The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-05-05
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rible fire. You must help me, conduc-
tor, both Of you"
Followed by the brakeman, the two
train.
The conductor could not be hurried.
and the search went all too slowly for
Helen. who feared what did, in fact,
presently occur Sykes and Dan, un-
easy in the fear of special agents on
their trail, were on the alert They
sat near the front door of the smoker,
and as Helen and the conductor began
at the rear end Of the car to look Owe
the passengers, Sykes, espying Helen,
quietly Sid through the front door
left open to let the smoke QUITO the
platform, Dan following. They sat
down on the steps looking for a good
place to jump eff. While the conduc-
tor was walking forward, with Sykes
casting furtive glances at him through
the front window, the train drew near
the San Pablo river. I'm off here, :
growled Sykes to his confederate,
briefly.
Dan protested; y jump was not to
his taste lint Sykes the big fellow.
did not hesitate. The train was cross.
ing the san Pablo sykes leaned from
the stem into the river. Dan reluctantly
following suit.
Helen, through an open window OF
the smoker. saw Sykes iunp. She
caught the conductors arm and begged
him to t the train. He pnIled the
| cord and with the conductor and
brakeman after her Helen ran 10 the
the river. Sykes and Dan were swim
ming Helen made ready 70 drap off.
The conductor and brakeman tried tc
| dissuale her. they could not.
you'll have to go alone, / can't
leave this train" shouted the conduc-
ter to her.
Ieler only waved her hama as she
dropped to the ground.
Luckily. she had not been seer BY
the men she was after. but a further
obstacle threatened. Tie conyicts had
swum to the nearest bank and were
now across the river FROM Helen. A
passing boat was awaiting the draw.
and the moment the train passed the
jackknife had been started up by the
bridge tender. Helen was running to
get to the other side before it was too
late. Sykes and Dan, ashore, were
hurrying away, and the ponderous
jackknife was rising under Helen's
fleeing feet. The draw span, already
high in the air, made a widening gap
between her ard the abutment. but
Helen, running to the rising end,
jumped from 1t recklessly to the abut-
ment below. She landed, bruised, on
the track, but she picked herself up
and sped on after the fugitiyes.
The river bridge is at no great dis
lance from Oceanside, but Helen's
breath was pretty well exhausted be-
fore Sykes and Dan reached a suburb
an street car and boarded it. So close
was she after them that she gained
one platform just as the two men
stepped up or the other. Coneealing
herself behind a seat, Helen hid iii ter
i0F, put Win all IitGlF dSlulelESS llIG
criminals failed tc discover her. When
the two left the car in the city, Helen
was again relentlessly On their heels.
Following then v~igilantly she inter
cepted an officer, told him OF her
chase, and he instantly Joined her in
the pursuit Of the men, now disappear.
ing in tie distance.
Turning into an obscure stree, the
criminals entered q doorway and
started up a long flight of stairs. Helen
with her policeman hard behind
Looking back from the first landing
the convicts now saw their pursuers.
Snringing up q second fight If stairs.
they knocked hurriedly at the first
door. 1t was opened BY their eonfel-
crate, The Pat, who. inside the room.
had been liyartiag himself bv count
ing the stolen money.
.Tbev're after rs" excIainead Sykes
to him. We've got to get out of here
Beat it, Sat. The girl and the con are
Oil the stairs"