The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-08

of steel and managed to get bis a.
gers about the chauffeur's throat -
an added insurance against a crv 20
help. ''
He choked him literally into incono,
bility. Then, with a strength that h.
did not seem to possess, he picked ~
the limp, blue-faced body and carrioS
it Off the road and around the car,
In the baggage car, the hagoo,.o
man was smoking surreptitious nino
of powerful tobacco between stations
and contemplating the scenery
thoughtfully through the open door
AS the engine slowed up to take
curve and grade, Bailey, who had
now and then taken a peep out of
little grated window above him. crnnt
out from his hiding place. Already bo
had slipped dark silk mask over hio
face.
AS he made his way among tbo
trunks and boxes, the train lurched
and the baggage man, who had his back
to Bailey, heard him catch himself He
turned and 1eaped to his feet. Bailey
closed with him instantly.
Over and over they rolled. Bailev
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 last resort
for it 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 with
the butt of the gun.
The train was now pulling slowly I'm
the grade. More time had been spent
in overcoming the baggage man than
he expected and Bailey had to work
quickly. He 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 trunk catapulted out by
strong arm. 1t hurtled through the
air and landed with it's own and the
trains momentum.
stopped-unbroken, for Elaine had had
it designed to resist even the most
violent baggage smasher.
Del Mar ran to it. AS the tail light
of the train disappeared he turned
around in the direction from which he
mouth and shouted.
From the side of the road by Del
Mars car the bearded motorcyclist had
just emerged, buttoning the chauf
feur's clothes and adjusting his Cog
giles to his own face.
AS he approached the car, he heard
a shout. Quickly he tore off the black
beard which had been his disguise and
tossed it into the grass. Then he drew
the coat high up about his neck.
Call right" he shouted back, start
ing along the road.
Together he and Del Mar managed
to scramble up the embankment to the
road and, one at each handle of the
trunk, they carried it back to the car
piling it in the back.
The improvised chauffeur started to
take his place at the wheel and LEI
Mar had his foot on the running Doard
to get beside him, when the now un'
bearded stranger suddenly swung
about and struck Del Mar full in the
face. 1t sent him Keeling back INTO
the dust.
The engine of the car had been run
ming and before Del Mar could recover
the stranger had sho'
the car ahead, leaving Del Mar prone
in the roadway.
The train, with Bailey on it, had not
gained much speed, yet it was perlf
Gus undertaking to leap. Still, 1t Was
more so now to remain. The baggage
man stirred. 1t was now a case I"
murder or getaway.
Bailey jumped.
Scratched and bruised and shaken
he scrambled to his feet in the Drler'
along the track. He staggered up 'n0
road, pulled himself together, tneI
hurried back as fast as his barKeu
shins would let him.
He came to the spot which he recos
nized as that where he had thrown OH
the trunk. He saw the tramped ana
broken bushes and made for the roau
He had not gone far when ne saw,
far down, Del Mar suddenly attacheu
and thrown down, apparently by ni'
own chauffeur. Bailey ran tor"dru'
but it was too late. The car was gono'
AS he came up to Del Mar lying o's