Show it Is a wholesome sign of returning reason in the criminal world to read that a stage coach has been hold held up in colorado with a strict observance of till all the lie traditional rites and ceremonies three masked men the usual equipment of the good old days did the busl ness luss lu ss with a graceful deference to the timidity of the four ladles ladies in the party ant and an uncompromising insistence on the strict attention of nil all the fourteen men auen the eighteen passengers were nacre aligned in ili the road with almost military precision according to the reports and the transfer of cash and jewelry was conducted with fastidious bandit propriety at the conclusion of the performance the coach resumed lie its journey with its newly enlightened and lightened occupants and the three relles relics of a decadent industry bowed themselves away into the woods this revival of an ancient custom on its ita native heath Is reassuring to residents of cities who feel they have been overworked by the transplanted practice bunglingly indulged in by callow imitators it if robbery Is to flourish in any liono honorable rable guise it must be in the tar far west and limited exclusively to stage conches coaches |