CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-10-31
CHAPTER II.
N HOIpINn uP on nvFRIANp so.

evening. ] a. cnce ordered 81 and 2Is
on To the connecting trim, and in an
hour We were back on the main line
While waiting for the overland TO ar
riye. Mr., Cullen asked me TO do some
thing which, as it later proved to have
considerable bearing on the events of
thnt night, is worth mentioning, trivial
~ It scc1as When ! had first joined
the TErty, had given orders for 81 70
u Liclzeil in between the main siring
.'isd their SPECIAL 80 - not TO epriye
The occupants of els Of the view fronl
their observation sainCa and balcony
platform. Mr.. Ccllen came to me now
and asked ne 10 reverse the arrange
men. and make my CIR the tail end /
was giving orders for the splitting and
kicking in when No. arrived. and
thus did nos see the greeting If Frederic
CullHn aud his family. When joined
them. his father told me that the high
aifituic had knocked his son up, 70 that
he hii lad to BE- helped from the or.
dinsry sleeper TO the special ard had
,,one TO led inm diately Out west we
have 10 know something of medicine,
and my car had It's chest Of drugs So /
to- sc:ne tablets and went into lis
statrrpoIn-
Frcdoric was like his brother in ap-
pearmce. though no; in manner, having
a quick. alert way. He was breathing
with such difficulty that / was almost
tempted to give him nitroglyoerin. in
stead of strychnine, but he ssid he
would be all night as soon as he became
accustomed to the rareficd air, quite
poohpoohing my suggestion that he
take No. back to Trinidad And while
l WIS still urging the train started
leaving him the vials of digitalis and
strychninc. therefore, / went back and
9ined solus on my own car. indulging
1t the end in a cigar the smoke Of
which would keep turning into pictures
of Miss Cullen / have thought about
.ho~e pictures since then and have con-
cluded that when cigar smoke behaves
hike that man might as well read his
destiny in il. for it can mean only one
thing
After enjoying the combination 1
went to No. 2is to have n look at the
son and found that the heart tonics had
benefited him considerably. On leaving
him Went to the dining rcuin. where
the rst Of the party were still at din
ner. TO ask that the invalid have a
strong cup of coffee. and after deliver
ing my request Mr.. Cullen asked me TO
Join them in a cigar. This did gladly,
for cigar and Miss Cullen's society
were even pleasanter than a cigar and
Miss Cullen's pictures because the pic
ture- never quite did her justice, and
besides didn't talk
Our smoke finished. we went back to
the saloon. where the gentlemen sat
down TO poker. which Lord Rallies had
jus; learned and liked They did not
ask me to take hand. for which was
grateful. as the salary of a railroad su-
Pcrintendent would hardly stand the
game they probably played And had
my compensation when Miss Cullen
also was not asked to join them. She
said she was going to watch the moon
light on the mountains from the plat
form and opened the door to go out,
finding for the first time that No 81
was the 'icnder." In her disappoint-
ment she protested against this and
wanted to know the why and wherefore
Madge," Mr.. Cullen explained And
then we shan't have the rear end man
in our car at night
But l don't mind the motion,
urged Miss Cullen. land the fiagnan is
there only after we are all in our
rooms Please leave us the view"
II prefer the present arrangement.
Matirc." said Mr.. Cullen in a very
positive voice.
was so sorry for Miss Cullen's dis
appointment that, on impulse, l said.
The platform Of 81 is entirely at your
service, Miss Cullen The moment il
was out realized that / ought not to
have said it and that l deserved re-
buke for supposing she would use my
car
Miss Cullen took il better than /
hoped for and was declining the offer
as kindly as my intention had been in
making IL when, much to my astonish-
mcnt. her father said:
BY all means. Madge. That relieves
us OF the discomfort of being the last
car, and yet lets you have tine scenery
and moonlight "
Miss Cullen looked at her father for
u moment as II not believing what she
had heard Lord Rallies scowlcd and
opened his mouth to say something but
checked himself and only flung his dis
card down as if he hated the cards
THINK you, papa : said Miss Cul
len. ''But l think l Will watch you
play"
"Now. Madge. don't be foolish. "
said Mr.. Cullen irritahly "You might
just US well have tho pleasure, and
you'll only disturb the game il you stay
here,
Miss Cullen leaned over and whisper
ed something. and her father answered
her. Lord Rallies must have heard, for
he muttcred something which made