Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
THE GREAT K. & A.
TRAIN ROBBERY.
BY Paul Leicester Ford.
CHAPTER VII CONTINUED. }

CHAPTER VII CONTINUED
''Have you breakfasted?" asked Mr.
Cullen when the first joy was over.
yes" / said. 81 only stopped in OF
my way to the station to telegraph"
May come with you and see what
you say?" cried Fred, jumping up.
nodded, and Miss Cullen said ques
tioningly, "Me too?" making me very
happy by the question, for it showed
that she would speak to me. In mo.
ment we were all walking toward the
platform. Despite Lord Rallies, | felt
happy, and especially as l had not
dreamed that she would ever forgive me
took telegraph blank, and, put
ting it so that Miss Cullen could see
what said wrote:
Postmaster General, Washington:
hold awaiting your instructions, the three
registered letters stolen from No. Overland
Missouri Western express on Monday, Oct. H.
loss of which has already been notified you.
Then l paused and said: $50 far,
that's routine, Miss Cullen. Now comes
the help for you" And / continued
The letters may have been tempered with.
and recommend a special agent. Reply Flag
staff, Arizona. RICHARD GORDON,
Superintendent X. and A. r. r.
"What will that do?" she asked.
I'm not much at prophecy, and We'll
wait for the reply" said.
All that day we lay at Flagstaff, and
after good sleep, as there was no use
keeping the party cooped up in their
car, drummed up some ponies and took
the Cullens and Ackland over to the In
dian cliff dwellings. l don't think Lord
Rallies gained anything by staying be-
hind in sulk, for it was very jolly
ride, or at least that was what it was to
me. had to tell them all how / had
settled ON them as the criminals. To
hear Miss Cullen talk one would have
inferred / was the greatest Of living de-
tectives.
1.-THE mistake we made" she said,
twas not securing Mr.. Gordon s help to
begin with, for then we should never
have needed to hold the train up, or,
If we had, we should never have been
What was more TO me than this i'll
deserved admiration were two things
she said on the way back when we two
had paired off and were a bit behind the
rest
1.-THE sandwiches and the whisky
were very good, she told me- "And I'm
10 grateful for the trouble you took.
1T was pleasure, / said.
"And Mr.. Gordon" she continued,
and then hesitated for moment, my
Frederic told me that you-you said
you honored me for
II do, Z" exclaimed theoretically as
she paused and colored
"Do you really?" she cried Il
.hought Fred was only trying to make
ne less unhappy by saying that you
lid"
II said it, and / meant it" told
her.
II have been so miserable over that
lie, she went on, "but 1 thought if /
ct you have the letters it would ruin
>apa really wouldn't mind poverty
myself, Mr.. Gordon, but he takes such
ride in success that / couldn't be the
me to do it. l ought to have known you
would help u.s."
l thought this a pretty good time TO
make a real apology for my conduct on
he trail as well as to tell her how sorry
was at not having been able to repack
Ter bag better, She accepted my apology
cry swectly and. assured me her be-
ongings had been put away so neatly
hat she had wondered who did it, |
new she only said this out of kindness
nd told her so, telling also of my strug-
les over that pink berihboncd and be-
aced affair in a way which made her
augh. had thought itwa ball gown
nd wondered at her taking it to the
anyon, but she explained that il was
ressing sack That made me open my
yes thinking that anything so pretty
ould be used for the same purposes for
-hich | use my crash bath gown, and,
lille my eyes We're open, l saw the fol-
: of thinking that girl who wore such
lings could ever get along on my sal
ry In that way the incident was a
God lesson for me, for il made me feel
lat even if there had been no Lord
allies l still should have had no chance.
On our return TO the cars there was a
,legram from the postmaster general
waiting me After a glance at it, as
le rest of the party looked anxiously
/, passed it over to Miss Cullen, for {
wanted her to have the triumph of
aiding it aloud 1t said:
Hold letters pending arrival Of Special Agent
ckson, due in Flagstaff Oct. 20.
1.-THE election is the 18th, :" Frederic ,
ughed, executing a war dance on the
atform. THE G. S. IS dough is cook
:" .
81 must waltz with some one," cried
adge, and before l could offer she took 7
id of Albert and the two We're whirl- :
6 about, much to my envy. The Gull
Us were about the most jubilant road !
ents l had ever seen. {
After consultation with Mr.. Cullen,
? had 2lS and 81 attached to No. / Z
hen it arrived and started for Ash
,rks He wanted to be on the ground 8
lay in ADVANCE, and could easily be 9
OK in Flagstaff before the arrival of
e special agent /
/ took dinner in 21S, and they toasted :