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T R A IN R O B B E R Y
By R O D D M Y A R
h w two (lav* atul two night*
t»wight tFati Mondi, tin- venerable
.-»lorrd [»orti-r at ttw- hotel had been
a pr lo n e r virtuali» In that room,
tnd had even had hi* meals served
there
Tin* lark of his acc u sto m ed rx n -
rifa* lhr frrvld air ladri) wltli rig*
rrt «moke. thr lying In wait of this
tiger I rad» to spring burr heavily
U|*m thr hralth o l llir big man who
had vnluntrrrrd til* nemica.» to the
Mot*k H a llro a d Interest-. but ilft«*d
hint tip eo tiA ld rrab lv In thr esteem
of many Influential people
Kut hud ronir Into hU own and
am- willing to |wy tiir pi U r ol III
fl hralth that might follow thr »train
lit- had undrigonr. Hr war a tiling
In fart, to rink hi» lift- to execute
hi ptun whirl) wa* to prrvrnt a
liMHWO train rotibrry
It wa» all hi» own, tht* opportu-
inti and hr war resolved tiial n o ­
body »IlotiIti prrvrnt 11» realization
llr had hraid thr magic nie-sagr
tlrlivrrrd by a n r « artival at llir
hotrl to an oltlrr guest and knrw
that a urlarmi!» plrrr of biuont v
» .. la-iiig planili* t Having art*rrt -
ly warned llir authorities, hr was
apiKilntrtl to nil thr ra| arlly of
hollar drtrrllvr and to lurthrr 111 »
own arlirmr hr had tnoird Into tht»
amali r-ioni
The rrivMiti of Ulta Mrp was till»,
.lost a »hint plrrr atro»» a narrow
n iii* was an oprn window
I'uts-
Ing to mid fro >n front of ti I» op-
ruing thrrr was not liifn-tpirntly.
flirti with sawed oft sa ilguns. pis­
tol» and burglar tool**
All these
things Dwight saw. und moro. Hr
ovrrhrard somr of llir wortls that
were bring bundled brtwrrn thrill
Thry wrrr grim bandit*-, consptr-
lug. arranging thr drtm!« for an
ritraordtnary train robbrry. with
twenty thousand dollar» as thr
»take
Dwight Moody Irarnrd rnoiigh
from rroiirhlng tlown br.-tdr llir sill
at Ills window to rnablr him to ou t­
wit thr trio of m iio o I I i law violato!»
Whrii. at Irngtli. thr Unir ram r for
him to Iravr Ills dungron
It had
■ rally brrom r llkr that to him -
hr drew a drrp sigh ol relief
Hut
hr dldn I pausi- Swiftly hr niadr
hi.« wav homr. to Ihr inlntutu.r
vine-covered
railage
whrrr
hi»
trusting and path-nt wlfr awiiltrd
word o f thr rraults of his bold ven­
ture
Hr Immrdlatrly took her in
hi» arms, kissed hrr affectionately,
grabbed a filstol which hr shovrd
into an expensive holstrr, and ultrr
bidding his Iran good-aye, run Imr-
rtrdly from tlir housr She did not
ask him when In- was coming back;
stir Just sernird w illing to I nisi lulu
In niiiir back, lo trust him and
« tod
s h r was that ty|ir ut loyal « l i ­
man For twenty years shr had llv-
rd with Dwight Moody, and during
tlm.se twenty years shr had Irarnrd
to trust hrr man, something many
women never learn to do.
Dwight'» Information to the rail­
► road officers was adequato. "Thrv
are figuring on kidnapping the girl
dispatcher at Kaiser and meeting
the train there. Thry will rut thr
engine loose from the express car.
run It down the track to th r water
lank, and kill (he flrrman and the
engineer
T h r robbrry will fake
plane as soon a» 108 reaches K ais­
er."
D W IO H T MOODY
This man » tlrlrcllvr ability prr
vented a big train robber», md
Ills lighting ability helped lu
make possible llir rapture of Ihr
daring bandit»
A world of information (here, In­
deed thr fruits of Ills I wo day* o.
unbroken vigilance
If hr u-vrr
made another step toward thwart­
ing Hie conspiracy, the fa d that he
had accomplished the part of o b ­
taining the Information was a noble
und ull-lmporlunt deed
However, he dldn I intend to stop
there, "I've gone this lar. he d e ­
clared energetically, "and I'm going
further
I'll hr right there
lien
the gmiv »tail to bark
And hr
was
the authorities thought it hrttrr
lo let Hie bundlts go ahead ai d kid­
nap the gul dlnpaielier, then they
would rescue her when the right
moment came
And the king of the outlaws Kai
Spears resourceful who was known
throughout Hie state of Missouri, a»
well as in California where he spent
five years tn prison, saw >ha! fits
henchmen hud rendered a faithful
job in the kidnapping of Martha
Hobbs
The |iettte blonde telegrapher did
not know wliut was going on. and
had little lime to devote thought to
the subject
Hhr suddenly felt Ute
muzzle of a pistol being thrust In­
to thr small of tier back, knew that
»lie was being field in a pair of pow­
erful hand», and that her clothes
were being «tripped from her wliole-
Koine young body, then »he -vas
bound and gagged
Left helpless
to strike back or to cry out. she a-as
then thrown onto the floor nude,
under the table upon which were
the telegraph Instruments, and left
Hie re
Hhe saw the three men and made
a mental note of their looks, deter­
mined to remember them If the o c ­
casion ever rainr when her memory
would aid In thrtr capture She was
not excited, feeling that by some
miraeulou»
happening
h *r Ilf.-
would be saved as well as ihr fast
express which was thundering its
way towards the little station down
there In the southeast M s ourt hills '
There Were no houses In Kaiser
with the exception ol the section
house, and thr closest town was
twenty miles « ' ay
With a violent shaking of tin un­
substantial building, the train swept
down upon the shark, the headlight
on the enormous engine cutting a
»olid yellow pain In 'h e blackness
of the night A deafening »ju n d ol
the whistle which seemed to spilt
the world wide open the roll of
heavy »feel wheels against steel
rail«, thunder, flashing of countless
lights a long dark shadow, and the
train pulled to a stop with a
screeching of protesting und la­
menting brakes.
The conductor ran Info the sta­
tion for his orders, followed by Hie
brakeman. and were met by the
steady pistol barrels In the hands
of the bandit*. Thrust .nto tin- tick­
et office, and locked in there, these
men of Hie train crew were as pow ­
erless to help themselves as the
helpless girl undrr thr table.
ho
hrdtated lo make herself known to
them because of her state of naked­
ness. realizing that they were bound
to see her when they unfastened
the ropes that made her a prisoner
The girl was certainly in an un­
ion iinale predicament and for a
long lime debated with herself as
what was best lo do However, shi
eventually gave In to the wisest
plan which was to make her pres­
ence known. .She then began to
beat the floor with her heels. Ihud-
The beautiful borne of ihe hero of Ihe would be train robbery.
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The outlaws, headed by (he dangerous Ray Spears and his formidable as­
sistants. cui Ihe enrine off from Ihe express car.
ding out a message o l appeal for
help.
The ouUaw.s. headed by the dan­
gerous Kay ¿spears and lus toriuld-
able assistants, rut the engine oiT
from the express car rah it down
Hie track to the water tank, held tip
the express messengers, and blew
«•pen the safe
All this took place
with neatness and dispatch
The bandits were old heads at th"
business, and It was only a few
minutes until they had obtained
the twenty thousand dollars, shoved
It into a burlap sack, and were run­
ning towards Hie engine on which
they planned to ride to a point far
down the line where they had con ­
cealed an atilomobllc In a clump of
trees near Uie track.
But — things went wrong when
they reached the engine
Fulgent Instruments of death ap­
peared In the dark velvet of Ihe
night. One of these was the re­
volver in Dwight Moody’s hand He
cut down the leader of the outlaws,
his bullet going straight home.
Then began a pitched batlle be-
tween th e —two remaining outlaw-
and the half-dozen officers. In whose
midst wa- Dwight Moody, who.
really, was the hero of the occasion.
Bullet* whanged and sang, slugs
tore holes in the black curtain:
there were flashes of fire, sparks
iron» the hot muzzles of whipping
weapons, groans, curses, sounds ol
bodies dropping like lumps o f coal
against the ground, and when the
smoke cleared away, the last one
remaining of the bandit gang had
crumpled to the earth with a bul­
let In his lung.
The hero's children, playing in
the yard o f their hom e—a little
unkempt, but happy.
Dwight Moody was com m end­
ed for his valorous deed
He was
Praised, dined, wined, and feted to
no Inconsiderable extent, and the
newspapers made much ol his tine,
glorious accomplishment.
But as - on as he could escape
from all lhat, he went hurriedly
home to the little woman who was
still patiently waiting, who had
trusted him to come back, and who
had gone on believtng that G od
would enable him to come back, Juct
as safely as any husband had ever
come back to a waiting and trusting
wife to make her happy.