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The Great K. & A. Train Robbery

BY PAUL LEICESTER FORD

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(Continned,) CHAPTER VII. ¢.'s A CHANGE OF BASE.

We did not reich Flagstaff till 7, and I told the stageload to take pos- ses their car, while I went to

It took me some time to ¢ hened up, ard then I ate my hrea ist, for after riding 72 miles in © ight even the most heroic pur- poses have to take the side track. I think, as it was, I proved my devo- tion pretty well by not going to sleep, since I had been up three nights, with eniv such naps as I could steal in the saddle, and had ridden over 150 miles to bh But I couldn't bear to think ef Miss Cullea‘’s anxiety. When I had finished eating, I went Into 21S.

T party were all in the dining- room, but it was a very different look- ‘ne crowd from the one with which that first breakfast had been eaten,

and they all looked at me as I entered as if I were the executioner come for victimes.

“Mr. Cullen,” I said, “ I’ve been fore- ed to do a lot of things that weren't pleasant, but I don’t want to do more than I need. You're not the ordinary kind of road agents, and, as I presume your address is known, I don't see any need of arresting one of our own direc- ters as yet. All I ask is that you give me your word for the party that nene of you will try to leave the country.”

‘Certainly, Mr. Gordon,” he re- sponded. “ And I thank you for your great consideration.”

“JT shall have to report the case to our president, and I suppose to the postmas- ter-general, but I shan’t hurrv about ei- ther. What they will do I can’t say. Probably you know how far you can keep them quiet.”

“T think the local auchorities are all I have to fear, provided time is given me.”

“TI have dismissed ithe sheriff and his posse, and I gave them $100 for their work and three bottles of pretty good whiskey I had on my car. Un- less they get orders from elsewhere, you will not hear any further from them.”

“You must let me reimburse what expense we have put you to, Mr. Gor- don. I only wish I could as easily repay your kindness.”

Nodding my head in assent as well as in recognition of his thanks, I con- tinued, “It was my duty as an of- ficial of the K. & A. to recover the stolen mail, and I had to do it.”

“ We understand that,” said Mr. Cul- len, “and do not for a moment blame rou.” ms But.” I went on, for the first time looking at Madge, “it is not my duty to take part in a contest for control of the K & A., and I shall therefore act in this case as I should in any other loss of mail.”

“And that is "’"—asked Frederic.

“I am about to telegraph for in- structions from Washington,” I said. “as the G. S. has tied up some ot your proxies, they ought not to ob- ject if we do the same, and I think I can manage so that Uncle Sam will rrevent those proxies from being voted at Ash Forks on Friday.”’

If a galvanic batterv had been an- plied to the breakfast table, it wouldn't have made a bigger change. Madge capped her hands in joy. Mr. Cullen eaid “ God bless you!” with real feel- ing. Frederic jumped up and slapped me on the shoulder, crying, “ Gordon, vou’re the biggest old trump breath- ing.” while Albert and the captain shook hands with each other in evi- dent jubilation. Only Lord Ralles re- mained passive.

“Have you breakfasted ?” asked Mr. Cullen when the first joy was over.

"Yo" J sare. “TJ only stopped in on my way to the station to tele- graph.”

“May I come with vou and see what you say ?” cried Fred, jumping up.

I 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 a moment we were all walking to- ward tue platform. Despite Lord talles, 1 felt happy, and especially as I had not® dreamed that she would ever forgive me.

lI took a telegraph blank, and, put-

ting it so that Miss Cullen could see what I said, wrote :— Postmaster-General, Washington :—

[ hold, awaiting your instructions, the three registered letters stolen from Eix-

N 2 Overland Missouri Western press on Monday, Oct. 14, loss of which has already been notified you.

‘Then I paused and said :—** So far, that’s routine, Miss Cullen. Now comes the help for you.” And I con- tinued :—

The letters have been tampered with, and I recommend a special agent. Re- ply Flagstaff, Arizorn™

RICHARD GORDON, Superintendent K. and A. R. R. “what will tl do 7?” she asked. r not : , t prophecy, and we Lilt tor th : ; Ae I ‘ “ ut day it Flagstaff, and after a sood sleep, as there was no use keeping the arty co ped up in treir cat I drum:med up some poni and tcok the Cullens and Ackland over to the Indian dwellin l don't think Lord Ralles gained anything by Stayit behind i uil for it i 4 ly rid : least } wa y | } ; ; | 1 i ttled « i t b j hear Miss Cu 1 uid e infe1 . 1 a ik ci ee cy ( n’ ' rn should V- ¢ ie] to } 1 the train u € ' ‘ n : h I ) } it : é a thiit Pi : . tw a ‘ hit

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“It was a pleasure,” I said.

“And, Mr. Gordon,” she continued, and then hesitated for a moment, “my ~—Frederic told me that you—you said you honoured me for ’’—

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thought Fred was only trying to make me less unnappy by saying that you Gig.”’

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“IT have been so miserable over that lie,” she went on, “ but I thought if I

and coloured. you really ?” she cried.

and I mean it,” I told

let you have the letters it would ruin |

papa. I really wouldn’t mind poverty myself, Mr. Gordon, but he takes sucn rride in success that I couldn't be the one to do it. I ought to have known you would help us.”

I thought this a pretty good time to make a real apology for my conduct on the trail, as well asto tell her how sorry I was at not having been able to re-pack her bag better. She accept- ed my apology very sweetly, and as- sured me her belongings had been put away so neatly that she had wonder- ed who did it. I knew she only said this cut of kindness and told her so, telling alse of my struggles over that tink beribboned and belaced affair in which made her laugh. I had thought it was a ball gown and wond- ered at her taking it to the canyon, but she explained that it was a jress- ing sack. That made me open my

| eyes, thinking that anything so pretty

used for the roses for which I use my crash bath gown, and, while my eves were open, I saw the folly of thinking that a girl who wore such things could ever get along on my salary. In that way the incident was a good lesson for me, for it made me feel that even if there had been no Lord Ralles I still should have had no chance.

On our return tothe cars there wasa telegram fromthe postmaster-general awaiting me. After a glance at it, as

could be same pur-

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on, I passed it over to Miss Cullen, for I wanted her to have the triumph of reading it aloud. It said:

“Hold letters pending arrival of Special Agent Jackson, due in Flag- staff, October 20th.”

“The election is the 18th,” Frederic laughed, executing a war-dance on the platform. “The G.S.’s dough is cooked.”

“I must waltz with someone,” cried Madge, and before I could offer she took hold of Albert and the two were whirling about, much to my envy. The Cullens were about the most ju- bilant road-agents I had ever seen.

After consultation with Mr. Cullen, we had 218 and 97 attached to No. 1 when it arrived, and started for Ash Forks. He wanted to be on the ground a day in advance, and I could easily be back in Flagstaff before the arrival of the special agent.

I tcok dinner in 218, and they toast- ed me as if I had done something heroic instead of merely having sent a telegram. Later four sat down to poker, while Miss Cullen, Fred, and I sat un the platform, and Madge play-

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They toasted me as if Ihad done some thing heroic.

ed on her guitar and sang to us. She had a very sweet voice, and before she had been singing long we had the crew cf a “dust express "—as we jok- ingly call a gravel train—standing about, and they were speedily rein- forced by many cowboys, who left the

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Pasvuns ty Visten tu Ter, ana wno, not being over-careful in the terms with which they expressed their approval, finally, by their riotous admiration, drove us inside. At Miss Cullen's , Suggwertion we three had a second game | of poker, but with chips and not meney. She was an awfully reckless | player, and the luck was dead in my favour, 0 Madge kept borrowing my chips till she was so deep in that we boih lost account. Finally, when we parted for the night, she held out her j hand, and, in the prettiest of ways, said:

| “FT am so deeply in your debt, Mr. Gordon, that I don't how I can ever repay you.”’

T tried to think of something worth saying, but the words weuldn’t come ard I could only sheke her hand. But, duffer as I was, the way she had said those words, and the double meaning she kad giver. them, would have made me the happiest fellow alive, if I could orly have forgotten the existence of Lerd Rallies,

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