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