New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-07-24

side. found tho passengers already apt
70 respond without delay to, the ap-
peals of fright. After tho flrst hush
Of dread. came the reaction to panic. .
Each passenger showed his own
panic In his own way. Ashton whirled
round and round. Ake : horse with
the blind stsggers. then bolted down
the aisle, knocking aside men and
women. He climbed on q seat, pulled
down an upper berth. and. scrambling
into It. tried to. shut It on himself.
Mrs. Whitcomb was 90 frightened that
she assailed Ashton with fury and
SELLING his feet, dragged him back in
TO the aisle, and beat him with her
fists, demanding that he protect her
and save her for sammy's sake.
Mrs. Fosdick, rushing out Of her
Btateroom and not finding her lus-
cious-eyed husband, laid hold Of Jim
mile Wellington and ordered him to
30 to the rescue of her spouse. Mrs.
Wellington tore her hands loose, cry
Ing: Let him go. madam. He has .
wife of his own to defend"
Jimmie was trying to pour out dy.
Ing messages. and only suffering. for.
getting that he had put his watch In
his mouth to hide 1t, though its chain
was still attached to his waistcoat.
Anne Cattle, who had read much
about Chinese atrocities TO mission
aries, gave herself up to death, YET n.
5oiced greatly that she had provided
. timely man to lean On and should
not have to enter Paradise . spinstsr,
providing she could manage 70 con-
vert Ira In the next few seconds, be.
fore It was svsrlastingty too late. She
vas begging her drst heather to Join
her in . gospel hymn. But Ira was
roaring curses Ike pirate captain In
hurricane, and swearing that the
villains should not rob him OF bio
bride. s
Mrs. Temple wrung her twitching
hands and tried 70 drag her husband
70 his knees, crying: ..r
"Oh, Walter. Walter. won't you
please say . payers good strong
prayerr' 1865.
But the preacher was % confused
that he answered.: Whats the use OF
prayer in An emergency IKE this!
"Walter!" she shrieked.
'rm on my va-vacation, You know"
he stammered.
Marjorie was trying at the same
time to compel Mallory to crawl under
. seat and to md q place to hide
Rnooxloums. whom ahe was warning
not to say . word. snoozleums. I'M
derstanding only that his mistress
was In some distress. refused to stay
IN his basket and kept Offering his
services and his attentions.
Suddenly Marjorie realised that
Kathleen vas trying to faint in NAL
lory's arms, and forgot everything else
In determined effort to prevent her.
After the first blood-sweat of abject
fright had begun to cool, the passen-
gers came to realize that the invaders
were not after lives, but loot. Then
came panic of misery effort to con-
ceal treasure. i:
Kathleen, finding herself banished
from 'MallOry's protection, ran to Mrs.
Whitcomb, who had given Ashton up
rs hopeless task.
What shall We do, oh, what, oh
what shall we do. dear Mrs. Yelling.
toni" she cried. ..
Don't you dare call me Mrs. Well
ington!" Mrs. Whitcomb screamed;
then she began to flutter. But we'd
better hide what We can. I hope tho
rah-rah-robbers are gegentlemen:
men," ...5t ..,,..,. IS
She pushed . diamond locket con-
tanning small portrait Of Sammy in
! 70 her back hair. leaving part Of the
chain dangling. Than she tried to
stun . large handbag into her stock
Ing. II. ,-.> ... a.. ~ .,.~s
? Mr.. Fosdick found her husband q
last, for hs made . Wild dash to
her side. embraced her. called her his
VIE and dened al tho powers Of Ne
vada to tear them apart. He had .
brilliant idea. In order to save his
tat wallet from capture, he tossed 1t
through an open window. Il fell as
the feet Of one of tho robbers ~ hO
ran along the side Of the car, shoot
Ing ut such heads as were put out OF
windows. He picked It up and dropped
It into tho feed-bag he had swung at
his side. Then running on, he clam.
bered over the brass rail Of tho oh.
servation platform and entered the
rear of the train, as his confederate.
driving the conductor ahead Of him.
forged his way att from tho front.
while third masquerader aligned the
engineer, the fireman, the brakeman
and the baggagemen.
CHAPTER xxxvlIl.
Hands Upl
All this time Lieutenant Mallory
had been thinking as hard as an Of
ncer in an ambuscade. His narrowing
experiences and incessant defeats OF
the past days had unnerved him and