Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14575124270)

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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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omlearned of the project that Ned hadin mind. Despairing of getting herfathers consent to their marriage, he haddetermined to hold up Nancys post-chaise and try to induce her to elope withhim before she returned to Baltimore.It was plain that he had left the citywith the intention of meeting her, butthe hold-up plan had probably been sug-gested by one of his tipsy friends. Tom began to realize that Nancy mustbe playing a double game and that hischances were but small. But he deter-mined to see it through to the bitter end. i THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 37 If one can play at that game, twocan, he thougli. He will be the high-•^vaj-nian, but, by George, before Nancyrecognizes him Ill appear and drive himaway. Then who will be the hero? Illdoit! He made his way quietly to his roomand put on his great coat and hat. Onthe wall, by way of decoration, therc^himg a rusty cutlass, without a scabbard.Taking this ancient weapon down he con-cealed it under his coat and made his way
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THE COLD DAWX BRIGHTENED INTO A CLOUDY. BLOWY MORNING 38 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE to the stables. Saddling the first horsehe saw, he led the animal out, leaped intothe saddle and rode slowly up a hill to thenorth of the inn. At the crest he stopped,dismounted and led the anmial in amongthe dense underbrush. During the night it had snowed andthe ground w^as covered with a whitecarpet two or three inches deep. As hewaited the cold dawn brightened into acloudy, blowy morning. After a while,from the direction of the inn, he heardshouts of laughter and loud calls. A fewminutes latter Ned, the mask over hisface and pistols in hand, hurried past hishiding place, afoot. At the brow of thehill he paused, peering down the road,then hurried along for another fifty j^ardsand concealed himself behind some bushesat the road side. A hundred j^ards below where Tom waswaiting, the road, bordered on each sideby dense evergieens, curved sharply tothe right. For what seemd a long timehe s