The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22


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,hs storrl. aua hir hoss. ornhhna NeF-
cross. hastaE completed oonstrugtien
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roate from Portland 20 chicago via the
Fion~~r Short f1Hs. A, d-s~rs vatsf
tank th- tsain sia~s sowu. ard . ypars
girl. Naisie Ann. ioHss her muff IRON the
back platform. and jumps Oft % Get y,
Relieved ~ tho cousin ~tfh shofn she :.
travslinx Mrs. EhsiiA Nscras Nerefnss
and Jlnasnis lamp of 20 hsip them st
back on the train. snf that instant OF u
starts leaving the four behind They
take shelter under the water tank ana
Stiffness the heidsp Of special train 81
ons ear ~ four men. Who appfpssh ~
an, auto The ear ard snEine are ruh
enta an old mine road lredinE 10 tnto
a Euiuh. but BOT before the car " fste9-
niaet az the -AirxA" owned ~ John
Chaiwick. Chicago ~heat kinr The
bandits drive Asay. and the watchers ~
the tank w.ik ~ the mins ROAD. eorniax
10 the ioeom0tiys which has besn ah3-
Ahisd
SOW GO on WITH THE sronr
thought we were done for, but
SIR. Norcross chased me UP into the
cab for a lantern. With tho light We
began 10 hunt around In the short
grass. all four OF us down on our
hands and knees doing the needie-tn-
the .haystack stunt. had been sen
sible enough 20 show the little girl
the other connecting rod key. 30 she
knew exactly what 10 look for. and
Il did me a heap Of good when II
turned out that she was the one
who found the lost bit OF steel.
1--WE got tive got itF' shc cried.
and sur. enough sh. had The hold
up people had merely taken II out
and thrown IL aside on the extreme
iy prubabI. chance that nobody
would be foolish enough to look for
IL so near at hand. or. looking. would
be able to find II In the dark
II didn't take more than n min
ute or two. with a wrench from the
engineers box, 20 put the key back
In place. Then, with ono to boost
ana the other to pull. we got our
two passengers up into the high cab.
and Mr.. Norcross made them as
comfortable aa he could on the fire
mans box, showing them how 70
brace and hang ON when the ma
chine should begin 90 bounce over
the rough track OF tho old spur.
While he was doing this. threw a
few shovclfuls OF coal into the fire
box and put the blower on: and when
we were all set. the boss opened the
throttle and we went carefully nos
ing ahead over the old track. feel
ing our way up the gulch and keep
ing a sharp lookout for tho Alexa
as we ground and squealed around
the cuvyes.
II must have been four or five
miles back In the hills TO tho place
where we found the private car. and
n little way short OF II we picked up
Mr.. Chadwick's conductor. walking
the ties TO try TO get in touch with
the civilized world once more. He
looked n trifle suspicious when he
found the engine in tho hands Of
gtin another bunch OF strangers, and
two OF them women; but as soon ms
he heard Mr.. Hohross' name he quit
being offish and got suddenly re-
spectfui. Young as he was for a
top-rounder. tho boss had n rep"
and I guess there were not very
many railroad men west OF the
Rockies who didn't know him. or
know of him
The conductor told us where we'd
find the car, and we found IL Just
as he said we would; pushed in on
an old mineloading track at the end
OF the spur. The other members OF
the crew were off and waiting for
us: and standing out on the back
platform. In the fun glare OF the
headlight mn we nosed up for n
coupling. there was n big. gray.
haired man, bareheadod and dresscr
In rough looking old clothes like a
mining prospector.
The big man WINS Uncle John"
Chadwick. and II he was properly
astonished at seeing Us turn up with