Evening star., 1917-10-28
BY........
ARTHUR B.
REEVE...

a moment, fearing that three was q
crowd. / could not help wondering
after boarded the train whether
she might not have heard something
more from the woman in the tearoon
conversation than she had told Us. II
she had, she had been more frank
with Lane than with US. She must
have told him. Certainly she had not
account for the armed truce that
seemed to exist as. hour after hour.
our train carried US nearer the poant
where we were to meet the treasure
train.
At Worcester we had still long
wait for the argosy that was causing
SO much anxiety and danger. It was
long after the time scheduled that We
left finally. on our return journey. late
at night
Ahead OF us went a dummy pilot
train. to be sacrificed II any bridges
or trestles were brown up or X any
new attempts were made at producing
artificially broken rails. We four -.
tablished ourselves as best We could
in a car in the center Of the treasure
train. with one of the armed guards
as company. Mile after mile we reeied
of, ever southwark and westward. "
We must have crossed the state OF
Connecticut and have been approach
ing Long Island sound. when suddenly
the train stopped with jerk.
No one said a word as we peered
out. Down the track the signals seem.
ed to show a clear road. What was
the matter"
Look exclaimed Kennedy, suddenly.
OFF distance ahead l could ses
what looked like long row OF white
fuses sticking up in the faint star
light. From them the fresh west
wind seemed to blow a thick curtain
of greenish-yellow smoke which swept
across the track. envelopin8 the en-
sine and the forward cars and now
rd II
wind" of northern China. It seemed
to spread thickly on the ground. ris-
ing scarcely more than sixteen or
eighteen feet.
A moment and the cloud began 70
fill the air about us. There was Q
paralyzing odor. / looked about at the
others, gasping and coughing. A. the
cloud rolled on. inexorably increasing
in density, ii seemed literally to rib
the lungs
1t flashed over me that already the
engineer and firemen had been ovsr-
come. though not before the engineer
had been able to stop the train.
AS the cloud advanced, tho armed
guards ran from it shouting. ono now
and then falling. overcome. For the
moment none OF US knew what to d0
Should we run and desert the train
for which we had dared so much. 70
stay was death.
Quickly Kennedy pulled from hls
pocket the gauze arrangements he hAA
had IN MS nand that morning Just a.
Miss Customs knock had intsrrupto0
his conversation with me. Hurriedty
he showed one into Miss Customs hanAa
then to Lane. then to me, and 70 the
guard who was with uA
Wet them"' he cried. - he fttsd ~
own over his nose and staggered 10 9
water cooler.
What is it?" I gasped. hoarselH, q
we all initiated his every action.
"Chlorin gas" he rasped back. s-tAo
same gas that overcame 0rAnvtiIA
Barnes. These masks are impreGna4e1
with glycerin solution Of oodium |
phosphate: It was chlorin that d.
Barnes blood. No wonder when tAao
action OF just whin OF IL on us - % /
rapid. Even q short time longer ana
death would follow. It destroys With.
out the possibility Of rsconsfaEnA1o1.
and 1t leaves Q dangerous Saspo0eE = |
albumin. How do you fo>lf'' $50
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