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Raimonda," he said courteously, "I give YOU my word that there will be no trouble between Herr Von Plaanden and myself, of my seeking, until Mr. and Miss Brewster are safely out of the country." "That's enough," said Cluff heartily. "The rest of us can take care of ourselves." "Meantime," said Raimonda, "I think the whole matter can be arranged.
No time, on this occasion, for Miss Polly to escape. She decided in one breath to ignore the man entirely; in the next to bow coldly and walk out; in the next to He was there before the latest wavering decision could be formulated. "Better all get inside," he said a little breathlessly. "There may be trouble." Cluff brightened perceptibly. "What kind of trouble?"
I didn't run away," he said, with dignity. "It just happened that there came into my mind an important engagement that I'd forgotten. My memory isn't what it should be. So I just turned over the matter in hand to an acquaintance of mine." "The matter in hand being me." "Why, yes; and the acquaintance being Mr. Cluff.
He observed, also, that under her chin and about her left ear there seemed to have been some violence used, so as to have caused a stagnation of the blood. This deposition was confirmed by another surgeon and apothecary, and also in most of its material circumstances by a surgeon who looked on her on behalf of the prisoner. Cluff asked very few questions, and Mr.
"Haven't the least idea," replied Perkins equably. "You were on the tram this morning when Miss Brewster was insulted, weren't you?" "Yes." "And ran away?" "I did." "What did you run away for?" "I ran away," the other sweetly informed him, "on important business of my own." Cluff snickered. The suspicion impinged upon Carroll's mind that this wasn't going to be as simple as he had expected.
The crops were disposed of at Fort Apache and the spring of 1883 found Forest Dale deserted, houses, fences, corrals and every improvement left behind. The drift of the settlers was to the Gila Valley. This Forest Dale affair was made a national matter, January 24, 1916, when a bill was introduced by Senator Ashurst of Arizona for the relief of Alfred Cluff, Orson Cluff, Henry E. Norton, Wm.
Cluff fussed and fretted and privately cursed the country and all its concessions. Between calls and the telephone, Sherwen was kept constantly busy. But a few minutes before six, central, in the blandest Spanish, regretted to inform him that Puerto del Norte was cut off. When would service be resumed? Quien sabe? It was an order. Hasta manana. To-morrow, perhaps.
"You will permit me to be the best judge of that." "Go as far as you like," asserted the big fellow cheerfully. "That fellow Perkins can tell you more about the start of the thing than I can." "From what I hear, he has no cause to be proud of his part in the matter," said the Southerner, frowning. "He's sure a prompt little runner," asserted Cluff.
Lieutenant Ray was sent with a detachment of troops and the Indians at Apache Springs were removed and the main body of the settlers, then temporarily located on the Showlow, moved over the ridge into the new valley. In March, 1878, the settlers included Merritt Staley, Oscar Mann, Ebenezer Thayne, David E. Adams, Jos. H. Frisby, Alfred Cluff, Isaac Follett, Orson Cluff and several unmarried men.
Carroll, too?" "By all means. And I've notified Mr. Cluff. You won't mind his being there? He's a rough diamond, but a thoroughly decent fellow." "Useful, too, in case of trouble, I should judge," said the magnate. "Then I'll wait for further word from you." "Yes. I've got my men out on watch." "Wouldn't it be er advisable for us to arm ourselves?" "By no means!
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