The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-18

So NC made q pery jolly little blenhIast.
into 21S. Mr..Cullen was still dressing
but I EXPRESSED my regrets through til,
door that could not 10 with his part,
to the Grand canyon; told him that al
the stage arrangements had been com
pletod and promised to JON him there
in case my luck was gootl. Then I saw
Frederic for a moment 10 see how ht
was (for I had nearly forgotten him j,
the excitement), to find that he was
gaining all the time and prepal ing ever
to get up. When ! returned to the Sd,
loon, the rest Of the party were there,
and I said goodby to the captain and
Albert. Then turned to Lord Rallies,
and, holding out my hand, said:
Lord Rallies, 4 joAed &, little the
other morning about tho way yea
thought road agents ought to he treated.
You have turned til" joke " y y
and pluf-ily, and 7 want to ;ro.o 70
for myself and thank you for ,}e r:.il-
road. "
Neither is necessary, he Sid air
lily, pTFGend.ny not to $50 my Ia I.
never claimcd TO have IL G,t.l tenn
per. AMI il was all ] cnuld do TO io.d
myself in. turned to Hiss Ca.ltn to
wish her apleasant "trip, ind the taou~ht
that this might hr cur last meeting
made mo forget even Lord Rallies.
i hope it isn't goodby, but only III
revoir, shc said. "Nhether or no, you
must let us see you some time il Chi
cago, SO that may show you how CRATE
full / am for all the pleasure you have
added to onr trip Then, as I ST poed
down off my platform, she leaned over
the rail Of 2lS and said in low W .ee,
Tie Test rest mr.. &c otr;0iui, and now think
you are Drawer. " A..
I turned impulsirtly and said, "You
would think so, NJ 50 Cullcu, if you
knew the sacrifice am Making" Tim,
without looking at her. gave the sg-
nal, the bell rang, a,d No. 3 pulled on.
Tho last thing saw Ks IL handkerchief
waving'off he platform Of 2lS.
When the tram dropped out of sight
over grade, Swallowed the lump in
my throat and won't 10 the telegraph in
strument. I wil"i Coolidge to give tho
alarm to Fort Miu+ate, Fort Apache,
Fort Thomas, Fort Grant, Fort BIyard
and Fort Wh.pplo, though l thought the
precautiou M 10 waste Of energy. Then
| sent the brakeman up to connect the
cut wire.
1.-TWO Of tho bullets struck up here,
Mr.. Goldon.' the lnan called from tho
top of the pole
"Sulply not - exclaimed.
eyes, sir he responded. "The bull
let holes are brand new"
I took i'll the lay of the land, the en-
bcrs of the fire showing mo how the
train had lain. II don't wondcr nobody
was hit" 7 exclaimed, ''if that s SAM
pie of their shooting Some one was
worse ratified man than I ever cxpcct'to
be. Dig the bullets out, Douglas, so that
VIC can have Il look at them"
He brought them down in minute.
They proved to be wincht sters, as ! had
expected, for hey were on the side from
which the robbers must have fired
"That chap must have been full of
Arizona tangletoot to have fired as wild
as he did, | cj~tulated and walked
over towhere tho mail car had stood to
soc Just how bad the shooting was. When
got Their" and faced ABOUT, it was real
ly impossible to lclicve any man could
have done SO badly, for raising my own
winchester to the pole put it 20 degrees
out of range and nearly 40 degrees in
the air. Yet these were the cartridge
shells on the ground to showthat I was
in the place from which the shots had
been fired.
While l was still cogitating over this
the special train I had ordered out from
Flagstaff came in sight ind in u few
moments was stopped where I was. It
consisted Of string of three flats and
a box car and brought the sheriff, Il t.oz-
en- cowboys whom he had sworn i'll as
deputies and their horses Twas hopeful
that with these fellows greater skill in
such matters they could find what had
nov, hui aftor Il thorough examination
of the ground within mile Of the rob-
berry they We're as much at fault as had
been.
"Them cusses must have a dugout
nigh ahouts, for they couldn't ~ got
away without WINGS the sheriff sur
uiSed.
I didn't put much stock i'll that idea
and told the sheriff so.
"Waal, round up better one, " was
his retcrt
Not being able to do that, told him
Of the bullets i'll tho telegraph pole and
took him over to where tic mail Car
had stood.
N"Jcrusalcm crickcts" was his COM
mcnt az he measured the aim. IF that's
where they put two of their pills, they
must have pumped the other four inter
the moon"
"What other fol1r?' I asked
"Sllotsl'' he replied sententiously.
"The road agents only fired four
times" I told him.
"Them and your pards mnst have
been pretty nigh together for minute,
them" he said, pointing to the ground
/ glanced down, and, sure enough,
there were six empty cartridge shells |
stood looking blankly at them, hardly
able to believe what saw, for Albert
Cullen had said distinctly that the train
robber: had fired only four times, and
that the last three winchester shots I
had heard had been fired by himself
Then. without speaking, I walked slow