The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

with the machine. See!
Together they crossed over to where
tho train stood. pulled pin in tho
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 on 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 60 without it.
The head.end brakeman signaled the
cab and the train pulled out. AS the
slack was taken up tho box car an.
| swered first to the strain on the short.
er cable and with 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 Bill had in.
tended, between tho two sections Of
the train.
When the engineer shut off to coast
down the grade the three sections
came together and the train, except
for tho absence of air in the hind end
Of the train line pipe, was complete.
The escaped guard, running every
step of the way to sound the alarm,
had by this time arrived exhausted at
the mine. At the foot of tho aerial
! railway he found Storm with Helen
watching the ore como 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 sprang tc team
and empty wagon, waiting for load,
and climbing up to tho scat seized tho
reins at the moment Storm, rife 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.
Bill and his confederate in the box
car. elated by their huge success,
looked out of the side door for OBJ
servers and seeing none, began to
dump the sacks Of precious quartz one
after another out on the right of way.
But it was day Of surprises for
everybody. The agent at Valley-whc
had asked to be sent out to the desert
on account of his rlleumatism-wa
peacefully lighting his pipe, after the,
ono great event OF tho day-the de-
parture of the local freight-when he
heard somewhere out Of doors an uE-
wonted rumble. 1t grew and still 1t
grew and the next moment team, he'll
ter SHELTER on the run dashed down
the road from the Superstition mine
toward the depot. In a moment he
was dumbfOunded to recognize in the
man behind the threatening rifle as he
drew close, his old acquaintance in
the Oceanside yards, George Storm,
the cx-engineman.
Could George Storm have turned
bandit? Was he running amuck?
Would he take the life Of an old and
unoffending friend without proyoca-
ton? These and similar queries
raced through his head when Storm,
addressing him with shout by an
old-time familiar nickname, asked
where the box car Of ore was, that had
stood on the siding.
The agent now saw everything dou-
bio but look as he would he could see
no car Not until now had he given
tho presence Of the box car thought.
He knew tho train had not taken it be.
cause 1t was not ready. He knew the
conductor had started without it-but
where was it? The car Of ore had
disappeared completely.
Storm was talking fast and tho sit
uation was made clearer to the star,
tied agent whenehc learned the wagon,
guards had been held up. To Helen;
who thought in tremendous cllipscs
and reached the end of, situations be.
fore others had cl,artcd their begin,
nings, there was only one possible So
luton to tho mystery and to solve 1t
they must chase the freight train.
She so declared and Storm approved.
That day nero chance, which had
so often contributed to the discom-
future Of Storm and Helen. cnmc to
IISlT ulu. AC llCl6uL
at Arden for water. This embarrassed;
Lug and Bill, who. pcrspiring ut every,
pore, were catching sackfuls Of
quartz az fast as they could along the,
track. What was OF more moment,
tho engineers stop for water enabled
Helen and Storm with their team to
gain on the train.
Helen rose i'll her seat. Drive
close, George" she cried. II can
make the train from here and give the
alarm"
Don't attempt it."
Before he could mako successful
effort to stop her she jumped from the
teamster's seat to the side ladder OF
the nearest box car.
The watchful thieves, whose attcn.
ton had already been drawn to the
pursuing wagon, decided it was time
to make getaway. Bill started out
of the car, but shot from Storm, who
saw the move aud recognized the Grim.
inal, was warning enough to Bill. lie
hastily lodged inside and led the way
to the little square door at the end
CT tho car. Out OF this, followed by
Lug, he crawled to make tho top Of
the train.