The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-16

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help.
lie choked him literally into insen.. 4
bility. Then, with n strength that \. :
did not seem to possess. he picked n,
the limp. bl~ue.faced body and carr,.s
il on the road and around the car.
/.
In tho baggage car, the bagRas.
man was smoking a surreptitious pima
Of powerful tobacco between stations
and contemplating the scenev
t%houghtfully through the open door.
As the engine slowed up to take
curve and a grade, Bailey. who had
now and then taken a peep out OF
little grated window above him, crep,
out from his hiding place. Already Ia
had slipped a dark silk mask over bic
face.
As he made his way among the
trunks and boxes, the train lurched
and the baggage man, who had his back
TO Bailey, heard him catch himself. He
turned and leaped to his feet. Bailey
closed with him instantly.
over and over they rolled. Bailey
had already drawn his revolver before
he left his hiding place. A shot. how.
ever, would have been fatal TO his part
In the plans and was only n last resort,
for II would have brought the train.
men.
Finally Bailey rolled his man over
and getting his right arm free. dealt
tho baggage man a fierce blow with
the butt of the gun.
The train was now pulling slowly up
the grade. More time had been spent
In overcoming the baggage man than
no expected and Bailey had to work
quickly. lie dragged the trunk marked
"E. Dodge" from the pile to the door
and glanced out.
Just around the curve In the rail-
road Del Mar was waiting. straining
his eyes down the track.
There was the train, putting up the
grade. As it approached he rose and
waved his arms. 1t was the signal
and he waited %anxiously. Had his
plans been carried out?
The train passed, From the baggage
car came a trunk ~catapulted out by a
strong arm IL hurtled through the
air and landed with It's own and the
trains momentum.
over II rolled in the bushes. then
stoppod-uubrokcn, for elaine had had
It designed "a resist even the most
violent baggage smasher.
I.1 Mo- sos. a. L. A. elA snsl ItuhN
Of III" train disappeared he turned
around in the direction from which he
had come, placed his two hands to his
mouth and shouted.
From the side Of the road by Del
Mars car the bearded m~otorcyclist had
just emerged, buttouing the chauf-
feur's clothes and adjusting his cog
giles to his own face.
As he approached the car, he heard
n shout. Quickly he tore of the black
beard which had been his disguise and
tossed ii into the grass. Then he drew
the coat high up about his neck.
"All right" he shouted back, start
inr along the road.
Together he and Del Mar managed
to scramble up the "cmbankmcnt TO the
road and, one at each handle OF the
trunk, they carried 1t back TO the car.
piling it in the back.
The ~improyised chauffeur started to
take his place at the wheel and Del
Mar had his Toe on the running board
TO get beside him. when the now I'm
bearded stranger suddenly swung
about and struck Del Mar full In Tia
face, 1t sent him Keeling back III I
the dust.
The engine OF the car had been run.
ming and before Del Mar could recover
consciousness the stranger had shot
/, the car ahead. leaving Del Mar prone
in the roadway.
The train. with Bailey on II. had not
/. gained much speed, yet II was Il peril
! GUS undertaking to leap. Still, IL was
4 more so now to remain. The baggage
e man stirred. IL was now q case OF
murder Or IA getaway.
Bailey jumped.
@ Scratched aud bruised and shaken,
@ he scrambled to his feet in the briers
along the track. lie staggered up the
c road, pulled himself together, then
r hurried back rs fast as his barked
g shins would let him.
He came to the spot which he recog.
e ni2ed ms that where he had thrown OFF
{ the trunk, llo saw the tramped and
broken bushes and made for the road
He had not gone far when he saw.
far down, Del Mar suddenly attacked
a ana thrown down, apparently by his
i own chauffeur, Bailey ran forward.
but II was too late, The car was gone.
AS he came up to Del Mar lying out.
e stretched IN the road, Del Mar a
, Just recovering consciousness.
What was the matter?" he asked.
Was he a traitor?"
! lie caught sight OF the real chauf-
teur on the ground, stripped.
Del Mar was furious. No" he