Bob Younger's Fate — page 158: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. 149 of a shot would doubtless-be heard by the engine- men. A much better and safer plan! The engine at that moment was thundering over a bridge; seizing a lump of coal, he leaned over and dropped it on the head of the tramp, who instantly disappeared from view, only to reappear in the frac- tion of a second, whirling through the air at a sickening rate, until a sudden lurch cut off from his ~ view the fate of the man he had hurled to sudden death. CHAPTER XXV. MYRA A PRISONER. “Quick!’’ cried one of the conspirators. ‘‘Let us get out of this place.’’ Seizing the unconscious girl, the two women who were in the room carried her into the next apart- ment, and Mary, whom our readers doubtless know to be Irene, locked the door, as the front door was broken by a couple of men who in passing by had heard Myra’s scream, and had stopped to investi- ate. | ‘ One of them struck a match, but of course found the room empty. | They then attempted to open the middle door, and found it locked on the other side. By the time they had succeeded in forcing it the birds had flown, leay- ing only a few unsatisfactory tracks behind. The affair was reported to the police authorities, but was not unraveled by the guardians of the eace. F In the meantime the abductors passed through the tumble-down kitchen, down the ill-smelling back yard, and reached the alley gate. Here a cab was in waiting, and in it was placed . the still unconscious form of Myra. Irene and one of the men seated themselves inside to prevent any outcry on the part of the helpless girl when she should return to consciousness, while the remaining man took his seat beside the driver, GComicbooks (E(0)