The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-04-28
those ties don't belong to you. r

Accompanied by the agent, Helen
following. Rhinelander entered the sta
ton. 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 beer 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:
"ChanQed ties Rhinelander 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 once.
But outside the station Spike and Sea-
grue were listening. You see you're
caught" muttered Seagrue to Spike.
They'll wire for confirmation and
help. We're in for trouble
mo trouble at all" declared Spike
coolly. I'm save them the work Of
wiring
How"
by clipping their wire. Just keep
cool, Seagrue. III 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, Mr.. Rhineland-
er. quick and clean, Is to capture Sea-
grue and lock him up. We can do Il.
Stick him in the freighthouse here
and pile a couple of dozen bags of &C.
ment on him. No? l say, yes',' Some
things got to be done"
Can't you get a message through
somehow asked Rhinelander of
Helen in agitation.
Yes" she answered, unhesitatingly.
Il can. Ill 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.
Stern 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 mon}ea
that Seasrue with his outfit were
rushing the outnumbered Tidewater
gang.
Pushing straight through his own
demoralized 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 TRUSTEES at his elbows, struck,
showed and jumped his way straight
to where Seagrue was urging his fight
ing men on. The latter, busy with the
main encounter, saw Storm too late.
The %engineman catching him by the
collar whirled him uncereroniously
around, pinioned him before a blow
could be struck and with his helpers
dragged him VIGOROUSLY off.
Bedlam was let loose. Seagrue's
men, seeing the trick too late, ran
in with a 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.
"Seagrue has the ties. Send Help.
H."
But whoever had the ties, Storm
had Seagrue, and his men were now
easily standing of the o%nslaughts of
Seagrue's men on the platform. The
latter, needing help, sent for cen
fOrcements, and a moment later the
entire gang, leaving the unloading Of
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
uu0u Sui WERE. AS Lu0 tram uTGW
past the station, Helen, having fin
ished, sprang recklessly from the pole
to the top Of a box car and running
forward met Storm, who had started
back, and showed him a message from
the dispatcher:
will send sheriff to Signal"
While the men were still fighting
in front Of the station, Spike man
aged Il tear himself loose from the
fray in time to see the freight rain
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 off. By a
sudden rush on the freighthouse they
even recaptured and released Seagrue
himself.
The latter, covering the situation
at . glance, saw, as Spike had seen
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