Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-16
nv hand. sud:

ana, nNIClng out my hand, sand:
"Lnrd Rallies, jokcd little tn,
other morning about the way yor
Thought road agents ought TO be treated
You have turned the Joke very neatly
and pluCkily. AID / want to apologize,
for myself and thank you for the rail.
roa1
Neither is necessary, he said mir.
lily, pretending not TO see my hand.
never claimed to have a good tom
per, and it was all could do to hold
myself in. l turned to Miss Cullen to
wish her Il pleasant trip, and the thought
that this right be our last meeting
made me forget even Lord Rallies
Il hope it isn't goodby, but only au
revoir, " she said whether or no, YOU
must let Us see you some time in Chi
cago, so that l may show you how CRATE
! ful | am for all the pleasure yCu have
added TO our trip" Then, us l stepped
down off my platform, she leaned over
the rail Of 2lS and said in low voice,
Il thought you were Just as brave as
the rest, Mr. Gordon, and now | think
you are Drawer
turned illpulsivcly and said lyon
would think 50, Miss Cullen, if you
knew the sac"ifice am making" Then,
without looking at her, gave the sig
nal, the bell rang, and No pulled off
The last thing saw was Il handkerchief
waving off the platform of 21S.
When the train dropped out of sight
over grade, l swallowed the lump in
my throat and to the telegraph III
strument. / wired Coolidge to give the
alarm to Fort Wingate, Fort Apache,
Fort Thomas, Fort Grant, Fort Bayard
and Fort WhipPle, though thought the
precaution mere waste of energy. Then
l sent the brakeman up to connect the
cut wire.
1.-Two of the bullets struck up here,
Mr.. Gordon" the man called from the
top Of the pole.
Surely not!'' I exclaimed
YES. sir, ;" he responded 1.-THE bull
let holes are brand new"
l took i'll the lay of the land, the en-
bers Of the fire showing me how the
train had lain. Il don t wonder nobody
was hit, | exclaimed, "if that's sam
pie Of their shooting. Some one was a
worse ratified man than l ever expect 70
be. Dig the bullets out, Douglas, so that
we can have look at them"
He brought them down in minute.
They proved to be winchestcrs as had |
expected, for they were on the side from
which the robbers must have fired
THAT CHIP must have been full of
Arizona tanglefoot to have fired as wild
as he did, " l calculated and walked
over to where the mail car had stood to
see just how bad the shooting was. When
| got there and faced about, it was real
y impossible to believe any man could
have done so badly, for raising my own
to the pole put it 20 degrees
out of range and nearly 40 degrees in
he air. Yet there were the cartridge
shells on the ground to show that was
n the place from which the shots had
oecn fired
While was still cogitating over this
he special train had ordered out from
Flagstaff came i'll sight and in a few
moments was stopped where was 1t
Of string Of three flats and
box car and brought the sheriff, doz-
n cowboys whom he had sworn in as
deputies and their horses. Twas honeful
hat with these fellows greater skill in
uch matters they could find what had
lot, but after thorough examination
# the ground within mile of the rob
ery they were as much at fault as had
cen.
Them cusscs must have q dugout
Ugh abouts, for they couldn't "a got
way without wings" the sheriff sur
used.