The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02

second there was | hush ne of death; then every hard went ups We aik emzee down the barrel of that sun. tn- esdentaIiT taking pote that its owner was a taiis slender sionchy looking indiridual with tils lower part of hig face coneealed ky c1oaE, Apd hia foKehesd tied around with [ arna1lar e1sths hfa shoes wsne run down. hle olafhing in sle working c7okhas order and 4ao arranged about his person. aG to be convenient for carrying 'sIo0t" To at least one person in the crowd hts appearaIlce was dieapp0inting; she had read Of masks with holes cut fn them through which pierced black flashing. were light. greenish- blue Iearln9 eyes and were accompanied by 1 deliberate. cool, ERukf voice. Oh, hfs nerve. with what eooineas he asked of the driver whether or mt he carried the .Exprassf" Answered ne- gafiyely. he asked how many stage coaches were behind. Learning there was one more, he calmly waited until t drove up halted # and deliberately ordered the occupants of both stages 60 descend and line up In the road with hands still up. ,
 II ja against s'road etiquettea, to rob the stage drivers. so they we're allowed to remain as their places ana hold the horses. A small boy from the eeeond stage was commanded 10 stand ct the horses heads and keep hie hands tiown; thereby he escaped being searched ana saved the family funds which were for tunateiy concealed on his person. A Chinese cook waa allowed to remain on tho stage as unworthy of eonstdera+ ton But we, the other passengers Were not SO fortunate, while we stood in the hot sun for nearly an hour GUS hands stretched toward the California skies. Black Kid'' we learnt his name friend tc take his hat. xc down the line and take coIlectton,s
 Ladies purses were emptied, mems pockets turned wrong side out ana everything Of value con1iscated He even called for postage stamps: two mems watehes were taken. but redeem ed with monay borrowed from the driy-l CTS. One lady's watch was returned when she and her griendp begged for 1t. The Bostonian was ordered to spread his Handkerchief, pour the money into 1t ana ,;aeliver the gaodH.y The cons, tents were about s30o, besldes some fruit and potatoes.
 During the collection Black Kid" entertained us with comments such ag T feel like shooting today.9 T was watching for d stage last night. You are too slow," and Look ID the road" ," He would get rough if any one at- tempted to move without hls orders. It =aH exciting. but there was no screaming and the men were as ner- yous as the women, through it eli ran vein of the ridiculousness. The writ. er could but notice how ths doctors hand tfernbled and how nnelodramatic sounded some of the pleading voices.
 Some-Jewkls were concealed. One of our Alabama girls stood sll the time with her diamond ring hidden In her mouth. She did not scream. our rall- road tickets were given back.
 When he had received the loot" Our bandlt calmly Daae us get back in the stage ordered the drixsrs to 80 ahead. They son1plis1 Ariskiy. and drove us on for the hotel keepBr to hold us up for what 'Blask Ikids had overlooked.
 Hereafter when yosemite ticket agents assure me that the trip is "perfectIy safe for ladies. ! shall ask for "hold-up policy"
 One strange thing about the affair to me is that the San FreDcisco lady failed ko mention any similarity be- tween our hold-up and their earth quake. L. A. H
 Miss May Shea Of Dothan ig the guest of Mrs. Y. B Nicely at her home on Adams Street.
 Notice.
 The West End School Improvement Association will meet Tuesday after noon lat 5 o'clock st the residenee of Wrs !. A. Hamn at the corner of clay Street and Third Avenue
 Mrs. W. H. Moore and little daugh- ter will -Aiieen have gone to Tate Springs.
 Mss CoraIstte Metealfe, Miss Mary Afetcaife and Mrs. May Crommelin Wood lave returned from DemOnolis where they went to attend the marriage of Miss TayIor and MT. Hughes TuTnley Reynolds which took place on last Tnssday.
 Mrs. J. McTharin win arrive from