| Show I I I Confessions on I II I Of a Bride BrideI Bri e eI Shoot and la Later er I Was I Couldn't Glad That I Hadn t. t send all of my bullets didn't r f the bandit I couldn't of I into t the e body opportunity or was di mine but tell t u 11 The I tried to raise rase se m gun the o whenever h never j of the Hun I 1 had shot t tin in falling failing the h i boat U-boat figure boat floated before my eyes nV much appalled at the r I wasn't so killing the man before meas me meas thou thought ht of as I Ig Iwas g was by the fear of seeing ee ng him and go down at my feet crumple id snake make poor soldiers would Women One T 0 killing k would woud unfit them for making a second TK It to took k a ons long time time for the men turn the their pockets inside inId inIde in- in Pa passengers en n to pockets side Ide Id out It took so ton long a time that the bandit who guarded me might flIght better have tied me done his share outside and then come back for my bag and me I would have c t told him so had I spoken his language Part Part of his gang having scared the surrendering their r women Into gibe I ab ables passed passed through the corridor or orand and stopped ped to look Into my compartment compartment compart compart- ment More than one of the vicious marauders would have entered I compart-I except for the leader who watched at my door More than one referred to m my soy handbag on the floor called I It was good bait Senor I called softly and pointed to It a second time But the man shook his head I and resumed his guard seemingly as Indifferent to riches as a a. grand duke I At last it occurred to me that he didn't Intend to touch my property property- I and that he was keeping It out of ot the hands of his men and that he was I actually protecting me from the members members members mem mem- bers of ot his band bandl Finally the show was over Three shots seemed to be a signal of some kind The mysterious sentinel turned toward me placed my ba bag at my feet j I pulled the mask from his face and i stooped to kiss my mv hand I Many a time had an elegant gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man with blue eyes and blonde curls bent over my fingers with old world courtesy I rose to my feet My automatic fell to the floor with a clang The bandit recovered it it handed It I to me with a scarcely audible Senora Senoi Seno i ira ra made another sweeping bow how hat hatIn hatin hatin In in hand and then stood erect before me mo The blue eyes flashed on mine as If it challenging me to fire But Dut I could move neither hand nor foot nor could I 1 raise my voice I II III could only gaze on that uncovered I face in astonishment I had seen the man before wearing a cap instead i of ot a sombrero The Bolshevik banan peddler and the bandit were tho the same I I gasped Tony But ButI I spoke too low In m my amazement or I too late or else the man did not wish I II I to hear The only answer I received I II was the pounding of or hors horses horses' s' s hoofs I upon the gravel I II I crept out of or the train with the I few women passengers who retained their senses and Helped untie the men Morrison was red with raging and humiliation You must think me a coward he I Isaid said at sight of me Not a bit of it Come In and talk lit it over I replied Was Vas this a com corn cornmon comI common mon holdup holdup holdup-a a highwayman's Job I It was an outrage planned to stir sUr up Americans And It wasn't carried 1 out by common Mexican marauders I j 1 Germany is at work down here That's what what I think and then the tho detective elaborated his opinion In his usual style What I told him about my personal experience emphasized his opinion I I guess they picked this special i train Just because a Lorimer was onit on onIt It Morrison asserted That little fact ies has s a big news value in the I states Maybe l it did But I had another I fact which possessed far greater value In any part of the world Miracles do happen Drowned men tome to life Or else Jim Jr and I 1 were bath fools I To be continued |
