Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-05-11
The Limited.
BY SEWARD w. Hopkins.


Dick Prescott sat huddled In his
chair at the desk. his eyes staring at
the receiver as though the innocent
little piece of mechanism had sudden
ly developed venom. His ri tht hand
Clutchcd a revolver. and his LEFT work
ed conyulSivcly around hi I'rt breast
MS though he was feeling something In
side.
1T can't be possible" he sal once
thea AGAIN: ITS lie. know it is
Julie Gridon leader of Gal of rob
bers: No, 1t must he IL hi lrous mis-
take"
But the words as they had come in
dots and daShes to him from l. t Cross
ins could neither be miSuAGrr ODD nor
ccfacrI And he knew LopI:.i' 50 well
-Loomis wDuC,n't Say word about Il
wouan that could wrong her AMI.
besi les. Loo:.liS did not know that
Prescott loved her So tie element Of
jealousy would not play part.
But there was the me age. repeated
..,, ,,.,''.' -" "r"'rS'
money fr'n cxpr IS IA cagcr On Ii .'i;,
ed. Twc~y tAo's ~ dollars = James
,a' u T'.I , h' ,r' i'r' ~ j j." ,'ri1
ynm nm lake Grt,ln, cnn,f",l rr ,yt.H
gang. LOOMS
1t W, Mt II loa message. Prescott
Iou..hnl half In a,nI. y; II. rr,rY. p ! If
20 .-,t nm o,,i ,.,,.o mar. us,,. f.,
.., c
49,
'"' i ~, anu
ANA S'' no" '''.' Il "''' '''' :" I"''
We i't IAr package. LII. ''.I went
throu en- 'im". AAd now
lie Law !" a@am. but 1t was Il
Str.n o. VIII lau III.
80 hi IL t. little Ttrl W'!p was
50 nice and c"".!ial AHl crHn G ton
ale; the p.e.,y sill | saved from
Gro whine on'y mon.h a.-1: the girl
WADn Wa3 &oilE t. a$i-;iol. Sup
% = had, S"pppNe ii was her has
I"Al she. with Jake Glidon. wa com-
III f. roo. suppose IT, can't sup
pose 1t. It's all Il
lie S,o.pel at his desk a.,H,n and
looked down.
"l'N" got it right" he said. And
Loo:..,s wouldn't lie. Bat how did he
lean il: How can he know
lis nervous walk began again. He
couI Int leave. His pony Wa Mt far
away. but the caStbound express would
pas soon, and then the switch must
be tCrtlcl fpr the night pcal There
VS. NJ one else. The ramShaclllr. o e
hose station had u porter & y'mcS,
bUt IT night, when all the drviltry took
- cH. the company did not think he
needed any one.
rs brain was ON fire. He had the
p cAa,-o. and the girl he loved was
coming with gang to takr it from
him.
y sudden noise at the win low made
him jump. His receiver leappd from
his pocket.
"Don't shoot me-" sad quick. nerv-
ous voice. "Dick-Mr. PIE scott yol
received n package from tho limited
YOU
"No," he said facing the sun tanned
face th?t boxed in 1T the window. \
gl&~cr tol htm she carried n rifle,
You dill notW
HNa." he said THE limited went
throU~h without stopping
Cut it wlS Sent-I know it was sent.
know it. | tell YOU"
40, received no packa"o."
For moment she looked at him
steadily, and then Il peculiar smile
dashed ncroSs her face and disappeared
again With IN agility for which shc
VAS far famed she sprang In ut the
Window.
'plck Prescott" she said steruly,
your face tells n different story. You
I'D get that package for Mr.. BeaI."
Miss GriGon, =
"Stop. have misunderstood you.
and make few mistakes In men. Dick
Prescott. YOU have opened NV eyes TO-
ui~'t. thought YOU were Il mana
,... ..2mnn. You have proved me TO he
wrong"
Sic stood leaning on her rifle, and
ncr great fearless eyes looked steadily
m:o his
H. felt himself trembling. How was
he T. let her know that LoOmis had
sent the news that had so unnamed
him? Yet lie must do something. Once
more LoomIs was proved correct The