The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-12-07

~ n ba or1v dorad II. ,aa,r,,,
back over tho tracL and HE rona No
not good to see
He t1Irned wildly ,,non fha nor+er
IT want uo," to stap THE +ra Gr On,
let me offS he sho,1ted- .I,va lbs
somethinp valnahla hack there ~, III
track. SION no train n1Iick T toIi yor
or I'll s,Ie the railroad
what was II voa lost p" askad tb,
porter resnactf,I,y nc MA sn,t s,,ra b,,
the 'n man 1es was haiy .s He WASH xet sure Du
at was a-my-why il was a yer,
valuable paper. II means = fortune +,
me and several other nennIa ava
must go back and get il. sion th,
train. I tell Won. at once or ri INN
ont" -
II can't stop de train. sab. yo,,'l1 he,
to see de conductah. sab. bout dat
But I specks there's mighty little pros.
pee o. gettin' dis train topped fob i,
gifts to it estinashun sab. WEES ONT
hour a'hind time now. sab an, hos
gotta make up fob we gifts to Ruff'loa,
The excited passenger rallied an6
stormed until several s~leepers were
! awakened and stuck curious sleeny
c~ountenances out from the curtains o1
their berths, but the porter was OBJ
durate, and would not take any meas
tres to stop the train. nor even cal
the conductor until the passenger
promised to return quietly to his berth,
g. rSna thick sat man uya not used fc
| obeying but he saw that ha vas oniy
hindering himsalf and finai1,y ba,ryia =
baoL ~ ni1 mEa aliu linaliy nurIIeo
parted the curtains amin b,a oeoi,
to see back along the track ana over
the green valley srowing smalier and
smaller now in the distances He co11d
lust make ont two movine snees M tha
white wi lding ribhon Of The 800 IT,
felt sure he knew the direction thew
were taking. If he only could ret ore
that train he conId easily catch them
for they would have no idea he was
coming and would take no precautions
If he had only Weakened a few seconds
sooner he would have been Following
them even now.
Fully 10 minutes he argued with the
conductor. showing a wide incongru-
tty between his language and his GEN
tlemanly attire, but the
would do nothing but promise that
he would set him down at a water
tower 10 miles ahead where they had
sue he had his orders, and the thick
set man did not inspire him either to
sympathy or confidence. The conductor
had been many years on the road and
generally knew when to stop his train
and when to let it go on.
Sullenly the thick-set man accepted
the conductors decision and prepared
to cave the train at the water tower
his y out for the landmarks along
the way as he completed his hasty
toilet.
He vas in no pleasant frame OF mind.
having missed a goodly amount Of his
accustomed stimulants the night before.
n seeing little prospect of either
or before him. He
was not quilt for q 1O-mile walk e
the q and his flabby muscles
already n at the prospect. But then.
OF course, he would not have to go be-
Tore pc found an automobile or some
KING OF conveyance to help him on his
way. He looked eagerly from the win
dow for indications of garages or
stables, but the river wound its silver
way among the gray green willow
fringes, and the new a shone a
placid emeraid plain with nothing more
human than q few cows grazing here
ano mere. NOT even a horse that might
pc without his owner's
knoWieoge. II was q strange, forsalxen
Spot ~ whole miles and no sign Of
any aay ,aps uo h livery! OFT to the right
yer most OF them too far away from
the e 70 help him any. 1t began
70 look as II ne must just foot it all the
way. Q n then a small shanty or
tiny oWelling Whizzed by near at hand,
nul notnlng that would relieve his
~
y occurred to him to go into the
uInIng car Q but even as he
U OF It the conductor told him
tne Tram would stop In two minutes
ana ne must be ready to get off, for
tney dld moi stop long.
He certainly looked q harmless
creature, that thick-set man as he stood
alone upon the cinder elevation and
surveyed the ~landscays DER. Ten miles
from his quarry, alone on a stretch Of
endless ties and rails with q cleaning
river hooking him down In the valley,
and a laughing sky 1eering overhead.
He started down the shining track his
temper a wreck, his mind i chaos. his
at war with the world. The o
of 1t all was that the whole fault was
his w for going to sleep. He began to
fear that he had lost his chance. Then
he set his ugly jaw and strobe ahead.
The morning sun poured down mon;
tho thick-set mar and his ni1arimaea
and waxed hotter until noon Trains
whizzed mercilessly nv and gava Lina
no succor. weary. faint and riarca1v
thirsty he came 1t last to +ha snnt
where he was satisf;ads HE o,,a,,.,, G wv
escaped. He could see the MAXI "a +hsir
rough descent n the stasn c;n1a,. ~ ~
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