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jCHAI’TKU VII—OoniinutHl.
Ttum an tney nastonea away ne
rtowed tha fttrn v trifle in the pocket of
his blouse, ami drawing his colt from
the holster closely inspected its loaded
chambers. Only a boy, barely 23, yet
rich in soldierly experience already
was Drummond. He had entered the
Point when just 17. His father’s
death, occurring immediately before the
memorable summer of their Hrst class
camp, had thrown him perforce into the
society of the so called bachelor club,
and he was graduated in the June of
the following year with a heart as
whole as his physique was fine. But
there were some cares to cloud his
young life in the army—a sister whose
needs were many and whose means
wore few. He found that rigid econ
omy and self denial were to be his por-
ti6n from the start and was not sorry
that his assignment took him to the far
away land of Arizona, where, as his
new captain wrote him, “you can live
like a prince on tiacon and frijoles,
dress like a cowboy on next to nothing
or like an Apache in next to nothing,
spend all your days and none of your
money in mountain scouting, and come
out of it all in .two or three years rich
iu health and strength and experience
and infinitely better off financially than
you could ever have been anywhere
else. Leave whisky and poker alone,
and you’re all right.”
He had left whisky and poker alone,
severely alone. He had sought every
opportunity for field service; had
shown indomitable push, pluck and skill
in pursuit of Apaches and cool courage
in action. He had been able to send
even more than was needed, or than he
had hoped, to his sister's guardian'and
was proud and happy in the concious-
ncss of a duty well done. There were
no young girls in the scattered garrisons
of those days, no feminine attractions
to nnsettle his peace of mind. The few
women who accompanied their lords to
such exile as Arizona were discreet ma
trons, to whom ho was courtesy itself
on the few occasions when they met,
bnt only once had he been brought un
der the influence of girlish eyes or of
girlish society, and that was on the
memorable trip to San Francisco dur
ing the previous year, when he had h;u]
the great good fortune to’ be summoned
as a witness before a general court
martial convened at the Presidio. He
had been presented to ‘the Harvey sis
ters hy the captain of the Newbern
and wonld fain have shown them some
attention, but there had been much
rough weather in the gnlf which kept
the girls below, and not until after pass
ing Cape San Lucas and they were
steaming op the sunny Pacific did he
see either of them again. Then one
glorious day the trolling lines were out
astern, the elders were amidship play
ing “horse billiards,” and "Tuck,’’
the genial pniver, was devoting himself
to Paqnita. when Drummond beard a
scream of excitement and delight and
saw the younger sister bracing her tiny,
slender feet and hanging on to a line
with all her strength. In an instant he
was at her side, and together, hand over
band, they finally succeeded in pnlling
aboard a beautiful dolphin and landed
him, leaping, flapping, splashing madly
about, in the midst of the merry party
on the deck. It was the first time Ruth
had seen the gorgeous hues of this cele
brated fish, and her excitement and plea
sure over betng heralded as its captor
were most natural. From that time on
she had pinned her girlish faith to the
coat sleeve of the tall, reserved young
cavalryman. To him she was a child,
even younger by jyear than the little
sister he had left, and of whom ho soon
began to tell her. To her he was a
young knight errant, the hero of a bud
ding maiden’s shyest, sweetest, fondest
fancy and ere long the idol of the dreams
and thoughts she dared not whisper even
to herself. Paqnita, with the wisdom
of elder sisterhood, more than half be
lieved she read the yonnger's heart, but
wisely held her peace. No wonder the
little maid had so suddenly been si
lenced by the announcement at the pass
' that that very night she might again
see the soldier boy to whom, in the ab
sence of all others, her heart had been
■o constant. No wonder the ride for-
ward to Moreno’s was one of thrilling
excitement and shy delight and antici
pation. No wonder her reason, her
very life, seemed wrecked in the tragic
fate that there befall them.
And now as he rode swiftly in pnrsuit
Drnmmoud was thinking over the in
cidents of that delightful voyage, and
marvelling at the strange fate that had
brought the Harvey girls again inti) his
life and under circumstances so thrill
ing. Never for an instant would he
doubt that before the sun could reach
meridian ho should overtake and rescue
them from the hands of their cowardly
captors. Never would he entertain the
thought of sustained defense on the part
of the ontlgw band. Pull of high con
tempt for such cattle, ho argued that
no sooner were they assured that the
cavalry were close at their heels than
most of their nnmber would scatter fox
their lives, leaving Pasqaal to’his fate,
and probably abandoning the wagons
and their precious contents on the road.
A sudden dash, a surprise, wonld in-i
sura success. The only fear ho had was
that in the excitement of attack some
harm might befall those precious liven.
To avert this he gave orders to be pass- 1
ed back along the column to fire no shot 1
until they had cloned with the band, ;
and then to be moet careful to aim wide
of the wagons. Everyman in the little
troop well know how much was at
stake, and men, all mercy to their j
beasts at ether times, were now plying
the cruel spur.
Five, 6 o'clock had come and gone.
The chase was still ont of sight ahead,
yet every moment seemed to bring them
closer upon their heels. At every bend
of the tortuous trail the leader’s eye
was strained to see the dust cloud ris
ing ahead. But jutting point and roll
ing shoulder of bluff or hillside ever in-
t* rpoaed. Drummond had just glanced ,
at his watch for perhaps the twentieth ;
time since daybreak and was replacing .
It in kia p-jeket whoa an exclamation
from Sergeant Meinecke startled him.
“Look at Lee!”
The head of the column, moving at the
moment at a walk to rest the luwting
horses, had just turned a rocky knoll
and was following the trail into a
broader reach of the canyon, which now
seemed opening out to the west. In
stead of keeping in the bottom as here
tofore, the wagon track now followed a
gentle ascent and disappeared over a
spur 400 yards ahead. Here Lee had
suddenly flung himself from his horse,
thrown the reins to Patterson, and,
crouching l>ehind a bowlder, was gazing
eagerly to the front, while with hat iu
hand he was signalling. “Slow; keep
down.” Up went Drummond’s gaunt
let in the well known cavalry signal
“Halt.” Then, bidding Meinecke dis
mount the men and reset blankets and
saddles, the young officer gave Chee-
ter rein and was soon kneeling by the
side of his trusty subordinate.
Lee said no word at all, simply point
ed ahead.
And here was a sight to make a sol
dier's pulses bound. Not a quarter
mile sway the rocky, desolate gorge
which they had been following since
dawn opened ont into a wide valley,
bounded at the west by a range of rag
ged heights whose sides were beard
ed with a dark growth of stunted pine
or cedar. On each side of their path a
tall, precipitous rock stood sentry over
the entrance and framed the view of
the valley beyond. For full a mile
abend the trail swept straight away,
descending gently to the valley level,
and there, just pushing forth upon the
wide expanse, with dots of horsemen
on flank and front and rear, dimly
seen through the hot dnst cloud rising
in their wilke, were the three wagons.
The foremost, with its white canvas top,
was undoubtedly the new Concord; the
second, -a dingy mnstard yellow, the
battered old ambulance of the paymas
ter; the third and last, with no cover
at all, Moreno's buckboard. It was
what was left of the notorions Morales
gang, speeding with its plunder to some
refuge in the rocky range across the
farther valley.
Somewhere in the few evenings
Drummond bad spent in the garrisons
of Lowell, Bowie or Stoneman he had
heard mention of a mysterious hiding
place in the Cababi mountains whither,
when pressed by sheriffs’ posses, Pas-
qual Morales had been wont to flee with
bis chosen followers and there bid de
fiance to pursuit. And now the yonng
soldier saw at a glance that the chase
was heading along a fairly well defined
track straight for a dark, frowning
gorge in the mountains some three or
fonr miles ahead of them. If allowed
to gain that refuge, it might be possible
for Morales to successfully resist at
tack. With quick decision Drummond
turned to the men still seated in sad
dle.
“Dismount where you are, yon two.
Reset all four saddles. We mount
again here, sergeant, and we’ll take the
gallop as soon as the troop conies up.”
"It’s the only way, L believe, sir,”
answered Lee, his eyes kindling, his
lips quivering with pent up excitement.
“Most of them will stampede, 1 reckon,
if we strike them in the open. But
once they get among the rocks we’d
have no chance at all. ”
Drummond merely nodded. Field-
glasses in hand, be was closely study
ing the receding party, moving now at
leisurely gait as though assured of
safety. His heart was beating hard; his
blood was hounding in his veins. He
had had some lively brushes with the
Indian foe, but no such scrimmage as
this promised to be. Never once had
there been at stake anything to com
pare with what lay here before his eyes.
Sometimes in boyish day dreams he had
pictured to himself adventures of this
character—the rescue of imperiled
beauty from marauding foe. But never
had he thought it possible that it would
be his fortune to stand first in the field,
riding to the rescue of the fair daugh
ters of one of the oldest and most re
spected citizens of the territory. In
view of their peril the paymaster's
stolen funds were not to be considered.
Jim Drammond hardly gave a single
thought to the recapture of the safe.
So far as he could judge the forces
were about equally matched. Some
saddle horses led along after the wagons
seemed to indicate that their usual rid
ers were perhaps with others of the
band, resting in the wagons themselves.
Surprise now was ont of the question.
He would marshal his men behind the
low ridge on which he lay, form line,
then move forward at the lope. No
matter how noiseless might be the ad
vance, or how wearied or absorbed their
quarry, some one in the outlaw gang
wonld surely see them long before they
could come within close range. Then
he felt sure that a portion at least
would stampede for the hills, and that
he would not have to fight more than
10 or 12. His plan was at all hazards
to out ont, recapture and hold Harvey's
wagon—that, first of all; then, if pos
sible, the others.
And now the time had come. In
eager but suppressed excitement Mein
ecke and the men came trotting up the
slope.
“Halt!” signaled Drummond. Then
‘Forward into line," and presently the
lieutenant stood looking into the sun
tanned faces of less than 20 veteran
troopers, four sets of fours with two
sergeants, dusty and devil may care,
with horses jaded, yet sniffing mischief
ahead and pricking up their ears in ex
citement. Drummond had been the
troop leader in scont after scout and in
several lively skirmishes during the
year gone by. There was not one of
his troopers whom he could not swear
by, thought he, but then the recollection
of Bland’s treachery brought his teeth
together with vengeful force. He
found his voice a trifle tremulous as he
{ spoke, but his words had the brave
' riug the men had learned to look for,
• and every one listened with bated
| breath.
“Our work’s cut out for us here.
Nut more than a mile ahead now is
juat the worst band of scoundrels in all
the west and in tneir miost iteo?*.
Harvey's daughters. You all kuONV
him by reputation. They are in the
white topjied wagon, and that is the one
we most and shall have; Don't charge
till I give the word. Don't was to a
shpt. Some of them will scatter. Lei
them go! Whnt wo want is th ir cap
tives. ” With that he swung quickly
into saddle.
" Ready now ? No, don’t draw pistol
till you're close in on them and no car
bines at all this time. All right. Now
—steady. Keep your alignment. Take
the pace from me. Forward 1”
Up the gentle slope they rode, strain
ing their eyes for the first sight of the
hunted quarry, opening out instinct
ively from the center so that each
trooper might have fighting space.
No squares of disciplined infantry, no
opposing squadrons, no fire flashing
lines, were to be met and overthrown
by compact and instantaneous shock.
It was to be a melee, as each trooper
well knew, in which, though obedient
to the general plan of their leader, the
little detachment would be hurled for
ward at the signal “Charge,” and then
it would lie practically a case of “every
man for himself.”
"1 want you fonr fellows to stick
close to me now,” said Drummond,
turning in his saddle and indicating the
desired set with a single gesture. “ We
move straight for the loading wagon.
See that you don’t fire into it or near
it.”
And these were the last instructions
as they reached the ridge, and a hoarse
murmur flew along tho eager rank, a
murmur that, but for Drummond’s
raised and restraining hand and Ser
geant Leo's prompt "Steady there: si
lence 1“ might have burst into a cheer.
And then the leader shook loose his rein,
and just touching Chester’s glossy
flank with the spur bounded forward at
the lope.
Out on tho sandy barren, winding
among the cactus plants, the weary mule
teams with drooping heads wore tug
ging at the traces. Bearded men, some
still with coal blackened faces, rode
drowsily alongside the creaking wagons.
In one of these, the foremost, an arm in
blue fl.-tonel suddenly thrust aside the
hanging canvas curtain, and a dark,
swarthy face, grooved from ear tip to
jaw with a jagged scar, appeared at the
narrow opening.
“How much farther have we got to
go, Domingo?”
"Only across this stretch, two—three
miles, perhaps.”
"Well, 1 want to know exactly. The
sun is getting blazing hot, and these
girls can’t hold ont longer. Tel! Pas-
qual I say there is more danger of his
killing them with exhaustion than there
is of their making way with themselves.
Say the little one’s about dead now.
Here, take this canteen and get some
fresher water out of. the barrel under
the wagon. ”
The fellow hailed as Domingo leaned
to the right, took the canteen strap and
then reined in his foamiifg broncho.
“Hold your team one minute, Jake,”
was the order to the driver, and, noth
ing loath, the mules stopped short in
their tracks. Pasqual’s ambulance was
a few rods behind, and to save time
Domingo dismounted, and placing the
canteen under the spigot drew it full
of water; rewarded himself with a long
pull, handed it up to tho waiting hand
above and swung again in the saddle
just as the second ambulance closing
on the first came also to a willing halt,
and the lead mules of the buckboard,
whereon lay two wounded bandits, at
tended by Moreno’s womenfolk, bumped
their noses against the projecting boot.
"Some cool water, for Uod’s sakel”
gasped one of tho prostrate men, and a
comrade rode to the leading wagon to
beg a little from Harvey’s well filled
barrel. One or two men threw them
selves from the saddle to the sands for a
brief rest. The dust cloud slowly set
tled earthward in their wake. Mules,
horses and men blinked sleepily, wear
ily. There hung in the heavy air a dull,
low rumble as of thunder in the faroff
mountains. There seemed a faint
quiver and tremor of the soil. Was
there a distant earthquake?
Suddenly a wild yell, a scream from
Moreno’s buckboard, a half stifled shriek
from the white covered wagon. The
man iu blue leaped forth and made a
mad dash for the nearest riderless
horse. Whips cracked and bit and
stung. The maddened mules flew at
their collars and tore away, the wagons
bounding after them, and Pasqual Mo
rales, thrusting forth his head to learn
the cause of all the panic, grabbed the
revolver at bis belt with one fierce
curse.
“Caraiol”
CHAPTER VTIC
Whatever might have been his other
moral attributes, Pasqual Morales bad
borne a name for desperate courage that
seemed justified in this supreme moment
surprise and stampede. What he saw
as he leaned out of the bounding vehicle
was certainly enough to disgust a ban
dit aud demoralize many a leader.
Scattering like chaff before the gale his
followers were scudding out across the
disert, every man for himself, as though
the very devil were in pursuit of each
individual member of th^gang. Eight
or ten at least, spurring, lashing their
horses to the top of their speed, were
already far beyond reach of his voice.
Close at hand, however, six or seven ef
the fellows, desperadoes of the first
water, had unslung their henry rifles
and blazing away for all they were
worth showed evidence of a dotermina-
tiou to die game. Behind them, scream
ing at the tops of their shrill, strident
voices, Senora Moreno and her daughter
were clinging stoutjy to the iron rail
of their seats as the buckboard was
whirled and dashed across the plain.
Already both the wounded men had
been flung helplessly out upon the sands,
\ and even as he looked the off fore
wheel struck a stout cactus stump; flew
; into fragments; the tire rolled off in
Mi. direction. Slid Moreno’s luckless
family shot, cometlike. Into space wd
fetched np shrieking in the midst of a
plentiful crop of thorns and spines.
The husband and father, gazing upon
the incident from over his shoulder and
afar, blessed the saints for their bene-
j licence in having landed hie lovod ones
! on soft soil instead of among the jag-
I ged rocks across the plain. But for
himself the sooner be reached the rocks
the better. A tall gringo, who east
• aside a dark blue blouse as ho rode,
stooping low over bis horse’s neck,
termed bent on racing the late ranch
owner to the goal where both would
be, and there was none to dispute with
them the doubtful honor. Even those
; who had stampeded at the tirtt yell of
! alarm were now reining
sweeping circle, unsnngmg me
rifle and pouring in a long range fire on
the distant rank of cavalry, just burst
ing into the triumph of the charge.
Here, there and everywhere across the
plain little puffs of blue white smoke j
were shooting np, telling of the leaden
missiles hurled at the charging line.
But on like the Wind came the troopers
in blue, never pausing to tire a shot
their leader at racing speed.
Wounded though he was, Pasqual
Morales was not the man to fail in the
fight. Yelling orders and curses at his
driver, he succeeded in getting him to
control his frantic team just long
enough to enable the outlaw captain
to tumble ont. Then away they dashed
again, the stiffening body of Ramon aud
the weighty little safe being now sole
occupants of the interior. In the mod
excitement of the first rush two or three
horses bad broken loose, leaving tbeir
owners afoot, and believing that no
quarter wonld bo the rule these aban
doned roughs were fighting to the last,
selling their lives, as they called it, as
dearly os possible. From their rifles
and from others the shots raiusd fast
upon tho troopers, bnt never seemed to
check the charge. The rush was glori
ous. Drawing their revolvers now,
for they carried no saben, the soldiers
fired as they rode down those wonld be
obstructors, and two poor wretches were
flattened out upon the plain when the
main body of the troop dashed by, mak
ing straight for the fleeing Concord
with the white canvas ‘top. Drum
mond had not fired at all. Every
thought was concentrated on the occu
pants of the wagon. Every shot might
be needed when ho got to them.
Chester was running grandly. The
designated four who were to follow tho
lieutenant were already over 100 yards
behind when, from the trail of the am
bulance. from a little patch of cactus,
there came a flash and report, and tho
beautiful horse swerved, reeled, but
pushed gamely on. Noting the spot,
two of the following troopers emptied
a cartridge into the clamp, bqt left the
larking foe to be looked after later.
They were too close to the Concord to
think of anything else—so close they
could hear the cries and pleadings of a
woman's voice, the terrified scruam of
Chester pitched heavily forward.
another, and then, all on a sudden,
Chester pitched heavily forward, and
even as the wagon came to a sudden
stand the gallant steed rolled over and
over, bis rider underneath him.
When Lieutenant Drummond regain
ed his senses, he found himself unable to
believe them. Conscious at first only
of being terribly braised and shaken, he
realized that he was being borne along
in some wheeled vehicle, moving with
slow and decorous pace over a soft yet
unbeaten aud irregular trail. Con
scious of fierce white light and heat
about him on every side, he was aware
of a moist, cool, dark bandage over his
eyes that prevented him from seeing.
Striving to raise a band to sweep the
blinding cloth away, he met rebellion.
A sudden spasm of pain that made
him wince, the qnick contraction of bis
features, the low moan of distress, were
answered instantly by a most surpris
ing wail in a sweet girlish voice.
"Oh, Fanny, see how he suffers!
Can’t something be done?”
And then—could he be mistaken?—
•oft, slender fingers were caressing the
close cropped hair about his temples.
A glow of delight and rejoicing thrilled
through his frame as he realized that
the main object of the fierce and deter
mined pnrsuit was accomplished, that
the precious freight was rescued from
the robber band, and that somehow he
himself was uow a prisoner.
Striving to move his head, he found
it softly, warmly pillowed, but as he
attempted to tnn^ it was held iu place
by two little hands, one on each side.
Then as lie found bis voice and faintly
protested that be was all right and
wanted to look about him, another hand
quickly removed the bandage, and
Fanny Harvey’s lovely face, pale and
framed with much disheveled hair,
was bending anxiously over him, but a
smile of hope, even of joy, was parting
the soft lips as she saw the light of re
turning reason in his eyes. At this
same instant, too, the hands that sup
ported his face were suddenly drawn
away, and his pillow became unstable.
One quick glance told him the situa
tion. The seats of the Concord had
been lifted out, blankets had been
spread within; he was lying at full
length, his aching bead supported in
Ruth Harvey’s lap. Fanny, her elder
sister, was seated facing him, but at
his side. No wonder Jim Drummond
could not quite believe his senses.
It was Fanny who first recovered her
self poise. Throwing back the banging
curtain at the side, she called aloud;
“Mr. Wing, come to us! He’s con
scious. "
And the next instant the slow motion
of the wagon ceased, the door was
wrenched open, and there in the glow
ing sunshine stood the tall sergeant
whom he last had seen when scooting
through Picacho pass.
"Bravo, lieutenant I Yon’re all right,
though you must be in some pain.
Can you stand a little more? We’re
close to the caves now-cool water and
cool shade not 600 yards ahead. ”
“How did you got here, sergeant?’
Dnitninopd weakly queetioned. "Where
are the others?”
“Followed on yo«r trail, sir, Private
Pike and l. Most of the men are gath
ering np prisoners and plunder. You’ve
made the grandest haul in all the his
tory or Arizona. I got np only just in
time to see the charge, and Pike's now
on his way back already with the good
nows. We are taking you and the la
dies to the refuge in the rocks where
Morales and all his people have hid so
tong. Old Moreno, with a lariat around
his neck, is showing the way."
“(Jot 'him. did you? I’m glad of
that. There was another—a deserter
from my troop. Did yon see anything
ot him?”
” 1 haven't heard ret. sir. One thing’s
certain, old Paaqnal is with hts nopemi |
brother In another if not a better world. I
Twas he that killed poor Chester, the
worst loss we've met Not a man is
hit, and by daybreak tomorrow Dr. Day
from Stoneman will be here tostraight-
en you out, and these young ladies
father here to thank you.”
"Thank yon, Mr. Drummond? Ah,
how can he or 1 ever begin to
The case isn't supposable, lieuten
ant. She would have gone into hys
teria this morning, I think, had she
not been detailed, as a preventive, to
hold yonr head. At all events, she
quieted down the instant she was told
by her sister to climb into the wagon
again and sit still as a mouse and see
thank i that yonr face was kept cool and moist
you and yonr bravo fellows half enough ?
I had lost all hope nntil that disguised
bandit suddenly leaped from tho wag
on, and Ruth was swooning again, but
she heard rour voice before 1 did.
JVmny Harrcp't Un'ely face ten* Itatdltuj
anxlouuly over him.
'Twas she who saw your cnarge.
And Fanny Harvey’s lips quivered as
she spoke, and the voice that was so
brave at the siege became weak and
tremulous now.
Drummond closed his eyes a moment.
It was all too sweet to be believed
His right hand, to be sure, refused to
move, his left stole up and began grop
ing back of his bead.
"May 1 not thank my nurse?” he
said. "The first thing 1 was conscious
of was her touch upon my forehead.”
But the hands that were so eager, so
active when their patient lay uncon
scious, teemed to shrink from the long
brown fingers searching lihnilly for
them, and not one word had the maiden
vouchsafed.
“ i beard your voice a moment ago,
Ruthiet Can’t you speak to me now?”
he inked, half chiding, half laughing.
"Have you forgotten your friend Jim
Drammond and the long, long talks we
used to have on tho Newbern?"
Forgotten Jim Drammond and those
long talks indeed 1 Forgotten her hero,
her soldier 1 Hardly. Yet no word
would she speak.
“The little lady seems all unstrung
yet, lieutenant. Miss Fanny will have
to talk for her, I fancy.” And Wing’s
clear, handsome eyes were raised to
Miss Harvey’s face as he spoke in a look
that seemed to tell how much he envied
the soldier who was the object of such
devoted attention, “Shall we move
ahead? The others will join us later
on.”
Bnt when a few minutes later strong
arms lifted the tall lieutenant from the
wagon and bore him to a blanket cov
ered shelter in a deep rocky recess
where the sun's rays seemed rarely to
penetrate, and a cup of clear, cool
water was held to his lips, Drummond's
one available hand was uplifted in
hopes of capturing the ministering fin
gers. There was neither difficulty nor
resistance. It was Sergeant Wing's
gauntlet, aud Wing’s cordial voice
again accosted him. •
"Glad to eeb you so chipper, lieuten
ant Now, 1 have some little know!
edge of surgery. Your right arm is
broken below the elbow, and you’re
badly shocked and braised. 1 have no
doubt the surgeon will be with us by
this time tomorrow, bnt 1 can set that
arm just as soon as 1 have looked the
ground over and disposed of ourselves
and our prisoners to the best advan
tage.”
“How many prisoners have we?’
asked Drammond.
“Well, as yet only Moreno and his
interesting family and two of their
gang, who are very badly wounded
Some of the others were neither prompt
nor explicit about surrendering, and
the men seem to have keen a trifle ini
patient in one or two cases. You should
hear the old woman protesting to Miss
Harvey her innocence and her bnsband’s
spotless character. You understand
Spanish, do yon not?”
“No, only the smattering we pick up
at the Point and what ‘broncho’ Span
ish 1 have added to it ont here. Where
did you learn it, sergeant ? They tell
me you speak it like a native.”
Wing’s sunburned face—a fine, clear
cot and maqly one it was—seemed to
grow a shader or two redder.
"Oh, I have spoken it many years.
My boyhood was spent on the Pacific
slope. Pardon me, sir, I want to look
more carefully after your injuries
now.”
‘‘But the ladies—where are they?"
asked Drummond uneasily.
“Occupying the sanctum sanctorum,
the innermost shrine among the rocks.
This is a wonderful spot, sir. We might
eventually have starved these people ont
if once they got here,bnt 10 determined
soldiers could hold it against 1,000.
I've as yet had only a glance, but the
Morenos have been here before, it is
moet evident, for the senorita herself
showed Miss Harvey into the cave re
served for the women. There they
have cool water, cool and fresh air and
complete shelter."
And now, as with experienced hands
the sergeant stripped off Drummond's
hunting shirt and carefully expoeed the
bruised and lacerated arm and shoul
der, he plied his patient with questions
as to whether ho felt any internal pain
or soreness. "How a man conld be
flattened ont and rolled over by such a
weight and not be mashed into a jelly
is what 1 can’t understand. You’re
•bout as elastic as ivory, lieutenant,
and you have uo apare flesh about you
either. That and the good lack of the
cavalryman saved you from worse fate.
You’ve got a battered bead, a broken
arm and had the breath knocked out of
vou, and that's about all. But we'U
have you on your feet by the time the
fellows come from Stoneman.”
"But how about the young ladies?”
again asked Drammond wearily aud
anxiously, for his bead was still heavy
and painful and his anxiety great.
He was weak, too, from the shock
“Won’t they suffer meantime?"
“Well, they might—at least Miss
Ruth, the younger, might in the reac
tion after their fearfnl experiencs, but
I’m something of a doctor, as 1 said,
and 1 shall be able to prevent all that.'
"How?”
"Well, by giving her something
da Jnst us soon as they’ve had a
chance to rest, both yonng ladies will be
put on duty. Mine Ruth is to nurse
you.”
■ ’t wwt tar
and shaded from the glare. ” And now
Sergeant Wing’s lips were twitching
with tnertimeut, and Drummond, hard
ly knowing how to account for hie em
barrassment. asked no more. His ama
teur surgeon chatted blithely on.
"Tliere's an abundant store of provi
sions here—dried meat, frijolea, chile,
chocolate. Yon shall have a enp in a
moment. Tliere's ammunition iu plen
ty. There’s even a keg of mescal,
which, saving yonr presence, sir, as 1
am teuqiorary commander, shall be
•hidden before the men begin coming in
i with their prisoners. There’s barley
in abundance for horses and mules,
water to drink and water to bathe In.
We could hardly be better off any
where. "
Drummond looked curiously about
him so fur aa was possible without
moving his painstricken bead. He was
lying in a deep recess jn some dark and
rocky canyon whose sides were vertical
walla. Tumbling down from the wood
ed heights utiove—rare sight in Arizona
—a little brook of clear, sparkling
water came brawling and splashing over
its stony bed at his feet aud went on
down the gorge to its opening on the
sandy plain. There, presumably, it
burrowed into tho bosom of the earth,
for no vestige of running stream could
the Cababi valley show. The walls
alsmt him were in places grimy with
the smoke of cook fires. Overhead,
not r>0 feet away, a gnarled and stunted
little cedar jutted out from some crev
ice in the rocks and stood at the edge
of the cliff. A soldier was clinging
to it with one hand and pointing out
to ward t ho east with tho other. Dram
mond recognised the voice aa that of
one of his own troop when the man
called ont:
"Two of our tellers are coming with
the old yellow ambulance, sergeant,
but 1 can't see the others."
(TO BB CONTINUED.]
CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver.
NORTH.
11 CUb «M1U. IU,
SOOTH.
1
2
AM.
P.M.
Lv
7.30
Charleston
8.46 Ar
8.40
Pregnall’g
7.27
10.47
Sumter
6.27
12.05
Darlington
4.12
12 56
Bennettsville 8.21
1.90
Gibson
2.57
1.47
Hamlet
2.30
Ar
6.00
Raleigh
10.15 Lv
P.M.
P.M.
No.
1 connuects with
Seaboard
Air Line at Hamlet for Raleigh
Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel
by, Koutherfordton ; and at Charlotte
with K. & D. Vestibule Limited lor
Washington and New York. Passen
gers can take sleepers at Charlotte at
8 :30 p. in.
No. 2 passengers by this train have
through Sleepers New York to Char
lotte, connects with S. A. L. at Ham
let from Charlotte, Raleigh and
Nortn, and from Wilmington, con
nects with S.C. Ry. at Pregnalls for
harlestou, Columbia, Angugta and
the West. Dinner at Hamlet.
C. MILLARD, Superintendent
c.
mw. B. Mcillfll, U. 0.
Offers his professional sm vices ts
the people of Darlington and vicinity.
Office over the store of Edwards #
ment A Co.
Jan 19.'90—ly
(i, i IIM'KI'li &
Manutacturers
—OF—
Doors, Sash, Blimis,
jynoxjXiiDiisros
—AND-
Biiilding Material.
ESTABLIdUED 1842.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
April, 2 0 ISra—1
EAGLE BRAND
THE BEST
ROOFING
Is un.-qualled for house, barn, fact
ory or out buildings, and costs half
the price of shingles, tin or iron. It
is ready for use and easily applied by
any one. RUBBER PAlJiT costs on
ly 00 cents |>er gallon In band lots, or
#1.50 for 6 gallon tubr,. Color dark
red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron
roofs that will last for years. Try it.
Bend stamp for samples and particu
lars.
Excelsior Paint and Roofing Co.,
155 DUANE ST., NEW YORK, N. Y.
Dec 28—2IH.
Auditor’s Notice,
Auditor’s Ofkick. )
Daruhotok, 8. C., Dec. 1,1898. J
I ^HIS office will be open for the
purpose of listing all real and
personal property and poll taxes for
the fiscal year commencing Nov 1,
1893, and ending Oct. 81, 1894, from
January 1. to February 20, inclusive,
excepting days required in filling the
jury box and days named below.
1 will attend In person or by dep
uty :
Philadelphia, Monday, Jsn. 8.
Lamar, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Jan. 9 and 10.
Cypress, Thursday, Jan 11.
Ashland, Friday, Jan. 12.
Stokes Bridge, Saturday, Jan. 13.
Lydia, Monday, Jan. 15.
Harfsville, Tuesday and Wednes
day, Jan 16 and 17.
Antioch, Thursday, Jan. 18.
Leavensworth, Friday, Jan. 19.
Society Hill, Thursday and Friday,
Jan. 18 and 19, by deputy.
Jasper, Saturday, Jan. 20, by dep
uty.
High Hill, Monday, Jan. 22,.by dep
uty.
Mechanicsville, Tuesday, Jan. 23.
If taxpayers will;.id theAuditor in get
ting all the taxable property on the
tax books much dissatisfaction now
existing would cease. The school
fund would lie incieased if all taxable
polls could be entered. Male persons
between the ages of 21 and 50 years
are dec med taxable |iollg except those
incapable of earning a supiiort.
W H. LAWRENCE,
Deo 7 —4t Auditor D. C.
A D. and C. A S. RAILROADS.
In effect Dec 3, 1893.
Through Passenger Train.
Leave Wadesboro 4.30 a in
Bennett’s 4.51 a m
Morven’s
5.04 a m
McFarland
6 17 a m
Cheraw
6.00 a m
Cash’s
0.12 a iu
Society Hill
6.26 a m
Dove’s
0.44 a m
Floyd’s
6.49 a m
Darlington
7.00 a in
Palmetto
. 7.11 a in
Arrive Florence
. 7.25 a m
Leave Florence
7.15 p m
Palmetto
7.28 p m
Darlington
7.88 p m
Floyd’s
7.50 p m
Dove’s
7 55 j> m
Society Hill
8 13 j> iu
Cash’s
8-27 p in
Cheraw
8.60 p w
McFarland
9.18 p m
Morven’s
9.39 p m
Bennett’s
9.54 p m
Arrive Wadeiboro
10.15 p m
Freight .Trahn
Leave Florence
7.30 a m
Darlington
8.40 a in
Arrive t’heiaw
11.90 a m
Leave Cheraw
1.00 p in
Darlington
4.00 p in
Arrive Florence
5.00 p in
A. F. RAVENEL, President.
mjORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
LNI In effect Jan. 11, 1894.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 01
Leave Florence
7 45 a in
Kingstree
8.58 a in
Lanes
9.20 a m
Arrive Charleston
11.20 a m
N o. 35.
Leave Florence
3.87 a m
Lanes
4.52 a m
Arrive Charleston
0.50 a m
No. 23.
Leave Florence
7.25 p m
Kingstree
8.37 p m
latnes
9.00 p m
Arrive Charleston
.11.00 p m
No. 53.
Leave Lanes
7.05 p m
Arrive Charleston
8.45 p m
Train on C. A D. R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 61 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 78.
Leave Charleston
. 3.35 a in
Lanes
5.30 a m
Kingstree
5 52 a in
Arrive Florence
7.10 a ro
No. 00
Leave Charleston
5.00 p in
1JU1C8
7.05 p m
Kingstree
7.25 p in
Arrive Florence
. 8.50 p m
No. 14.
Leave Charleston
3.30 p m
Lanes
5.29 p in
Kingstree
5.46 p m
Arrive Florence
0.45 p m
No. 62.
Leave Charleston
7.00 a in
Arrive Lanes
8.85 a in
TTART8VILLE RAILROAD.
X1 In effect Dee 8,1898
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartsville 6.00 a
Jovann 6.90 a
Floyd’s 6.36 a m
to -ArriveDarlington 7190 a
Leave Darlington 6.80 p u
Floyd’s.. 8.00pa
Jovann.....
Arrrivc Hartsville 8.40 p I
J, T. DIVINE, Hen. (topi
No. 62 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of 8. C.
No. 78 runs solid to Wilming
ton, N. C., making close connection
with W. A W. K. R. for all points
North.
Train No. 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
makes close connection for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE. Gen. Supt.
vv
ILM1NOTON, COLUMBIA A
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 3, 1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. M.
Leave Wilmington 8.20 p m
Marion 6.11 p m
Arrive Florence 6.50 p in
No. 60.
Leave Florence 7.10 p m
Sumter - 8.28 p m
Arrive Columbia 10.00 p m
No. 68.
Leave Florence 7.46 a m
Arrive Sumter 9 20 a m
No. 62.
Leave Sumter 9.63 a m
Arrive Columbia 11.05 a m
No. 62 runs through from Charles
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8-40 a m, Manning 9 18 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 51.
Leave Columbia 4.30 a m
Sumter 6 67 a m
Arrive Florence 7.16 a m
No. 56.
Leave Florence 7.40 a m
Marlon - 8.23 a m
Arrive Wilmington 11.10am
No. 68.
Leave Columbia 4.20 p m
Arrive Sumter 5.86 p m
No. 59.
Leave Columbia... —
Sumter — 5.46 p m
Arrive Florence.... ....... 6.66 p m
No. 58 runs thiouau so cuarleston
via Central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 6.15 p m. Lanes 7.00 p m,
Charleston8.46 pm.
Trains on Manchester and Augusta
B. R-, leave Sumter daily except Sun
day, 10.60 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave Rimini 1.00 p.
m.. arrive Sumter 9:10 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadboum
and Conway Railroad leave Chad-
bourn at 10.10 a m, arrive at Conway
12.30 p iu, retnrnlng leave Conway at
9:00 p. m., arrive Chadboum 4:50 p.
m. Leave Chadboum 7.00 a m and
5.15 p m, arrive at Hub 7 46 a m and
6.00 pm. Returning leave Hub 8.15 a
m and 6 90 p m, arrive at Chadboum
9.00 a m and 7.16 p m. Dally except
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