The ladies are now on the train for Tracy Mn. where some of the men are waiting to take them back to Walnut Grove.
Meanwhile back in Walnut Grove the children and others eagerly await the return of wife and mommy from Chicago. Just a few or so decide to be the welcoming party at the train station in Tracy Mn.
Back on the train the same conductor as before is "lucky" enough to be the conductor of the return trip home and the same sound but a little different goes ''clickety-click, chatter, chatter, clickety-click, chatter, chatter' since they were going the opposite direction (Ha Ha).
The conductor tried to get into the next car up but it was locked tight. He got on the phone to the engineer and inquired as to why the next car up was locked and the engineer's response was, "ORDERS," so the conductor, poor man would have to sit in the same car as the "clickety- click, chatter, chatter" all the way to Tracy Mn. Then he remembered and thought "Ahha, I have cotton in my pocket!" So he stuck it in both ears then he sighed and thought, "RELIEF!"
The ladies were chattering, the train was clickety clicking the sounds were muffled for the conductor. The trip was peaceful for him in the beginning.
Meanwhile outside of Chicago 5 masked men on horseback awaited in a treed area along the railroad tracks. As soon as the train passed the 5 masked men boarded the train. They were the Dalton Gang, you could tell by the family crest on their gun holster, an attacking lion in a shield with a silver knight helmet just above the shield with branches/vines coming at both sides of the knight's helmet.
Bob, the leader and Bill came in from the rear door of the train and Grat came in the other side of the Presidential car. The Conductor was outside on the platform on the end of the car between the Presidential car and the freight car just getting a breath of fresh air when Emmett and Grat jumped him overpowering him and knocking him off the train, killing him.
Simultaneously, Emmett and Grat came in their side of the Presidential car as Bill and Bob came in their side. Lewis road on up to take control of the engine.
When the four of the Dalton Gang went into the Presidential car the ladies were still chatting away as if nothing was going on.
Bill asked, "What's this? A train car full of women and girls? Where's the dignitaries, The Mayor, The Governor?"
The ladies were still chattering and Bob had heard all the chatter he cared to hear. There was an open window where Jenny, Laura and Sylvia were sitting. Bob fired his gun and a bullet whizzed by the three of them out the open window. Bob said in a rough voice, "SHUT UP! This is a train take over. Grat go see where the gold is."
Grat notices a door that leads to another car and says, "It might be in here." As he tries to open the door he mentions, "It's locked." Then he blasted a hole through the door and counts the gold bars.
Meanwhile the ladies are being held at gunpoint. Lewis makes it up to the front, to the engine on horseback and with the engineer giving him resistance Lewis pistol whips him on the head knocking him unconscious. Lewis now has control of the train but is unfamiliar with the controls. The train is shaking and shifting back and forth along the tracks.
Back where the ladies are being held at gunpoint, Grat is finished counting the gold and says, "All the gold is here."
The ladies are all nervous and scared and not knowing what to do. One of the old ladies with one of her shopping bags in her lap looks inside and sees the long underwear that she bought her husband and has some comfort looking at the long underwear as she thinks about her husband.
Bill upon seeing the underwear in the bag snatches it away from her and says, "I could use this!"
The old lady takes her cane and starts beating him with it. Bill grabs the cane and breaks it throwing it to the floor and slaps the old lady back into her seat.
Emmett still has the ladies at gunpoint. Bill is about to react when Jenny Wilder stands up and says, "What kind of man are you to pick on old ladies?!"
Bill says, "You seem to have spunk," and then and as he points his gun at the floor under Jenny's feet tending to fire he says, "Dance for us, dance for us!"
Before he could fire his gun Bob says in authoritative voice, "Bill stay focused! and give the lady back her husband's long underwear." Then he shakes his head and thinks to himself, "Sometimes I wonder if we are really are from the same family."
Bill gives the lady her long underwear back and than turns to Bob and says, "Bob, I'm sorry I was just fooling and having some fun."
Jenny sits back down and the old lady sitting behind her quietly thanks Jenny by saying, "Thank you, Jenny that was very brave of you," and the lady has the comfort of her husband's long underwear back.
How will the ladies get free from the Dalton Gang and back to their husbands and children safely?
To Be Continued