The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-13

Of tawny level, ending in lovely anne
thystine distance. Then blood-red
flashes and jets of flame danced before
her eyes, and sharp pains seemed to
cleave her brain.
The short Arizona twilight faded with
many a brilliant change, and Judith be-
gan 10 be conscious that it was night.
She dismounted when she discovered a
group of pitahaya trees, and feeling
weary, threw herself on the ground, in
stinctively holding on TO the lariGt. But
sleep she could not. Her brain was
thronging with visions, some grotesque
and horrible, others exalted and beauti-
full. After time the moon, rose looking
on her from the crest Of hill, as she
had seen it in her California home.
Then she fancied she must go for her
father, because the wheat-fields were
burning, and mounting her faithful ami
mai, which had stood guard for hours
without offering to move, rode away not
knowing where.
1t chaneed, however, that her horse
took course right to the camp of Major
Floyd. The sentinel who first discov-
cred horse and rider very naturally
concluded there was a savage spy to deal
with, and fired at once, alarming the
whole camp. The bullet intended for
an Apache struck that nobler creature,
the horse, that perhaps, after all, had
not Glanced TO save his mistress, and he
sunk to the earth with a terrible moan
of pain that startled her back to ha.f-
consciousness.
A few moments later, in the midst OF
CONSERVATION and confusion, the discov-
cry was made that a woman, not an
Apache spy, had been shot at. Judith
was conducted into camp, and in answer
to questions put to her, said that she
was Judith Miles, and wanted to find
her Pap and Katie"
'AIiles," repeated Major Floyd; "that
was the name of the young fellow who
came in yesterday-'Boone Miles.n'
HAS Boone come ?" inquired Judith.
80 Pap, has Boone come ?"-and then
the Major knew that it was delirium he
had to deal with.
Putting "that and that together"
name and the delirium-the Major in
ferred that it was a case such as comes
/ from extreme and protracted thirst
such as would result from having been
/ lost on the desert since the time of the
/ first massacre two days before, and felt
no more serious concern for the sufferer
than from ordinary humanity was due
to a great misfortune.
"a case for the Surgeon" he said,
thinking the Doctor could relieve him
from an embarrassing charge; and Doc
tor Stewart was called from his attend
ance on a couple of wounded soldiers to
examine the new patient. The result OF
examination was an immediate start for
the Fort in order to avoid the effect OF
the suns rays upon a serious case ol
brain fever. But why particularizC
further?
When the ambulance came in on the
next day, and even earlier than was
reasonable to expect it, there was grea
excitement prevailing in the Fort
When it was ascertained that lieu
e tenant and private had been wounded
n and that q waif from the desert had beeI
t picked up and brought in, whom every
: body supposed to have been roaming
: about the desert alone for two who'll
d days, and was dangerously i'll, aud younI
: and beautiful, and altogether mys
g terious, there was plenty to talk about
: which was certainly great blessing a
8 Fort Kellogg.
e The Colonel's wife invited the AIajo
to dinner, determined TO "accept tn
e goods the gods provided in the way {
: opportunities for conversation with
r man who chose most often TO be e1
e tremely reticent; but, behold a wonder
r instead of being morose, was a most al
= imated talker, for once.
'e at was a running fight" he saiC
.e "The savages were making off wit
o what they could most convenient
e carry, and the best horses in the EN-
n grant herd; for they had not time, a
re ter discovering our approach, to secuI
e. them all. We had seen enough at I'll
Be crossing of the arroya to give us nerv,
and you ought to have heard the me
IT, when I gave the command. The
E. yelled as if thay had been Apaches. O
lg they went, helter skelter, every man a
a ter an Indjan-real volunteer style"
s 'Indian fighting is demoralizlng
r. troops" interrupted the Colonel;
er which Mrs. Kellogg gave an impatiel
at shrug, as much as to say, "no interru
be tions, please"
to "Well, 1 did not seem to find the
be very badly demoralized," returned t
n. Major, smiling. 'fThey attacked Ii
be furies, and pursued like fate. But {
,n country was against US, and it wou
II. have been madness to attempt furth
OF pursuit when they began to scatt
among the hills. You could never Z
IN where to look for ambush there. v
st had the satisfaction of seeing four
to them fall in their tracks, and have re
he son to know several more of them we
.et wounded. They had to abandon th'
ng stolen goods, too, which was addition
at satisfaction"
ut Here was brilliant exploit, and rs;
in isfaction" for eighteen or twenty mI
"a ders perpetrated upon travellers on t
Ter highway. -Four savages had be
i'm killed, probably. and the remand