The Advocate and news., 1898-01-05

car My theory Oh aerial bullets won =
do"
1.-THE shells are as hollow as 1 feel,
laughed Miss Cullen.
"Your suggestion reminds me that I
am desperately hungry" said. "Sup-
pose we go back and end the famine. "
Most Of the passengers had long since
returned to their seats or berths, and
Mr.. Cullen's party had apparently done
the same, for 218 showed no signs Of
life. One Of my darkies was awake, and
he broiled steak and made us some
coffee in no time, and just as they were
ready Albert Cullen appeared. So we
made a very jolly little breakfast. He
told me at length the part he and the
Britishers had borne and only made me
marvel the more that any one Of them
was alive, for apparently they had jump
ed off the car without the slightest pre-
caution and had stood grouped together
even after they had called attention to
themselves by Lord Rallies shots. Cul-
len had to confess that he heard the
whistle Of the four bullets unpleasantly
close.
"You have right to be proud, Mr..
Cullen" 1 said "You fellows did a
tremendously plucky thing, and, thanks
to you, we didn't lose anything"
"But you went to help, too, Mr.. Cor
don, said Miss Cullen.
That made me color up, and after a
moments hesitation said:
"I'm not going to sail under false
colors, Miss Cullen. When went for
ward, / didn't think l could do any
thing. 1 supposed whoever had pitched
into the robbers was dead, and / expect
ed to be the same inside Of ten minutes. I"
"Then why did you risk your life, )"
she asked, ''if you thought it was use
leas?"
I laughed, and, though ashamed to
tell it, said, II didn't want you to think
that the Britishers had more pluck than
had.
She took my confession better than ]
hoped she would, laughing with me,
and then said, "Well, that was coura-
geous, after all. "
eyes," Isaid "Iwas frightened into
bravery"
Perhaps if they had known the dam
ger as well as you, they would have
been less courageous, she continued.
And / could have blessed her for the
speech.
While we were still eating, the mail
clerk came to my car and reported that
the most careful search had failed to
discover the three registered letters, and
they had evidently been taken. This
made me feel sober, slight as the prob.
able loss was He told me that his list
showed they were all addressed to Ash
Forks, A. T., making it improbable that
their contents could be Of any real value.
If possible, was more puzzled than
ever.
At 6:10 the runner whistled to show
he had steam up. / told one Of the
brakemen to stay behind and then went
into 2l8. Mr.. Cullen was still dressing,
but I expressed my regrets through the
door that could not go with his party
to the Grand canyon; told him that all
the stage arrangements had been COM
pleted and promised to join him there
in case my luck was good. Then I saw
Frederic for moment to see how he
was (for / had nearly forgotten him in
the excitement), to find that he was
gaining all the time and preparing even
to get up. When I returned to the sa-
loon, the rest Of the party were there,
and said Toodby to the captain and
Albert Then / turned to Lord Rallies,
and, holding out my hand, said:
Lord Rallies, I joked little the
other morning about the way you
thought road agents ought to be treated.
You have turned the joke very neatly
and plnokiE, And Z want 10 apologiaa