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

EuSllSn us AlbtTb Cullcii, quiCh III iuuli
ner and thought, being in this the op
posite of his brother, Captain Ackland
who was heavy enough TO rock ballast ;
roadbed Both brothers gave me TIM
impression of being gentlemen, an(
both were decidedly good looking.
After the introductions Mr.. Cutler
said we would not wait, and his remarl
called my attention to the fact tina
there was one more place at the table
than there were people assembled.
had barely noted this when my hos
said, Here's the truant, and, turning
faced lady who had just entered.
Mr. Cullen said, "Madge, let me intro
duce Mr. Gordon to you. " My bow was
made 10 a girl of about 20, with light
brown hair, the bluest of eyes, fresh
skin and a fine figure, dressed so nattily
as 10 be TO me, after my four years OF
western life, sight for tired eyes. She
greeted me pleasantly, made neat lit
tie apology for having kept us waiting,
and then we Ill sat down.
1t was a very jolly breakfast table,
Mr. Cullen and his son being capital
takers and Lord Rallies a good third,
while Miss Cullen was quick and clever
enough TO match the three. Before the
meal was over | came TO the conclusi on
that Lord Rallies was III love with Miss
Cullen, for he kept making low asides
to her, and from the fact that she allow
ed them, and indeed responded, drew
the conclusion that he was lucky beg
gar, feeling, l confess, little pang that
title was going to win such a nice
American girl
One of the first subjects spoken Of
was train robbery, and Miss Cullen, like
most fasteners, seemed to take great
interest in it and had any quantity Of
questions to ask me.
1--WE left all my jewelry behind, ex-
cept my watch" she said, land that /
hide every night. So I really hope we'll
be held up it would be such an adven-
ture. I"
''There isn't any chance of it, Miss
Cullen. told her, land if we were,
you probably wouldn't even know that
it was happening, but would sleep right
through it. -
Wouldn't they try to get our money
and our watches7" she demanded.
told her no and explained that the
express and mail cars were the only
ones to which the road agents paid any
attention. She wanted to know the way
it was done; so l described to her how
sometimes tho train was Tagged by q
danger signal, and when it had slowed
down the runner found himself covered
by armed men, or how gang would
board the train, one by one, at way sta
tions, and then, when the time came,
steal forward, secure the express agent
and postal clerk, climb over the tender
and compel the runner to stop the train
at some lonely spot on the road. She
made me tell her all the details of such
robberies as L knew about, and, though
had never been concerned in any, l
was able to describe several, which, as
they were monotonously alike, confess
L colored up bit here and there, in an
attempt TO make them interesting to
her. / seemed to succeed, for she kept
the subject going even after we had left
in the observation saloon. Lord Rallies
had lot to say about the American
lack Of courage in letting trains con-
tanning 20 and 80 men be held up by
half dozen robbers
why" he calculated. "both my
brother and L have double express with
us, and do you think we'd sit still in
tac Il ,<
pot something's
you might" l laughed, little
nettled confess, by his speech, "but
I'm afraid it would be yourselves.
Jaw, you fancy resistance impossi-
ble?" drawled Albert Cullen.
"It has been tried, answered, land
without success. You can see it's like
all surprises-one side is prepared be-
fore the other side knows there is dan
ger. Without regard to relative num-
bers, the odds are all in favor of the
road agents.
But wouldn't sit still, whatever
the odds, said his lordship. And no
Englishman would
"Well, my lord, said, 81 hope, for
your sake, then, that you'll never be in
hold up, for / should feel about you
as the runner of locomotive did when
the old lady asked him if it wasn't very
painful to him to run over people. Yes,
madam, he sadly replied There is
nothing that muses. an engine up so. ;"
don't think Miss Cullen liked Lord
Rallies comments on American courage
any better than did, for she said:
Cant you take Lord Rallies and
Captain Ackland into the service of the
X. and A.. Mr.. Gordon, as special
guard?"
1.-THE X. and A. has never had rob-
berry yet, Miss Cullen, replied, "and
] don't think that it ever will have.
why not?" she asked.
explained to her how the canyon of
the Colorado to the north and the dis
lance Of the Mexican border to the south
made escape so almost desperate that
the road agents preferred to devote their
attentions to other routes. 'If we were
boarded, Miss Cullen" said, your