Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-09-25
RIZZLY BILL

l should say so. 1t was the
exciting thing that ever oc-
to me. Why, / can't even |
bf 1t now without shuddering |
l was considerably Younger |
se days than l am now. At |
he | was a telegraph operator !
spatcher for the Mountain |
Railroad company in a west |
ming country. 1t was a wild |
Thess country, and / was not
IN love with my place; but,
poor, l was obliged to accept
EDITIONS with the best possible
dton, where / was located,
ally nothing more than a rail
station. 1t was not on the
line of the Mountain Valley
d, but on a spur which ran to
got mines. Travel was not
extensive-in fact, but one
day passed my lonely station.
the fifteenth day of every
l received by express for the
htendent of the Ingot Mining
my the money with which the
were paid off. The amount
ed between $4,000 and $751;
On the 14th of June in that
the superintendent of the
came to me and said:
erkins, the pay money will be
Pmorrow, as usual, but l want
exercise more than ordinary
bee In guarding it, as l un-
nd Grizzly Bill is operating in
ountains again
izzly Bill was a name to in
terror. The individual who
hat unmusical sobriquet was
flaw of great daring and reso-
He stopped at nothing. 1t
herefore quite natural for me
some little trepidation. l as
the superintendent, however,
would do all in my power to
the money, and | think" con-
the major, with some self sat
ion, chat l kept my word in
aspect.
lring the night which followed
ent rainstorm swept through
fountains. Shortly before 10
k the next morning l received
over the wire that the train
-Pikeville could not get to
on owing to a washout below
bit Rock. 1t was thought that
rack could be made passable
fternoon and that the train
reach my station before 6
k. l communicated these
to the mine superintendent by
81 of an assistant who was al
at the station during the day.
b 5 o'clock that evening l re-:
D a message saying that it
be impossible for the train to
through before 8 or 10 o'clock
ext morning. ] sent word to
Eject to the mine superintend-
who in turn communicated II
e men. Feeling rather tired,
d in early that night. Sleep
ver. was out of the question.
he baggage, freight, express
elegraph offices were all unde.
roof. One corner Of the bi!
louse-it was hardly anything
was partitioned off SO as t.
q private Enclosure. This box
compartment / used for sleep
eating and the transaction o
ompany's Geographic and rall
business. The sender and re
\ were affixed to a table cor
ntly near nv bed, and if nee
it was possible to transmi
Se a message without eten arr:
OF course l never found
sarv to do this. | simply mel
ii to illustrate the arrangemer
e office.
long toward midnight the tel
instrument began to click.
my call, opened the key an
what was wanted. The o.
n at Pikeville wired back thu
train which had been delay(
Recount of the washout hf
ed for Goldton and would reaC
between 3 and 4 o'clock in II
hing. At precisely 2:45 o'cloC
rain steamed into Goldton.
The express messenger aight'
handed me a huge and maj
a package. 1t contained ST.
oh, that isn't ALL said the me
err. with a laugh. 4 have a b
ne car that's as heavy as lea
e been wondering all the W
he mountain what it eontaine,
me box was lifted from the C
placed on end IN the freight q
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