The Arvada enterprise., 1916-06-22


fire on him as he fled
Bill and Lug, dragging the fat guard
down hill. hid him in ravire near
the side track. The two then hiding
i'll turn. watched tho train as it
stopped at the station below. The
agent came out of the office after few
minutes. When the conductor asked
about the car the agent and he walked
together over to it. They saw it would
not be ready to start for some time.
The prcdicamcnt in which the
thieves now found themselves was an
| awkward one. They knew full we'll
that Storm, the minute the escaped
guard reached tho mine. would be al.
| ter them with men as fast as horses
| could travel
But Bill. the craftier OF the pair,
thought that by working quick they
still might make 1t. Between the sid,
ing and the main line were two cables
used by the teamstors to switch cars
with and they gave him an idea. Point.
ing to the cables on the ground. he out
lined his suggestion TO Lug: There's
| WV way W "oih II, Lug, anu just
one
Lug, like another Watson. stared at
his companion until he should hear
more. we must drop this car into
the train explained Rill. Throw the
orc out on the right of way as we
run along and pick IL up afterwards
with the machine. See?"
| Together they crossed over to where
the train stood, pulled pin in the
middle of the swing and attached the
longer OF the cables securely between
the two sections of the train thus cut
| in two. The second cable was at.
tached to the hind end car of the first
cut, and fastened to the partly loaded
| box car or the side track. The plot.
tors then rested.
The conductor. deciding there was
no use waiting longer for the box car,
was making ready to go without it.
| The head end brakeman signalcd the
cab and the train pulled out. As the
slack was taken up the box car an.
swcrcd first to the strain on the short.
cr cable and with a jerk started down
| the siding. Approaching the switch
as its momentum increased. it sprung
the connecting rods and swung in on
| the main line contact. as Bin had IN
tended. between the two sections OF
the train.
When the engineer shut off to coast
down tho grade the three sections
camc together and the train. except
for the absence of air in the hind end
OF the train line pipe. was complete.
The escaped guard, running every
step OF tho way to sound the alarm.
had by this time arrived exhausted at
the mine. At the foot Of the aerial
railway he found Storm with Helen
watching the ore come down. Grasp
ing the situation from the disconncct.
ed words the man was able to utter
Storm dashed into the chemists Of
flee close at hand and seized a Win
chester rifle. Helen spraug to n team
and empty wagon. waiting for "A load
and climbing up 70 the seat seized tn.
reins at the moment Storm, rifle IN
hand ran out of the Office to Join her
She dashed the horses forward and
headed with very different load from
what they had expected. for Valley.
Bin and his confederate in the DO,
car. clatcd by their hugo SUCCESS
looked out of the side door for oh
servers and seeing none. began Il
Jump the sacks Of precious quartz on.
after another out on the right of way
But 1t was II day OF surprises fCl
everybody. The agent ut Nalley-wh,
had asked to be sent out to the dcsor
on account of his Reconnaissance
peacefully lighting his pipe. after Ia,
one great event OF the day-thc de
partura OF tn. local frcight-whcn h,
heard somewhere out Of doors an un
wontod rumble. II grew and still I
grew and the next moment "A team. hcl
ter skcltcr on the run dashed down
the road from he Superstition min,
toward the depot. In moment h,
was duihbiound"d to recognize In tn,
, man behind the threatening rifle as h,
drew close, his old acquaintance. II
. the Occansldc yards. George Storm
the cX-cngin"man.
r Could George Storm have turne,
, bandit? Was he running Rmuck
I Would he take the life OF an old an,
. unolIcnding friend without proyOca
ton? These and similar uu.rIc
/ raced through his head when Storm
addressing him with II shout by al
\ old'timo familiar nickname, nsko
J. where the box car Of ore was. that ha
] stood an IA, uIIl,y