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RUBE BURROW.
RUBE BURROW,
King of Outlaws,
AND HIS
BAND OF TRAIN ROBBERS.
AN ACCURATE AND FAITHFUL HISTORY OF THEIR
EXPLOITS AND ADVENTURES.
BY
G. W. AGEE,
Superintendent Western Division Southern Express Company.
PUBLISHERS
THE HENNEBERRY COMPANY
CHICAGO
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR
TO HIS COMRADES AND CO-WORKERS
IN THE EXPRESS SERVICE
OF AMERICA.
“Some hapless souls are led astray,
While some, themselves, seek out the way.
Some fall, unthinking, in the pit,
While others seek about for it.
’Tis probable, if Satan should
Strive for the universal good,
And close his gates and bar them well,
Some souls would still break into Hell.”