Newport daily independent., 1911-03-04

,r,,,a4 -, cais' Say! Ton
 ,,. wnat ld t do if was main finger sr \, movS
 bunch? I'd stick up a train 7. ~, ol dis
 de express car and make hara 7 olov
 where you guys gets wind ; S0llars
 Later on, deputation wa,t.,
 Bud They stood on one leg slssa es on
 mesquite twigs and circumlocntaass taswed
 they hated to hurt his feelinss lssa' TOT
 foresaw their business. and @ nud
 easy for them. Bigger risks aus z, !
 larger profits was what they w,.s snd
 me suggestion of Piggy,s .l,'sO as
 holding up a train had firoa apous
 imagination and increased tha, enelf miration for the dash and bo1as aa'
 the instigator. They were snch ssss , ol
 pie, artless and custombound hsu, sla
 rangers that they had never hesa oasl'
 thought of extending their ban;ts nsivls
 yond the running off of live stoa,s r
 the shooting of such of their aeon.'ls on ala
 ances as ventured to interfere 4N''as Bud acted Ion the leveln avr..,. to take a subordinate place X Is ~
 gang until Black Eagle should ,s "
 been given a trial as leader Alter great deal of consultaHo.
 studying of timetables and discuss,a.. | of the country's topography tha tw.
 and place for carrying out tha,r ~ ~
 enterprise was decided upon, Al tS., s l time there was feedstuff fam,no \ l Mexico and cattle famine in carto. parts of the United States. and tbs,. was brisk international trade Muo.
 money was being shipped along x.
 railroads that connected the two '. | publlcs. It was agreed that the ma, promising place for the contemplatea
 robbery was at Espina, a little st..
 tion on the I. 6 G. N, about for,
 miles north of Laredo. The tra, stopped there one minute; the com try around was wild and unsettled. the station consisted of but one boua. | in which the agent lived.
 1 Black Eagles band set out, ridinr by night. Arriving in the vicinity al Espina they rested their horses all day in thicket a few miles distant The train was due at Espina at 10:30 p. m. They could rob the train and be we'll over the Mexican borde, | with their booty by daylight the next l morning.
 l To do Black Eagle justice, he es hibited no signs of flinching from tho responsible honors that had been con ferred upon him.
 l He assigned his men to their rt 1 spective posts with discretion and
 coached them carefully as to their ! duties. On each side of the track four of the band were to lie concealed
 in the chaparral Gotch-Ear Rodgers
 was to stick up the station agent 1 Broncho Charlie was to remain with the horses, holding them in readiness l At spot where it was calculated tho | | engine would be when the train | stopped, Bud King was to lie hidden on one side, and Black Eagle himself, on the other The two would get tho l drop on the engineer and fireme4 | force them to descend and proceed | to the rear Then the express ai | would be footed, and the escape mah l No one was to move until Black Eags < gave the signal by firing his reyovst The plan was perfect.
 At ten minutes to train time ever
 man was at his post, effectually con
 cealed by the thick chaparra that | grew almost to the rails. The nign'
 was dark and lowering, with a fns | drizzle falling from the flying gull Y clouds. Black Eagle crouched behna
 bush within five yards of the tracL ! Two six-shooters were belted arouna l him. Occasionally he drew a lafg l black bottle from his pocket aaa
 raised 1t to his mouth.
 A star appeared far down the tlss. which soon waxed into the headlsD of the approaching train. It came v l with an increasing roar; the ensu
 bore down upon the ambusnins uss 1 peradoes with a glare ana sni''.
 like some averaging monster come 7 deliver them to justice. Black hss. | fiattened himself upon the grouls The engine, contrary to tnen V culations, instead of stopping De'".s, kim and Bud Kings place ol con.s.' ment, passed fully forty yaroS iS''D'
 before it came to stand :. The bandit leader rose to a's ',s u' and peered around the bush ..I .
 men all lay quiet. awaiting the slAs
 Immediately opposite Black Easi' 's f.
 a thing that drew his attention stead of being regular paSTus. na,sr train it was mixed one. D' | him stood a box car, the oo0' ,.s V
 which, by some means had oeeu Y n, slightly open. Black Eagle ~sns sar,s., to it and pushed the door 's' asma
 open An odor came forth-a asm s,ss rancid, familiar, musty, in'oA oi
 beloved odor, stirring stronsy ., a,sl
 memories of happy days ana ,..hInt ss Black Eagle sniffed at the v'sr sr,alb
 smell as the returned wanderer sn asdy
 of the rose that twines his poslJy hIn
 cottage hore. Nostalgia selaen s,s,or-
 He put bis hand inside EAos,' ss cet
 dry springy, curly, soft, entleins, Sr,s,u
 cred the floor. Outside tns | had turned to a chilling rain .M