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CHICAGO
LEDGER
"rile imtorringiai the Limited
" By Franklin, Stringfellow
trips. Begins to look like the trains
been robbed; and we got the guy that
did it. No, he didn't go down in the
ditch with the engine. lie jumped, or
got spilled out, or something. Anyway,
he ain't hurt,none to speak of-just a
bump on the head.”
- The Limited had been “stuck up."
This theory quickly. crystalliged into
a certainty when the unconscious pris-
‘ oner was, immediately upon his arrival
at the station. recogn ed as an old of-
lately escaped from prison.
The news spread about town like willi-
tire. Great excitement’ prevailed in
Plattsburg that night. Vvithout loss of
time the . 0. tired an engine and
dispatched it to the rescue of the strand-
train. Besides the regular crew it
carried two passengers, a Gazette re-
porter and a police detective. Both were
disgusted with their assignments.
' ust a trip for nothing,“ mourned the
‘detective. "The locit's at the of
the crick with the engine-til.-it he
added grumpily. "if it ain't burned up in
the c I: don't see what they vexpcct
me to tlnd.
“Me neither."
inelegantly. "Th
confessed the reporter,
ey got I e roliher-
found the stuff somewhere near the spot
they picked him up. “'2 we t rld any-
thing much. Just a busted safe, and a
sobbing lady-folks and sorts
of them threntenint hult for
indignity they have suffered, the
o
b'lieVe me, there's nothing to it. I told
the boss I could Just as well meet the
train when it pulled in to the depot and
get ‘the story, bu Got a lnatch?"
The reporter subsided into ’slet>py sl-
CE. ’
, Both the reporter and the detective
“‘""’ 1"‘ Me?” now treely admitted that they were
. wrong. the they did find the
safe “husted," and angry passengers in
. plenty, still, a. condition prevailed which
The Opening Chapters tabulated the robbery as unique in n...
. , , ‘ 1 I I d f annals of railway crlnle. 'l‘1lcy‘(onurl
D‘“‘)Y K ‘L’ C e C’ 3' the safe, for instance, a more conlplcio
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after serving his terlll was ire-
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quentlysuspected or beingtlleleader , do as of hem; ‘“=S‘t‘,,“,“‘fm"r'e ‘hr
m sensagqpalh [mm Wbbe“eS'.maS. ore puzzled than arlytry. An e c
:.’re::"lIe1‘51'uyy x:a;:‘d'::iWspapers;'nv’ cm tents of the sale? Some mystery there
3: so. .
, .. .. ‘ N THE first place. they came upon the
lfleviaaiobihlgr‘ilfgrgaiiialr l‘.‘$"i...',2. express car much sooner than they
hear me name. He sought nL0ng > had expected. Less lllsnnllliriif nllli-s
George." a notorious train robber, from‘ the city they foun - . 5 18 11.10"
and the pair planned a “big trick." “5 Side W5‘ 0“ We ‘racks
Mil. TAYLOIK, a mysterious and The ‘CW9 9‘ ‘he “"“"."3’1
,9‘. in one This was the reporters idea. and after
” the others had made due nspection, they
agreed with him. '
‘The guy stopped the engine here and
cracked the safe." said the engineer.
"’l“:mt‘s certain: but what tipped the car
over? The wheels seclrl ' ."
somewllatshortinstatllvgleo ‘ggdieaolrslz 'G‘ me 3 ‘"9"’ “”d '3“ I”:
was "now" out at me gxgress Em. rope." suddenly barked the representa-
into the wayside bushes bein" badly ‘"9 0’ ‘he “"9"?-
hruiscd The man clung toan -baga Thefed aaliclest 1“ dh“';‘g' 1"‘ “gnaw
' > moun e i e up urne s s ex-
Elsgfied to Comm“ elm" money or press car. Quicltl he made fast the
‘ 5 ,‘ ‘h - , rope to the lighted lantern. and thru
.se;‘g':r5:n“”‘;“Il:?,:mn“';Z0kee‘:, $35“ the wide-oper. door that gaped blackly
the lune man Mr Ta'ym,. as con, up at him, be lowered it into the in-
' ' ' terior. Ah! one glance sufficed
siderable of a hero. inasmuch.‘as he
promised to do his “(most ‘O ltecovel. Very shortly he returned with‘ his re-
"The crook used too much juice"
her money and Jewelry. " ,, -
smry began m No. 39. the he explained to them. a ton too
mu the sale open. and lined
Ledger for Sept. 25. Back copies
may be obtained from our agents or
ncwsdealers.
the car off the track."
Should A man be left to guard the
wreck? Instantly the idea was hnoted.
“Wllat's the idea in guarding a box
rs that’: already been cracked?" the fire-
CIXAPTER VI. man wanted to know.
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was speaking over the phone to ,3”, E I d t d b t H K It
the Gazette, I’lattshurg's progres- Eff; M? W: ggnmexgledc 9 ' “ he‘f,ery
sire morning D3995 The CWY 9'-11101‘ quickly took cognizance. Tile familiar
had asked him a question, and he was elements were there all right, but so
i were others, not so familiar.
‘.7 Tlll: fahct that two robbers participated
. n t e ld- 1 lead i ll
Nothing V97)’ m“Ch- s‘>"‘“h eugme under al'l":EB,uppl"Orl'll‘isSELl a mysT;:)'.alir.’erianr)r:
broke loose down in the yards some- was the 6,3,5, om. -
where. and raised particular 5611- up e'll find the slut‘! on the little guy
Somehow it got out on the main line. it ‘ evcr catch him." was his out-
came shooting past the depot at sixty sllolxen Vvirdict.
miles an hour, and missed the turn. 13“ “ W" "19 "31 mYS19rY 01 U!”
Yesgjumped the track right-South ‘of ;‘l;:ngl‘l:g“e:-i;:?n‘eXI1l3lneil to him. he “':AS
the depm and ‘YCm"mto the ‘mag’ 1?“ rlillsa Ileardon, unable to contain in-r
Nobody 1l“T‘“-"“5 3- mm“ie’c“ " "“ anxiety, had acquainted the rest of the
I'll call‘ you‘ later- Here C011195 U10 car with me heroic action of Mr. Taylor.
ambulance," and they, in turn, ncarly cllnntcd it to
This was the sergeants first version the reporter, the detective. and any one
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0‘ we “‘‘“‘'.a l.“". “‘‘;‘‘,‘.‘,;’.i 3:52; 3;; is. e at
“E3” 5"“1"‘c "’ pm” Briefly, Mr. Taylor. R brave little in-
d‘ e
the C329”? 0 ‘C ‘ , dividual, a fellow passenger. and fellow
"Il2Y-“mime? Sayr tear up “hat , suirerorphad, but a short time after (he
told you 3 Dlmllie 330- A“ "W353 1” robbery, rallied forth. gun in hand illltl
Number Seven that went into the ditch stern resolve in his eye, to the rescue or
ygwhay;..Numl;cr seven; the big cn- ill: and their property. And he had not
glue that pulls the Limited‘ on the up -
“Sure! I heard something about it.
yet returne
v I
‘ CIIAPTEP. "ll, ‘
Y lillDNlGllT the wrecking crewhad
righted the express car and swung it
iriy minutes
of the ruined sa e, g
with a list of what normally it should
have contained. ’
And, as they checked, their amaze-
ment grew. ot :1 thing missing.
lilolley, several healthy-looking packages
of it, valuables of all description, Jew-
(‘ll it 8. nliuute! Tile Clerk in
ii. I the Work suflered a distinct
f:ll()(lx'. ‘Vllere were those papers? ‘T’ h
ringers that tremble he shuilled them
over. a storm of protest he or-
dered ZI recheck of the entire business.
Then he gave it up and turned over his
report to the express manager. And
when tlle exp
ciently recovered, he lost small time. in
sending 3. copy of the report to the po-
lice station. ‘
The police captain read the report,
and smiled. Not at the report. but be-
cause the news contained in the report
welded the last link in a Chain of evi-
dance; it turned a theory which had been
growing in the captain's a
past three or four hours into a. cer-
tain y. .
"Sergeant." A moment later the cap-
taln strollzd out in tile ofhce and lllid
the report under the sergezlnvs nose.
‘X ‘ : is, serg?
The serghant Quickly absorbed the con-
tents of the slip 0 paper.
"Danny Krell did it," he said without
hesitation.
Tile captain nodded. "Sure,” he Ba (1.
“Certain. ho else but he wouldllnve
staged such a robbery? 0
he would have carefully opened the safe,
taken from it the thirty tllousandlvcrill
of diamonds, leaving all the rest of the
stuff he might have taken untouched,
nnd tllen, afterwards, New the thing up
it a bungling fashion merely to help
cover his tracks?" z
“Nobody on earth!"
“Another Danny Krell 1 b" ,
This seemed the concentric opinion of
those claiming knowledge of such
things. The Gazette headed its bigstory
the po-
lice and detective forces grew lloarsein
rt-iterating the point, and I3. .
Posted a live hundred dollar rtglrard for
.
the capture of the daring little criminal.
But Wlwre was he? ,.ir.d wllere-were
the missing diamonds? And what had
become of Mr. Taylor? '
'1‘ police caplaln sighed and
shook his head. "lf lllnt Julllplngiack
in yonder ever (‘DlYl('H out o! it, maybe
W'e'll learn somctlllnl;." he Said to i e
desk sergeant.
The “Jumping-jack," however, scenled
to give but poor promise or ‘coming out
of it.“
hospital wa'nl where lie had hec
moved shortly after his arrival at the
station, Loni: George for several hours
gave every indication leaving this
earth and its manifold troubles behind.
Twice the doctor: gave him I] . ‘
"Concussion of the brain." he
gravely. “ill: can't possibly live thru
the nll;llt."
In spite of which the patient not only
H'l('(l thru the night, but y morning
had rallied considerably. Along about
8 o'('lo(‘k he opened lIl5 eyes and gazed
about in.
Quickly the nurse atnpped to the door
and reiurllotl with the <-apulln.
Tlle prisoner l")‘(‘(l the newcomer un-
cerlalnly. ““'ho hit me'.’‘' he again in-
HE captain drew up I chair beside
the cot. “You u'rr‘ll't llit," he EX-
[vlzllnetl gently. "Tlle engine jumped the
truck and spilled you out."
“T a so?" Tile lengthy otftlaw
frowned and seemingly Ooltsidered, Then
his face l)rI1!llI(“l‘H“d. "I remember now."
. "it was going like the devil,
wash‘! it?"
“ll certainly W
tain with Li. smile.
anyway " .
Again the outlaw considered. “I must .
have pulled the wrong contraption," lze
finally llrlslvered,
“Pullcll the Wrong: Contraption?"
:1 " alrreell the cap-
' aw did it happen,
doing on that engine anyway? 1 don't
scclll to l‘(’lllomller,"
The captain's lleztrt sank within him.
“Crazy as a loan," he said to himself;
Aloud lie nsiicrli
"What became of your partner?"
"Jzlclc. you nl0an'.'"
Yes.
"“'lly-lot’:-l sec-oil,
rlllfk fell 0iFA0r the
I don't know wllicl "
The police orllt-L-r's spirits began to
lse. lie was nlvoul to learn scum-tiling
concerning the mysterious
‘ ’ you see this other lilan'."' he
asked VVl1lL('OllSl&leriIllll3 interest.
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‘es: 1 riot it now! -
tllcr one fell oh‘:
"“'ll:.lt was he doing?
"Ila wasn't doing nnytlling. Jack was
sitting on him."
" "llhtl“
“It sure ll, Mlltcr." lie Akron! lien:-til)-. “And I(‘lI Ile hYorse’n Thlll If II
5!
art: to Rain.
Come Down Here. “'-an‘: You. and Lena A Hand."
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