The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-04-06

Spike could make moved the desk ser
geant in any degree. He had directed
the officers to take the two to sepa
rate cells when a commotion was
heard in the hallway and Rhineland
e: dashed into the room. In the
~twinkling OF an eye the aspect OF
everything changed. In Rhinelander
the conscientious Waterman recog-
nized the president of his own safe
deposit company, and when the great
transportation magnate rushed up to
Helen to extend his sympathy and
nodded, as an old acquaintance, to
Spike, the humble watch dog of the
safe deposit vault gasped. He wait
ed just a minute, and in an suspicious
lqll in the conversation between
Rhinelander and Helen, Spike stand
ing at attention, the Waterman pushed
into the group to ask whether he had
made a mistake.
n mistake at ALL" said Rhineland-
er heartily and reassuringly, and to
the watchman's great relief. You did
exactly right. You didn't know these
people. They had no business in
there. But they were there not only
to get my securities out of a box, but
to get me out of a box!" The watch
man stared. Observation-Disclosures turned
to the sergeant in explanation
there's really nobody to blame, SER
geant, except that your men and you
have a box of cigars coming from
somebody and it might as well be me-
as anybody else"
h sergeant scratched his head.
This is the qu~eerest mix-up | ever
struck" he muttered, perplexed.
At R~hinelander's suggestion he Sent
for the chief. The momen the latter
appeared everything was made right.
Within his own room the chief had a
knotted problem. He had been try
ing in every way to extract some dam
aging admission from Ward and
Adams, but unable to do SC, had re-
iuctantly dismissed the pair, satisfied
that if justice had her due the two
would be behind the bars.
Just outside the police station,
Helen and Rhinelander-Spike lis
tening-were comforting as to what
should be done in the awkward emer-
gency facing them. How could they
now save their property from Seagrue's
eager clutches? The moved away
together slowly, just as Ward and
Adams, having got the real handbag
from the sergeant, walked out Of the
station. The two men encountered the
hating and perplexed trio. Rhine
lander's rowing eye fell on the bag as
Ward passed him. He cried out and
pointed. Ward and Adams turned
ne%rvously. Stop thief" yelled Rhine
lander, making for them.
Seagrue's men recognized their VIC
tim. Away they dashed, Helen and
the two men after them at top speed.
Across a city street a block away the
hind end of a long freight train was
rapidly pulling. Ward and Adams
headed for it,
Farther down the line, at a Santa
Fe crossing, a Tidewater ~passenger
train. had slowed, and for this Helen, |
Rhinelander and Spike made. But
the excitement and speed were telling
on Rhinelander, who was not in the |
class and training of his companions.
He weakened. Spike stopped to help
him along. In that brief interval J
Helen made the side of a coach as |
the Tidewater passenger train picked
up speed. Her companions could not
her. but Rhinelander hastily |
a passing automobile, and
away he went with Spike after the
trains. 1t was a triangular race,
but the passenger train, on a parallel
track, gained rapidly on the freight.
Helen had already climbed to the
coach roof, and, with both trains un.
ming, she watched the gap lessening |
between the passenger and the !
that bore the two thieves on
adjoining track. As she found her
train rapidly %overhauling the 9TH
er, she made up her mind what to
The moment her coach pulled
of the last box car in the long
drag she jumped from the top of the
coach to the top of the freight car.
anded safely, regained her feet, and
cooked over the side Of the train for
he men she vas after.
Within the box car where they had
aiken refuge. Ward and Adams were
rying to open R~hinelander's bag.
they had succeeded in negotiating the
ock when. to their CONSERVATION,
Helen, through the open sidedoor,
swung down and in on them from
the roof. The thieves jumped to
heir feet. But before Adams was up.
Helen had knocked him over again.
md as Ward jumped at her. she man.
Iged to shoot out her foot at the hand.
'ag. BY a fortunate chance she kicked
t cleanly out of the ear. Freeing her
elf from Wards clutches with an eu-
'rgetic blow. she sprang to the do.
larself and jumped after the rag fysua