Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1924 — Page 7

I When Engineer I Outwitted the | Bold Bandits ; : Union.) Jtavds off n** l tbrot,le! " "H A .itn.l tad halted the trala, locomotive and a B«n«le ur Now, at the aide of the rt T. 'sturdy Mexican of the dee[S/iA 1 heid a rcvolver \|'e h e r nini raised both hands; the ! T Lked up against the coati in the tender and followed suit. of the branch line was, J, c and here there was a little it was owned by Henry Morse, X operated a larger institution in a IXed city Just over the Texas ;;. e line. The engineer of the pres w . ••.nncial- was not an engineer. However, for two years, back in his iX he had "worked on the road, banker tried to get the -nroad company to send a special to J d to bring thence the little bank | “ containing Important documents ( , cash and found no one willing to Lertake the dangerous mission. AlMen Marvin stepped to the front. The railroad company agreed to fur- i ffl .h »n engine and steel express car. R,r Wharton, a skilled tireman, under- | " to run the gauntlet with the novie, engineer on a promise of quadruple ’r'bey had made the run to Ixtucl without hindrance. Th,e little safe had ton put aboard the train. At Ixtacl no attack or outbreak was | (ttwnpted. A pretense was made by the legal authorities to protect the re Boval of the safe. They laughed in their sleeves, however. ■That loot will never leave Mexican territory," they predicted. Ten miles, fifteen miles, twenty miles the train progressed. Then the sijml, the armed Mexican and englI neer and fireman challenged and help- | i w . as seen. , The Mexican did not speak further. Ha kept his weapons leveled as if piling for a picture. Suddenly he gave i thrill, piercing whistle. Its echoes i bid scarcely died away when half a dogen armed men descended from a avert. The fireman, closely scrutinizing his comrade, fancied he traced a quick glitter in his clear, scrutinizing eyes. The engineer seemed calculating. Their challenger was just in range of the exhaust cock. In fact, his face was directly upon a level with it. Suddenly, but quite naturally, It • , looked, the engineer gave a lurch. His elbow mes the exlending valve. Straight into the face of the unsuspecting Mexican went a scalding deluge. Blinded, blistered, in agony, he dropped both revolvers. His hands went up to his tortured eyes. “Now, then!” shouted Marvin, and he sprang to the lever. A dozen shots from the bandits rattled against the cab. A curve was turned. “Saved!” uttered the fireman, with grin and chuckle. “Hardly,” qualified Marvin. “If we an only make Sonoma 1" he repeated, I la a business-like tone that sounded ■ hopeful to his puzzled assistant. "I thought so!” he added half an hour later, and slowed up just in time to avoid dashing into a barricade of railroid ties piled across the rails. This time six rough characters surrounded the engine. “Cut off that car!” ordered their leader, and Marvin obeyed. 'Now, then, go on about your business,” was the added command, and at t wave of the speaker’s hand his sub- ; ardinates removed the obstacle ou the tracks. Open-mouthed, dejected, the fireman stared at Marvin as he resumed his duties. see here,” he finally observed, thoy've got what they were after.” “les, the express car,” nodded Mar’ik gayly. “It will take them an hour burst in that steel door to get into the big safe.” “Well, then—” " R y that time we shall be at Sonoma.” You keep saying ‘Sonoma,’ ” rather mtabiy observed the fireman. "What’s ■ "noma got to do with it, anyhow?” his much; To the advancing mysticat,on of the fireman, as they neared 'tiomg, instead of running on the trac k' Marvin slowed up, set n 1 eh t 0 a !ong sitlittg running to a hni,°f an y b)rest a mile or two distant, . f . ami(i a lonely solitude and drew and blew a signal whistle. a moments a responding w ' .. , 10n “'' ( ' arne fr om a near road- • anu an automobile appeared. tben ' off wis h that coal I” orlevpLdYJ 1 ”’ ancl a brief burrowing never ’ stron 8» box that hail p Wsg ’** n tbe Inside of the steel exTlie° U tr«y med Dleli were in tbe nuto--J n was abandoned, the run ' ’< hed for the Teias bor(ler j Albion VS?** neXt morning thut | Murse Ji reported to Henry I station Vhis th h r n r oud look of i Rk <» ui UlB hands °nie features, left thA' distant, the fireman. ; Mn X J"' ’’ lS face *“ « b ™ d U’h ' 8 Quadruple reward. rnarw 011 MarVln went up t 0 the story to ol h tha ' cveuin « t 0 relate Helen / h ” flighted employer. i when h. ui . as Wai,ln R for him. and that he hurt ilonße later he knew had won her for a bride.

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FRIDAY, AI’GUST 1, 1924.

Dr. Ben Beavers apent the day in| Fort Wayne looking after biuiueas ln-i terests.

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