The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-04-03
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Miss Susan's eyes were good ones
and the air was very clear. She saw
horseman sitting in his saddle at the
bank door. He was holding the
brides of two riderless horses. Even
as she noted this the two riders rushed
from the building and leaped into their
saddles. There were puffs of white
smoke and sharp detonations. Susan
could see people running in wild con-
fusion. Then the three riders started
at sharp canter up the road. Every
dozen yards or so one would turn in
his saddle and fire down the roadway.
Susan knew what this strange scene
meant. 1t was daylight bank rob-
berry, one of a series that had terrorized
all the countryside during the past
summer The three robbers were re-
treating with their plunder. What
had happened in the bank? Why was
Jack not pursuing them? She su9-
denly turned sick and cold.
Then an lndescribable impulse seized
her. She let herself over the edge of
the bank and began mad scramble
down the steep declivity She meant
to intercept the iuf1i,ns. She slid, she
stumbled, once she fell, but she never
let 90 her hold on her precious rifle.
And then, as the earth suddenly seemed
falling away from her, she reached tue
level ground in confused heap. But
she was up on her feet in a moment.
The highway was directly before her.
The robbers were canteriEg by. The
man in the rear was the man with the
beard, and he bad a coarse bag flung
across the saddle before him. He was
directly opposite Susan as she plunged
down to the edge of the roadway. He
must have taken her for an enemy, for
his glittering revolver flew up and he
fired in her direction quite at random.
Susan felt a sudden twitch at her
broad brimmed hat and quickly drop
ped behind some bushes that lined the
roadway. The barrel of her rife rose.
The robber was rapidly increasing the
distance between them. Could she
shoot this man in cold blood? She
had him covered. A moment more
and it might be too late. She thought
of Jack and fired.
The horse of the fleeing man sudden
ly leaped to ore side and flung his rider
heavily to the earth.
As he went down he dragged the
bag of plunder with him. The rider
less horse galloped after his CON-
panions.
Then Susan Galton Brown sprang
into the roadway and fired FIVE shots
in rapid succession after the two horse
men. She did not aim to hit them,
but rather to frighten them away.
They hesitated moment and then
dashed madly ahead; the riderless
horse galloping in the ear
Susan ran forward to the PROSTATE
man. He was unconscious. She
stopped over him for a momens and
then drew away the coarse bag. AS
she suspected, it was half filled with
currency. She shuddered as she looked
at the livid face of the rufli..l and then
at the blood that was slowly saturat-
ing his coat sleeve. She began to feel
little faint
She was aroused by the sound Of
wheels and the shouting of a man. A
light phaeton was coming toward her.
In moment she recognized the driver
as the local livery stable proprietor.
He leaped out beside her.
mailed him, didn't your he shouted
in paroxysm of excitement. II was
just ready to drive out O my stable
when they pelted by. As got into
the roadway I saw you blazin' away.
Kill him?'
NO." said Susan, che is stunned by
the fall from his horse. only aimed
to break, his shoulder
"You done it all right cried the
Iiveryman. by Georgt!' he shrieked,
Its jim Blscom himselt!''
Susan felt her head going around.
"Mr. Tompkins," she said, "will you
kindly drive me to the bank as quickly
as you camp
Eyes, ma'am, l WILL" he replied,
with great heartiness. you've got
the stuff there, have you? Jump in"
And a moment later they were speed
ing toward the bank. They had not
gone 20 yards when they met the first
group of hastily armed men who were
on the trail of the robbers.
you'll find Jim Bascom lyin' up
there" shouted the liveryman. "She
shot HIM an we've got the bank stuff