The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-04

catch you IN the city: Good night"
office to register in
''Do YOU see that little cord''
1t was Remington who asked the
question of Mrs, Stark as they sat i'll
pointed at the little cord that runs
along the side of tbe car and loses it.
self through the partition,
THAT little cord is our salvation
The limited was making its last lar
on Its journey TO the Golden Gate.
Sacramento had been left some thirty
miles behind and they were bowling
along III a sixty.mile clip between FL
mira and Suisun.
81 have been watching Holmes and
the stranger all the afternoon. con-
tinued Remington. ''Holmes sits with
that grip between his feet all the time.
They were in car three, but have just
to act. That little cord l showed you
is connected with valve known as
the conductor S valve, or emergency
valve. One quick pull will set every
emergency brake on the tram and at
the speed we are going now. throw
every one out of their seats and stop
the train in train length and d half.
Holmes and the Stranger are sit
ting on the left side of the diner, at
one of the small tables. Holmes has
the grip between his feet, and is sit
ting with his back to the engine. AS
soon as we pass Suisun 90 into the
diner, stand at the table and engage
Holmes in conversation. But brace
yourself-brace yourself. / viii have
the vestibule open between the diner
and the next ear. As soon as l see
YOU talking to Holmes / will step back
into the next car and pull the air.
There will be an awful miXup, but look
out for il. Grab the grip and beat
it--duck your nut--hy Your kite.
81 will be at the car steps when you
come ont and it is dark enough now
50 that we can get away, and then we
can make our way back TO Suisun and
catch No back to Salt Lake City.
There is Suisun now; let 5 get busy
Look ort for the spill and keep your
nerve
"Why, Mrs. stark said Holmes,
half rising from his chair, where did
Wbish-whoo goes the air into
tine sbig hole and pandemonium
rcigns in the dining car.
Holmos. reaching wildly into the air,
falls backward over his chair, strikes
his head against the window casing
and falls to the floor unconscious,
"Have YOU the grip'" breathlessly
asks Remington as he helps Mrs. Stark
TO aligbt.
Il have. but oh, what smash in
that dining earl was her answer
Never mind that: 1t S up to us. 10
get out Of here, and get out quick.
Come on.
.'IIc is all right now, said the, con
ductor. as Holmes slowly opened his
ewes when the train was under way
again. Now ! am going back to sec
if can find out who pulled that cord,
"Couductor' CONDUCTOR 1T was
the agoni2ed voice of the now tullv con-
scions Holmes Stop this tram. l
have been robbed.
II am very sorry, SIR, hut | can
not stop the train this side OF 3enlcla.
replied the conductor. III IS &@alnsh
orders.
Notc-rr Hewitt has pTncuca!iN sNeh
MS the solution al Jhe story we Know,
as all OF MS know. that IN" Great Sht
Lake Mystery has been practically Nn
solvabe Tomorrow morning we WI.
have the real solu ton from inc pen ut
Charlie Pulver. lie is working IT cur
today. and when YOU pick ny Inc LTD i
me tomorrow moruins. YOU VIII uis-
cover an analytical symposium on 'n1
storv which has had the whole toWn ot
Salt Lake guessing for the trlillnS mat
ter OF something like the original s'o'y
OF three weeks.