Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-02-28
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trio young easterner, is driving Sally
MORGAN from her fathers ranch 20
the Station when they run out or
gasoline. At the point OF gun ths
Wreck takes five gallons from
Later they are held captive at
McSween, the foreman, wants sally
for cook. They discover that Mr.
Underwood. the owner OF the ranch
was In the car which I'm shey he sa,, v
iiance, comes TO the ranch to take
charge Of the case. Sally cooks the
svaniax meal and Timothy. the
Underwood chauffeur, acts as the
wniter. "Other parties besides US
have been getting held up, 1s the ne
information Timothy erings oack u
Sally lin the kitck5n
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
Other parties?" said Sally.
Eyes. ma'ac:. The sheriff has been
telling the boss about 1t. There
we're two other automobiles stuck up
gonaewi.ere around here within the
,sast couple of weeks. AS near as
..an make out from what the sheriff
ellis the BOSS. it's d new sort OF game.
First they had Indians out here that
ycalpcd people; that was quite a
while back. Then they ran the In
Clans OFT, or civilized EN-. and things
went along all right until they had
ro.d agents holding up stages. well,
they get the best Of the road agents
after several parties had got kiled'
and the business sort Of died out.
And then-the sheriff has been
.oing right into the history Of all OF
there wes d new bunch got to
working on the trains. can re-
member reading ebout them IN the
pap.rs myself. They used to go
through the trains and take every
thing that everybody had. and any
body that didn't give UP got shot. It
took quite a wni.e to set, rid OF al
the train.robbers. but finally they did
md everything looked peaceful. And
now they've begun again on the
automobiles"
"Really?" exclaimed Sally.
Yes, ma'am. don't mean the
same bunch; understand? They
hung most OF the old ones It seems
The sheriff tells the boss. that In the
last two or three years there's been
3, Ia, Of automobiles coming through
this WY. mostly rich people from
: the cast. like ithe boss. They go clear
an ont TO the coast and them drive al
me way back again. Some Of EN-
AIRY quite a lot OF Valuaoies enc
these new hold-up gangs sometimes
make vpretty good profit. Tn
sheriff says they didn't get into hi
:ounty until quite recent. but be-
heard about their goipgs on OUTSIDE
II II
But now they've got into has = ~,
~ and he's quite stirred up. We'r'
the third car In about two weeks.ss
guess the business Is getting good
because 1t seems the gang Is taking
IN new members. There were six o
an that stuck US up. you know"
He said It so blandly that Sail!
o.as half persuaded he believed 1t.
six" repeated Timothy. "Th
,oss claims only four, but there wa
70 more that he didn't see. didn'
re to contradict him in front OF tn
,aeriff, but there was six. all right
n going to tell the sheriff when
It a chance, because he ought t
I've all the clues, 90 he can get t
?ork right.
Certainly" said Sally in an absen
ny.
She was bordering over the SUI
,,.sing intelligence from Timoth'
I'D wondering how 1t affected tn
..se of the Wreck and herself.
;icre was really gang at work Il
Q county-and, Of course, 30
ellis would not say so unless
ere true-it seemed to make thei
-n.case much simpler. The exploi
the Wreck would naturally b
med ON those who were In tn
,ess for living. 1t began t
- II they were hiding fror
2" f.' at all.
- .'+ped into the pantry ~