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CHAPTER VIII—('ouimued.
.•’All ri^ht, Psttenon.. Try to
where the rest have gone and what
they're doing. I’ll aend the glaea np to
yon presently,. What .I'm afraid of,
lieutenant, i* that In their rage over
Donovan’• death, and MnllanVand all
the devil’s work done there at Moreno’s,
and your mishap, too, the men have,
become nnoeotroijfhle and will never
let np on the poreiit until they have
killed the that one of that gangW TheSe
two who 1 are coming With the bodies
of the Morales brothers probably hate
fit an instant Wing turned. ••Sorry
, for yon,8enor Moreno," he grimly mut
tered. “But as only two men are with
me, and both are otherwise engaged. I’ll
have to secure you temporarily. It
isn't pleasant, but it serves you right. ”
In vain the Mexican pleaded and pro
tested. A rawhide riata waa wound
and looped about him. in a few scien
tific turns, and he was left reclining
against the rock, conquered yet inward
ly raging, while Wing stole in to Drum
mond's rude couch, slipped the field-
iUi» from" its case, then, with a long-
wornout horses, of perhaps Lee ordered' in # * 00 * t into the darker depths beyond.
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them to stay and guard the safe. The
last 1 saw of any of the gang they were
disappearing over lift' desert to the
sooth, striking •for Sotaora pass.”
"1 wonder they didn’t all 'come in
here, ’’ said Drnmipond.
, “ Wdll, hardly that, Heatenant They
knew they Would be follbwed here, pen
ned np, where their capture woi^ld only
be a question of time. A hundred cav
alrymen wonld be aronnd them In a
yery few bonrs, and we could send to
Lowell for thoee old mountain howitzers
and just leisurely shell them out.
Then, when they surrendered*—M they'd
bav* to—the civil autIron tips would
Immediately step in and elaim jurisdic
tion-claim the prisoners too. We’d
Simply have to turn .tbepi over to jus
tice as a blatter of. coiirsO, anil you
know, and they imow, that (he only
judge apt to sit on their case would be.
that of our eminent frontiersman arid
fellow citizen—Lynch. They are scat
tering like Apaches through the moun
tains and will -reaseemble ai*d count
noses later on. Thanks to you and C
troop, they hays lost all they had gained
and their leaders besides. No. sir, they
won’t Stop this side of tte Mexican
■fine.”
“There’e one, Wirlg, I hope to heav
en they’ll never lose sight of till they
run him down. ” ' ■*•*
“Who’s that, sir?”
“The fallow who was enlisted in O
troop last winter at Tucson and desert
ed last night to join this gang. He
drove for the stage company last year
and was discharged. He gave his name
as Bland.” *i •, .H . .
* “Bland I Henry Bland I’’ exclaimed
Sergeant Wing, leaping. {O' his feet’In
uncontrollable excitement. “Do yon
mean it, air? . Had he enjisted? Do
on meat) that he was the man Miss
grvey spoke of—thediaguiaed soldier,
«he called him?’’ .r •■ • • .
- And Drummond, amaaed at Wing’s;
emotion, gazed np to see the verge ant’s
features wording almost convulsively,
his face paling, his eyes full of intense'
anxiety. .•
’’Why, I cannot doubt it, sergeant.
He ran away from e® on tjHe discovery
of Donovan’s body and rodp straight
for Moreno's, beating us there proba
bly by an hour or so,'for no one hap
pened to miss him. ” <
Wing’s hands were raised on high in
a gesture almost tragic, then dropped
’ helplessly : by hie side. With'a stifled
gToan the tall soldier turned abruptly
away and went striding toward the
opening of the canyon, leaving Drum
mond wondering and perplexed.
* When, a quarter of an hour later, the
eeTgeant returned, bringing; with him
soine Improvised splints ahd bandages,
and Drtfmmpnd belfeVfed it Sis duty
to .make inquiry ay to whether h a. knew
Bland and what waa the cause of his
excitement. Wing turned his grave,
troubled face and looked his young su
perior straight in the eye. —
“Mr. Drummond, 1 have known that
mtett for good and for ill many a long
year. If our fellows have killed him,
let his crimes die with him. If he is
fafonght in alive—brought ta trial—1
may have to speak, but not now, sir.
Bear with'me, lieutenant—not now.”
Was Drummond dreaming ? He could
have declared that tears were starting
in the sergeant’s eyes as he turned has
tily away, nnable for the moment to
continue the setting"'and bandaging of
the broken arm.
- - "Take your own time. Wing,” said
the young officer gently. ••Hpmk or
keep silent as you will. •> Yon ha-e
earned the right. ” And the sergeant
mutely thanked him.
The primitive surgery of the frontier
took little time, and with his arm com
fortably and closely slpng Drummond
lay impatient fdr the coining of his
men, impatient perhaps to hear a softer
voice, to feeT again the Hu-bt touch of
•hinder fingeip, yet in his weakness and
exhanstion dropping sfoWl^ off to sleep.
All efforts to keep awake proved vain.
Hio heavy eyejids closed, and presently
he was in dreamland.
Meantime Sergeant Wing had busied
himself it> many a Wayr First he had
gone to loosen old Moreno’s bonds—
enough, at least, to relievehfs pain, yet
hold him securely. The soldier sitting
drowsily .on the rock beside the prisoner
gladly accepted permission to put aside
hit carbine and go to sleep.' *
”141 watch kfai; Mat, ” said Wing
~ "Ton liddowrf-tteii'Montatf itofrkee
tofttfiwr*
icnot vtfps I’m
far awuyis that ambulanch d^J’at^
terson?” he called.to the man.on.look
and a moment’s hesitation, he stepped
to the projecting rock that seemed to
divide the cave into two apartments
and called In lower tone, “Mias Har
vey. ”
“Here. Mr. Wing. What is wanted?”
And at the Instant, prompt, alert,
eveq smiling, Fanny Harvey appeared
before him. The pallor waa gone. The
disheveled hair had been twisted into
shape. Food, reel, relief from dread
and misery and that little appreciated
beautider, fresh water, had wrought
their transformation here. Wing’s
handsome eyes glistened as he removed
his hat.
“I have to go np to that point yonder
a few minutes, leaving old Moreno
alone, bound, to be sure, but his wife
or daughter might slip out and release
him. Will you have the goodness to
take this and shoot him if they should
make the attempt?” And he handed
her his pistol.
'’’I’ll see to it that no one Interferes
with him, Mr. Wing. What has hap
pened? Are the others coniiag?” And
•he took ’ the revolver, balancing tt ta
her accustomed and practiced band.
The admiration deepened In Wing’s
gaxe.
“I see yon handle a pistol as though
you had used one. You’re a true fron
tiersman’s daughter. I’ll have to be
away tor a lew minutes. I’m going np
to look from our rock above there.*
Some of our men, they say, are in sight
slolfly returning, and the paymaster’s
ambulance is only a mile away, proba
bly waiting for the rest of the party.
How is Miss Ruth?”
“Sleeping like a baby, bless her
heart.”
“Well, I have promised Mr, Drum
mond that she should be his nurse. 1
hope you will consent Be is sleeping
too. No fever yet 1 am thankful to
say.”
“Hath will he ready, and so will L
to-help in any way we can. But when
are you to have a rest, may I ask?”
“O-ob—by and by. Lee and the
others must have theirs first. They
have been in saddle much longer and
farther than 1. When is Min Harvey
to have her rest, may I ask?”
”W-e-1-1, 1 don’t know. I’ll say,
‘perhaps by and by’ too. Look, that
man is calling yon. ”
Whirling about, Wing saw his senti
nel beckoning, and in a moment he went
clambering np the rocky trail, active
qaa mountain Apache.
“What is it, Patterson?”
“Ik-is signal smoke, sir, across the
valley. That ain’t more than eight
miles away, and down here In the range
ain’t more than six. What Indiana
could be out here, I wonld like to know ?
Do they grow everywhere tn this in
fernal country?”
Wing took his glasses and long and
earnestly studied the bluish white
clouds rising in puffs, faint and barely
distinguishable in the oppoeite heights,
then fixed bis gaze upon the filmy col
umn soaring up among the dark pines
at the heart of the range to the south
ward. His face grew graver every min
ute.
"Stay here and watch, ” he said. ’’1
must go and get those other men in
with the ambulance. Of course if it is
Apachee, they’ve sighted that party
and the few men straggling back, and
thoee signals mean, ’close in on them.’
I’ll send the team right in and then ride
and hurry the other fellows out. ’’
The sun was retiring behind the
Cababi range as Wing went leaping
down the trail.
•’Sorry for yon, Dick, old boy,” he
said to his horse, who was drowsing in
the shade. “More work for us both
now,”
Never stopping to saddle, he leaped
upon the bare, brown back and went
clattering down the canyon.
“Keep your eye on Moreno, there I”
he shouted up to the lookout “If be
tries to slip away, shoot him.”
Ten minutes’ brisk gallop through
the windings of the gorge brought him
to the edge of the sandy plain. There,
under a little clump of willows, waa
the ambulance, Its mules unhitched and
hoppled securely, nibbling placidly at
tuoh scant herbage as they could find.
-The horse?! of the two guards, unsad
dled,. vtere drooping in the shade, too
tired to hunt tor anything to eat
“Saddle np, men. Hitch In and get
that team-to the head of the canyon, live-
the
carbine
ftbhre," Moriudf'dnfrsoe ly now,” was his brief order to
Att* no feffdrtto slip 0 rteepy trooper Who greeted him, car
i "at wdik Hefei ” How -tntoihd. _
mWan
„toiip
at the edge
sergeant, That's where
: water first,'and 1 reckon
It tdako tap their minds to
farther, loanffnake out one'or
of the fellows coming baqk far d6w
desert to the sooth. Horses played cwt
“Anything to be seen across the val-
jtha trail we «w|e?” >'
’’Nothing, sir; not a puff of dust
Nut here’s something*! don’t nnder-
Btaftd-*oft here tn the rsnge south of ns
—toel! tap toward the top. ’ ’ ’ ,
“ wTiat’e tHat ?” .asked Wtttg, diop-
i of lariat'he bald In his
l looking quickly up. .
it’s mere tike signal smoke
Just exactly such
on in tb« Chirica-
hua and Catarinas and— Well, just
come up here with your fieldglMs, il
—t’^tbar Mdsef the Taller. ”
'What’s up, sergeant?” queried
springing out from the wil-
Lee told us to wait here, or
Wherever we could find shade and
’ ta'
How long and what tor?”
__ i know how long. None
’em ain’t In sight from here coming
back, but ’what tor’ is easy to answer.
The paymaster’s chest.”
paymaster’s chest?” cried
Isn’t that here in the
ambulance?"
••Not a hinge of It. Those greaser*
•gapped it onto sn apparejo while we
were all running for Harvey’s daugh
ters. The money’s half way to Sonora
by this time.”
^ ’ CHAPTER IX.
Peaceful as was his rest. Drummond
slept’ only un hour or so. For months
he had lived in the open ait, “ on the
warpath “said ^ ^ding clore behind her sister, her
who had won tos .pm* suffused, her cheeks blushing red.
’■’ “ f “ r ui. tS— I n. *.«- ta. b. m-3- a
now and let the
themaelves the hollownoa of mirtary
glory. Wonrinees and physical exhans
tion had lent their claims, and despite
bruises ami many a pang, despite the
realization of the presence of the fair
girls whom his dash and energy bad
rescued from robber hands, the young
fellow had dozed away into dreamland.
Why not ? The objeet of bis mission
was accomplished. Fanny and Ruth
Harvey were safe. All that was left
tor the party to do now was rest in
quiet until another morn, then it would
be quite possible to start on the return
without waiting for the coming of their
friends. Before sunset his men would
be reassembled. They could have a
long night's sleep, and with the rising
of the morrow's sun, convoying their
three wagons and their captured trea
sures, the little detachment would take
the back track for the Tucson road,
confident of meeting “old Harvey"
and probably a doctor on the way.
He himself, thongh most in need of
tnrgical attention when they reached
the caves, had inch confidence la the
skill of Sergeant Wing as to feel that
hie arm was set as perfectly as could
be done by almost any other practition
er, and before dropping off to sleep had
qnite determined that be would make
the morning march in saddle
Still, he coaid not sleep for any great
length of time. The instinct of vigi
lance and the sense of responsibility
would not leave him. In his half
dreaming, half waking state, he once
thought be heard a light footfall, and
presently aa he dosed with eyelids shut
there came a soft touch upon his tem
ple. Lifting his band be seized that of
his visitor—Fanny Harvey,
“Why are yoirnot resting?" he asked.
"And where is Ruth?”
“Rnth is sleeping, as ws hoped yon
might be. ‘Tired nature's sweet re
storer’ is all you need, Mr. Drummond,
yet yon do not seem to hare had more
than a cat nap. Twice 1 have stolen
in here to see yon, and then, thongh 1
was fearful of waking you. you slept
peacefully through it aU. ”
"Well, I must hare slept a couple of
hours anyway, and 1 slept soundly until
within the last few minutes. Has
none of the men got back yet Miss
Harvey ? Do you know what time it
Is? I suppose Wing is sleeping."
"Mr. Wing ought to be sleeping, hot
he Isn’t. The sentry—Patterson 1 think
they call him—summoned him up to
the lookout there in the rocks, oh, about
an hour ago, and when the sergeant
came back he mounted his horse and
rode away down the canyon. He said
there was something requiring his at
tention. Bnt yon are to drink this
chocolate and lie still."
Drnmmond slowly strove to rise
He waa too anxious, too nervoos. to re
main where he was.
“And none of them has returned
yet?” he asked. "1 cannot understand
that. No, please do not strive to detain
me here. I’m perfectly a Me to be np
and about, and if Wing Is gone it’s my
business to look after things. ” |
Over among the rocks across the
narrow canyon the first object to meet
his gaze as be arose was Moreno, reclin
ing there bound and helpless, while at
hand a soldier had thrown himself on
his saddle blanket and was sound asleep.
The plash of the waters in the brook,
dancing and tumbling down the chasm,
made sweet, drowsing music tor his
ears, a lulling, soothing sound that ez-
plained perhaps the deep slumber of
his trooper friend.
“1 heard Mr. Wing toll that man to
He down and sleep, ’’ said Miss Harvey
as the yonng officer's eyes seemed, to
darken with menace at the eight of a
sentry sleeping on guard. “Moreno is
securely tied, and both Patterson np
there and 1 here are now his keepers.
The senors and her daughter are in the
other cave, forbidden to go near him.'
Glancing np at the stunted cedar
where Patterson stood faithful to his
trust, Drummond saw that he was
peering steadily southward through the
black fieldglassea.
“What do yon *ee, Patterson?" he
hailed. “Where is Wing? Any of the
men coming back?"
"Wing has gone on down the valley,
sir. Some of our fellows, two or three
only, were coming back, bnt they
didn't come fast enongh to enit him.
The ambulance will be here in a minute
or two—ft's just below us down the
canyon now.”
Indeed almost at the moment the
click of iron shod hoofs was heard, and
the dejected male team came into view
aronnd a jntting point, the dingy yel
low ambulance jolting after them, one
soldier in the driver’s seat handling the
reins, the other riding behind and lead
ing his comrade’s horse.
“Come np here to the month of the
.cave, Merrill,” called the lieutenant
’"You can unhitch and nnharness just
beyond, but 1 want that safe unloaded
and pnt in here.”
“The safe’s gone, sir.
“What?”
‘ “The safe’s gone, sir. We never got
it That’s what took Sergeant Wing
off down the valley, 1 reckon. 1 sup
posed you knew It sir, and him, too,
bat be didn't. Those Morales fellows
got away with It on burro back while
we were chasing the white wagon.*'
For a moment Drummond stood as
tounded.
“Man alivet” be at last exclaimed,
"why wae 1 not told of this? Get me
a horse at once, Walsh," he ordered.
”rU take Patterson’a Yon two re
main here and see that that old soonn-
drel don’t get loose—Moreno there—and
that no harm befalls the ladies. I'll
ride down after Wing. ”
"Oh, Mr. Drammoud, you mart not
think of going) ” exclaimed Mise Har
vey. " You’re far too seriously hurt,
far too weak, to attempt such a thing.
Please lie down again Sorely Mr.
Wing will do all that any man could
do to recover the safe. All the others
are in pursuit. They most have over
taken them by this time. Come; 1 am
doctor now that be is away. Obey me
and lie •till.”
Drummond's one available hand
found Itself clasped by warm, slender
fingers. He would have drawn It away
and striven to carry out hie design, hot
a glance at his two troopers told him
that they plainly and earnestly advo
cated Miss Harvey 's view of the case.
He was in no condition to make the at
tempt And at the moment, too, even
as he strove to release his band, another
voice was heard, almost imploring:
“Oh, don’t let him go. Fan. Don’t
let him try to ridel”
And turning suddenly at the sound
Mr. Drummond found Ruth Harvey
ta. a* mm* «
wnart at son krancwco a you gone oy,
mid for the moment he forgot the safe,
the funds, the crippled arm, the band
aged head and every other item that
should have occupied his thoughts.
"Why, Rnthie, is this you? How
yon have grown,''
And then the imprisoned hand waa
released only to be transferred to the
clasp and keeping of another. In her
fear that he* knight, her soldier, wonld
leave them, and wounded though he
was insist on attempting to follow his
men in their parsmt, the shyness of
maidenhood .was forgotten. Ruth had
seised and clasped the long, brown fin
gers, and Drummond forgot for the mo
ment all thought of quitting her pres
ence for the field.
And then having—as she supposed—
won her point, and having caught the
new light In his admiring eyea, it be
came necessary to struggle for the re
lease of the hand she had so unhesitat
ingly used to detain bfm. This might
have proved a difficult matter, Judging
from the expression in Drummond's
face, bnt for a sadden bail from Patter-
•oat
"Can the lieutenant come op here a
moment? There’s something going on
down there 1 can’t understand.”
Old Moreno, whose bonds coaid not
restrain his shifting, glittering eyes,
glanced quickly upward. Then, as he
caught a menacing look in the sunburn
ed face of the Irish trooper Walsh, he
became as suddenly oblivious to all
earthly matters beyond the pale of his
own physical woes. And now it waa
Rath's hand that would retain its
clasp and Drummond's that was again
straggling for release. In a moment
the lieutenant stood under Patterson's
perch.
“What did yon see? What was it
like? How far away?”
“Six or seven milee, sir. The valley
Is broad and open, and three of onr fel
lows were riding slowly back on the
west side, while Wing was galloping
as thongh to meet them, and when they
weren’t more than a mile apart Wtng’e
horse went down—looks no bigger than
a black spofck—and the other three
sheered off away from the rocks on
this side and seemed to be scattering
apart.”
The words were tow spoken eo as to
reach only his ear. Now It was no
easy scramble tor a man In Drummond's
condition to make, but it took him only
a little time to clamber to Patterson’s
side.
“There’s something back of ajl this,
and you know it, Patterson. What
Apache sign have yon seen?”
“Smoke, sir, on both sides. But we
agreed, the sergeant and 1, that the
yonng ladies mustn’t be alarmed nor
yon aroused. Then he rode away to
hurry in any of our fellows who were
in sight and warn them to keep ont
from the rocks. What I’m afraid of is
that they’ve been ambushed, or at least
that the Indians have ambnshed him.
His horse is down,'and thoee others yon
see are away ont on the plain now.
They're working aronnd toward the
horse as thongh he were lying behind
it, and they appear to be firing mount
ed.”
What was Drnmmond to do? To
leave his charges here, unprotected, waa
ont of the question. Fail to go or
send to Wing’s relief he coaid not
Decide he must and decide quickly.
“Patterson, that party of Apaches
can’t be over a dozen strong, or they
wonld have rushed ont of their cover
by this time, yet they are too strong and
too securely posted to be driven by
that little squad, especially if Wing is
■Wounded. I can’t shoot now, bnt 1
can ride and direct Every man who
can shoot may he needed here. Yon
have four now and can stand off 40
Apaches—Tonto or Chiricahna—in
such a position aa this, eo I leave yon
in charge. You have everything to
help yon stand a siege. Now see to it
that the ladies are kept well under
cover, and I’ll hurry back with Walsh
and what men I can find. ”
Then down he scrambled, giving one
look at Moreno and his sleeping guard
ian as he passed, then gave a low toned
'order to Walsh:
"Saddle your horse again and ride
just to the other side of that rock yon
der and wait for me. ”
Well he understood that it wonld be
impossible for him to ride away without
Fanny Harvey’s knowing that some
thing of a serious nature was impend
ing, and that he could not get away at
all without their knowing it. What
he desired waa to conceal from them
that there was any danger from
Apaches.
Just as he expected, both girls were
eagerly awaiting him at the entrance to
the cave. HU revolvers were in there
beside the rude couch on which he had
slept so peacefully.
“Now are yon ready to return to hos
pital and proper subjection?” asked
Miss Harvey laughingly. “It U high
time. What could have tempted you
to climb to that high point?”
“Why, it’s the first chaace I’ve had
of a look around, ” was the answer.
“TkU U an awfully strong spot for a
place of refuge. You are safe here,
safer than anywhere between Yuma
and Tucson, now Burt the former pos
sessors are scattered. But did you hear
what took Wing off?"
“No, be didn’t Stop to explain mat
ters. He simply dashed away without
even a saddle. ‘Something 1 must
look after, ’ was all be vouchsafed to
say."
“Well, the men jnst in tell me the
paymaster’s safe was spirited off. Con
found that little green box of green
backs! Some shrewd packer among
Morales’ people whisked it out of the
wagon and onto a burro, and now we
are all keen to get ft back. Of course
I cap’t sleep again until we know.
Some of onr people are coming slowly
np the valley, and Wing went on dowp
to meet them."
Bnt all the time he talked so airily
with the elder sister, Rnth stood watch
ing him with suspicious eyes.
“Mr. Drnmmond, please do not go,”
she broke forth. “You have no right
to—now.” And James, the dissembler,
found himself trapped.
“Go I must, Rnthie," he said, with
sadden change of manner. “I know
you will not blame me or detain when
1 tell you, as 1 feel forced to tell you
now. that Sergeant Wing is hart. His
horse has fallen with him far out on
the desert. I’ll be back very soon.”
Then with sudden impulsive move
ment he bent, kissed hfir forehead aqd
turned aa suddenly away.
When the sisters looked into each
other’s eyes a moment later, one face
waa blushing like the dawn, the other
waa pallid with a new and deep au*-
ietrr *-T* ~
And now we, too, musi ronqw wing
He waa a total stranger, it’ts to he re
membered, to the regiment when, after
its years of battling tn the Army of the
Potomac, it was sent into exile on the
far Pacific coast and speedily lust to
sight in the deserts of Arizona. The
type of noncommissioned officer most
familiar to the rank and fils as well as to
their superiors was the old fashioned
"plains raised," "disciplin furst and
raysoll afterward" class of which Feeny
was so prominent an exponent. Brave
to rashness and faithful to the very
death, they had reason to look for re
spect and appreciation. They were
men whose only education wos^that
picked up in the camps and campaigns
of the famous old regiments to which,
when mere recruits, they had been as
signed. They were invaluable in the
army and would have been utterly mis
judged and out of their element any
where else. That "book learning" and
soldiering could ever go hand in Iqmd
no man ic the old dragoons wonld ever
have believed for sn instant. Such
scholars ss had drifted into the ranks
were, as a rule, irreclaimable drunk
ards, lost to any chance of redemption
at home, and only tolerated in the serv
ice in the rough old days because of
their meek and nncomplaining perform
ance of long hours of extra duty In the
troop or regimental offices when, their
whisky and their money alike exhaust
ed, they humbly went back to their
desks, asking only lo live in the hope
ffh bmt amd Mesed her forehead.
of another drunk. Hundreds of the
old dragoons could barely sign their
names, many could only touch the pen
when culled upon to make "his (X)
mark.” "Another busted clerk” was
the general expression when the young
Californian came forward to enlist.
Yet he was the picture of clear eyed,
athletio manhood, was accepted with
much hesitancy by the officers and un
doubted suspicion by the men, yet speed
ily proved a splendid horseman, scout,
shot and, as waa the final admission,
"all round trooper,’* despite the fact
that he was well educated and spoke
Spanish like a native. Still, such was
the prevailing faith, aa it ever is among
veteran soldiers, that the old atyle was
the best, it was long before he won pro
motion. No one who has not known
both* can begin to imagine the differ
ence between the army of a quarter cen
tury ago and the army of today. Just
as Feeny was a resolute specimen of the
old, so was Wing a pioneer of his class
in the new. At the moment when the
latter struck spare to the wearied flanks
of poor Dick and called on him for one
more effort, the stalwart and handsome
sergeant sped away on the path of duty,
confident of the fact that by this time
every man In his own troop and every
soldier who knew him at all would
stake his last dollar on Bob Wing's tac
kling the problem before him aa fear
lessly and Intelligently aa any veteran
in the regiment.
Having ordered the ambulance np the
gorge, he himself spurred away to gath
er in all stragglers within reach, so os
to re-enforee the little garrison at the
oaves in the event of attack from the
Apaches. To hie practiced eye no ves
tige of donbt remained as to the char
acter and purpose of the signal smokes.
Not a moment was to be lost. Within
that very hour perhaps unseen Indians
would come skulking, spying, “snak
ing" upon their refuge, would be able
infallibly to determine the number and
character of its occupants, and if their
own force were considerable and that
of the garrison weak God alone could
help those innocent women.
When last noted, the westward signal
was puffing slowly np into the cloudless
sky from a point in the range perhaps
six miles below Pattereon's station in
the rocks. The three wearied troopers,
dragging slowly back from the chase,
could be seen coming np the valley prob
ably four milee away, some distance,
therefore, ahead of the supposed position
of the foe. Wing well knew with what
goatlike agility the mountain Indians
could speed along from rock to rock and
•till keep under cover, and every man
who had served a month In Arizona
could have predicted that If Indians in
any force were within a day's march of
those three stragglers ambush and death
would be their fate, perhaps even when
within view of their longed for goal.
That they had not eeao the sign, that
they were ignorant of the possible pres
ence of Apaches tn the range, was man
ifest simply because they rode close
along under the toot hills, often over
the bowlder strewn outskirts of the
talda, and, though still far from them,
such waa Wing's anxiety for their safe
ty that he rode furiously along, signal
ing with bis left hand aa thongh to
say i “Keep ontl Keep to your right I
Don’t go eo close to the rocks I”
In this way, nrgiag Dick to his speed
and never thinking of his own safety,
intent only on saving his comrades
from possible death, believing, too,
that no Apache could yet have worked
bis way so far np the range. Wing was
riding, straight as the crow flies, from
the little oasis at the month of the
canyon toward the ambling laggards to
the south. HU conns led him along
within 100 yards of many a bowlder or
“snwarrow, ” thongh hU path itself wae
unobstructed. The sun had gone west
ering, and he was in the shadow. Pres
ently, however, aa Dick panted painful
ly, heavily, np a very gentle elope, and
the sergeant came upon the low crest of
a moqpdllko upheaval, he saw some
400 yards ahead a broad bay of sun
light stretching in from the glaring sea
to the east, and glancing to bis right
noted that there was a depression in the
range—something like a broad cleft in
the mountains, possibly a pass through
to the broader desert on the other side.
Ha gave it little thought, however.
There, only a mile or eo away now,
came his fellow troopers, two in front,
another lagging some distance behind,
riding sleepily toward him and danger-
roexa. Intent on y on tnem and stiu
Wishing to attract their attention, he
swnng his broad brimmed hat, waving
it off to t he left, hut with no apparent
result. Confound them I Were they
aounil asleep? Oiuld they never be
made to see? Poor Dick waa able now
only to strike a feeble canter, ao utterly
was he used up, and just when Wing,
looking only to the front, was thinking
that he might aa well discontinue the
spur and let his poor hone rest, they
labored forth from the sheltering shade
full upon the tawny, sunlit sand. Then,
while the s<-rgeant’u eyes were tempo
rarily blinded by the glare, there came
from the rocks to bis right a sudden
flash and report. He felt at the same
instant a stinging pang in the leg. He
had just time to grasp his own carbine
and to attempt to awing off when the
second shot echoed loudly from the
rocks. He felt poor Dick start and
swerve; he felt him going headlong, and
the next thing he knew he was vainly
striving to peer into the face of the
evening sun from over the quivering
body of his faithful friend, unable for
the moment to see tho faintest sign of
an enemy, and then the blood came
welling through the little hole in his
worn cavalry trousers, midway between
the hip bone and the knee, and he
knew he had received a serious perhaps
dftStM'rwt/i won ml
[to be continued.]
The Beauty of Wrinkles.
And now an authority inveighs against
steaming the face as a preventive against
wrinkles, alleging that this is uhe swift
est and surest prix^ss by which to pro
duce them. “Tho second layer of the
skin becomes attenuated, and there is a
decrease in balk bf the superficial lay
ers," is the technical explanation which
the laity will not understand and does
not need to. The simple fact is suffi
cient. Bnt why should wrinkles be such
a red rag to every woman? They must
inevitably come if one lives long enough,
ami barring the suppression of the habit
of frowning and the avoidance of dan
gerous cosmetics it seems useless to fight
them.
Time was when we were taught that
they were the lines of character, and
time is when diameter, as shining forth
in tho expression of the face, makes the
wrinkles forgotten. Watch the soul be
hind the wrinkles. Take as much care
of that as you strive to of the outer layer
of cuticle, which is its external sem
blance, and the wrinkles will be lost or
overlooked in the serene and steady eye
and quiet but smiling mouth. “Think
lofty things,” says a preacher, “and the
countenance will show the thought.”—
New York Times.
Ho Wu BatUtt.d.
Tho old boarder, after an experience of
20 years or more, at last got into a place
which seemed to him to be as near the
ideal as he cared about. When he had
been there a week, he went one night to
a religious service, and one of tho work
ers approached him.
“Are you a Christian?” was the first
question.
“I hope so,” he replied humbly,
“though I don’t belong to the church.”
“Ah, my friend, there is where you are
wrong.”
“Possibly I am.”
“Don’t you feel that you are a sinner?"
"Well, I’m not perfect, 1 suppose.”
“Don’t you want to go to heaven?"
The old boarder braced np.
“If you’d asked me that 10 days ago,”
he said, “I should have answered ‘yes’
promptly, but now I’m in a boarding
house where they don’t have stewed
prune*, skimmilk, hash, paralytic coffee,
dried apple pies, soiled napkins, tough
meat, a piano on each floor, gossiping
boarders and a lot more discomforts, and
I’m afraid to take any risk in leaving it,”
and the worker gave him np as hopeless.
—Detroit Free Press.
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Offers his professional set vtcoR t»
the people of Darlington and victn'ty
Office over the store of Edwards, » -s
meat & Co.
Jan 19,’90—lv
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/-CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL lteoe<v.r
In Effect Jan. 10, 186'
north/
SOUTH.
1
a
A.M.
P.M.
Lv 7.30
Charleston
8.45 Ar
8.40
Pregnall's
7.87
10.47
Sumter
5.87
12.05
Darlington
4.13
12 56
Bennetteville 8.21
1.20
Gibeon
2.57
1.47
Hamlet
2.30
Ar 6.00
Raleigh
1015 Lv
P.M.
P.M.
No. 1 eouuneets with Seaboard
Air Line at Hamlet tor Raleigh
Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel
by, Koutherforffton ; and at Charlotte
with R. A D. Vestibule Limited for
Washington and New York. Passen
gers can take sleepers at Charlotte at
8 :39 p. m.
Np. 2 passengers by this train have
through Sleepers. New York to Char
lotte, connects with 8. A. L. at Ham
let from Charlotte, Raleigh and
North, and from Wilmington, con
nects with S.C. Ry. at Pregualls for
harleston, Columbia, Angugta and
the West. Dinner at Hamlet.
C. MILLARD, Superintendent
( "1 A D. and 0. A S. RAILROADS.
J» In effect Dec 8, 1898.
Through Passenger Train.
Leave Wadesboro 4.80 a m
Bennett’s 4.51 a m
Morven’s 5.04 a m
McFarland 5 17 a m
Cheraw...— 6.00 a m
Cash's 6.12 a m
Society Hill 6.26 a m
Dove’s 6.44 a in
Floyd’s 6.49 a m
Darlington 7.00 am
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 p m
Society Hill 8,13 p m
Cash's 8 27 p in
Cheraw 8.50 p in
McFarland 9.13 p m
Morven’s 9.39 p in
Bennett’s 9.04 p m
Arrive Wadesboro 10.15 p m
Freight Train.
Leave Florence ^ 7.30 a m
Darlington 8.40 a in
Arrive Cheiaw 11.20 a nr
Leave Cheraw 1.00 pm
Darlington 4.00 p m
Arrive Florence 5.00 p in
A. F. RAVENEL, President.
N
ORTH EASTERN RAILROAD.
In effect Jan. 11, 1894.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 61
Leave Florence 7.45 a m
Klngstree 8.58 am
Lanes 9.20 a m
Arrive Charleston 11.20 a in
No. 85.
Leave Florence 8.37 a m
Lanes 4.52 a m
Arrive Charleston 6.50 a m
No. 83.
Leave Florence 7.25 p in
Kingstree 8.37 p in
Lanes 9.00 p in
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 m
Lanes 5.30 a in
Klngstree 5 52 a m
Arrive Florfinoe 7.10 a in
No. 80
Leave Charleston 5.00 p m
Lanes 7.05 pjiu
Kingstree 7.25 p in
Arrive Florence 8.50 p m
No. 14.
Leave Charleston 8.30 p m
Lanes 5.29 p m
Kingstree 5.45 p m
Arrive Florence 6.45 p m
No. 52.
Leave Charleston 7.00 a m
Arrive Lanes 8.S5 a it
No. 52 rnns through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of S. 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 point*
North.
J. F. DIVINE. Hen. Snpt.
IV
ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA *
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 3,1898.
SOUTH BOUND.
Manulacturers
—OF—
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
a^oTTLDiisras
—AND-
Building Material.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
April, 2o m3—1
EAGLE BRAND
No. 65.
Leave Wilmington 3.20 p m
Marion 6.11 p m
Arrive Florence .*. 6.50 p in
No. 50.
Leave Florence 7.10 p a
Sumter 8.28 p in
Arrive Colombia 10.00 p m
No. 58.
Leave Florence 7.45 a m
Arrive Snmter 9 20 a m
No. 58.
Leave Snmter 9.53 a m
Arrive Colombia 11.05 a m
No. 58 rnns throogh from Charles
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8.40 a m, Manning 9 18 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
THE BEST
ROOFING
Is unequalled for housed, 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
anyone. RUBBER PAlNTcosts on
ly 60 cents per gallon in banel lots, or
II 50 for 5 gallon tubs. Color dark
red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron
roofs that will last for years. Try it.
Send stamp for samples and particu
lar*.
Excelsior Paibt and Roofing Co.,
155 DUANE 8T., NEW YORK, N. Y.
Dec 88—2m.
H ART8VILLE RAILROAD.
In effect Dec 8,1898.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartsville 8.00 a m
Jovann 6.80 a m
Floyd’e 6.35 a m
ArriveParlington 7.90 a m
Leave Darlington 6.80 p m
Floyd’s 8.00 p m
Jovann 8.80 pm
Amriva HarUv ille 8.40 p »
J, F. DIVINE, Gen. 8«i*.
No. 51.
Leave Colombia 4.30 am
Snmter 5-57 a m
Arrive Florence 7.15 a m
No. 66.
Leave Florence ••••••••••••••••eeeee ?• 40am
Marion - 8.83 a m
Arrive Wilmington 11.10 am
No. 53.
Leave Columbia 4.80 pm
Arrive Sumter 5.85 p m
^ No. 59.
Leave Columbia- —
Sumter 5.45 p m
Arrive Florence 6.55 p m
No. 58 rnns thiouau so enarlestcn
via oentral Railroad, arriving Man*
ning 6.15 p m. Lane* 7.00 p m,
charleston8.45 pm.
Trains on Mancheeter and Augusta
B. R-,- leave Strmter daily except Sun
day, 10.50 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave Rimini 1.00 p.
m.. arrive Sumter 8:10 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadbonrn
and Conway Railroad leave Chad-
bourn at 10.10 a m, arrive at Conway
18.30 p m, returning leave Conway at
8:00 p. m., arrive Chadbonrn 4:50 p.
in. Leave Chadbonrn 7.00 a m and
5.15 p m, arrive at Hub 7.45 a m and
6.00 pm. Returning leave Hub 8.Ufa
in and 6.80 p in, arrive at Chadbonrn
9.00 a m and 7.15 p in. Daily except
, SUI J& F, DIVINE. Geal Snpt.