San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-14

land. The son was a Junior copy of
his father, tall and fine looking; but in
place of the frank and easy manner of
his sire, he was so very English that
most people would have sworn falsely
as TO his native land. Lord Rallies was
little, well built chap, not half so
English as Albert Cullen, quick i'll man
ner and thought, being i'll this the OPP.
posite of his brother Captain Ackland,
who was heavy enough to rock ballast a
roadbed. Both brothers gave me the
impression of being gentlemen, and
both We're decidedly good looking.
After the introductions Mr.. Cullen
said we would not wait, and his remark
called my attention to the fact that
there was one more place at the table
than there were people assembled. l
had barely noted this when my host
said, Here's the truant, and, turning,
l faced n lady who had just entered.
Mr. Cullen said, "Madge, let me intro
duce Mr.. Gordon to you" My bow was
made to girl of about 20, with light
brown hair the bluest of eyes, fresh
skin and fine figure, dressed so nattily
as to 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 all sat down.
1t was 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 conclusion
that Lord Rallies was in 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 n lucky beg
gar, feeling, confess a little pang that
a 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 easterners, seemed to take great
interest i'll it and had any quantity of
questions to ask me.
I've left all my jewelry behind ex-
cept my watch" she said, land that /
hide every night. So really hope Wen
be held up, it would be such an advCn-
ture."
"There isn't any chance of it, Miss
Cullen, l told her, land if we We're,
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 watches?' she demanded,
1 told her no and explained that the
express and mail cars We're the only
ones to which the road agents paid any
attention. She wanted to know the way
it was done; so described to her how
sometimes the train was tagged by a
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
lions, 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 rs l knew about, and, though
l had never been concerned i'll any, l
was able to describe several, which, as
they We're monotonOusly alike, confess
cOlOred up bit here and there, i'll an
attempt to make them interesting to
her l seemed to succeed, for she kept
the subject going even after we had left
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in the observation saloon. Lord Rallies
had a 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 have double express with |
us, and do you think we'd sit still i'll
our seats? No. Hang me if we wouldn't |
pot somethingH
"You might" laughed, a little |
nettled, l confess, by his speech, 'but
I'm afraid it would be yourselves.
Jaw, you fancy resistance impossi-
ble?" drawled Albert Cullen.
1T has been tried, " answered, land
without success You can see it's like |
all SurprlSeS-One size Is prepared De-
fore the other side knows there is dam
ger. Without regard to relative num-
bers, the odds are all i'll favor of the
road agents. "
But l wouldn't sit still, whatever
the odds, " said his lordship. And no
Englishman would.
well, my lord, said, Il hope, for
your sake, then, that you'll never be in
a hold up, for 1 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
that muses. an engine up so. >"
/ don't Nink Miss Cullen liked Lord
cohlgnents. on American courage
any better nan did, for she said: