Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-06-15
THURsDAT, JJNE Is, 1885,

sesss 81 =
y will hold no further parley with yo
Defend yourselfr
is Thus adjured. | drew my sworC
n but had scarcely done so when SONS
t, thing whizzed passed me, sharp rt
/, port WAS heard, and with a wild or
0 Elliot fell at my feet | looked ic
0 an instant behind me, and saw th
: dark countenances Of hali-a-doze
D Mexicans as they prepared TO reloa,
e their pieces, and then fed intp th
: chapparal, 'tarrying no longer ques
, ton. On, on | sped; this way ant
that way, through the tangled thick
ct, tripping my feet on long trailing
vines, scratching my hands on
thorns, until completely worn out,
climbed up a lofty tree and bid my
self among its lealv branches. Here
| remained for several hours, and
heard my pursuers crashing amongst
the underwood, shouting, swearing,
calling to each other; but gradually
the sounds died away, the chase
seemed to be given up, and was
left alone in that wild, unbroken soli-
tude.
| "The afternoon was far advanced
when, driven partly by hunger, part
ly by the dread Of passing the night
in the chapparal, | ventured TO de-
scend from my leafy covert, where
the mosquitoes had made a feast of
me, and the monkeys had chattered
at me with their strange knocking
gestures. BY the aid Of my pocket
compass, | found my way back TO the
clearing whenc | had 50 suddenly
departed. After carefully reconnoi-
terine, to see that none of my Mexi |
can friends were lingering heart to +
this day I suspect that young wo-
man Of having sent them after us)- =.
| advanced to the spot whore poor
Elliot bad fallen.
f'He was lying 90 Jlis face in
po3lof blood, his hands clutching the
grass, his hair and uniform da1kled
in blood, and his fine manly fol m (he
was one Of the finest locking fellows
IN the army PIERCED with three or
our ghastly wounds. 'Ah! poor
ellowl poor fellowl said |, as | stood /
ind gazed upon him; for though / j
vas rid of a mortal enemy, / could |
lot help feeling sorry that so brave |
soldier should thus perish like a |
log; shot down by an unseen foe = Il
But thank Godl' l ejaculated with a 1
brill of indescribabla pleasure, 0
thank God. | did not kill lim!' +
II had turned him over on lis +
ack, and as / thus stood moralizing, v
thought I perceived his bosom
cave. placed my hand upon bis t
cart, and found that he still lived. n
IS | knelt by him, uncertain what t
0 do, he opened his half glazed eyes, Fl
nd saw his parfhed lips try to form
he word 'Waterl Ny first impulse Il
as to run to the brook which fc
owed at a short distance; my next
, stop short and consider. Should h,
restore to life the man who, a few n,
lirutes before, had been thirsting
II my blood? who had hated me all W
IS life? who had wronged me, Sighted tt
c, and even called me a coward?- re
ol Two Did leave him to the fate
hich Ii Is own rashness bad pro- h;
oked, | turned my bacl k upon him; pl
1T suddenly, as if traced with b fin 0,
er of fire, there were borne upon
Y mind the words of Il ply Writ sa
thine enemy hunger, give him III
od; if he thirst, gipc h b. drink. = IN
nd fast upon them came that other Il,
ivine sentence Inasmuch as ye
d it not unto these, ye did it mol sE
ITO Me- Ia
"1seized his cap and ran to tie EC
ook for water, with which 4 mois- !
ned hisparched lips, AMI bathed his ql
ry temples. Taking my case Of tft
struments from my pocket, | then Hl
oceeded to probe his wou unds. The M
exicans, iorgot.to mention, bad A
led him Of his watch and other We
luables; but, in tearing open his ea
irt, found small locket, suspend yc
from his neck by al hair-chain, XII
lich had escaped their search | m
ened it. IT contained his mother fri
rtrait |. Gle vas her only son, and vi
e wa widow.) THANK GodF FIJI
ain CALCULATED; 'tha mother S
rse viii not light on me. de
"YFhat to do with my patient, af- Isp
r Having dressed bis wounds, was ca
lat puzzled me. 70 remove him ly