Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-23

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iscd their proxies to the G.. S. Rather
than lose the fight we arranged to learn
when those proxies were mailcd-that
t'as what kept me bchind-and then to
hold up the train that carried them. "
WAS it worth the risk" l asked
IF we had succeeded, yes. Ny father
had put more than was safe into Mis-
souri, Western and into California Cen
trail. The &. S. wants control to end the
traffic agreements, and that means bank
ruptcy to my father
nodded, seeing it all as clear az day
and hardly blaming the Cullens for
what they had done, for any one who
has had dealings with the G.. S. is driv-
en- to pretty desperate methods to keep
from being crushed. And when one is
fighting an antagonist that won't regard
the law, or rather one that, through
control of Legislatures and judges, makes
the law to suit its needs, the temptation
Is strong to use the same weapons one
self.
The toughest part Of it is, Fred
went on, THAT we thought we had the
whole thing hands down, and that was
what made my father 60 in SO deep.
Only the death Of one of the NJ. W. di-
rectors, who held s, 900 shares of X. and
A, got us in this hole, for the G. S.
put up n relative to contest the will,
and SO delayed the obtaining of letters
of administration, blocking his eHeou-
tors from giving proxy. 1t was as
mean trick as ever was played.
The G. S is tough customer to
fight, " I said, and asked, "Why didn't
you burn the letters?" really wishing
they had done so.
1--WE feared duplicate proxies might
get through in time and thought that
by keeping these we might cook ND a
question as to which We're legal, and
then by injunction prevent the use of
either.
"And those Englishmen, II asked,
"arc they rcal?"
ooh, certainly" he said. "Thoy
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
Britishcrs at the right moment, the dis
gulsCs assumed, and the train held up,
as already told. OF course the dynamite
cartridge was only blind, and the let
tiers 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 crcpt back to where they had
stood Here, as had been arranged, they
opened fire, which Albert Cullen duly
returned, and tt IN Joined them. II
don't see now how you spotted us,
Frederic ended.
told 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 a general shout of laughter.
Even Miss Cullen had to laugh for o
moment. And as his lordship bolted for
his tent l said to myself, "Honors are
even. :"
l told the sheriff that had recovered
the lost property, but did not think any
arrests nece' jary as yet. And as he was
the agent of tho X. 81 A. at Flagstaff he