The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05


that routine, Miss Cullen. Now comes
the help for you. And / continued:
The letters may have been tempered with.
and recommend special agent. Reply Flag
staff, Arizona. RICHARD GORDON,
Superintendent X. and A. X. r.
"What will that do?' she asked.
"I'm not much at prophecy, and Well
wait for the reply" said.
All that day we lay at Flagstaff, and
after a good sleep, as there was no use
keeping the party cooped up in their
car, drummed up some ponies and took
the Cullens and Ackland over TO the In
dian cliff dwellings l don't think Lord
Rallies gained anything by staying be-
hind in sulk, for it was a very jolly
ride, or at least that was what it was to
me. had to tell them all how had
settled on them as the criminals. To
hear Miss Cullen talk one would have
inferred l was the greatest of living de-
tectives.
"The mistake we made, she said,
twas not securing Mr.. Gordon's help to
begin with, for then we should never
have needed to hold the train up, or,
if we had, we should never have been
discovered"
What was more to me than this i'll
deserved admiration were two things
she said on the way back when we two
had paired Off and were bit behind the
rest.
1.-THE sandwiches and the whisky
were very good, " she told me. "And I'm
so grateful for the trouble you took"
1T was a pleasure, said.
"And, Mr. Gordon, she continued.
and then hesitated for moment, my
Frederic told me that you-you said
you honored me for
II do. exclaimed energetically as
she paused and colored
''Do you really2" she cried 81
thought Fred was only trying to make
me less unhappy by saying that you
did"
II said it, and I meant il" told
her.
II have been SO miserable over that
lie, she went on, "but thought il
let you have the letters it would ruin
papa. 1 really wouldn't mind poverty
myself, Mr.. Gordon. but he takes such
pride in success that couldn't be the
one to do it. fought to have known you
would help as.
thought this a pretty good time to
make real apology for my conduct on
the trail as well as to tell her how sorry |
l was at not having been able to repack
her bag better. She accepted my apology |
very sweetly, and assured me her be-
longings had been put away so neatly
that she had wondered who did il. |
knew she only said this out of kindness
and told her SO, telling also of my strug- !
giles over that pink beribboned and be- |
laced affair in way which made her ,
laugh. Ihad thought it was ball gown
and wondered at her taking it to the
canyon, but she explained that it was a
dressing sack. That made me open my
eyes, thinking that anything so pretty
could be used for the same purposes for
which use my crash bath gown, and,
while my eyes were open, / saw the fol
ly OF thinking that girl who wore such
things could ever get along on my sal
airy. In that way the incident was
kOOu lcoSOn lOT ult, lOT III udue INC Ittl
that even il there had been no Lord |
Rallies I still should have had no chance.
On our return to the cars there was
telegram from the postmaster general |
awaiting me. After glance at it, az
the rest Of the party looked anxiously
On, passed n over to Miss Cullen, for
l wanted hsf 20 have the triumph Of
reading IL aloud. It said:
Hold letters pending arrival of Special Agent
jackson, duo In Flagstaff Oct. ~.
The election is the 18TH" Frederic |
laughed, executing war dance on tho |
platform Tho g. 8. 8 dough is cook
ed -
II must waltz with some one," cried !
Madge, and before could offer she took ,
hold q Abort and the two were whirl-
ing about, much to my envy. The Cul. !
lens were about the most jubilant road
agents had ever seen.
After consultation with Mr.. Cullen, (
we had 2lo and 81 attached to No.
when it arrived and started for Ash
Forks. He wanted to be OH the ground
day in advance, and 1 could easily be
back In Flagstaff before the arrival of
the special agent.
took dinner in 218, and they toasted
me a. II l hSl done something heroic
instead OF merely having sent tele-