Part 14 (1/2)

”You have no idea what a dangerous article it is,” promptly replied Jesse, with a fierce expletive ”Ripley and Barker had a taste of it, though, when the machine chased them on Siroc and Jiine overhauled the them to places where the Terror can't run”

”If Barker hadn't put on false whiskers to look like you and if I hadn't fixed myself up to resemble Frank,” spoke up one of theus on your horses increased the deception so that we had no trouble about the usted they hen they discovered hoe fooled theri to do about the hold-up to-night, Jesse?” asked Jied to s of no interest to the case”

”There's plenty ti

Jack squeezed Ti to lay a plot!” he whispered

”We'll hear the whole thing,” replied the sheriff

”Perhaps we can baffle theive themselves away”

”Then we can't attack theot work in view If we should tackle theht play when they get away We can't expect to scoop the whole gang you know Some would be bound to escape”

”Well, we'll hear what they have to say anyhow”

”Of coarse We can grade ourselves according to circumstances afterward,” whispered Ti closer around Jesse

When they were close enough, the bandit rose, and said:

”Boys, we've got a big haul in view for to-night”

”What is it, anyway?” dee on the M & M road, which will go through on the ht express, it's worth 10,000”

Whistles and excla

This was so unusually rich

Besides they were all pretty hard up

”Let's hear about it,” said Cole Younger

”Well, I was in Kansas City and there learned that the Fourth National Bank sends a keg of 10,000 in gold coin on the tenth of each field, Illinois That train will reach a point between Polo and Cowgill, according to the tiht As it is the only train which carries an express car bound for Springfield, it must be the one we are after”