The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-08
CHAPTER XII.
AN EVENING IN JAIL.

AN EVENING IN JAIL.
Before my ideas had had time Il
straighten themselves out l was LITE,
to my feet and half pushed, half lifted
to the station platform. Camp was al
ready there, and as took this fact in
saw Frederic and his lordship pulled
through the doorway of my car by tn,
cowboys and dragged out on the plat
form beside me. The reports were now
in Lord Rallies hands.
THAT'S what we want, boys" CRIED
Camp, Those letters "
Take your hands off me-" said Lore
Rallies coolly, land I'll give them t.
you. -
The men who had hold of his arms
let go of him, and quick as a flash
Rallies tore the papers in two. He tried
to tear them once more but before he
could do so half dozen men were hold.
ing him and the papers were forced out
of his hands, Albert Cullen-for all of
them were on the platform Of 2lS by
this unrestricted, "Well done,
RallesP quite forgetting in the excite
ment of the moment his English accent
and drawl. Apparently Camp didn' t
agree with him, for he ripped out a
string OF oaths which he impartially di-
vided among Rallies, the cowboys and
myself. l was decidedly sorry that 1
hadn't given the real letters, for his
lordship apparently had no scruple about
destroying them, and l knew few men
whom l would have seen behind prison
bars with as little personal regret.
However, no one had apparently.paid the
slightest attention to the pony, and the
probabilities were that he was already
headed for Baldwin's ranch, with no
likelihood Of his stopping till he reached
home. At least that was what hoped.
but there were lot of ponies standing
about, and, not knowing the markings
OF the one l had ridden, wasn't able
to tell whether he might not be among
them.
Just as the fragments of the papers
were passed over to Mr.. Camp he was
joined by Baldwin and the Judge, and
Camp held the torn pieces up to them,
saying:
They've torn the proxies in two"
Don't let that trouble you," said the
judge. Make an affidavit before me,
reclting the manner in which they were
destroyed, and I'll grant you man.
damus compelling the directors to &C
cept them as bona fide proxies Let me
see how much injured they are. F."
Camp unfolded the papers and
chuckled to myself at the look of sur
prise that overspread his face as he took
In the fact that they were nothing but
section reports. And, though l don't
like cuss words, / have to acknowledge
that l enjoyed the two or three that he
calculated.
When the first surprise of the trio was
over, they called ON the sheriff, who ar
rived OPPORTUNITY, to take us into 81 and
search the three of us, proceeding that
puzzled Fred and his lordship not a lit
tie, for they weren't ON to the fact that
the letters hadn't been recovered. 1 pre-
sumo the latter will some day write a
book dwelling on the favorite theme of
the foreigner-that there is no personal
privacy in America The running TO.
marks as the search was made seemed
70 open Fred's eyes, for he looked at me
with puzzled air, but / winked and
frowned at him, and he put his face in
order.
Wnen the papers were not found ON
any OF us, Camp and Baldwin both
nearly went demented. Baldwin sug-
sested that had never had the papers
put Camp argued that Fred or Lord |
halies must have hidden them in the
Ear In spite Of the fact that the COWBOYS
who had caught them insisted that thew
couldn't have had time to hide the pa
'ers Anyway they spent an hour in fer
'eting about In my car, and even search
"a my two darkies, ON the possibility
hat the true letters had been passed ON
% them.
While they were engaged in this I
vas trying to think out some way Of
citing Mr.. Cullen and Albert know
Vhere the letters were. The problem
vas to suggest the saddle to them with
'ut letting the cowboys understand. and
y good luck l thought had the means
Albert had complained to me the day we
lad ridden out to the Indian dwellinps
f'agstan that his saddle fretted some
allied spots which he had chafed ON his
mp to Moran's Point. Hoping he would
catch on" shouted to him: |