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He was so confident that he had these! his muscles than through them; therefore he shot SO as to put out the candle flame. The bullet from his concealed revolver clipped the wick of the candle, leaving’ the tunnel instantly in darkness. At the same momeut dropping his lick and bills, he Iunged torward strik-| ing in the darkmess at both men. _ As he had planned this operation care-| 1 fully he knew just where to strike and} each fist caught a face. The men-.staggered back under the force of the blows and one of them fired, | but tae ball flattened itself harmlessly | against the roof of the tunnel. ‘Trim was quick to follow up his unex- pected attack, but he found one thing against him that he had not fully reck- oned upon. That was the darkness which at the first moment had helped him. Now he could not see his adversaries. By following up his blow he came upon one of. the men soon enough and quickly. succeeded in throwing him to the ground. = Then he felt the other stumbling against | oi him and at the same instant the poszzie. os =p a of revolver: was pi against his | a 3 le -*™ 7 * ~ all ~ -fore it was fired and threw) ' man’s hands be gle in which he had the one advantage of | being sure that he struck an enemy every time he delivered a blow His foes struck each a desperation and as they were muscular! men, it took considerable time to over- comme them. ects At last, Trim managed to catch one of = them by the throat and he perieses dealt | he fellow a t terrific blow between ft] NEW NICK CARTE. nen in his power that he preferred to use! it came. to putting a bullet} he had lost his bearings and besides 1 ‘he could not tell upon which side of the tunnel he was. . out one of the men and on his knees wrestling with the other. down !’’ ‘Ing advantage of his eneiny’s conse and fright about the train, he lunged Aor G |ward and struck hard and fast too. ‘may have been the rocky side of the tuii- nel.or it may have been a rail, events he was partially stunned and for Cc F ay r cohier from the | “He “fing he : . the train was approaching with a deafen-) Se it away. Then there was a terrible strug- Ang Toar. was on the track on which the train wa other as often as| they did Trim, but they fought with great | *| dered by upon the other track. He could not tell from which directioz, - In the darkness and confusion ~ , A T 1 For the moment at least he had knocked was now half ur ‘“The train!’? this ma gasped excitedly, as he too heard th a oncoming roar. ‘They’ ve got conn tions somehow on the wires and the traiy iscoming from Texuca. We’ll be tun He was trying, as he said this, ta break away from Trim’s clutches. The detective made no answer but ta . in u darkness. His blows took good effect a the man tell. At the same moment Tri stumbled upon a sleeper and went dow 1 3 = something, it! His head struck upon at all) & amoment or two lay half unconsctots ; and unable to stir. All he knew to a certainty was that h r was lying directly across a wail and —_ -s Trim tried to rise. He believed that h : running. a He got upon his hands and Pres anc = then sank down again. 3 His head was in a whirl. There was blinding flash from the headlight of ‘the 3 e ‘locomotive as it thundered toward hin : He made one more desperate ef ort to re drag: himself from the track and thens ‘down helplessly just as the train thun-| a Same A The young detective was consctot wi The back and as Trim lenough to realize that he had iped be let go fell upon ibe tracks. | ing, tun down, but 1 fora moment or ty It was just at ‘this: moment that the de-|I 1 no other clear idea. af ___ tective became of a SOOTEE sound | He was dimly aware that the g In the gre louder and | of. the train gradually ceas od z but f di id! uder. }not cae tl mt a 2 es cea :