The Carlisle independent., 1916-12-21

following, Rhinelander entered the sta tion. Helen went to her desk to wire for a confirmation of the dispatcher's message. AS she did this, her eyes fell on the clip on which had been filed the duplicate of Spikes message to Seagrue. Across it she had thrown her crochet work and her eye was now met by the words of the cipher mes sage as Spike had meant the secret message to be read by Seagrue:
 Changed ties Rhineander to Sea grue."
 Startled, she called to Rhinelander. With Lyons, the latter read the mas sage as she now pointed it out to them. The two men saw the import at onne. But outside the station Spike aHl Sea grue were listening You geo you're caught" muttered Seagrue to Spike. They'll wire for confirmation and help. We're in for trouble"
 No trouble at all" declared Spike coolly. "Ill save them the work of wiring
 How"
 By clipping their wire. Just keep cool, Seagrue. I'll get you through" !"
 Spike, without delay, climbed a pole and with a pair of clippers made good his threat.
 Helen, sitting at the instrument, was trying to call. She stopped. The wires are cut" she exclaimed.
 Seagrue and Spike on the platform passed the window. Storm, at this juncture, ran in from the field of bat tie. There's too many of them," he said in disgust. Every time you knock one dago down, two Greeks come in to take his place. The way to wind this thing up. MT. Rhineland- CT, quick and clean, is to capture Sea grue and lock him up. We can do it. Stick him in the freighthouse here and pile couple of dozen bags of ce- ment on him. No2 I say, yes!!! Some things got to be done"
 Cant you get message through somehow" asked Rhinelander of Helen in agitation
 Yes she answered, unhesitatingly T can. I'll get one through for you" So saying, she caught up an extra in- strument, ran out on the platform and climbed the pole Spike had climbed, to cut in with her pony above the break
 Storm called into conference the handiest of his men-men who cared neither for the law nor the devil-and giving brief and hurried instructions, ran from the station at the moment that Seagrue with his outfit were rushing the outnumbered Tidewater gang
 Pushing straight through his own GemoraliZed forces to the thick of the scrimmage, knocking men right and left when he had to and lodging in between when he could, Storm, his two trusties at his elbows, struck, showed and jumped his way straight to where Seagrue was urging his fight main encounter, saw Storm too late. The engineman catching him by the cellar whirled him unceremoniously around, pinioned him before a blow could be struck and with his helpers dragged him yictoriously of.
 Bedlam was let loose. Seagrue's men, seeing the trick too late, ran in with yell to rescue him. Back and forth the fight swayed. while Helen, above at the depot, attached her instrument and sent to the dis patcher her hurry-up message.
 "Seaerue has the ties. Send Help. H." But whoever had the ties, Storm | had Seagrue, and his men were now easily standing off the onslaughts of Seagrues men on the platform. The latter needing help, sent for re-en- forcements, and a moment later the entire gang. leaving the unloading of | the tie cars ran down the track to | join in the fight The train was left | deserted. Storm, seeing this, turned his prisoner over to his men and chose a moment when he could break away to run to the engine. Gaining | the cab, he immediately started to | back the train up to Rhinelander' s camp, where the main body of their men still were. As the train drew past the station, Helen. having fin ished, sprang reekIessly from the pole to the top of box car and running forward met Storm, who had started | back, and showed him a message from | the dispatcher:
 "WilI send sheriff to Signal" While the men were still fighting in front of the station, Spike man. aged to tear himself loose from the fray in time to see the freight train backing up the hill. He knew what this meant and realized the move must be stopped. Running to his horse he mounted and spurred after the receding train. But his interven- ton had turned the fighting in favor of Seagrue's men, and they were fast beating Rhinelander's gang of By a sudden rush on the freighthouse they even recaptured and released Seagrue himself
 Tho latter oovariog tho c;+ua{io,,