The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-23

mao become an Old story. Two armed
guards instead of one on the box with
the stage driver testified to the alacrity
with which the express company sought
to lock the stable door after disappear
ance of the broncho.
1t leaked out that the robbers had
made a good haul. Ordinarily the stage
carried little that was valuable. On
this particular day, however, there were
money packages aggregating $1,000 in
the treasure box. 1t was the largest
amount of money that had been car
ried during six months, and the general
comment was that the road agents
were lucky in their choice of day for
their hold-up. Mr.. Stewart had his own
opinion about the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the
coincidence.
He strolled into the railroad station,
anyway, about a week after the rob-
berry, and had speech of the agent.
NO" said that functionary, 1.-The de-
tectives haven't found any trace of the
rustlers, and I don't believe they will,
either. It's my idea that they circled
around to the railroad track after they
left Pete in Blue Canon, jumped
freight or the blind baggage at a water
tank or on grade, and got out of the
country"
Mr.. Stewart was glad to hear it. He
was expecting a good big package of
money by express himself shortly, as
soon as he closed up a deal in the
camp. He wouldn't like to send for 1t,
though. if he thought those pilgrims
were hanging around the district.
You think. them he inquired, sur
veying the agent with some evidence
of anxiety, that it would be perfectly
safe to have the money sent here?"
The agent raised his eyes, and Mr..
Stewart. gazing therein, saw. or fancied
he saw, what he was looking for. To
make sure of it. he tried again
It's a comfortable piece of money
s12 600" he said land it wouldn't be
just agreeable to lose it,
Once more the agent looked up quick
" and once more Mr. Stewart saw
what he was looking for. He no longer
doubted. My friend" said he mem
tally addressing the agent, eff were
you l should wear smoked spectacles.
You never would make a poker player.
He accepted. nevertheless, with much
verbal satisfaction. the agents assur-
ance that there was no possible danger
in having money expressed to San
udefonso even if the stage route to
Golconda might still be considered
risky with two sawed-off shotguns
guarding the treasure box. He was a
very polite man-Mr. Stewart-and
knew how to express himself hand
The next day he walked down to the
station again and sent a telegram to
he patient Baaujeu in Los Angeles. 1t
read:
Deal closed. Send me by express
10 600 currency
As he handed it to the agent, Mr..
Stewart, still pursuing his studies in
noted with satisfaction
he same look in the gentleman's eyes,
md he once more remarked mentally:
Smoked spectacles. by all means
smoked spectacles or green goggles,
ny friend
Two sunburned fellows who looked
Ike miners or railroad section hands
n their Sunday clothes-ready- made
uits and brand-new som breros-.
lunged in the waiting room as Mr..
stewart passed out and to all ap-
cara nee he did not notice them. But
lrther pursuing his anthropoIogicaI
tudies. Mr.. Stewart noted them sharp
: out of the corner of his eye. noted
lat the two men stared hard at him,
nd noted-or thought he uoted-that
ne agent gave them an almost i'm
nod. He likewise noted
rat one of the men was slightly above
nd the other as much below the mid
Ia height
He remarked to himself that he was
Iterested and promised to sit down
,n7ewhere and ffoure it out
BY the next morning he had il figur-
/ out-o- believed that he had-and
the afternoon. when he went to the
,ilroad station to ask if his money
lckage had arrived. he was not at all
lrprised to have il handed out with )
eat promptness by the agent.
sign this receipt, please" said the
il-oad official.