The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

sure enough, there were NJ n AIta
Albert and Captain Ackland =, m u
shout at seeing me, and even ,
had reached them they calI lsa !, si
how l could come SO soon sns J, @n y
caught the robbers. Mr.. CSN u
to tell his pleasure at nv ra;oil' I'D
party, but Internationally
and 1T seemed to dawn on al, !. l
the winchester across nv soad,a
cowboys resting nonchalantls a
revolvers in their belts had %.' y
Mr.. Cullen" I said, "rvs y
very unpleasant job on hand l~ sl -
don't want to make any wo,' 'a
need be. Every fact points tov~.
as guilty of holding up The , ,,si.
night and stealing those Letters ;.
ably you weren't all concern,
I've got to go on the assumn,ioa .
you are all guilty till you Urovs ~
wise. F" 'ua
"Aw' you're joking" dravla
bert.
Il hope so, said. "Butfmts., :,
ent I've got to be English and trs,i
joke seriously"
what do you want to do,p -.
Mr.. Cullen.
L don't wish to arrest you peus,,,
unless you force me to, said 49,
don't see that it will do any god
l want you to return to camp with \,
They assented to that, and. N,
file, we rode back. When then, N
each that he must be searched 10 vh
they submitted at once. After That
went through their baggage lv,s
going to have the sheriff or GOWN
tumbling over Miss Cullen's clOtbu
I looked over her bag myself The M
tiness and daintiness of the yariou, n
tents were a revelation to me, and
tried to put them back as nestly \
had found them. But | didnthu
much about the articles, and itvs
terrible job trying to fold up some
the things. Why, there was bigpid
affair, lined with silk, with bits iii
bon and lace all over it, which mead
drove me out of my head, for Ivul
have defied mortal man to pack /.
that it shouldn't muss. had q fund
little feeling of tenderness for eg
thing, which made fussing over II al
pleasure, even while | felt all the It'd
that / was doing Il sneak act and b
really no right to touch her belonging
l didn't find anything incriminatnl
and the posse reported the same rsll
with the other baggage. II the letta
were still in existence, they were eth
concealed somewhere or were in d
possession of the party in the canTut
Telling the sheriff TO keep those in d
camp under absolute surycillmc, ltcI
single man, and, saddling accupsd
mules, started down the trail
We found Frederic and Captain
Hance just dismomting at the Rr
cabin, and 1 told the former he vas
custody for the present and ASKED n
where Miss Cullen and Lord Rl1
were. He told ne they were Just
hind. But I wasn't going TO take q
risks, and, ordering the dcpay 70
after Cullen, / went on down ther1
1 couldn't resist calling back
"How'syourl pira,icn, lirCulel]
He laughed and called, "Di5lia-aP
me On my fees like a flash. Sa
myself, "He's got the most tFaIA
any man in this party" /.
The trail at this point is very vln1
ing, so that enc canrarelysae oOi@.
advance, and sometimes net H. V''1
to this, the first thing hewi pl1l1
round n curve on to a mule, WI.rA y.
patiently standing there Just u1 e,
him was another, on which sai ~ p
Cullen, and, standing close oSy ~ II
was Lord Rallies. One of his hams u
the mules bride, the other held MIs,
arm, and he was saying, "folc''"'
me, and / will have one, or Il La,
/ swore to myself and oouglea ~, n
which made Miss Cullen LOOK Up ~ y
moment she saw me she crlea Iii
Gordon! How delightful even , sI 4
she grew as red as she had DeCn .l rr,, ID
moment before. Lord Rallies Wv"
too, but in different way: ~ c,;s
"Have you caught the roOOen'
I'm afraid 1 have, answered
"What do you mean?' she asA Sos q,
I smiled at the absolute innO''" D"a \
wonder with which she sp c,I,on vi
piled, IT know now, Miss C .,lA pritsl
you said l was drawer than 'D
trs."
"How do you know !, sae d
I couldn't resist getting ID as a,sd h
at Lord Rallies, who had nlOa a."in pDl
mule and sat scowling- Inc S S"Ters
bers were such thoroughgo':ass they b
the trade" I said, thai , u thl
left their names and address sssisr 4
wouldn't have made itmucn s onourh
Americans may not Kno" ~. We a
deal with real road agents W.
do something with amateurs,
fro BE coNTISrED.l r,,,,
The chief proofreader Of , 'nS D u
Times is a Cambridge gi a. OOo; h
has a salary of 81, OOo' Oh W. nOt Only
then, he is a great scho no. !, ali ali aucs
the English language but Uniting ~ Asa'
and other tongues, not ezcep' - and q
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