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

keeping the party cooped mp IN their
car, l drumned up some ponies and took
the CullsIis and Acklind over o. the In
dian ella dwellings l don't think Lord
Rallies gained anything by staying Be-
hind In a sulS, for II was a very jolly
ride, CT AT least that was what II WAS To
me. ] hai 20 tell them al how hul
s,ttlcd on them rs tie criminals To
hear Miss Cullcn talk ONE would have
infCrpd Was the greatest If living de
te,.;ivcs.
The mistake we made, " she said,
twas not securing Mr.. Guulon's help 10
begin with, for then we should never
have needed 10 hold the TRAIN mp, or,
il we had, We should never have been
discovered.
I What Wa more TO me than this i'll
deserved admiration wee two things
she said On the way back when we two
had paired of and were bit bchind the
rest
THE sandwiches and the whisky
were very good, " she told me. And I'm
SO grateful fer the trouble you took ="
1T was pleasure, i said.
And. Mr.. Gordon" she continued,
and then hesitatcd for n moment, my
Frederic told mo that you-you said
/ you hCUorcd me for
81 Lo. " exclaimed encrcDtically as
she paused aud colCrrd
DO you really" she c-.cd. 81
/ Thought Fr, Was only trying to make
me less Uu..&rpy by saying that you
did "
Il said it, and 1 meant It, - told
her.
II have been so miserable over that
lie, " she went on, "Hut | thought if /
let yen have the letters il would ruin
papa really wouldn' t mind poverty
myself, Mr. Gordon, bat hc takes such
pride in success that / couldn't he the
one 10 do it, fought to have known you
would help us. D."
thought this a pretty coed time to
make a real apology for my conduct on
the trail rs well rs to tell her how sorry
WAS ut not having been able to rCpack
her bag better. She accepted my apology
very swcctly and assured me her be-
longings had been put away so neatly
that she had wondered who did it.
knew She only said this out Of kindness
and told her so, telling also of my strug-
giles over that pink bcribhoned and be-
laced affair i'll Il way which made her
laugh. had thought it was ball gown
and wondered at her taking it to the
canyon, but she explained that il was
dressing sack. That made me open my
eyes, thinking that anything so pretty
could be used for the same purposes for
which | use my crash bath gown, and,
while my eyes were open, saw the fol-
ly of thinking that girl who wore such
things C"Il. ever get along on my sal.
airy, In Il t way the incident was
good lesson or me- for 1t made me fol
that even il there had been no Lord
Rallies | still should have had no chance.
On our return to the cars there was q
telegram from the postmaster general
awaiting me. After a glance at it, as
the rest of the party looked anxiously
on, passed it over to Miss Cullen, for
wanted her to have the triumph Of
reading il aloud. 1t said:
Hold letters pending arrival Of Special Agent
Jackson, due in Flagstaff oct. -.
THE election is the 18th" Frederic
laughed, executing war dance on the
platform. THE q. s. s dough is cook.
ed. "
II must waltz with some one" cried |
Modgc, and before l could offer she took
hold Of Albert and the two were whirl- |
ing about, much to my envy. The Gull
lens Were about the most jubilant road |
agents had ever seen.
After consultation with Mr.. Cullen,
we had 2lS and 81 attached to No. 1 |
when it arrived and started for Ash |
Forks. He wanted to be ON the ground |
a day III advance, and l could easily b
back III Flagstaff before the arrival of |
the special agent
l took dinner III 218, and they toasted |
me us if had done something heroic
instead of merely having sent u tele-