The Western outlook., 1916-07-22
lEeannef -ountenance and the most

/ treacherous eyes | have ever seen.
"You. men!" he shouted Have you
seen anything of girl?' and he rat.
tied out a description of the very per-
son whom had left on top of my car
Look in the caboosh-there's six
| way fares there" observed the con-
| ductor, and / hurried back to my car
| to find no trace of the mysterious
young lady who had so recently ap-
pealed to my chivalry and sympathy.
She was gone. / scanned the level
stretch beyond the tracks, expecting
to glimpse her flying form, for doubt
ed not that she was runaway I
pitied her if the man had just seen
was her guardian or relative.
She did not drift soon out of my
mind. So vividly had she impressed
me that could reproduce her mental
! ly with clearness. We made our run
and dusk came en- just as we reached
the junction As we made up new
train and got well ON 10 the belt spur
determined to open the trap in the
roof and get inside and by the aid OF
my flashlight enjoyed the lunch | had
| tossed among the Feseellzaagy Pc Pesaeeellzaages- below
We were just passing an overhead
bridge when | caught a fleeting
glimpse of descending form. In a
| flash my suspicious were excited, and
rightly. A man had dropped to the
roof Of the car from the girders. He
/ bore down upon me-
OF course ! realized what was do
| ing. A gang were after the contents
of the special car, and here was the
| forerunner of the group, He made for
me and we collided. | went fiat, and
he, too. He was intent on throwing
me off the car and later cast the pre-
| cious freight to confreres awaiting
him farther down the line.
slid and, lying extended, seizet
the rod of the brake wheel He woul5
be upon me in another moment, whel
he uttered a sharp cry Turning,
saw figure beside tie open trap.
saw the ankle Of my enemy seized
He was swung backwards AMI thel
squarely over the side of the car int,
space.
The girl! In flashing second | u
derstood il all She had got down int
the car hours before, doubtless fright
ened into hiding from the man VIII,
was looking for her. She had throw
back the scuttle cover just in time tt
save the freight and myself
And now, having shown the cour
age of true woman, she became tim
id and reticent | coGld not influence
her to explain her situation "Cnly
to get away from persecution! sh,
uttered more than once, and shud
Gered 'CnlT tc 60 some secluded
home, a shelter, safe retreat for
single MONTH"
| won upon her confidence during
that strange night journey When we
reached the terminus / took her to the
home of my sister. She told heI
everything, but the information was
not impaired to me then.
The company traced the man who
had been halted so summarily in his
scheme to loot the special car They
found him a cripple for life and broke
up his thieving gang.
By the end of the month my mys-
terry girl became my true love- In an
other thirty days l was ordered by
this imperious little tyrant to abandon
hard work and peril.
For l am an heiress, you see," said
Elvira, "and the cruel guardian | was
escaping from, bent on forcing me to
marry his son, has no further power
over your loving and happy wife" So
/ ceased to be car rider, but blessed
the day ever that made me one,
whereby gained the love of the dear
est little woman in the world