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Notorious Bishop

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him up an' borrowed his whole outfit, uniform an' all. He rode -the Corporal's mount till it dropped an' then stopped at a ranch on French Creek, requisitioned the best horse in the corral, an' got acrost the line. A week later he sent the outfit back by a Swede along with a note of thanks.

"But all that ain't a patchin' to the stunt he pulled down on the C. P. R. Inspector Rooney an' a couple of constables rounded him up onct in some little town—Blairmore or Cowley maybe. It happened that a freight train had pulled onto the sidin' to let the Imperial Limited by, an' Notorious was makin' his stand amongst the freight cars. The little town, whatever it was, wasn't a stoppin' place for the Limited an' directly she showed up down the track runnin' full tilt. Somehow, Notorious managed to cut the engine off that freight on the side-track. Quite a crowd had collected to see the boys gather Notorious in, an' when they crowded back to watch the Limited go by, Notorious he lets out a yell like a Comanche, jumps onto the freight engine an' pulls her wide open. Rooney says the engine started so quick it never took the switch, but jumped plumb over

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