CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-12-12
CHAPTER XII.
An EYENINa In IAI

Before my IDEAS mao 0aQ time TO
straighten themselves out l was lifted
to my feet and half pushed, half lifted.
TO the station platform Camp was al
ready there, and as / took this fact in
saw Frederic and his lorciship pulled
through the doorway of my car by the
cowboys and dragged ont on the plat
form beside me. The reports We're now
in Lord Rallies hands
That's what we want. boys, cried
Camp, "those letters.
Take your hands off me-, said Lord
Rallies coolly. land I'll give them to
you"
The men who had hold of his arms
let go of him, and quick as a fash
Rallies tore the papers in two. He tried
10 tear them once more, but before he
could do so half dozen men We're hold
ing him and the papers were forced out
of his hands. Albert Cullen-for all of
them We're ON the platform of 2Is by
this time-shuuted, We'll done,
Rallesi' quite forgetting in the excite
nent OF the moment his English accent
and drawl. Apparently Camp didn't
agree with him, fer be ripped out
string Of oatlis which he impartially di-
vided among Rallies, the cowboys and
myself | was decidedly sorry that ]
hadn't given the real letters. for his
lordship apparI ntly had no scruple about
destroying them. and l knew few men
whom ! would have seeLI behind prison
bars with as little personal regret
However. no one had apparently paid the
slightest attention to the pony, and the
probabilities were that he was already
headed for Baldwin's ranch. with no
likelihood cf his stopping till he reached
home. At least that was what hoped.
but there We're a lot of ponies standing
about, and. not knowing the markings
of the one / had ridden. wasn't able
to tell whether he might not lie among
them
Just as the fragments of the papers
Were passed over TO Mr.. Camp he was
Joined by Baldwin ana the judge, and
Camp held the torn pieces up to them.
saying:
They've torn the proxies in two
Don't lat that trouble you, said the
judge. Make an affidavit before ne,
rciting the manner in which they weIc
destroyed. and I'll grant you a man
damus compelling the dirctors to ac-
cepf them as bona fide proxies Let me
-, how much injaned they are -
Camp unfoldcd the papers and /
chucklad to myself at the look OF sur
prise that ovciSprsad his face as he took
il the fact that they were nothing but
section reports And. though ! don
like GUS words. i have to acknowledge
that enjoyed the two or three that he
promptly elaculated-
When the first surprise Of the trio was
over, they called ON the sheriff. who ar
rived opp r;unely, TO take us into VI AID
search the three of US. a prooee,.ing that
puzzled Fred and his lorSiship not Il lit
tie. for they weren't on TO the fact that
the letters hadn't been recovered pre-
sumo the latter will some day write
book dwelling ON the favoriie theme Of
the foreigncr-that there is mo pers, n:l
privacy in America The running
marks as the search was maoe seemed
to open Fred's eyes. for he looked At liie
with puzz!cd air. hut l winkcd and
frowncd at him. and he put his face in
orier
When the papers were not found on
any of us Camp and Baldwin both
nearly went demented- Baldwin sug
ses'ed that had never mao the papers,
put Camp argued that Fred or LORD
Rallies must have hidden them IN The
car in spite Of the fact that the cowboys
VINO mad caught them INSISTED that 'heS
conidn have had inne to hide the pa
pors ANYWAY 'hey spent AN hour IN ier-
reting about in my car, and even search
ed my two darkics ON the possibility
TINT tile frllp letters had hs.pn nasSeti ON
TO Them :.
whiie they Were engaged IN this l
was trying TO think out some way OF