Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . THE0111U>1 S GEORGE. WILLIAM E. STEWART. KxniHTS or the uoad. 271 Perry sprang out of the car, without even a handful ofplunder, and ran along the track to the engine, firing his re-volver and crying out to the engineer to go ahead. In thedarkness, it was impossible for the engineer to see that he onlyhad one man to deal with; so he prudently started his engineand ran on. Perry had the coolness and cunning to choose, deliberately,a line of escape so impud
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . THE0111U>1 S GEORGE. WILLIAM E. STEWART. KxniHTS or the uoad. 271 Perry sprang out of the car, without even a handful ofplunder, and ran along the track to the engine, firing his re-volver and crying out to the engineer to go ahead. In thedarkness, it was impossible for the engineer to see that he onlyhad one man to deal with; so he prudently started his engineand ran on. Perry had the coolness and cunning to choose, deliberately,a line of escape so impudently bold that it was likely to be thesafest; for who would suppose that a train robber would ridestraight into the hands of the people who w^ere trying to catchhim. He climbed back on the express car, as it ran by him,and rode on to the next station, Lyons. On the way he tookofif his mask and disguise, and put on a pair of gold-bowedspectacles. As the train slacked up to make a stop at the sta-tion, he jumped ofT and circled about in order to approach thestation like a man hurrying down to catch an early train. His manner was so
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