CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-11-14
CHAPTER v.
A TRIP TO THE GRAND CANYON.


CHAPTER V.
TRIP TO THE GRAND CANYON
1 stood pondering, for no explanation
that would fit the facts seemed possible
1 should have considered the young fel-
lows story only an attempt to gain
little reputation for pluck if in any way
1 could have accounted for the appear
ance and disappearance OF the robbers
Yet to suppose-which seemed the only
other horn to the dilemma-that the son
and guests of the vice president of the
Missouri Western and one of our own
directors would be concerned in train
robbery was to believe something equal
" improbable. Indeed l should have
put the whole thing down AS a practical
Joke of Mr.. Cullen's party if it had not
been for the loss of the registered let
ters Even a practical joker would hard
" care to go to the length of cutting
open government mail pouches, for I'm
Gle Sam doesa t approve Of snch conduct
Whatever the explanation. had
enough facts to prevent me from vast
ing more time en- that alkaii plain
Getting the men and horses beck on to
the cars. l jumped up on the taiiboard
and ordered the runner to pull out for
Flagstaff II was run of seven hours.
getting Us in h,t.e after S, and in
those hours had done lot Of thinking.
which had all come to one result-that
Mr.. Cnllen's party was concerned in the
hold up
The two private cars We're on a siding.
but the Cullens had left for the Grand
canyon the moment hey had arrived
and were about reaching there by this
time. / went to 2ls and questioned the
cook and waiter. but they either had
seen nothing or else had been primed.
for not fact did l get from them Go
ing 20 my own car. l ordered = quick
supper. ana while / was eating it ques-
toned my boy. be told me that he had
heard the shots and had bolted the front
door of my car, rs had ordered when 1
Went out; that as he turned to go to a
safer place he had seen u man. revolver
in hand. climb over the offside gate of
Mr.. Cullen's car, and for moment he
had supposed it a road agent till he saw
that it WAS Albert Cullen
That was just after had got OFF,
asked
"Yis. ss,h-
Then it couldn't have been Mr.. Cul-
len. Jim, declared. for found him
up at the other end Of the car -
Tell You il wuz, Mr.. Gordon. - Jim
insisted Il done seen his face cl'ar in
de light, and he done 20 into Mr. Cul-
lens car, whar de old gentleman wuz
sittin.
That set me whistling to myself, and
l laughed to think how near had come
IN.
was only shanming heart failure. for
that it was Frederic Cullen who had
climbed ON the car hadn the slight
est doubt. the resemblance between the
two brothers being quite strung enough
to deceive any one who had never seen
them together. smiled little and re-
marked TO myself: Il think can make
good my boast that l would catch the
robbers, but whether the Cullens will
like my doing it l question. What is
more, Lord Rallies will owe me bot
tie ;" Then l thought Of Madge and
didn't feel as pleased over my success as
had felt moment before
BY o'clock the posse and were in
the saddle and skirting the sam Fran
cisco peaks There was no use of press
ing the ponies, for our game wasn't
trying TO escape. and. for that matter.
couldn't, as the Colorado river wasn't
passable. Ii was a lovely moonlight
night. and the ride through the pines
was as pretty a one rs l renember ever
to have made. Ii set me thinking Of
Madge and of our talk the evening be-
fore and of what change "a hours had
brought Ii was lucky was riding an
Indian pony, CT shocld probably have
landed in heap. l don't know that 1
should have cared particularly if prai-
rie dog burrow had made me dash my
brains out, fer wasn't happy over the
job that lay before me.
We watered at Silver Spring ut quar-
ter past IL From that point we were
lear of the pines and ont ON the plain.
40 we could go a better pace. This
trought us to the half way ranch by ?,
where we gave the ponies u feed and an
hours rest. We reached Il last relay
station js.st a. the moon set, about $40