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He
sat
down
in
the
smoking
-
room
,
lighting
a
cigarette
,
and
Annixter
and
the
drummers
pressed
around
him
to
know
the
story
of
the
whole
affair
.
“
The
man
is
dead
,
”
he
declared
,
“
the
brakeman
.
He
was
shot
through
the
lungs
twice
.
They
think
the
fellow
got
away
with
about
five
thousand
in
gold
coin
.
”
“
The
fellow
?
Wasn
’
t
there
four
of
them
?
”
“
No
;
only
one
.
And
say
,
let
me
tell
you
,
he
had
his
nerve
with
him
.
It
seems
he
was
on
the
roof
of
the
express
car
all
the
time
,
and
going
as
fast
as
we
were
,
he
jumped
from
the
roof
of
the
car
down
on
to
the
coal
on
the
engine
’
s
tender
,
and
crawled
over
that
and
held
up
the
men
in
the
cab
with
his
gun
,
took
their
guns
from
’
em
and
made
’
em
stop
the
train
.
Even
ordered
’
em
to
use
the
emergency
gear
,
seems
he
knew
all
about
it
.
Then
he
went
back
and
uncoupled
the
express
car
himself
.
“
While
he
was
doing
this
,
a
brakeman
—
you
remember
that
brakeman
that
came
through
here
once
or
twice
—
had
a
red
mustache
.
”
“
THAT
chap
?
”
“
Sure
.
Well
,
as
soon
as
the
train
stopped
,
this
brakeman
guessed
something
was
wrong
and
ran
up
,
saw
the
fellow
cutting
off
the
express
car
and
took
a
couple
of
shots
at
him
,
and
the
fireman
says
the
fellow
didn
’
t
even
take
his
hand
off
the
coupling
-
pin
;
just
turned
around
as
cool
as
how
-
do
-
you
-
do
and
NAILED
the
brakeman
right
there
.
They
weren
’
t
five
feet
apart
when
they
began
shooting
.
The
brakeman
had
come
on
him
unexpected
,
had
no
idea
he
was
so
close
.
”
“
And
the
express
messenger
,
all
this
time
?
”
“
Well
,
he
did
his
best
.
Jumped
out
with
his
repeating
shot
-
gun
,
but
the
fellow
had
him
covered
before
he
could
turn
round
.
Held
him
up
and
took
his
gun
away
from
him
.
Say
,
you
know
I
call
that
nerve
,
just
the
same
.
One
man
standing
up
a
whole
train
-
load
,
like
that
.
Then
,
as
soon
as
he
’
d
cut
the
express
car
off
,
he
made
the
engineer
run
her
up
the
track
about
half
a
mile
to
a
road
crossing
,
WHERE
HE
HAD
A
HORSE
TIED
.
What
do
you
think
of
that
?
Didn
’
t
he
have
it
all
figured
out
close
?
And
when
he
got
there
,
he
dynamited
the
safe
and
got
the
Wells
-
Fargo
box
.
He
took
five
thousand
in
gold
coin
;
the
messenger
says
it
was
railroad
money
that
the
company
were
sending
down
to
Bakersfield
to
pay
off
with
.
It
was
in
a
bag
.
He
never
touched
the
registered
mail
,
nor
a
whole
wad
of
greenbacks
that
were
in
the
safe
,
but
just
took
the
coin
,
got
on
his
horse
,
and
lit
out
.
The
engineer
says
he
went
to
the
east
’
ard
.
”
“
He
got
away
,
did
he
?
”
