The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-02
No. I6

Tho Big suburban ear So 10. was
rpAmae 90 hsah fafe of speed The
gri looked up aa1lou-iy Tie sturdy
mdtofnlan was bending little for-
ward DDS eyes heenly watching The
I track
The qlrl had been much provoked
rt the mOiOupan He had spoken ln
an unexcunhle iaauner % her pi the
station ile had coee up to her and
pulled oa his cap aud said' II beg
your pardon, buf s there any special
reason-any reason Of 90. lmporiant
cllafacier--why you want % 80 to Earl
cnrY
She had been quite annoyed at his
enroniery. Size hesiiqted about reply
ing She meant 70 tnrn agay from
him without d word
4 consider my reasons sufficiently
imperative She replied. She said this
in tone that was meant 10 be chilly.
lie looked az her fnery and shook
hts head.
= suppose you are going 70 the we'd
nlng.7 be said. eThats sufficiently Inn
pepatiye, no doubt"
The girl had drawn back and APP
parcntly was absorbed IN az Illustrated
weekly The mans voice was low but
penetrating. She could hear the sta
( ton masters nHfied tones, but Ms
wofdssHere ndlsfinct By his gestures
she fancled be was warming the motor
man. But.preseptls the Inter turned
nway and stepped into his vesiIbule.
I Then, ,,e opened the door between the
vestlbule and the bQdy of the earand
nodding AZ the Hrl with.a quick smile
cried, "All aboard" ana started No. 10.
Anna Harman had just returned
from Europe IN Sew York she had
remained only long enough to see her
mother comfortably settled NJ a
friends home. where She could recover
from the effects Of a stormy voyage.
Then ANNA had come on alone to attend
the wedding Of her school friend,
Elaine Earle. And here 1t was two
O'Clock IN the afternoon with II miles
10 go and the wedding set for four
O'Clock.
Presently the stream that ran
through the valley abruptly turned, and
the road curved sharply to the right.
At this curve the speed OF the car was
greatly reduced and thesglr noticed
that man suddenly came from De-
hing d telephone Signal booth and
swung himselfaboard the car
'fhe new passenger entered the car
very quietly stopping little as he ad-
vnnoed As he passed along he gave
her sharp glance Then he went up
the aisle.
The girl noticed his face as he
passed. She watched him with a look
IA which curiosity was blended with
anxiety, When he was close to the
motorman's vestibule he paused and
quickly looked around
But above the sheet that now trem-
bled in her hand she saw the dark man
produce a cleaning knife. "
Instantly Annals shrin scream rang
through the car. It startled the
crouchlng man, and 1t caused the mo-
torman to shut Off the power and
whirl himself about with the controller
In his hand, seemingly with a single
movement. So close was the crouch
Ing man that the controller struck him
sharply in the face. And the next I'M
stant the motorman's clenched left
hand send him sprawllng.
The motorman came down the aisle
and paused near the girl.
''Thanks for the voclferatlon," he
said. ut beats all the college yells
ever heard / couldn't have stopped
work more promptly If It had been the
fivesthirty whistler e7
His ahantering tone Jared on tle
girls sensibIltes. lo8
n "Don't you know that the mdnmeant
20 blli'yau2r she asked. {
Il wish yon would take one Of the
front seats. he said ~ have rea.
son for asking this. 1t VIII be ex.
plained later"
lie stopped quickly and took her
handbag and paper and started w the
aisle
Suddenly something ratified on the
car roof. Almost instantly there was
crash Of glass. A window in the
ves0bple was broken A half dozen
missiles uWaded against the wooden
sides Of the car. There was hoarse
shout ahead A number of men sud-
denly dnrted from behind the bushes
Tie motorman had checked No. l6.
Now he was running q backwards.
no you Near me2' said the motor
man in quick. sharp way. 'Get up
IN che angle Of the front seat away
from the window, and look out for fly
ing glass. rm running the car back
from this ambush 70 the clearer field.
, Don't worry