Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-03

within half mile or the cars! had
heard of blankets laid down to conceal a
trail of swathed feet, even of leathern
horse boots with cattle hoofs on the bot
tom, but none Of these could have been
used for such distance, let alone the
entire absence of any signs Of place
where the horses had been hobbled Re-
turning to the train, the report Of the
men was the same.
We've ghost road agents to deal
with, Miss Cullen" laughed. "They
come from nowhere, bullets touch them
not, their lead hurts nobody, they take
nothing, and they disappear without
touching the ground" "
"How curious it isl'' she exclaimed
Zone would almost suppose it a dream. "
"Hold on, said "We do have some
thing tangible, for if they disappeared
they left their shells behind them. "
And pointed to some cartridge shells
that lay on the ground beside the mail
car. my theory Of aerial bullets won't
do"
lQ6 bu6l1S ttIC 10 LULU" 90 4OO3b
laughed Miss Cullen.
"Your suggestion reminds me that I
am desperately hungry" I said "Sup-
pose we go back and end the famine. "
Most of the passengers had long since
returned to their seats or berths, and
Mr.. Cullen's party had apparently done
the same, for 21s showed no signs of
fife. One of my darhes was awake, and
he broiled a steak and made us some
coffee in no time, and just as they were
ready Albert Cullen appeared. So we
made very jolly little breakfast he
told me at length the part he and the
Britishers had borne and only made me
marvel the more that any one Of them
was alive, for apparently they had jump
ed off the car without the slightest pre-
caution and had stood grouped together
even after they had called attention to
themselves by Lord Rallies shots. Cul-
len had to confess that he heard the
whistle Of the four bullets unpleasantly
close. a.
"You have q right to be proud, MI.
Cullen" I said. "You fellows did a
tremendously plucly thing, and, thanks
to you, we didn't lose anything"
"But you went to help, too, Mr.. Cor
don, said Miss Cullen.
That made me color up and after a
moments hesitation said: 49,.
"I'm not going to sail under false
eolors, Miss Cullen. When went for
ward, didn't think I could do any
thing. supposed whoever had pitched
into the robbers was dead, and expect
ed to be the same inside Of ten minutes "
"Then why did you risk your life, "
she asked. "if you thought it was USE
Pqess?" -, - :
I laughed, and, though ashamed to
tell it, said, "I didn't want you to think
that the Britishers had more pluck than
I had"
She took my confession better than I
hoped she would, laughing with me,
and then said, "Well, that was coura-
geous, after all"
EYES," Isaid "1was frightened into
bravery"
perhaps if they had known the dan
ger as well as you, they would have
been less courageous, she continued.
And could have blessed her for the
speech.
While we were still eating, the mail
clerk came to my car and reported that
the most careful search had failed. to
discover the three registered letters, and
they had evidently been taken. This
made me feel sober, slight as the prob
able loss was. He told me that his list
showed they were all addressed to Ash
Forks, A. T., making it improbable that
their contents could be Of any real value
If possible, I was more puzzled than
ever.
At 6:10 the runner whistled to show
he had steam up. I told one Of the
brakemen to stay behind and then went