Pittston Gazette

              ESTABLilSHJtn l«r»o. I VOL. X 1,1 II. NO. Utt. t Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Vi llev. I'lTTNTON, LUZERNE CO., IDA., FRIDAY, MARCH 2.!, 1894. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. J»l.r,0 PER ANNUM ) IN ADVANCE IkhI hoped, to his ilie only way, 1 lielieve, sir was proud an«l happy in tin- coueiousuessof a duty well done. Tilde. Were no young girls in the scattered garrisons of those days, no feminine attractions to unsettle his peace of mind. The few' women who accompaniC*1 their lords to Hueli exilo as Arizona wen1 discreet ma trons, to wliom lie was courtesy itself on tho few occasions wlien tliey met, lmt only once had he been brought under tho intluenco of girlish eyes or of girlish society, and that was on the memorable trip to San Francisco during the previous year, when he had had tho great good fortune to be'summoned as a witness before a general court martial convened at the Presidio, lie had been presented to tho Harvey sisters by tho captain of the Newborn iunl would fain have shown them some attention, but thero had been much rough weather in the gulf which kept the girls below, ami not until after passing CajDo San Lucjws and they were steaming up tho sunny Pacific «liCl he see either of them again. Then one glorious Clay the trolling lines were out astern, the elders were amidship playing "horse billiards," and "Tuck," the genial purser, w:i» devoting himself to Pacjnita, when Drnmmoiid heard 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 lie was at her side, and together, handover hand, they finally succeeded in pulling aboard a beautiful dolphin and landed him, leaping, flapping, splashing madly altout, in the midst of the merry party 011 tho deck. It was the first time ltut.ii had seen the gorgeous lines of this celebrated fish, and her excitement and pleasure over being heralded as its captor were most natural. From that time 011 she had pinned her girlish faith to the coat sleeve of the tall, reserved young cavalryman. To liim she was a child, even yonnger by a year than the little sister he had left, and of whom he soon began to tell her. To her ho was a young knight errant, the hero of a building maiden's shyest, sweetest, fondest fancy and ere long the idol of the dreams and thoughts she dared not whisper even to herself. Pacjuita, with tho wisdom of elder sisterhood, more than half believed she road tho younger's heart, but wisely held her peace. No wonder the little maid had so suddenly been silenced by the announcement at tho pass that that very night she might again see tho soldier lDoy to whom, in the absence of all others, her heart had been so constant. No wonder tho ride forward to Moreno's was one of thrilling excitement and shy delight and anticipation. No wonder her reason, her very life, seemed wrecked in tho tragicfate that there befell them. ister's inland an aim answered Lee, bis eyes kindling, his lips quivering with jtent up excitement. "Most of Ibt iii will stampede. I reckon,- horse. Whips cracked and bit and stung. The maddened mules flew at their collars and tore away, the wagons bounding after them, and Pasqnal Morales, tin listing forth his head to learn the cause of all the panic, grabbed the revolver at his belt with one fierce One quick glance told him the situation. The seats of the Concord had been lifted out, blankets had been spread within; he was lying at full length, his aching head supported in Ruth Harvey's lap. Fanny, her elder sister, wita seated facing him, but at bis side. No wonder Jim Drummond coul* not quite l»elieve his senses. is what 1 can't understand. You're about as elastic as ivory, lieutenant, and you have no spare flesh about yon either. That and the good luck of the cavalryman saved you from worse fate. You've got a battered bead, a broken arm and bad the breath knocked out of you, and that's about all. But we'll have you on your feet by the time the fellows come from Ktoueinan." NYE AND THE R. E.MEN held her hand a moment iJotore she went away, while my astral body seemed two sizes lsrger than the cut, and my subconscious self all seemed to be in the palm of that sweet little hand nestling therein mine like a warm quail on toast. if w tlifiii in thiC ojiiii. Jttit otiC-«( lin y fjrt anions tlio rocks we'd have no ( liaiKc at all.'' THEY HAVE A SAD TIME WAITING FOR THE CLOUDS TO ROLL BY Drununond merely nodded. Field curse, "Many people were at the depot to meet her, but she took the arm of a middle aged man, who put her in a carriage, and they drove away as I waved my handkerchief toward her. glasses in hand. In' was closely studying tile receding party, moving nCi\v at leisurely gait as though assured of "Carajo!" I'litting Vp a» a Hotel With Ooe Towel a OHAFTER VIII. n v»ai! l aiuiy who mm rcicoverca net sel •x)iKo. Throwing back tho hanging curtain at the side, she called aloud: Day anil Suffering Thereby -Queer Ex- t afi'ty. His heart was beating hard; his Idood was hounding in his veins. Ho had had some lively brushes with the Indian foe, hut 110 such scrimmage as this promised to !«•. Never once had Whatever might have been his other moral attributes, Pasqual Morales had borne a name fur desperate courage that seemed justified in this supreme moment surprise and stampede. What he saw as he leaned out of the Iwunding vehicle was certainly enough to disgust a bandit and demoralize many a leader. Scattering like chalf liefore the gale his followers were scudding out across the desert, every man for himself, as though the very devil were in pursuit of each individual member of the 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 of the fellows, desperadoes of the first water, had nnslung their henry rities and blazing away for all they were worth showed evidence of a determination to die game. Behind them, screaming at tho tops of their shrill, strident voices, Senora Moreno and her daughter were clinging stoutly to tho iron rail i f their seats ;is the buckboard was whirled and d.ished across the plain. Already both the wounded men had been Hung helplessly out upon the sands, and even as he looked the off fore wheel struck a stout cactus stump; flew into fragments; tho tire rolled off in one direction, and Moreno's luckless "Hut how about, the young ladies?" again asked Driiiunioiid wearily and anxiously, for his head was stiil heavy and painful and his anxiety great. He was weak, too, from the shock. "Won't they suffer meantime?" perience of a i'leasai.t Voiced Man, Who "Mr. Wing, come to us I He's con- Was A wakened From a Happy Dream, "I never saw her again! scious. " [Copyright, IM14, by Eiljrar W. Nye.] In thk Eastern States. "As we moved out of the station my eye caught a fleeting glimpse of one of those long white pine boxes that the expressman had taken off our train and 1 was wheeling away. I saw a part of the name, and it was so near like that on the card I Btill held that I asked the conductor if he knew who it was. r«s. And tho next instant tho slow motion of tho wagon ceased, tho door was wrenched ojien, and thoro in the glowing sunshine stood tho tall sergeant whom ho last had seen when scouting through Picacho pass. The real estate men arf having rather a sad time of it waiting, waiting, waiting! Some of them this winter are having inuskrat collars put on their linen dusters till the clouds roll by. In Fall River a real estate man wanted me to come out and look at his addition. He had a fine team (in his wife's name), and so, MT, 1893 JJY CMARLC5" KIMCI flier been at stake anything to comparowith what lay here liefore his eyes. Sometimes in lioyishday dreams ho had pictured to himself inlventures of this character- the rescue of imperiled beauty from marauding foe. Hut never had he thought it ]Dossiblo that it would lie his fortune to stand (irst in the field, riding to the rescue of the fair daughters of one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the territory. In view of their peril the paymaster's stolen funds were not to considered. Jim Drummond hardly gave a single thought to the n capture of the wife. SD far lie -could judge (he forces "Well, they might at least Miss Ruth, tho younger, might in the reaction after their fearful experience, but I'm something of a doctiDr, as 1 said, and I shall lDe ahlo to prevent all that." "How?" (CONTINUED.) of the late escort of the paymaster. Uy this time those not dead, drugged or drunk were wuin out with fatigue. Over the lxxlyof his bandit brother, tlie swarthy Ramon, lie had fiercely rejoiced that seven to ono ho had avenged his death, and Pasqnal counted on the fingers of his brown and bloody hand the ■number of the victims of the night— CHAPTER VII A new May morning was breaking, its faint rosy light warming the crests of the Santa Maria, when Lieutenant Drummond signaled "halt" to his little baud, the first halt since leaving Moreno's at 2:30. Down in a rocky canyon a number of hoof prints on the trail diverged to tlio left and followed an abrupt descent, while the wagons had kept to the right and by a winding ami more gradual road swmed to have sought a crossing farther to the west. It was easy to divine tliafc. with arch elements in the gang, there' hail lx«eii no long separation between the horsemen anil the treasure they were guarding, and, eager as he w;is to overtake the renegades, Drummond promptly decided to follow the hoof tracks, rightly conjecturing, too, that they would bring him to water in the rocky tanks lielow. "Bravo, lieutenant! You're all right, though you must bo in Bomo pain. Can you stand a littlo more ? We're close to the caves now—cool water and cool shade not 500 yards ahead." "Yes, he knew the party well. 'It was the body of the husband of the lady you sat with,' he said. 'She was bringing him here to lie buried. She claims that he was murdered by a burglar night before last, but it is generally thought that she killed him with a hatchet. That was the sheriff you saw meet her, and she is probably in jail by this time.' "Well, by giving her something to do. Just as soon as they've had a chance to rest, lioth young ladies will lDe put on duty. Miss liuth is to nurse "How did you get hero, sergeant?" Drummond weakly questioned. '' Where are tho others?" you." Donovan and his fellow trooper killed 011 the open plain; the paymaster and his clerk, Mullan and the other soldier, dead in their tracks and burned to ashi s by this time, and, liest of all, "that pig of a sergeant," as Morenc called liim, that hound and murderer, Feeny—ho who had slain Ramon— Inmnd, gagged and left to miserable death by torture. Indeed, as he was jolted along ill the ambulance, groaning and cursing by turns, Pasqual wondered why he had not insisted that Harvey, too, should bo given the coup do grace lieforo their start. It was an unpardonable omission. Never mind! There in the brand new Concord that camo clattering along was booty that outrivaled all. There was wealth far exceeding the stacks of treasury notes—old Harvey's daughters—old Harvey's daughters. It was with mad, feverisli joy that when at last the sun camo [MDnring in a 11(xk1 of light over tlio desert of tlio Cababi ho listened to the report of a trusted subordinate. "Followed 011 your trail, sir, Private Pike and 1. Most of the men are gathering up prisoners and plunder. You've made tho grandest haul in all tho liis- "Suppose she doesn't want to?" "The case isn't snpposable, lieutenant. She would have gone into hysterics this morning, 1 think, had slitnot been detailed, as a preventive, to hold your head. At all events, she quieted down tho instant sho was told by her sister to climb into tho wagon again and sit still as a mouse and see that your faco was kept cool and moist and shaded from the glare." And now Sergeant Wing's lips were twitching with merriment, and Drummond. hardly knowing how to account for his embarrassment, asked no more. His amateur surgeon chatted blithely on. "I rose and went forward to the smoking car for a few hours, and when my mind cleared I found that I had smoked up nine cigars and one whole side of my mustache. saddle horses led along after the wagons seemC C1 to indicate that their usual riders were perhaps with others of the band, renting in the wagons themselves. Surprise now was out of the question, lie would marshal his men behind the low ridge on which lie lay, form line, then move forward at tin? lope. No matter ho\V noiseless might be the advance, or how weal ied or absorlvd their quarry, some one in the outlaw gang would surely see tin m 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 more than 10 or 12. His plan was at all hazards to cut out. recapture and hold Harvey's wagon—that, first of all; then, if possible, the others. were about equally matched "Sometimes I wake up in the night all cold and bathed in an icy sweat and find the liedclothes over in the middle of the floor as the old nightmare has left them, in a kind of mare's nest] perhaps, and I shudder over the terrible dream that has come so often of this beautiful creature resting her soothing little-hand over my glad eyes, when all at once I see the heavens through my closed lids and feel Dismounting and leading his big sorrel, he sprang lightly from ledge to ledge down what seemed a mere goat trail, each man in succession dismount- " There's an abundant storo of provisions here—dried meat, frijoles, chile, chocolate. Yon shall have a cup in a moment. There's ammunition in plenty. There's even a keg of mescal, which, saving your presence, sir, as 1 am temporary commander, shall be hidden liefore tho men begin coming in with their prisoners. There's barley in abundance for horses and mules, water to drink and water to batho in. Wo could hardly be better off anywhere."family shot, cometliKe, into space ana fetched np shrieking in the midst of a iilintifnl ciop (if thorns and spinas. ThtD husband and father, gazing upon tin* incident from over his shoulder and afar, blessed the saints for their benefiee iciD in having landed his loved ones on soft soil instead of among the jagged rocks across the plain. But for himself the sooner ho reached tho rocks the better. A tall gringo, who cast aside a dark blue blouse as he rode, stooping low over his horse's neck, seemed bent on racing the late ranch owner to tho goal where both would he, and there was nono to disputo with them tho doubtful honor. Even those who had stampeded at the first yell pf alarm were now reining back in broad, sweeping circle, unslinging the leady rifle and pouring in a long range fire on tho distant rank of cavalry, just bursting into the triumph of the charge. Here, there and everywhere across the plain little puffs of blue white smoke were shooting up, telling of tho leaden missiles hurled at the charging line. But on like the wind came the troopers in bluo, never pausing to fire a shot, their leader at racing speed. A FRAGRANT CIGAR. learning that I would save Imp faro by riding out that way and taking tho train, I did so, conversing cheerily with hiin as we went. Fanny Harvey'* lowly fare, teas bending anxiously over Mm. I looked at the lots, bat they were covered with snow, and I said I made it a rule to buy no real estate any more unless the snow was removed from it so that I could see what I was buying. H,«D ing once secured lots in Flinton Pansley's Minneapolis addition to Hudson's bay and having discovered in the spring that the lots were situated in a morass and that I could stand on one corner and teeter the whole county, also that it was the frog nursery for the state, I deemed it best hereafter to make a man scrape the snow off my goods before I purchase with my hard earned cash. "1 could see every milo of the road with my glasses, capitan. from tho cliff top yonder—every milo from Moreno's to where we struck the canyon. There isn't a sign (•dust—thero isn't a sign And now the timo had come. In eager but suppressed excitement Meinecke and tho men came trotting up the slope. tory of Arizona. 1 got up only just in time to see tho charge, and Pike's now on his way back already with the good news. We aro taking you and the ladies to the refugo in the rocks where Morales and all his people have hid so long. Old Moreno, with a lariat around his neck, is showing tho way." 1' Ilalt!" signaled Drummond. Then Drummond looked curiously about him so far as was possible without moving his painstricken head. Ho was lying in a deep recess in some dark and rocky canyon whoso sides were vertical walls. Tumbling down from tho wooded heights above—raro sight in Arizona —a little brook of clear, sparkling water came brawling and splashing over its stony Dea at 111s reet ana weni on down the gorge to its opening on the sandy plain. There, presumably, it burrowed into the bosom of the earth, for no vestige Ctjf running stream could tho Cababi valley show. The walls about him were in places grimy with the smoke of cook fires. Overhead, not 50 feet away, a gnarled and stunted little cedar jutted out from some crevice in tho rocks and stood at the edge of the cliff. A soldier was clinging to it with one hand and pointing out toward the east with the other. Drummond recognized the voice as that of one of his own troop when the man called out: "Forward into line," and presently the lieutenant stood looking into the sun tanned faces of less th.in 20 veteran troopers, four sets of fours with two sergeants, dusty and devil may rare, with horses jaded, yet sniffing mischief ahead and pricking up their ears in excitement. " Drummond had been tho troop loadei in scout after scout and in several lively skirmishes during the year gone by. There was not ono of his troopers whom he could not swear by, thought he, but then tho recollection of Bland's treachery brought his teeth together with vengeful force. He' found his voice a trifle tremulous as ho spoke, but his words had tho brave ring the men hiul learned to lCjok for, and every ono listened with bated breath. "linenol Then we rest when we reach the cave. This is even better than I hoped." of u pursuing party." "Got him, did you? I'm glad of that. There was another—a deserter from my troop. Did you see anything of him?" But there wero two elements in the problem Capital! Pasqual had failed to consider — Lieutenant Drummond *s scout in tlio Cliristobal, Cocbiscs' band of Chiricahuas in the Santa Maria. Who could have foreseen that the little troop, finishing its duties at the northern end of tho range and about turning south to reacout tho Santa Maria, had ridden out upon tho plain, summoned by tho beacon at Picacho pass, and less than two hours after their hurried start from tho burning ruins at Moreno's were speeding on their trail? The best fieldglasses ever stolen from the paternal government could not reveal to the Awing outlaw that, only two or threo miles back in the dim recesses of the crooked gorge, tho bluecoats were following in hot pursuit. Who could havo dreamed that a band of Apaches, cut otf from their native wilds by detachments from Bowie, Lowell and Crittenden, and .forced to make a wide detour to the southwest, had sought refugo in the very gorge of the Cababi whither Pas ijtial with all speed was urging his men ? " 1 haven't heard yet, sir. One thing's certain, old Pasqual is with his hopeful brother in another if not a better world. 'Twas ho that killed poor Chester, the worst loss we've met. Not a man is hit, and by daybreak tomorrow Dr. Day from 8toneman will bo here to straighten yon out, and those young ladies' father here to thank you." Each man In micrcsston dismounted at the same point. The agent cleared off a few rods and would have done more, as he said it was no trouble to show goods, but I saw that I would miss my train if I did not go, and sc, taking the matter under advisement, I had him drive me to the depot. Handing me a fragrant cigar, he said as I got on the car: ing at the same point, and with more or less elasticity coming on in the foot- steps of his leader. The faint wan light of early dawn was rendering neighboring objects visible on the sandy plain behind them, but had not yet penetrated into the depths of tho gorge. Lying far to the west of the Tucson road, this was a section of the country unknown to any of tho troop, and with every prospect of a broiling rido across the desert ahead so soon as tho sun was up no chance for watering their horses could be thrown away. Just as he expected, Drummond found the descent liecoming more gradual, and in a moment or two the bottom of tho dark rift was found, and presently, keeping keen lookout for the reflection of the stars still lingering overhead, tho leading men were rewarded, and halted at the edge of a shining pool of clear though not very cool water and the horses thrust their hot muzzles deep into tho wave. Here, shaded by tho broad brimmed hats of white felt, such as the Arizona trooper of the old days generally affected, a match or two was struck and the neighborhood searched for "sign." Tho rocks around tho tank were dry; the little drifts of sand blown down from the overhanging height wero smooth. Whatsoever splashing had lxDen done by the horses of the outlaws there had been abundant time for it to evaporate, therefore tho command could not thus far have gained very rapidly on tho pursued. But Drummond felt no discouragement. Up to this point tho way had Ih-cii smooth and sufficiently hard to mako wheeling an easy matter. Tho wagons had btfii lugged along at brisk trot, the attending cavaliers riding at lively lope. Now, however, there would be no likelihood of their making such time. The ambulance could only go at slow walk tho rest of the way,and the guards must remain alongside to protect tho stolen funds, not so much from envious out- And now as ho rode swiftly in pursuit Drummond was thinking over tho incidents of that delightful voyage, and marvelling at the strange fato that had brought tho Harvey girls again into his life and under circumstances so thrilling. Never for an instant would he doubt that before tho sun could reach meridian ho should overtake and rescue them from the hands of their cowaidly captors. Never would ho entertain the thought of sustained defense on the part of tho outlaw band. Full of high contempt for such cattle, ho argued that no sooner were they assured that tho cavalry wero close at their heels than most of their number would scatter for their lives, leaving Pasqual to his fate, and probably abandoning tho wagons aud their precious contents on the road. A sudden dash, a surprise, would insure success. The only fear he had was that in tho excitement of attack some harm might liefull those precious lives. To avert this he gave orders to bo passed back along tho column to lire no shot until they hail closed with the band, and then to bo most careful to aim wide of the wagons. Every man in the little troop well knew how much was at «take, and men, all mercy to their iieasts at other times, were now plying the cruel spur. "Thank you, Mr. Drummond? Ah, how can he or I ever begin to thank yon and your brave fellows half enough ? 1 had lost all hope until that disguised bandit suddenly leaped from the wagon, and Ruth was swooning again, but sho heard your voice before I did. 'Twas she who saw your charge." And Fanny Harvey's lips quivered as she spoke, and the voice that was so brave at the siege becamo weak and tremulous now. "that's him!" Wounded though he was, Pasqual Morales was not the man to fail in the fight. Yelling orders and curses at his driver, ho succeeded in getting him to control his frantic team just long enough to enable the outlaw captain to tumblo out. Then away they dashed again, tho stiffening body of Ramon and the weighty little Bafe being now sole occupants of tho interior. In the mad excitement of the first rush two or three horses had broken loose, leaving their owners afoot, and believing that no quarter would be the rule these abandoned roughs were fighting to the last, selling their lives, as they called it, as dearly as jxjssible. From their rifles and from others tho rained fast upon tho troopers, bnt never seemed to check the chargo. The rush was glorious.5 Drawing their revolvers now, for they carried no Babers, the soldiers fired as they rode down those would be obstructors,and two poor wretches were flattened t out upon the plain when tho uinin body of the troop dashed by, making straight for the fleeing Concord with tho white canvas top. Drummond had not fired at all. Every thought was concentrated on the occupants of tho wagon. Every shot might bo needed when he got to them. Chester was running grandly. The designated four who were to follow the lieutenant were already over 100 yards behind when, from the trail of the ambulance, from a littlo patch of cactus, there camo a flash and report, and the beautiful horso swerved, reeled, but pushed gamely on. Noting the spot, two of the following troopers emptied a cartridge into the clump, but left the lurking foo to bo looked after later. They wero too close to the Concord to think of anything else—so close they could hear the cries and pleadings of a woman's voice, tho terrified scream of "Weare not having a very good season selling dirt in Fall River this year. Whether it's the celebrated murder here last summer or not I don't know, but real estate is falling off a good deal. Over a year ago I was given a piece of property to sell on No. 2 conditions—that is, the lot was given to seven or eight of us to sell, and the first one who sold it was to get the commission. Well, I never tried harder in my life to make a sale, but it was February of this year before I got a bite. the cold blade of the broadax in my massive skull, while the great untrodden field of astronomy seems to open up to my bursting eyes. "Our work's cut out for us here. Not moro than a milo ahead now is just tho worst band of scoundrels in all the west and in their midst George Harvey's daughters. You all know him by reputation. They are in the wliito topped wagon, and that is tho one wo must and shall have. Don't charge till I givo the word. Don't waste a shot. Some of them will scatter. Let them go! What wo want is their captives." With that ho swung quickly into saddle. "Then I awake. "I will not tell you her name, because a tender hearted governor has been to see her, and that settled it. She will be pardoned soon, for she has promised never to do ifragain—with a hatchet—and by spring the express companies will be hauling her husbands around over the country once more. "Two of onr fellers are coming with the old yellow ambulance, sergeant, but I can't see the others." Drummond closed his eyes a moment. It was all too sweet to be believed. His right hand, to bo sure, refused to move, his left stole up and began groping back of his head. "All right, Patterson. Try to see where tho rest have gone and what they're doing. I'll send the glass up to you presently. What I'm afraid of, lieutenant, is that in their rage over Donovan's death, and Mullan's. and all tho devil's work done there at Moreno's, and your mishap, too, the men have becomo uncontrollable and will never lot up on the pursuit until they have killed tho last ono of that gang. These two who are coming in with the bodies of tho Morales brothers probably have wornout horses, or perhaps Lee ordered them to stay and guard the safe. The last I saw of any of tho gang they were disappearing over tho desert to the south, striking for Sonora pass." "I took the victim and his whole family in a victoria, filled up his overcoat with perfectos and the children full of candy, and when we got out there I found a $5,000 house and barn on the lot and a nice middle aged man living there with a pair of twins that had grown on the place. "I am still a bachelor, but I have a nice suit of rooms, with hot and cold water, and a nightmare of my own." "Wo rest when we reach the cave." He then gathered up his sample cases and got oif the train-. The condactor said he was a good salesman and one of the most chaste and unselfish liars he ever met. Ah, even tho torment of his wound could not have wrung from the robber chief this longed for order had he dreamed what was coming at his hack. "Readvuow? No. don't draw pistol till you're close in on them and no carbines at all this time. All right. Now "May I not thank my nurse?" he said. "The first thing I was conscious of was her touch upon my forehead." Keep your alignment. Take tho jiaeo from pie. Forward!" steady But the hands that were so eager, so active when their patient lay unconscious, seemed to shrink from the long brown fingers searching blindly for them, and not one word had the maiden vouchsafed. "How are tho girls getting on?" hi asked of his hot anil wearied aid. "Are they tranquil now?" Up the gentle slope tin v rode, straining their eyes fur the first sight of the hunted quarry, opening out instinctively from tho renter so that each trooper havw fighting space. No squares of disciplined infantry, no opposing squadrons, no fire flashing lines, were to bo met and overthrown by compact and instantaneous shock. It was to ho a melee, as each trooiDer Well knew, in which, though olDedient to tho general plan of their leader, the little detachment would lie hurled forward at the signal "Charge," and then it would 1xD practically a case of "every man for himself." "The owner had got tired and sold the place himself last winter. If you hear of a man who wants a good faithful hand to carry liver and things to a tame bear, I would like to accept a portfolio of that kind." "They havo to be," was tho grim reply. "The little one darn not open liei eyes, and Sanchez has his knife at the elder's throat." * " 1 heard your voice a moment ago, Ruthie. Can't you speak to mo now?" he asked, half chiding, half laughing. "Have yon forgotten your friend Jim Drummond and tho long, long talks we used to have on the Newborn?" Concerning a Morse. Ho then went swiftly down the frozen road to whero his team was tied, meantime kicking debris from his path as he went. Real estate men generally are adding insurance, pensions and the setting and filing of saws this winter to their other work. They say when a man goes to trading horses he can no longer be honest, at least in respect to horses, and yet "they say" may be mistaken. At least it occurred to me so one day as riding along a pleasant road I met a man on horseback.And the sunrise had brought with it new inspiration new purpose to those who came trotting to the rescue. Just as the cliffs 011 the western side were tipjied and fringed with rose and gold. Sergeant Lee, riding rapidly far ahead from point to point, always carefully p; ering around each bend before signal- Five, 0 o'clock had come and gone. Tho chase was still out of sight ahead, yet every moment seemed to bring them closer ujHin their heels. At every bund if the tortuous trail tho leader's eye was strained to see tho dust cloud rising ahead. But jutting point and rolling shoulder of bluff or hillside ever interposed. Drummond had just glanced at his watch for perhaps tho twentieth time slnco daybreak ami was replacing it in his pocket when an exclamation from Sergeant Meinocko startled him. "Look at Lee!" "I wonder they didn't all come in here," said Drummond. "Well, hardly that, lieutenant. They knew they would bo followed here, penned up, where their capturo would only be a question of time. A hundred cavalrymen would be around them in a very few hours, and we could send to Lowell for thoso old mountain howitzers and just leisurely shell them out. Then,when they surrendered—as they'd have to—the civil authorities would immediately step in and claim jurisdiction—claim the prisoners ttxD. We'd simply have to turn them over to justico as a matter of course, and you know, and they know, that the only judgo apt to sit on their caso would be that of our eminent frontiersman and tellow citizen—Lynch. They are scattering like Apaches through the mountains and will reassemble and count noses later on. Thanks to you and C troop, they have lost all they had gained and their leaders besides. No, sir, they won't stop this side of the Mexican line." Forgotten Jim Drummond and those long talks indeed 1 Forgotten her hero, her soldier I Hardly. Yet no word would she speak. "Want to buy a horse?" he inquired. "What do you want for him?" said I. "Two hundred dollars," said he. "What do you ask for him?" said I. "One hundred and seventy-fivo dollars," said he. Still it is to be hoped that the springtimo and the opening up of business of all kinds under the beneficent and gold begetting influence of the new tariff law will bring back unbounded prosperity. "Tho 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 faco as he spoke in a look that seemed to toll how much ho envied tho soldier who was the object of such devoted attention. "Shall we move ahead? The others will join us later on." ''t il i / ... JJI o[Cp "1 want you four fellows to stick close to mo now," .said Drummond, turning in his saddle and indicating tho desired set with a single gesture. "We move straight for tho leading wagon. See that you don't fire into it or near it." I The "one plunk" hotel is now called the one towel house. For $2 per day you get two towels in your room, but knives and forks are not changed after fish. The three plunk hotel admits of three towels and a pink finger bowl after your orange in the morning. Some of the one plunk houses have no bell, and so you find when your eyes are full of soap that you must wipe your face and hands on the curtains, and nothing makes me more impatient than to suffer with the keen, cutting pain of a pair of soapy eyeballs while I grope for the queen holland shade, only perhaps to have it scoot swiftly to the top of the window, while a bevy of schoolgirls in the street below laugh "ha! ha!" and exclaim, "That's him!" "What will you take for him?" said I. "One hundred and fifty dollars," he said. "What will yon get for him?" said I. "One hundred and twenty-five dollars," said he. Buiers a* from one another. Pasqtial Mb Tho head of tho column, moving at. tho moment at a walk to rest tho panting horses, had just tnrnod a rocky knoll and was following tho trail into a broader reach of the canyon, which now seemed opening ont to tho west. Instead of keeping in the bottom as heretofore, the wagon track now followed a gentlo ascent and disappeared over a spur 400 yards ahead. Hero Leo had suddenly flung himself from his horse, thrown tho reins to Patterson, and, crouching behind a lwwlder, was gazing eagerly to the front, while with hat in hand ho was signalling. "Slow; keep down." Up went Drmnmond's gauntlet in tho well known cavalry signal "Halt." Then, bidding Meinecke dismount the men and reset blankets and saddles, tho young officer gave Chester rein and w.as soon kneeling by the sido of his trnsty subordinate. Morales showed his accustomed shrewdliess when he forbade that any one Bhould try to burst into tho safe and extract the money, for well he knew that if divided among tho men thero would be no longer a loadstone to hold them together, to call for their fiercest fighting powers if assailed. The instant the money was scattered the gang would follow suit and he lm left to meet the cavalry single handed. And these were tho last instructions as they reached tho ridge, and a hoarse murmur flew along the eager rank, .a murmur that, but for Drummond's raised and restraining hand and Sergeant Lee's prompt "Steady there; silence!" might have burst into a dicer. Ami then the leader shook loose his rein, and just touching Chester's glossy flank with tho spur bounded forward at the lope. "What did you give for him?" said I. "One hundred dollars," said he. s'"* But when a few minutes later-strong arms lifted tho tall lieutenant from the wagon and lxtro him to a blanket covered shelter in a deep rocky recess whero tho sun's rays seemed rarely to penetrate, and a cup of clear, cool water was held to his lips, Drummond's ono available hand was uplifted in hopes of capturing tho ministering fingers. Thero was neither difficulty nor resistance. It was Sergeant Wing's gauntlet, and Wing's cordial voice again accosted him. "What is he worth?" said I. "Seventy-five dollars," said he. "I reckon you don't want to buy a horse, mister," and he rode into the yard of a big establishment I could see through the trees. (C s\ "What's that building?" I asked of a man 100 yards farther on. The iicrt inttlttul he ztood erect, vxivin "Lunatic asylum," ho replied curtly, and I steered in the other direction.—Detroit Free Press. The horeee of tho littlo detachment were not long in (slaking their thirst. The noiseless signal to mount was given, and following in tho lead of their young lieut'nant the troojDerH rodo Bilently down tho winding canyon, Drumniond and Sergeant Leo bendihg low over their chargers' necks to bog that they did not miss tho hoof prints. Little by littlo the light of dawn began to jDenetrato tho dark depths in which they were scouting, and trailing became an easier matter. Presently the sergeant pointed to tho faco of the opposite slope, now visible from base to summit where an abrupt bend threw it against tho eastern light. kujiw white objcct hi'ill in air. inp "come on." was seen suddenly V halt mwl throw himself frCjm his horse. The next instant ho stood erect, waving some white object high in air Out on tho sandy barren, winding among tho cactus plants, the weary mulo teams with drooping heads were tugging at tho traces. Hoarded men, some still with coal blackened faces, rode drowsily alongside the creaking wagons. In ono of these, tho foremost, an arm in bluo flannel 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. "There's one Wing, I hope to heaven they'll never lose eight of till they run him down." "Glad to see you so chipper, lieutenant. Now, 1 havo some little knowledge of surgery. Your right arm is broken below tho elbow, and you're badly shocked and bruised. I havo no doubt the snrtreon will bo with us bv this time tomorrow, but 1 can set that arm just as soon as I havo looked the ground over and disposed of ourselves and our prisoners to tho best advantage."This class of hotel is often found in college towns. Why a poor hotel should go with good educational facilities I do not know, but it is so in many cases. Sprit' ft ) HE CONTINtTEn. ] Mr. Joseph Jefferson, who was once playing "Rip Van Winkle" at Chicago, went to the theater very much exhausted by a long day's fishing. When the curtain rose on the third act, it disclosed the white haired Rip still deep in his 20 years' nap. Five, ten, twenty minutes passed, and he did not waken. The fact was that all the time Jefferson was really sleeping. Is This True? riiij,' forward, Drummond joined liim A Good Test. "A lady's handkerchief, lieutenant.' he quietly said. "They seem to havt halted here a moment: yon can ti ll b\ tho hoof prints. One of tlicir tiitmlx-i rode over toward that high point yon der ami rejoined them here. 1 don't lDelievo they are nioro than half an liour "I had a queer experience on the road along this line three years ago," said a pleasant voiced man to me yesterday. "If you would care to hear it, I will tell it to you. Leo Raid no word at all, simply pointed ahead. Chester pitched heavily forward.. another, and then, all on a sudden, Chester pitched heavily forward, and even as tho wagon came to a sudden stand tho gallant steed rolled over and over, his rider underneath him. "1 silt in the same seat for over 150 miles with a young woman who was very attractive—with such large, sort of sad eyes, yet withal such eyes $s you have seen laugh out with a smile in their profound depths that you could almost hear. The glow of perfect health tinted her skin, and even her hair had that rich sheen that nothing on earth but good digestion and good bounding blood can produce. I could hardly keep from running my fingers through it or chucking her under the jaunty little chin. And hero was a Fight to inako a eoIdier'a pulses bound. Not a quarter milo away tho rocky, desolato gorge which they had been following since dawn opened ont into a wide valley, bounded at tho west by a range of rugged heights whose sides were (warded with a dark growth of stunted pino or cedar. C )n each side of their path a tall, precipitous rock stood sentry over tho entrance and framed tho view of tho valley lieyond. For full a milo ahead tho trail swept straight away, descending gently to tho valley level, and there, just pushing forth upon tho wido expanse, with dots of horsemen on Hank and front and roar, dimly seen through the hot dust cloud rising in their wake, were tho three wagons. The foremost, with its white canvas top, was undoubtedly the new ConcC rd; tli»■ second, a dingy mustard yellow, tho battered old ambulance of tho paymaster; the third and last, with no cover at all, Moreno's bucklioard. It was what was left of tho notorious Morales gang, speeding with its plunder tosomo refuge in tho rocky range across tho farther Valley. "How much farther "have wo got to go, Domingo?" ahead." "Only across this stretch, two—three "How many prisoners have we?" asked Drummond. Druinmond reverently took the dainty kerchief, hurriedly searched for an ini tial or a name and found tho letters "R. H." in monogram in one corner. miles, perhaps." Finally the gallery became uproarious, and a man called out, "Is there going to be 19 years more of this snooze business?" "Wi ll, I want to know exactly. The ran is getting blazing hot, and theso girls can't hold ont longer. Tell Panfinal I say there is more danger of his killing them with exhaustion than there is of their making way with themselves. Say tho little one's about dead now. Here, tako this canteen and Ret some fresher water out of tho barrel under the wagon." When Lieutenant Drummond regained his senses, he found himself unable to believe them. Conscious nt first only of being terribly bruised and shaken, he realized that ho was being borne along in some wheeled vehicle, moving with slow and decorous pace over a soft yet unbeaten and irregular trail. Conscious of fieroo white light and heat about him on everv side, he was aware of a moist, cool, dark bandage over his eyes that prevented him from seeing. Striving to raise a hand to sweep the blinding cloth away, ho met rebellion. A sudden spasm of pain that made him wince, tho quick contraction of his features, the low moan of distress, were answered instantly by a most surprising wail in a sweet girlish voice. "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 been a trifle impatient in one or two cases. You should hear the old woman protesting to Miss Harvey her innocence and her husband's spotless character. You understand Spanish, do you not?" '' Yonder's where the ambulance came down, sir." At this point Jefferson began to snore. "Push on. then. Lee I Here, one more Of you—you, Bonnet, join tho sergeant. Look alive now, but do not let yourselves 1 to seen from tho front." This decided the prompter, who opened a small trap and began to prod Rip from below. "I see, and wo can't be far from where it crossed. Trot ahead and take a look. Let Patterson go with you. If you find a chanco for short cuts, signal."The much traveled comedian began to fumble in his pocket for an imaginary railway ticket and muttered, "Going right through, 'ductor." Then as they hastened away he BtoweCl tho filmy trifle in the pocket of his Limine, nnCl drawing his colt from tho bolster closely inspected its loaded chambers. Only a boy, barely iiit, yet rich in soldierly experience already was Druminond. lie had entered tin- Point when just 17. Ilis father's death, occurring immediately l«eforC" the memorable summer of their first class camp, had thrown him perforce into the society of the so called bachelor dub, and he was graduated in the Juno of tho following year with u hftirt ;w wholo as his physique was fine. lint thero were some cares to cloud his young life in tlio army— a sister whose needs wero many and whoso means were few. Ho found that economy and self denial were to be his portion from the start and wits not. sorry that his assignment took him to the faraway land of Arizona, where, as his new captain wrote biin, "yon can live like a prince on bacon and fiijoles, 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 threo years rich in health and strength and experience and infinitely letter off financially than yon could ever have been anywhere else. Leave whisky and poker alone. Another half hour passed away, and still the trail led along this strange rock ribbed groove in tho desert, the dry bed of some • long lost stream. When first met, it seemed to be cutting directly across their lino of march, now it had turned southward, and for several miles ahead south or west of south was its general course. The light was now broad and clear, though the sun bad not yet peeped across the mountain range to their left. The pace was rapid, Lrommond frequently urging his men to the trot or canter. Out to the front 400 or 500 yards, often lost to view in the windings of tho way. Sergeant Lee with a single trooper rodo in the advance, but not once had he signaled a discovery worth recording. Both wagon and hoof tracks here pursued a common road. It was evident that some horsemen had found it necessary to ride alongside. It was evident, too, that tho outlaws were traveling at full speed, as though anxious to reach some familiar lai r lDefore turning to face their expected pursuers. Every ono in the gang, from Pasqual down to their humblest packer, well knew that it could not be long before cavalry in strong force would come trotting in chase. The squadron at Stoneman ■would surely be on the march by the coming subset. As for C troop, they had little to fear. Pasqual laughed with savage glee as ho thought how be had lured them in scattered detachments far up to the Gila or over to the Chrifltobal. No need to fear the coming "The car was crowded, but I hoped that travel would not fall off for a long time. I imagined this trim, petite figure by my fireside and her cunning little feet in the rug wiggling their cute little toes in th« orntofnl warmth for t.homrli I was 30 atul over I was always painting in my heart a picture of home—home, where my sample case should be concealed and where my weary soul should invite itself. Tho fellow hailed as Domingo leaned to the right, took tho canteen strap and then reined in his foaming broncho. 'Til lift him by the tail and see if he's a thoroughbred." The audience was transfixed with amazement. "No, only the smattering we pick up at the Point and what' broncho* Spanish I have added to it out here. Where did you learn it, sergeant? Thoy tell me you speak it like a native." An instant later Jefferson sat up, with a loud shriek, and evidently in agony. The exasperated prompter had "jabbed" him with a pin.—Tit-Bits. "Hold your team one minute, Jake." was tho order to tho driver, and, nothing loath, tho mules stopped short in their tracks. Paginal's ambulance was a few rods behind, iuid to save time Domingo dismounted, and placing the canteen under tho spigot drew it full of water, rewarded himself with a long pull, handed it up to the waiting hand above and swung again in tho saddlo just as the second ambulance closing on the first came also to a willing halt., and the lead mules of tho 1 nick board, whereon lay two wounded bandits, attended by Moreno's womenfolk, bumped tin ir noses against the projecting boot. Wing's sunburned face—a fine, clear cut and manly one it was—seemed to grow a shader or two redder. Went. As the clock chimed a quarter past 1 he leaned forward with suffused eyes. "My thoughts," heexclaimed, "wander to a scene remote"  "Oh, Fanny, see how he suffers! Can't something lw done?" "Oh, 1 have spoken it many years. My boyhood was spent on the Pacific slope. Pardon mo, sir, I want to look more carefully after your injuries "I cannot tell how the music of her well modulated voice made me mentally buy a lot and build on it and fit up the house and furnish it on $185. Her presence to me was like a happy twilight in the forest, with a little suggestion of violets and ferns that had been stirred up by a passing breeze. My heart swelled like a pan of wet dried apples in the June sunshine, and I was afraid for a liuie that I could not hold it. Her gesture of deprecation interrupted him. And then—could he bo mistaken?— soft, slender fingers wero caressing the close cropped hair al«»ut his temples. A glow of delight and rejoicing thrilled through his frame as he realized that the main object of tho fierco and determined pursuit was accomplished, that tho precious freight was rescued from tho roblier band, and that somehow he himself was now a prisoner. now." "Mr. Fitz-Bibber," she observed icily, "do not forget yourself." "But tho ladies—whero are thoy?" asked Drummond uneasily. 8C jmcwhero Drummonil h in the few 1 spent in th evenings Nor did he. Ere the silver voice of the timepiece had sounded again he, too, had wandered hence.—Detroit Tribune. of Lowell, Bowie or Kt-oneman he had heard mention of a mysterious hiding Karri "Occupying tho sanctum sanctorum, tho innermost shrine among tho rocks. This is a wonderful spot, sir. We might eventually have starved theso people out if once they got here,but 10 determined soldiers could hold it against 1,000. I've as yet had only a glance, but the Morenos havo lDeen here before, it is most evident, for the senorita herself showed Miss Harvey into the cavo reserved for the women. There thoy have cool water, cool and fresh air and complete shelter." —Life, plaoo in tho CaDabi mountains whither, when ]DrC'ssi il |iy sin rilis' jm s, P;w-ipial Murals liad l»i n wont with n followers ami there bid •!»'- Some cool water, for (Jod's sake!" No Divided All^hinre. The Green Eyed Monster. Wife (with a determined air)—I want to see that letter. gri'i» d one of the prostrate men, and a comrade rode to the leading wagon to Tho father of the twin babies had been left temporarily in churge of them. At the end of half an hour lie weakened. "I talked as well as I could, thorrrh I was really so under the influence of this tonic that I don't know what I said, only that before wo separated I had her neat little card, and she had mine. She did not do it without much argument, but I Aid not forget my good manners, and sho seemed to see by my sincere look that I was in terrible earnest, for only a reasonable degree of respect for the etiquette of a cruel world and the fear that I might lose her kept me from falling at her feet in the aisle and proposing to her while the conductor tore out tho whole inside of my mileage book. Striving to move his head, he found it softly, warmly pillowed, but as ho attempted to turn it was held in place by two little hands, ono on each side. Then as he found his voi?o and faintly protested that he was all right and wantC d to look about him, another hand quickly removed tho Imndage, 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 tho light of returning reason in his eyes. At this same instant, too, the hands that supported his fiice were suddenly drawn away, and his pillow became unstable. Husband—What letter? his cl fiance 3ohliC to pursuit Ami now the young beg a little from Harvey's well filled barrel. One or two men threw them- "That one you just opened. I know by the handwriting that it is from a woman, and you turned pale when you read it. I will see it! Give it to me, sir!" r saw •t a i aloi lance that f cha selves from the saddle to tho sands for a brii f rest. The dust cloud slowly settled earthward in their wake. Mules, horses and men blinked sleepily, wearily. There hung in the heavy air a dull, low rumblo as of thunder in tho faroff "Angelino," he called out to his wife in a voice of agonizing protest, "you'll have to come and take one of theso boys! No man can serve two masters!"—Chicago Tribune. was head in i fairly wC 1 lefinod track straight for a dark, frowning gorge in the mountains some throo or four miles ahe;wl of thorn. If allowed to gain that refuge, it might be |»«,«s.silDlo for Morales to successfully resist attack. With quick decision Druimnond turned to the men still seated in waddle. * "Here it is. It's your milliner's bill." —New York Weekly. And now, as with experienced hands the sergeant stripped off Drummond's hunting shirt and carefully exposed tho bruiBed anil lacerated arm and shoulder, he plied his patient with questions as to whether he felt any internal pain or soreness. "How a man could bo flattened out and rolled over by such a weight and not be mashed into a jelly and you're all right." mountain There aetmed n faint quiver him} tremor of the soil. Was there :i distant earthquake? Senior Partner—I think that new traveling man of ours will make a great success.A Good Mail. Easily SatUfled. Ho had left whisky and poker alone, severely alone. Ilo had sought every opportnnity for field service; had shown indomitable push, pluck ami skill in pursuit of Apaches and cool courage in action. Ho had been able to send even more than was needed, or than ho Excited Lawyer—What? Send this man to prison for 15 years? It is a shame md an outrage. Why, the man will be lead before he serves more than half his time. "Dismount where you are, yui two. Reset all four saddles. Wo mount again here, sergeant, and we'll take the gallop as soon us the troop comes up." Bmidt uly a wild yell, a scream from Junior Partner—How so? Mon'ii Im«klxDard,a half stifled shriek from tho white covered wagon. The niiin iji blue leajied forth ami made a mail dash for tho nearest riderless Senior Partner—Ho was in the office with his wife this morning, and she Sidn't get a chance to speak for 10 niiuntes.—Detroit Free Tress. "I offered to help her off at her station, but she said that her friends would all be there, and so I took off my hat and Judge—Oh, well, in that case we will iry to be satisfied with the 7i years.— [ndianauolis Journal. ,