The Arvada enterprise., 1920-11-11

Yea herd % The passenssss hses
from the outside TIN yos hear two
shots, then hump yoursslf forward and
bop % the express car" u.
Finsi Curly was to stand out thsrs
II the moonlight and let anybody In
the car that had the nerve pepper
away at him. II they did not attend
to the Job Of Kidding him, his false
friends would do 1t while he was run.
ming forward to get aboard. Nothing
could have been simplsr-if he had not
happened to have had inside informa-
ton Of their intent.
He had to think quickly, for the
plans Of him and his friends had besa
dsrangsd. They had rsckoned on the a.
press car being Fifled on the spot. THIS
would have givea Culiison time b
reach the scene Of action. Now they
would be too late. Unless Curly could
stop II, the holdup would 20 through
according to the program Of soapy
and not Of his sssmies.
The decision Of Flandrau was In
stantansous. He slid down beside the
track into the long grass. whipping
up one Of his guns. he nrsd. Al II in
answer to the f1rst shot his revolver
cracked twice. simultaneously. he Ist
out q cry Of pain. wrigxied back for
dosea yards through the grass, and
crossed the track in the darkness. AZ
he crouched down close to the wheels
Of the sleeper some one came running
back on the other side.
"What's up, SAINT You hitf' he could
hear Blackwell whisper.
No answer came. The parOled con-
vict was standing close to the car for
fear Of being hit himself and he dared
not move.
"Sam." he called again; then. Hes
sure got his"
That was all Curly wanted to know.
Softly he padded forward, keeping as
low as he could till he reached the
empty sleepers. A brakeman was Just
uncoupllng the express car when Curly
dIved underneath and nestled close to
the trucks.
From where he lay he could almost
have reached out and touched Soapy
standing BY the car.
"What about the kid1" Stone asked
Blackwell % the latter came up.
They got him. Didn't you hear him
yeipf'
"Yss. but did they put him ost q
buainessf See his bodyr'
Baaekwsal had 10 inteseosu e eolA4
hack late the are soos and making
sure. For bic part b. WAS satisfied. 30
be lied.
"Ysp. Blew the top Of his head or
''Good." Soapy nodded. THAT'S
receipt in full for Mr.. Luck Culiison."
Before many minutes the easiae b.
ean to slow down. TIE wheels had
hardly stopped moving when Curly
crept out. plowsd through the sand. up
the rubble Of little hin. and into 4
draw where q bunch Of scrub oaks Of
fered cover.
A voice from in front called to him.
Just then the moon appeared from be
hind drifting clouds.
'Oh. It's you. Sam. Evsrythlng all
rightr'
Fright a. the wheat. we'rs blow
Ing open the safe now" F1andrau sn.
swered.
Moving closer. he saw that his cues
tioner was the man In charge Of the
horses. Though he knew the voice. he
could not pat . name to its owner.
But this was not the point that first
occupied his mind. There were only
fouR horses for fve riders. Curly knew
new that he had not been mistaken.
Soapy had expected oas Of bic allies
to stay on the Geld Of battle. had pre-
pared fer II from the beginning. The
knewledgs Of this frose any remorse
the young vaquero might have felt.
He pushed his revolver against the
teeth Of the horse wrangler.
Don't move. you bandy.legxsd
maverick. or m All your hide full Of
holes. And II you want to keep on
living paddock that mouth Of yours"
In spite Of his surprise the man
caught the point at once. He turned
over his weapons without u word.
Sutty uUWUVbbu - bUtW itubu uoc VI
the saddles and dropped a loop round
the neck Of his prisoner. The two men
mounted and rode out Of the draw. the
outiaw leading the other two horses
A s~on ~ they reached tAe blur
above Flandrau outlined the next step
IN the program.
"We1l stay here in the tornllia and
NE what happens. my friend. Unless
you've fancy to get lead poisoning
keep STILL"
"who In Mexico are your" the cap
tursd man asked.
"ns your showdown. Skia or that
mask" ...
The man hssitatsd. His own ~.
volvss moved q few inches toward his
head. Hastily hs took Of the mask.
The moon shone On the face Of the
man called Dutch. E1andrau laughed.
Last time they had met Curly had
rope around his neck. Now the situa.
tion WAS rsvefasd.
An explosioo below told them thu,
the robbers had blown open the safe.
Prsseotly Soapy's voice came family
to them.