Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-30

TpdCCCd the postmaster general 5
telegram and read it TO him.
"Nhv. his j. mfamuusI' Mr.. Camp
cried. what use viii those NttCrs 10
after thu .Ot': It's conspiracy"
Il can only obey instructions, l
said.
ut shall cost yen your position il
yen 10, " NJ. Camp Threatened
Asl've already said, haven { q good
temper, md whrn he told me that l
couldn't help r-tOrting:
That's qaitc on 4 par with most c.
S. IN thuGs.
nm rot speaking for TIE G. S,
young man, " said Nh Comp. Il spc,k
as Il direct Of t&r Ea,s,- AND -t:i2n l.
What j. MOI, will have IL, .ottors
inside of - hours
He mate n angry exit. and / said 70
Fred: Il " 4 you would stroll about
and spy out he proceedings of the enc
my's camp. lie may telegraph TO wash
inCton. ard Il there's any chance Of the
postmaster neral revolving his order |
must 20 In =. to flagstaff on No. this
afternoon.
"Hc shan't do anything that I don't
know about till he gees to bed, Fred
promised. But low tie deuce did he
know that you had those lottcrs?'
That was jGst what we were all puz-
cling over, for only the occupants of No,
2IS and myself, 50 far Us | knew, were
in position to Let Mr., Camp hear Of
that fact
As Fred made his exit he said,
Don't tell Madgc that there Is Il rcw
complication, for the dear girl has Lad
worries cHouGh already"
Miss Cullen not rrjoininG us, and
Lord Rallies presently doing so, went
to my own car for he and were not
good furniture for the same room. Be
fore l had been there long Fred came
rushing in.
Camp AND Baldwin have been in
consultation with a lawyer he said,
lard now the three have just boarded
those cars, pointing out tic window
at the branch line train that was to
leave for PhCuiX III two minutes.
"You mus go with thcm,' urged,
land keep Us informed as to what they
do, for they evidently are going to set
the law on Is, and the c. S. has always
owned the territorial judges, so they'll
stretch point to obligc them. "
Have l time to ill a bag"
"Plenty,' | answered him, and, GO
ing out. / ordered the train held till
sLouId give the wclL
what does it all mean" asked Miss
Gallon, joining ne.
l laughed and replied, I'm holding
up train all by my lonesome, y
But my brother came dashing in
just now and said he was Starting for
PhCnix"
Let her go, l called to the con
ductor, Us Fred jumped aboard and the
train pulled out.
Il hope there's nothing wrong?"
Madge questioned UnXiously.
Nothing to worry over" laughed.
"Only little more fun for our money.
By the way, Miss Cullen" ! went on,
to avoid her questions, IF you have
your letters ready and will let me have
them at once, can get them on No. 4. y
Miss Cullon blushcd as if l had said
something ought not to have and stam-
mcred, IL didn't write them, after
all"
II beg your pardon, said, thinking
what Ounce had been not to under
stand that the letters of both herself
and Lord Rallies had been only prctext
to got away from the rest Of Us.
My apology and evident Cmbarrass-
mcnt dccpcncd Miss Cullcn's blush five,
fold, and she said hurriedly, II found
was tired, and 50, instead Of writing,
went to my room and rested. "
suppose any girl would have invent
ed the same yarn, yet it hurt me more
than the bigger one she had told or
Hance's trail Small as the incident
was, it made me very blue and led Inc
to shut myself up in my own car fol
the rest of that afternoon and evening
Indeed, l couldn't sleep but sat NJ
working quite forgctful Of the passing
hours, till glance at my watch startled
me with the fact that it was a quartol
Of 2. Feeling like anything more thar
sleep, went out ON tho platform, and
lighting cigar, paced up and down
thinking of-woll, thinking.
The hight agent was sitting i'll thu
station, nodding, and after l had walked
for an hour | went III to ask him if tn,
train to Phcnix had arrived ON time. a
T n,Np,,D1 +hn Inn, tl,n FOL net,
mont began clicking and called Asl
Forks. Tho man, with the curious abil
ity that operators get of recognizing
their own call, even III sleep, walked VI
instantly and responded, and, not wish
ing to interrupt him. delayed ask3nI
my question till he should be free.
stood there thinking Of Nadge, an,
listening hCCdlessly as the instrumen
licked off the cipher signature Of til
\ sending operator, and tie "24 paid.
But as heard the clicks 49,. So.
which meant phi, suddenly became at
tcntive, and when it completed Pheni
: l concluded Fred was wiring me an
listened for what followed the date
| This is what the instrument licked:
=. =. = &c.
l = 80 - - ''' : 80 =
Q - = - = =. -
'''' 90 : - -. 49,
=. - =.
= = 49, E. -. =.
..... 49,. . e, =. -. ..,.. :. . .....
- E. = :.
go -