Golden Stories A SELECTION OF THE BEST FICTION BY THE FOREMOST WRITERS NEW YORK THE SHORT STORIES COMPANY 1909 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1908-1909, BY THE SHORT STORIES COMPANY TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Following each author's name was a notice: "All rights reserved." This book is currently in the public domain, and the notices have been removed, but are mentioned here in the interest of completeness. Many inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation have been normalized. Others remain as in the original. Any deviation from the author's intent is solely the responsibility of the transcriber. This book seems to have been bound in two sections, each with stories numbered I-XII. Though there was no Table of Contents in the original, one has been included for ease of navigation. TABLE OF CONTENTS I THE NIGHT EXPRESS The Story of a Bank Robbery By FRED M. WHITE A pelting rain volleyed against the great glass dome of the terminus, a roaring wind boomed in the roof. Passengers, hurrying along the platform, glistened in big coats and tweed caps pulled close over their ears. By the platform the night express was drawn up—a glittering mass of green and gold, shimmering with electric lights, warm, inviting, and cozy. A pelting Most of the corridor carriages and sleeping berths were full, for it was early in October still, and the Scotch exodus was not just yet. A few late comers were looking
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