Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-10

"are they real?"
"Oh, certainly" he said. 'They
were visiting my brother and thought
the whole thing great larks. Then he
told me how the thing had been done.
They had sent Miss Cullen to my car so
as to get me out of the way, though she
hadn't known it. Then he and his
brother got off the train at the last stop,
with the guns and masks, and concealed
themselves on the platform of the mail
Car. Here they had been Joined by the
Britishers at the right moment, the dis
guises assumed, and the train held up,
as already told. Of course the dynamite
cartridge was only blind, and the let
ters had been thrown about the car
merely to confuse the clerk. Then, while
Frederic Cullen, with the letters, had
stolen back to the car the two English
men had crept back to where they had
stood. Here, as had been arranged, they
opened fire, which Albert Cullen duly
returned, and t. III Joined them. II
don't see now how you spotted us, ="
Frederic ended.
Itold him, and his disgust was anus
ing to see. "Going to Oxford may be
all right for the classics, he grow led,
"but it's destructive to gumption.
We rode into camp pretty gloomy
crowd, and those of the party waiting
for us there were not much better. But
when Lord Rallies dismounted and
showed up in his substitute for trousers
there was general shout Of laughter.
Even Miss Cullen had to laugh for a
moment. And as his lordship bolted for
his tent I said to myself, "Honors are
even.
I told the sheriff that I had recovered
the lost property, but did not think any
arrests necessary as yet. And as he was
the agent of the z. & A. at Flagstaff he
didn't question my opinion. I ordered
the stage out and told Tolfree to give us
feed before we started. But more
silent meal I never sat down to- and l
noticed that Miss Cullen didn't eat any
thing, while the tragic look on her face
was so pathetic as nearly to drive me
frantic.
We started a little after and were
clear of the timber before it was too dark
to see. At the relay station we waited an
hour for the moon, after which it was q
clear track. We reached the half way
ranch about IL, and while changing the
stage horses reused Mrs. Klostermeyer
and succeeded in getting enough cold
mutton and bread to make two rather
decent looking sandwiches. With these
and glass of whisky and water, I went
to the stage, to find Miss Cullen curled
up on the seat asleep, her head resting
in her brothers arms.
"She has nearly worried herself to
death ever since you told her that road
agents were hung" Frederic whispered,
land she's been crying tonight over
that lie she told you, and, altogether,
she's worn out with travel and excite
ment."
screwed the cover on the travelling
glass and put it with the sandwiches in
the bottom of the stage. "It' 's,a long
and rough ride" said, ";lnd if she
wakes up they may give her a little
strength. I only wish I could have
spared her the fatigue and anxiety"
"She thought she had to lie for IA
theirs sake, but she's nearly broken
hearted over it,, he continued.
looked Frederic in the face and said,
II honor her for it," and in that mo-
mcnt he and became friends
"Just sec how pretty she is'' he said,
with evident affection and pride, turn
ing back the flap of the rug in which
she was wrapped.
She was breathing gently, and there
was just that touch of WEAKNESS and
sadness in her face that would appeal to
any man. It made me gulp, I'm proud
to say. And when was back on my
pony, I said to myself, For her sake,
I'll pull the Cullens out Of this scrape
if it costs me my position.