CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-11-07

of time, the road agents being always
careful to break the liIss- / told .
brakeman TO climb the pole and cut
wire While he was struggling up, Miss
Cullen joined me.
do you really expect to catch
them:" she asked
~ shouldn't like to be one of them.
! replied
But how can you do it?''
You could understand better, Miss
Cullen. if you knew this country You
see every bit of water is in use by
ranches, and those fellows cant go more
than so miles without watering. So we
shall have word of them, wherever they
go.
Lime cut, Mr.. Gordon, ~ came from
overhead at this point, making Miss
Cullen jump with surprise.
What was that:' she asked
/ explained to her, and after making
connections, / called Sanders Much to
my surprise. the agent responded 1
was so astonished that for a moment /
could not believe the fact.
This is the queerest hold up of which
l ever heard : said to Miss Cullen
law, in what respect asked Albert
, Cullen's voice. and. looking up, found
that he and quite a nu t,r pf the pas
sengcrs had Joined us
THE road agents make US dump our
fire, said. land yet they haven't cut
the wires in either direction l can't see
how they can escape us
| What funi'' cried Miss Cullen
Il don't see what difference either
makes in their chance of escaping, said
Lord Rallies
While he was speaking licked of
the news of oar being held up and asked
the agent if there had been any men
about Sanders or If he had seen any one
board the train there His answer was
positive that no one could have done so,
and that settled it as to Sanders. l asked
the same questions of Allantown and
wingafe. which We're the only places we
had stopped at after leaving Coolidge,
getting the same answers. That eight
men coald have remained concealed on
any of the platforms from that point
was impossible, and / began to suspect
magic Then called Coolidge and told
of the Lold up. after which l telegraphed
the agent at Navajo Springs to notify
the commander at Fort Defiance. for
suspected the road agents would make
for the Navajo reservation Finally
called Flagstaff rs l had Coolidge. di-
rected that the authorities ie notified Of
the facts and ordered n special TO bring
out the shf riff and posse.
Il don't Think said Miss Cullen.
that ] am bit more curious than most
people. bat if has nearly made me fran
tic to have You fick away on that little
machine and hear it tick back and not
understand a word "
After that 1 had to tell her what /
had said and learned
How clever of you to think of count
ing the tickets and finding out where
people got on and off l never should
have thought of either" she said
1T hasn't helped me much. y l laugh
ed rather grimly, except to eliminate
every possible clew.''
"They probably did steal on at one of
the stops. said a passenger.
shook my head. There isn't stick
] of timber nor n place of concealment ON
these alkali plains, replied, land it
was bright moonlight till an hour ago
1t would be hard enough for one man
10 get within a mile Of the station with
out being seen, and it would be impossi-
| BILE for seven or eight
"How do you know the numbers''
asked passenger.
II DON'T said That's the num-
Der the crew think there We're but /
myself don't believe it. !"
why don't you believe the men:"
asked Miss Cullen
| First, because there is always tend
ency to magnify, and. next. because
the road agents ran away 50 quickly"
| Il counted at least seven. " said Lord
Rallies
We'll. Lord Rallies said. II don {
want to dispute your cyesight, but if
they had been that strong they would
never have bolted, and if you want to
lay bottle of wine I'll wager that
when 1 catch those chaps we Il find there
weren't more than three or four of
/ them.
| "Doner' said he.
Leaving the group. l went forward to
get the report of the mail agent. He had
put things to rights and told me that.
though the mail had been pretty badly
mixed mp. only one pouch at worst had
been rifled This the one for registered
mail, had been cut open; hut, as if to
increase the mystery, the letters had
been scattered. unopened. about the car,
only thrce cut Of the whole being miss.
! ing. and those very probably had fall
On into the pigeonholes and would be
found on n rnore careful search.
confess breathed easier to think
that the road agents had got away with
nothing. and was so pleased that went
back TO the wine TO send the news Of it
that the fact might be included in the
press dispatches, The moon had set, and
it was so dark that had some difficulty