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NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY” 29 People who were waiting at the station and whose attention was attracted by his running after the train uttered a cry of amazement as they saw what he was about to attempt. There was no one near enough to fe- strain him. He sprung from. the station platform just before he reached the end of it, and landed with his feet upon the coupler. He had his eyes open when he did this, and if he had not there is no doubt that he would have heen jolted off at once and probably killed. _A slender iron rod ran up the end of the car connecting the coupler with the brake inside the baggage car. _. ‘Trim reached for this rod and caught it with both hands, Then for two or three seconds he swayed back and forth, ~ in danger every instant of being shaken off. e His grip ‘held, however, : tion he felt secure. > —— It was by no means a comfortable Pe perch. There was hardly more than room , enough for his feet upon the coupler, and the iron rod lay so close to the wall of the car that he could barely keep his fingers upon it. = .Trim’s blood was up, and with his prey a ‘$0 neatly within reach it would have taken more than the, shaking of a rail- road train to make him let go. _ He hung on, therefore, while the train _Across the open fields of the country. -tushed . out of the city and thundered] — eo ae ut two. oo out from, town ne ye The fact was that the train dispatcher in Sydney, having been informed that a young mau had leaped upon the last car of this train, had telegraphed to the first signal station beyond the river, with instructions to stop the train and arrest the man if he was: still clinging to the teat car. None of the train hands knew, of course, why the train should stop at this point, and all of them opened the doors of their compartments to get off when the train should come to a standstill and find out what was the matter. Henley, who knew the road perfectly well, saw that there was some unusual reason in the train’s stopping at this point. He at once jumped to the conclusion that his presence had been discovered there and that orders had been telegraphed ahead to stop the train and search for and by the); him. time the train ae well Sa of the sta-/ He was alone in a compartment. While the train was slowing down he looked out of the windows on each side. On one side he saw the lights of the signal station, on the other was open country. He opened the window on the open- country side, and just as the train stopped ~ climbed through it and darted away. He had not taken more than a pace when strong hands were laid upon his coat collar and he was thrown to the ground, while a ringing: voice exclaimed : ees aoe ee ‘Tiger! You're a ap ee but I’ve got ‘: det Sent that Henley would ake just such a move as he did, had lropped f from the train before it stopped ee oyland ran along on the side opposite the ewe og, ie: als did. not fall off, aot Gurty. is te oy ai Pa se Ape the trestle upon the other) ie @. ee a a ti aie to. “and |signal station. ‘He remembered which car Henley << ‘in and arrived at the end of it just as the villain climbed out, ee Taken entirely by surprise, Henley could offer no resistance at the start, and 3 before he had begun. to struggle Trim te -| had handcuffs upon his wrists. ae -won-| Then. his. ghee asi aac Raed < 3 on very Bisco a