The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-19

RIDE. or at least that was what a. ,.s,s 10
me. / had to tell them all how / had
settled on them as the criminals. To
hear Miss Cullen talk one would have
inferred I was the greatest of living de-
tecfiyes.
..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 VIC had. we should never have been
discovered.
What was more 10 me than this Ill
deserved admiration were two things
she said on the way back when we two
had paired off and were bit behind the
rest.
1.-THE sandwiches and the whisky
were very coed, = she told me. And 1 III
so grateful for the trouble you took. .
1t was pleasure, I said.
'.And, Mr. Gordon. she continued,
and then hositated for moment, .'nly
Frederic told me that you-you said
you honorcd me for
II do. = exclaimed energetically as
she paused ard colored.
do YOU really" she cried. II
thought Fred was only trying TO make
me less unhappy by saying that you
did"
Il said it. and I meant it, y 1 told
her
Il have been so miserable over that
lie, she went on. but L thought If /
let you have the letters it would ruin
papa / really wouldn' t mind poverty
myself Mr. Gordon. but he takes such
pride in success that / couldn be the
one TO do 1t. ought TO have known you
would help us. =
l thought this Il pretty good time TO
make real apology for my conduct on
the trail as well as to tell her how sorry
i was at not having been able TO repack
her bag better She accepted my apology
very sweetly and assured me her be-
longings had been put away SO neatly
that she had wondered who did it. /
knew she only said this ont of kindness
and told her SO, telling also of my strug-
giles over that pink beribboned and be-
laced affair in way which made her
laugh 1 had thought it was a bali gown
and wondered at her taking it to the
canyon, but she explained that it was a
dressing sack. That made me open my
eyes, thinking that anything SO pretty
could be used for the same purposes for
which / use my crash bath gown, and,
while my eyes were open, saw the fol-
ly of thinking that girl who wore such
things could ever get along on my sal
ary In that way the incident was a
good lesson for me, for it made me feel
that even if there had been no Lord
Rallies / still should have had no chance.
On our return TO the cars there was a
telegram from the postmaster general
awaiting me. After glance at it, as
the rest of the party looked anxiously
on, passed it over TO Miss Cullen, for
I wanted her to have the triumph Of
reading it aloud. 1t said:
Hold letters pending arrival OF Special Agent
Jackson due in Flagstaff Oct. 20.
tThe election is the 18th, Frederic
laughed, executing war dance on the
platform. "The G. S. S dough is cook
ed. -
IT must waltz with some one, cried
Madge, and before could offer she took
hold of Albert and the two were whirl-
ing about, much to my envy. The Gull
lens Were about the most jubilant road
agents / had ever seen.
After consultation with Mr.. Cullen,
we had 21S and 81 attached to No. J
when it arrived and started for Ash
Forks. He wanted to be on the ground
a day in advance, and could easily be
back in Flagstaff before the arrival of
the special agent.
took dinner in 21S, and they toasted
me as if I had done something heroic
i.xtead of merely having sent tele-