CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-11-14

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So ve made a very jolly littie breakfast.
into 2Is. Mr.. Cullen was still dressing.
but 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 / saw
Frederic for a moment to see how he
was (for i had nearly forgotten him in
the excitement), to find that he was
gaining all the time and preparing even
to get up. When / returned to the sa-
loon. the rest of the party were there,
and said goodby to the captain and
Albert Then turned to Lord Rallies.
and, holding out my hand, said:
.'Lord Rallies. joked little the
other morning about the way you
thought road agents ought to be treated
You have turned the joke very neatly
and plnckily, and want to apologize
for myself and thank you for the rail
road =
Neither is necessary" he said air
ily, pretending not 20 see my hand
/ never claimed to have a good tenn
per. and it was all could do to hold
myself in turned to Miss Cullen TO
wish her n pleasant trip, and the thought
that this might be our last meeting
made me forget even Lord Rallies
II hope it isn't goodby, but only au
revoir, she said Whether or no, you
/ mus let Us see you some time in Chi
cas-o. 80 that may show you how CRATE
ful l am for all the pleasure you have
added TO our trip Then, As 1 stepped
down of my platform she leaned over
I the rail of as and said in low voice,
II thought you Were just as brave as
I the rest. Mr.. Gordon, and now 1 think
you are drawer. ="
i turned impulsivcly and said lyon
woula think -, Miss Cullen. If YOU
knew the sacrifice am making Then,
without hooking at her. l gave the sig
nal. the bell rang. and No pulled off.
The Last thing / saw was a handkerchief
waving of the platform of ais.
When the train dropped out of sight
over grade. swallowed the lump in
my throat and went TO the telegraph in
strument l wired Coolidge TO give the
. alarm TO Fort Wingate, Fort Apache,
Fort Thomas. Fort Grant. Fort Bayard
| and Fort Whipple, though / thought the
precaution a merc waste of energy. Then
| sent the brakeman up TO connect the
cut wire.
1.-TWO of the bullets struck up here.
top of the pole.
Yes. sir, he responded. .'The bull
let holes are brand new"
took in the lay of the land the en-
bers of the fire showing me how the
train had lain. II don { wonder nobody
was hit, " exclaimed, ''if that $ a sam
pie of their shooting. Some one was a
worse ratified man than ever expect to
be. Dig the bullets Out, Douglas so that
we can have look at them.
He brought them down in minute,
They proved to be winchesters, as had
expected, for they Were on the side from
which the robbers must have fired
THAT chap must have been full of
Arizona tanglefoot TO have fired as wild
as he did. " l calculated and walked
over towhere the mail car had stood 80
see just how bad the shooting was. When
l got there and faced about, it was real.
ly impossible TO believe any man could.
have done so badly, for raising my own
winchester to the pole put it 20 degrees
out of range and nearly 40 degrees in
the air. Yet there wers the cartridge
shells ON the ground to show that was
in the place from which the shots had
been fircd-
While was still cogitating over this
the special train had ordered out from
Flagstaff came in sight and in few
moments WAS stopped where was L,
consisted of a string of three fats and
a box ear and brought the sheriff, doz-
en- cowboys whom he had sworn in rs
deputies ana their horses Iwss hopeful
thar with these fellows greater skin in
such matters they could iind what l had
not, but after thorough examination
of the ground within mile Of the rob
berry they were as much at fault rs had
been
Them cusses must have dugout
nigh abouts, for they couldn't "a got
away without wings" I" the sheriff sur
missed