Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27

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form. He paused before the baggage car
just as one Of the baggage motor trucks
rolled up loaded high with trunks and
bags. He stepped back as the men
loaded the luggage on the car, watching
carefully.
AS they tossed on one trunk marked &c.
Dodge" he turned with a subtle look and
walked away. Finally he squiImed
around to the other platform. No one
was locking and he mounted the rear OF
the baggage car and opened the door.
There was the baggage man sitting by
the side door. his back to Bailey. Bailey
closed the door softly and squeezed be-
hind a pile of trunks and bags.
Finally Del Mar reached a spot on the
railroad where there were both a curve
and a grade ahead He stopped his car
and got out.
Down the road the bearded and goggled
motorcy clist stopped Just in time to avoid
observation. To make sure, he drew a
pocket field glass and leveled it ahead.
wait here" ordered Del Mar. "Tl
call when I want you"
Back on the road the bearded cyclist
could see Del Mar move down the track
though he could not hear the directions
1t was not necessary. however. He
dragged his machine into the bushes, hid
it, and hurried down the road on foot
Del Mars chauffeur was waiting idly
at the wheel when suddenly the cold nose
of a revolver was stuck under his chin.
mot a Woodlands up-or I'll let the
moonlight through you" growled out a
harsh voice.
Nevertheless, the chauffeur managed to
lurch out of the car and the bearded
stranger whose revolver it was, found
that he would have to shoot. Del Mar
was not far enough away to risk it.
The chauffeur flung himself on him
and they struggled fiercely, rolling over
and over in the dust of the road
But the bearded stranger had a griI
of steel and managed to get his fingers
about the chauffeurs throat as an ad.
ded insurance against a cry for help.
He choked him literally into insen-
sibiity. Then, with a strength that he
did not seem TO possess, he picked W
the limp. blue-faced body and carried II
off the road and, around the car.
In the baggage car. the baggage mar
was smoking a surreptitious pipe 81
powerful tobacco between stations and
contemplating the scenery thoughtfullS
through the open door.
AS the engine slowed up to take 6
curve and a grade, Bailey who had now
and then taken a peep out OF a little
grated window above him, crept out from
his hiding place. Already he had slipped
a dark silk mask over his face.
AS he made his way among the trunks
and boxes, the train lurched and the bag
gage man who had his back to Bailey
heard him catch himself. He turned anC
leaped to his feet. Bailey closed witt
| him instantly.
over and over they rolled. Bailey had
already drawn his revolver before HI
left his hiding place. A shot, however
would have been fatal to his part in thu
plans and was only a last resort, for 4
would have brought the trainmen.
Finally Bailey rolled his man over and
getting his right arm free, dealt the bag
gage man a fierce blow with the butt Of
tho gun.
The train was now pulling slowly vi
the grade. More time had been spent il
overcoming the baggage man than h,
1
I He dragged the trunk marked "E
Dodge" from the pile to the door anc
| glanced out.
| Just around the curve in the railroad
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. II was the signal and
he waited anxiously. Had his plans beer
carried out?
The train passed. From the baggage
car came a trunk catapaulted out by a
strong arm. 1t hurtled through the all
and landed with its own and the trains
momentum.
over 1t rolled into the bushes. ther
stopped-unbroken. for Elaine had had
It designed to resist even the most VIC
lent baggage smasher.
Del Mar ran to it. AS the tail light
of the train disappeared he turned around
in the direction from which he had come