Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-11-07
Vol. XVIII. Whole No. 928. No. Il.

must mark the spot, and as the pious
wayfarer journeys by he laws all rever-
emily a stone at the feet of the sacred
symbols, breathing pious PRAYER and
telling bead or two for the souls sal
vation. On the left a wooded bluff ran
down abruptly to a stream. Beyond
the stream and near tho palms, a grassy
bottom spread itself out, soft and CRATE
ful. Here the blankets wsre spread,
and here the horses grazed their fill. A
young moon clear and white, hung low
IN the west, not sullen nor red, but Il
tender moon, full of the beams that low
ers seek, and full of the vciceless imap-
cry which gives passion to the songs of
the night, and pathos to the deserted
and detected swain. AS the moon set,
the horses were gathered together and
tethered in amid the palms Then a
deep silence fell upon the camp. for the
sentinels were beyond its confines, and
all wthinside slept the sleep of the tired
and healthy. 1t may have been mid
night; Il certainly was cold and dark.
The fires had gone out, and there was a
white mist like shroud creeping up
the stream and settling upon the faces
oil the sleepers. On the far right a SIM
gle pistol-shot arose, clear and resonant.
shelby, who slumbered like night
bird, lifted himself up from his blankets
and spoke in an uudertone to Tbraikiu.
who has the post at the month of the
pass?'
Joe, Macy. Then something il
stirring. Macy never fired at n shadow
III his life The two men listened
One grim guerilla himself, with the
physique of Cossack and the hearing
"i Camanche. The other having in
his hands the lives Of all the silent and
inert sleepcrs lying Still and grotesoue
under the white shroud of the mountain
INST. Nothing was heard for an hour.
Inc Two men went to sleep again, but
not To dream. OF Il sudden and unseen
I " GO ''''.u, anu Ill It's place Il
sheet OF flame 50 near to the faces of the
mon that it might have scorched them
Two hundred Mexicans had crcpt down
the mountain and To lie edge OF The
stream, and had fired point blank into
the camp. 1t seemed miracle, but not
man was touched. Lying Hat upon
the ground and wrapped up in their
blankets tho whole volley meant to be
h"fderon~ had swept over them. Shell
Py was the first upon his feet. III,
voice rang out clear and fautless ana
"i,h5u tremor, Give them th. re.
N"IHer Charge, Men awakened from,
hecp sleep 2rapple with spcctrcs SLOWLY.
inc M"Nican> were spectrcS BE sud
the stream and in amid the som5re
shadows oil the PALM. they were ipyi-i-
oie. Only The p"wder-pall was on the
wafer where the mist has been. Unclad
oafeiooted, heavy with sleep, the men
went straight lOr the mountain. n re-
VoiS'r IN each hand, Shelly leading.
/ From spcctres the Mcxcans had be-
/ come to be bandits. No quarter wa.
given Or asked. The rush lasted until
the game wa, flushed; the pursuit until
thc t"n ot the mountain was gained
I Over ragged rock and cactus and dao-
\ ger frees the hurricane poured. The
roar OF the revolvers was ,leafeniuo
Men died and made no moan, and the
wounded were recognized only bv their
voices. When it was over the Ameri
cans had lost i'll killed eleven and in
wounded seventeen, most of the latter
sig Itlv thanks to the darkness and the
impctuosity of the attack. In crawlino
upon the camp the Mexican, had tcthcr-
I od their horse, upon the further side of
me mountain. The most OF these fell
into >hclby'- hands, together with the
bodies of the two leaders, John An,elmo
renegade priest, and Antonio Flores.
Young Cuban, who had sold ais sister
10 wealthy hacieudaro and turned
fooocf, aud siXly-niue of their follower
II was noon the next day before the
march wa. resumed-nsou, with the snn
shining upon the fresh graves Of eleven
dauntless Americans sleeping their last
| sleep amid the palms and the crosses
until the resurrection day.