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Title: Jack Wright and His Electric Stage;
or, Leagued Against the James Boys

Author: "Noname"

Release Date: September 19, 2007 [EBook #22670]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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JACK WRIGHT AND HIS ELECTRIC STAGE;
OR,
Leagued Against the James Boys.

By "NONAME,"
Author of "Jack Wright and His Electric Battery Diver," etc., etc.

CHAPTER I.
THE BANDIT KING.

As the 11:30 A. M. express train from New York was speeding toward the
fisher village of Wrightstown, one of the passengers went out on the
rear platform of the last car and intently gazed back along the rails.

He was a compactly built man, with rather rough clothing on, and the
soft felt hat on his head shaded a bearded face, which denoted a daring,
reckless disposition.

A half smothered oath escaped his lips as he caught view of a locomotive
chasing the train he was on, for he distinctly saw a man in the cab whom
he recognized as one of his worst enemies.

"Sheriff Timberlake!" he growled between his clenched teeth, as a dark
scowl mantled his brow. "Curse him! he is hot after us now, and if he
overhauls this train he may give us no end of trouble."

"The skunk has followed us all the way from Missouri, and after we saw
the sights of New York, and gave him the slip, he must have discovered
that we started for home in this train. Now he has evidently hired that
locomotive to chase and capture us. I'll go in and tell the boys. We
must keep out of his reach."

His anxiety was caused by observing that the pursuing locomotive was
slowly but surely gaining on the train.

Opening the door, he passed into the car.

It was occupied by four men, who were part of a gang of outlaws whom he
commanded, for the bearded man was the notorious bandit king, Jesse
James.

The men who were with him were known as Jim Cummins, Wood Hite, Clell
Miller and Frank James--a brother of Jesse.

Sitting in a bunch, they were quietly laughing and talking over their
experience in New York, when the chief hurrie