The signal of the train robbers had been given at Polifax. The engineer
had seen the red light and had whistled to the trainmen that danger was
ahead, and that he was going to stop.
In a few moments Ted heard a few pops, and knew that the train robbers
were firing their revolvers alongside of the train to prevent
interference.
What if the train robbers should fail?
The train started up again, and Ted knew by that that nobody had been
killed, and it added to his anxiety as to the success of the robbery. He
wanted it to occur, for if he could secure the loot he could destroy the
train robbers surely.
All he wanted now was tangible evidence. He lay back breathlessly in the
bushes, waiting. Soon he heard the rapid hoofbeats of horses, then a
crashing in the bushes.
These noises were approaching him rapidly. The crisis was at hand.
In a moment the moon burst through the clouds, illuminating the little
valley through which the small stream from the spring flowed, and Ted
crept into closer cover.
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