The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-07

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Mrs Whitcomb had an inspiration
She ran 70 her berth, and came bael
with tiny silverplated revolver
"I'll lend you this. Sammy gave 1
to me TO protect myself IN Nevada!
Mallory smiled at the .22-eanhel
toy, broke it open and displayed al
empty cylinder
2 Where are the pills that so with
it?" he said.
oh Sammy wouldn't let me have
any bullets. He was afraid "a hurt
myself
Mallory returned 1t, with a bow. III
would make an excellent nutcracker'
Aren't you going TO use it, Mrs
Whitcomb gasped
It's empty" Mallory explained,
but the robbers don't know that!
Couldn't you just oyerawe them with
it?"
Not with that said Mallory, "un-
less they died laughing =
Mrs. Wellington pushed forward.
Then what the devil are you going to
do when they Gomez"
Mallory answered meekly; "If they
request it, | shall hold up my hands,
And you won't resist Kathleen
gasped.
Not a resist
and he calls himself soldier!'
she sneered.
Mallory writhed, but all he said
o.l4ta,. Joncpft bqvn fn ha "a
jackass. know just enough about
guns not to monkey with the wrong
end of EN-
Coward" she flung at him lie
turned white but Marjorie red, and
made a leap at her. crying He's the
bravest man in the world You say a
word. and I'll scratch your eyes out"
This rehcartened Mallory a little,
and he laughed nervously as he re-
strained her. Kathleen retreated out
of danger. with a parting shot. our
engagement is off"
"ThanBs,7 Mallory said, and put out
his hand WIN you return the brace
let?"
II never return such things" said
Kathleen
The scene was so painful and such
an anachronism that Or. Temple tried
to renew more pressing subject:
"Tts your opinion then that we'd bess
surrender?'
40f eourse-sinee we can't run"
Wedgewood broke in impatiently:
We'll, | consider it dastardly out
rage. I'll not submit to it. I'm
subject of His Majesty the"
You're a subject of His Majesty
the Man Behind the Gun, said Nal
lory.
Il shall protest, none the less"
Wedgewood insisted.
Mallory grinned little. "llave you
any last message to send home to
your mother?"
Wedgewood was a tritie chilled at
this. "D-don't talk of such things he
said
And by this time the trainrobbers
had hastily worked their way through
the other passengers, and reached tho
frantic inhabitants OF the sleeper,
"Snowdrop."
Hands up! Higher!! Hands up"
With a true sense of the dramatic,
the robbers sent ahead OF them the
most hair-raising yells. They arrived
simultaneously at each end Of the
aisle, and with a few short sharp COM
mands, Strengthened the disorderly
rabble into a beautiful line, with all
palms aloft and all eyes wide and
wild
One robber drove ahead Of him tho
conductor and the other drove in Mr..
Manning, whom he had found trying
TO crawl between the shelves OF the
linen-closet
The marauders were apparently
cattlemen, from their general getup.
Their hats we're pulled low. ana just
beneath their eyes they had drawn
big black SILK handkerchiefs, tied be-
hind the ears and hanging to the
breast
Over their shoulders they had slung
the feed bags Of their horses, to serve
as receptaclcs for their swag. Their
shirts were chalky with alkali dust.
Their legs we're encased in heavy
chapareios, and they carried each
pair of well-used Colts reYolyers that
looked as big as artillery.
When the passengers had showed
and iostled into line. one Of the men
iabbcd the conductor in the back with
the mUzzle of his gun, and snarled:
Now speak your little piece, like
learned ii to you
The conductor, like an awkward
schoolboy, grinncd sheepishly, and
spoke, his hands in the air the while:
Ladies and gents. these here par
ties in the black tides says they want
everybody to hold his or her hands
as high as possible tin you git per
mission to lower EN-; they advise you
not TO resist, because they hate tho
sight of blood but prefer it to argu-
ment."
The inpatient robbers themselves
the prey of fearful anxicties, broke in,
barking like pair OF coyotes in a
tumble Of commands; Now. line up
with your backs that way, ana no
back talk These guns shoot awful
easy. And remember. as each party
is finished with, they are to turn
round and keep theiy hands up. on