The Arvada enterprise., 1916-05-18
NOVELIZED FROM THE NOV.
INC PICTURE PLAY OF THE
SAME NAME. PRODUCED
THE SIGNAL FILM CORPORA.
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Signal:
Monthly pay roll on No. 4.
| Brief though the message was, it
contained enough news to arouse
Spike.
Casting only a glance in the direc-
tion OF the fleeing dog. Spike. clutch
ing his find. hurried toward Seagrue's s
camp and lost no time In copertly
showing him the message, without ex-
planning how 1t had fallen into his
| hands
Seagrue, reading the telegram, saw
the moment he looked at Spike. what
| was in the convict's mind
Seagrue studied the message. ut
wouldn't be a bad idea to get hold Of
| the stun while, anyway" he mused.
IT'S behind time now, | understand:
and hear the men over there are get
ting restless about not getting their
money. II you could hold it up on
Rhinelander few days you might
work up a strike"
How far do you want to go with
this thlng?" demanded Spike. casting
vicious eye on his employer
Il don't care how far you CO." said
Seagrue, provided you hold up that
pay roll"
Spike left the camp. No more
than a moments reflection was need
ed to suggest an idea to him. Return
ing to the station. he got a long dis
tance telephone wire and called up
two OF his friends at Oceanside-
Sykes, n convict acquaintance. and n
chum OF Sykes. who. in various en-
counters with the law. had lost all OF
his name but Dan"
In jailbird jargon Spike explained
to Sykes. who answered the telephone.
the possibilities OF haul at Signal.
Dan. standing near Sykes In the room
they occupied together. asked ques.
tions and prompted his companion,
who tried to get from Spike-reluc-
tant to talk much on the wire-a de-
scription OF the lay Of the land. Spike
bluntly told them In the end to stow
II and take the Job or leave It. as
they liked. However. tho two GRIM
inals got enough from him to decide
that third man was indicated. and
they called into their conference
crooked safe expert, known only by
his nickname OF BAT. the Bat" To
him they coniided their plot. Nothing
loath. Bat consented to Join In the en-.
tcrprise. and following Spikes hints.
the trio made arrangements to leave
ln hnt
carry Rhinclanders pay roll.
When No. pulled into Signal next
morning three men dropped of the
hind end. They made up the Grim.
inal gang that Spike had engaged to
rob Rhinelander. and. knowing the
loot was expected on the train that
carried them. two OF the men kept
the front end OF the train well in view
until they had watched Lyons and
Helen take the package OF money from
the express messenger. and after re.
ceipting for II. walk with Rhinclander
Into the station. Inside Of the office
Rhinclander examined the shipment OF
currency.
Il have no safe at the camp. Lyons"
explained Rhinelander, when the agent
asked him to receipt for the package.
Keep II here for me In your safe un-
III tomorrow" lie pushed the open
package OF bills back through the
wicket OF the counter. but In doing
this he accidentally overturned bot.
tie OF ink.
Helen screamed little. and jump.
Ing aside, caught up n Piece OF cloth
from the lo,torprcss stand. wiped tho
ink on the bills rs best she could and
turned them over TO Lyons. who took
the big package within his charge
and placed II carefully In the safe.
Not, however. without having been
observed by two OF the Occanside
criminals who were lettering Jus, then
outside the Office window.
Turning away before they wcrc dis.
covered. these mcn-Sykcs ard Dan
were Joined by the third member Of
their expedition, and the three headed
for Rhinclandcrs camp TO hun, up
Spike. They encountered him on the
way over to the station tc look for
them. A consultation was held In the
woods The four were now assured
that tho money had come, and they
knew where Il had been put. To tho
safe expert was left the details. and
when these had bccE arranged to suit
him. the quartet scattered. 1'iat
evening they might have been seen
around the station abou, the
time that Hclon and Lyons were clos.
Ing M for tho night Indeed. the lat.
ter had hardly locked tho station door
before Spike. watching his oppor,uni.
~. signalod his assistants to tho
frcighthousc window This. without
ceremony. they broke open and enter.
ing the telegraph ONCE from the
frcightroom, took possession OF the
premises.
Tho man known as Tho Bat. tho
master mind OF the visiting trio. at
once got doom In front OF tho safe for