Show oiling a highwayman there used to be and may le yet on the las cruces division of the santa fe rail tray an engineer known as big jack long one night jack was alono at his engine oiling up the machine while the rest of his crew like the paa fengers Een gers were at supper in the dingy eating house the train was a long one i and the engine was well away from the little cluster of buildings suddenly throw up your hands was growled at him and jack found himself looking into a gun in tho hands of a hard looking citizen the fellow demanded money and jack began to argue protesting that he had but a dollar in his pockets and that to take that were a cruelty since it was meant to pay for his supper yes the determined to have the sack even if it had but a single dollar during the discussion jank slipped his hand from bulb to nozzle of the long and edged around the head of the locomotive finally backing across the track closely followed by the temporizing holder up when the man was so well into tha glare of the headlight as to guide jacks address this worthy promptly laid over his head with the heavy for a bludgeon and when the victims yella bad drawn forth the supping gent jack iab beaten his assailant af most senseless and stood weapon in band looking down at him and saying grimly I 1 guess ive got you so well oiled up that you wont run hot again for one whiled san francisco argonaut |