Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-17

OF steel and managed az get his nm
gers about the chaunenr's throat 40
an added insurance against = cry for
help.
He choked him literally into inssnsi.
bility. Then. with a strength that DO
did not seem 20 possess. he picked ~
the limp. blue-facrd body and carried
IL on the road and around tbs car.
In the baggage car. the baggage
man was smoking a su~rreptitious pipe
OF powerful tobacco between stations
and contemplating the SCENERY
th%oughtfully through the open tror
As the engine slowed up 20 take .
curve and q grade. Bailey. who had
now and then taken "a pr-p out of "a
little grated window above him. er-pi
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 IuTchrd
and the baggage man. who had his baSa
10 Bailey. heard him catch himself. he
turned u Ieaptd To his feet haIlry
closed with him instantly.
over and over they rolled. Bailey
had already drawn his revolver before
he left his hiding place "A shot hu~-
ever would have been fatal 90 his part
in the plans and was only q last resort.
for II would have brought the trAin-
men.
Finally Bailey rolled his man over
and getting his right arm free. dealt
the baggage man a fierce blow alta
the butt OF the gun.
The train was now pulling slowly ~
the grade. More time had been sprnt
in overcoming the baggage man THAI
he expected and Bailey had 10 ~oFE
quickly. tie dragged the trunk marked
e. Dodge" from the pile % the door
and glanced out.
Just around the curve Ia the rail-
road Del Mar Was waiting. straininE
his eyes down the track
There vas the train. pufiRg ID the
grade. As IL approached he rose aud
waved his arms. II Was the sisual
and he waited ~anxiOusly. Had hIs
plans been carried out7
The train passed From the baggage
car came a trunk ~catapulIed out o. q
strong arm IL hurtled through tLa
air and landed with It's own aud the
trains momentum.
over II rolled in the bushes. thea
stopped unbroken. for Elaine had had
IL designed 10 resist ey-a the most
violent baggage smash-r
Del Mar ran 20 II. As the tail light
OF the train disappeared he turned
around In the direction from which ne
had come, placed his two hands 10 his
mouth and shouted
From the side ~ the o BY Del
Mars car the bearded motorcycles had
just emerged. %buttoning the ehaaf-
feur's clothes and adjusting his cog
giles 10 his own face.
AS he approached the car. he heard
a shout Quickly he tore or the black
beard which had been his dlssuise aud
tossed IL into the grass Then h- sre~
the coat high up about hls neck
"All right" ne shouted back. start
ing along the Dad
Together he and Del Mar managed
20 scramble 40 the ~rmbankment ID the
road aud. one nj each handle VI the
trunk. they carried II back 10 the car.
pi.ing IL in the back
The improvised chauffeur started To
take his place at the wheel and Del
Mar had his foot on the running board
TO get beside him. when the nov an
bearded stranger suddenly 4
about and struck Del Mar full In the
face. IL sent him reeling back ins3
the dust.
The engine OF the ear 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 H. had not
gained much speed. yet IL VAS u peril
GUS undertaking 20 leap still. n Wa
more so now 10 remain. The baggage
man stirred. II was no~ a eass %
murder or a getaway.
Bailey jumped.
Scratched and bruised and shaken.
he scrambled 10 his feet In the bFi-rs
along the track. lie staggered up the
road. pulled himself together. then
hurried back as fast as his banked
shins would let him.
He came TO the spot which he reeox
nized As that where he had thrown or
the runk. lie saw the tramp-d ana
broken bushes and made for the road.
lie had not gone Tar when be say.
far down. Del Mar suddenly attacked
and thrown down. apparently BY bis
own chauffeur. Bailey ran forward.
but IL was too late. The car Was Kous
As he came up TO Del Mar lying oat-
stretched in the road. Del Mar vas
Just recovering consciousness.
What was the natter" he asked.
Was he a traitorg"
He caught sight on the real chaur.
feur on the ground. stripped.