The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-20
To YOungerS Bend
lCoryTIrht 1908 " IN rranE IL
ny JOHN N. oektsoN.

tcopytlght 1908. BY the Frank Les.
Ne Publishing Housed
Around the little station nf uadh
I'm the shadows of the pines we're
ieunthrnmR. ana the last day Of
January 1874. was drawing Ia ID
close. Ia tho buN-likc nhautY that
served as ticket office. harrann
room. waiting room and atarehauHe
the single official OF the Iron Noun
tain railroad was polishing his
switch lishtH and curHinR the fHW
Missouri winter The Little Rock
Express was not due for half an
/ hour but the agent, taking up the
two clean. FURNISHED switch lamps.
went cut 90 the platform 70 stare
away into tho northeast where the
train was coming from 81 Louis
lie drew hts old army apersoat
/ CLOSE about him. butioned IL where
/ u could still be- huttoned. and pull
/ ing his cap down "a his eats darted
out 20 place the north switch light
As the station agent stopped %
arrange the lirht tan man stepped
from che shelter OF pine hard by
aHRi afflN'tNa WV 'fttNt p HttAAAA#At
remarked
II Amt time 20 IN that lantern
set my friend The oid Waterman
turned quickly. iie saw a a4uare II
white cloth. with absurd round hnlea
I ia plaee Of eyes and mouth. where
/ he had expected % see a face a
scrap 90 dark muatach tNltehed
/ humoroualy in the lower aperture.
and and through the eYrhaleH two
blue eyes laughed a. bis sudden
f teFfor
Come. let's SO un 90 the platform
unf SCI warm. said the voice be
E hind the mask You might AZ well
bring that iiKht along the voice
added Tho uif man walked back
! ohedlenuy beside the tali man.
step up and Join the hand
laughed the captor. pointing n
group beaide the station platform
/ guarded BY four other tall men Him
iiariy masked The watehnihn aaW
the whole population 81 Gaas HiI
I there. a dozen men aud hays In
| Guiding Young Rock the ~. Louis
doctors aon. sho had stopped here
f - meet hia father and so o. Wth
I che express 90 Little Rock 49, q
frtH kindie a fire haYA sffi
E the man who had brought the agent
I un 60 the group This il eeid bur
Z ness FOR the gents here If
/ ehuekled under hia mask IS - aeat
out 70 gather an armful q pine
sticks. Thene. with twu - three
I blanks Ripped from the old platform.
{ Furnished fuel for cheerful hiaKr
shish etacslsd invitinHiy Ia ths
I Geld sind
The tall man stepped back from
his employment Gather around
ths hearth. friends. be called out
ehesfiiy
uaif amused hair terrified. -
company hurr~i the blaze. aware
T that the eyes behind thuae i've
T masks wcre too Natchfui - MAKE
ntghf a safe ~ oven possible eeurn~
They rot $500 from him saii
one - the budfi~d Hroup. hair Whiss
n~finK tn his nrirhber. ard uainfiuF
& toward dads Hurn leading eiiiaru
E THE man Indicated waa prosperous
F farmer a Frhvr mar. nos ds4eetediY
hureinE thr blaze
They teok hts rife tna.- Falun-
7 teered fhe uEan addFrnaef.
They smashed nv old muaket=
F said a third. hia ey~ lighting sssEs=
shat AZ h. Joined Ia The mamhlsa
| comment
said Tom KerriEan. the sasrniti
man. q note % huunruua complaint
in hia vasCs They apeued ny
{ closet without leave. teak NJ am
nunitlon 90 away. and thraHsd M
gun IN the wells bat DO you lhink
+ q thai p ne had faiHed his voice
a. he spoke.
It's AZ the .nd % thst well foge.
interrupted one % the masked ussu.
turning 90 krrriran. eNou can pal
u aut easy.
Thank you. SIR said the fifah
man. hts eyes searching the masked
face 81 thr tall man. T.Naa good
- Ynu. Nr r
-caiburn.~ the other volunteered
uifh laugh
I'm mnch Obliged % you Tor your
thauThtfuiueas. NJ Colhufnf- The
group chucsisd ncrveusiy.
VERY deliberately onr Of fhe five
masked men walked 60 the north
switch. unlocked "a with The cid
arenta kry. ard threw u over az
aKelY. leaving the bar bent ard
wedEed Down 90 the south switch
he walked. opened o.. then came up
20 fanaark the station Tor rrd Tag
/ This he planted IN the middle u the
main track BY the north switch
then reiterated into the trees that
crowded close 20 tho railroad. An.
other Of the tall men went down 10
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