CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-11-14
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But she declined TO do so, saying sne
wanted to know what l was going to
Telegraph And he left us, for which
wasn't so,1y told her of the good
new had to send, and she wanted to
know if now we would try to catch the
road agents set her mind at rest on
that score.
Il think they'll give US very little
froable TO bag added. for they are
so green that it's almost pitiful "
In not cutting the wiresi" she asked
''In everything - replied But the
worst botch is their waiting till we had
just passed the Arizona line II they had
held us up an hour earlier, it would only
have been states prison"
And what will it be now?''
Hanging
WHAT" cried Miss Cullen.
I'm New Mexico train robbing is not
capital, bat in Arizona it is. told her.
And if you catch them they'll be
hun2:' she asked
Yes"
THAI seems very hard F"
The first signs Of dawn were begin
ming co show by this time, and as the
sky hrightene 1 told Miss Cullen that 1
was going to look for the trail of the
fugitives. She said she would walk with
me, II not in the way, and my assurance
was very positive on that point. And
here l want to remark that it's saying n
god deal if a girl can be up all night
in such excitement and still hook fresh
and pretty, and that she did.
ordered the crew TO look about, and
then began big circle around the train
Finding nothing. swung bigger one.
larger third Not a trace of foot or hoof
within half mile of the cars, had
heard of blankets laid down to conceal a
trail of swathed feet. even of leathern
horse boots with cattle hoofs ON the bot
tom. but none of these could have been
used for such = distance. let alone the
entire ahsenre Of any signs of a place
where the horses had been hobbled- Re
turning TO the train. the rcport of the
men was the same.
We've ghost road agents TO deal
with. Miss Cullen. laughed They
coune FROM nowhere. bullets touch them
not, their lead hurts nobody. they take
nothing. and they disappear without
touching the ground =
How curious ii is,'' She exclaimed
'-one would almost suppose 1T a dream =
--Hold ON. A" said I'VE do have some
thing tangible. for if they disappeared
they left their shells behind them -
And I pointed TO some cartridge shells
that lay ON the ground beside the mail
car my theory Of aerial bullets won't
do.
\
Laughed Miss Cullen
"Your suggestion reminds me that
am desperately hungry. . l said Sup
pose we go back and end the famine. y
Most of the passengers had long since
returned to their seats or bcrths, and
Mr.. Cullen's party had apparently done
the same for 2ls showed no signs of
life. One of my darkies was awake, and
he hrpilcd steak and made us some
coffee in no time, and just as they were
ready Albert Cullen appeared So we
made a very jolly little breakfast he
told me Mt length the part he and the
Britishers had borne and only made me
marvel the more that any one of them
WAS alive. for apparently they had jump
ed off the car without the slightest pre-
caution and had stood grouped together
eren after they had called attention TO
themselves by Lord Rallies shots. Cul-
len had to confess that he heard the
whistle of the four bullets unpleas:lntly
close.
-You have a right to be proud. Mr..
Cuiien.'' l said You fellows did
tremendously plucky thing. and. thanks
to you. we didn't lose anything"
But You went to help too, Mr.. Cor
don. said Miss Cullen
That made me color up. and after
moments hesitation said:
I'm not going to sail under false
colors. Miss Cullen. When l went for
ward. I didn't think could do any
thing. supposed whoever had pitched
into the robbers was dead, and l expect
ed to be the same inside of ten minutes. -
"Then why did you risk your life,
she asked. '.if you thought it was use
less?''
laughed. and. though ashamed to
tell it, said. Il didn't want you to think
that the Britishers had more pluck than
I had
She took my confession better than
hoped she would. laughing with me,
and then said. well, that was coura-
geous, after all. p"
YES" Isaid. Twas frightened into
bravery
Perhaps IL they had known the dan
ger as well as you. they would have
been less courageous, she continued
And could have blessed her for the
speech.
While we were still eating, the mai.
clerk came to my car and reported that
the most careful search had failed to
discover the three registered letters, and
they had evidently been taken. This
IN ada me feel Sober. slight as the prob-