The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11
70 to welshforas agaidp for the dis

! go to Welshfords SagaiP for the dis
/ patches. I left them in his charge"
{" No, senor, I will stay with you,
said Sanchez the body fell right in
the shade Of the corral, and may not be
found until daylight. If that is the
| case, We will have time"
Well, we must try it, my brave fell
] low, said Stratford; "with fresh horses,
! ten leagues is not far"
60 Far? CdTTdjo! I should think not,
but we must not let them catch US at
Welshford's.
They arrived at Welshford's at about
| four O'Clock, and, without delay, in
formed the host of the tragedy, ard i'm
mediately got fresh horses, and %eT9Sn
the road as daylight broke over sht
plains.
The estancia was about thirty miles
from Colonia, and ths'ra1acho where the
| tertttliG had been the night before was
about the same distance and, as the
reader knows, the rancho was three
leagues, or nine miles, from Welsh
ford's. As they rode, they looked anx-
iously at the eastern horizon for traces
of any pursuers nor had they long to
look, for the light revealed cloud of
horsemen pushing rapidly on for where
they had Just left.
"Here they come" said Sanchez,
"but they don't see us yet"
He had hardly spoken, when the whole
body, numbering eighteen or twenty,
turned their horses heads for Colonia.
"YoB spoke rather soon, Sanchez, -
said Stratford "they see us only too
WELL"
The pursuers were about two miles to
the right of the pursued, and not more
than three quarters of a mile to their
rear, and both were heading for the
same point, so it became nothing more
than race.
At about half the journey the gGucBOS
were about the same distance astern A:
but they had lessened that between
them, so that they were now almost di-
rectly behind them.
Stratford had hopes that, when they
came in sight of Colonia, some of the
lancers would see them, and come to
their assistance and so they did, but
not until very close to their pursuers,
in consequence of the horse OF Sanchez
having stumbled over an ant-hill but
the nimble gGuchO was quickly in the
saddle, and returned the yells of his
foes with g wave of defiance as he again
overlook Stratford but, unfortunately,
his horse went dead lame, and the stu
alton was becoming very precarious, as
the foremost of the horsemen was nearly
close enough to use his lasso on poor
Sanchez. When within about league
of the town, fortunately, a squad of
Uraguayan cavalry, who were exercising
On the plains, saw them, and came scoUr-
ing to their assistance. 1t was now nip
and tuck whether Sanchez would be
caught before the lancers got up; but
that point was quickly set at rest, as a
howl from that individual told STRAIT
ford that he was in the tolls. He i'm
mediately turned to his assistance, and
rode on the gGWchO who was hauling in
on the lasso to knife the poor fellow.
a well-directed shot from the officers
revolver went crashing through his
brain, and two or three more completely
checked the impetuosity of the foremost
of the pursuers.
Sanchez was soon free from the lasso,
and, with the instincts of his class, i'm
mediately appropriated the horse of the
dead gauchO, as the lRncers dashed up
and attacked and dispersed the desper-
ADDE'S.
The ride for life was over, and a short
time saw Stratford and Sanchez on board
the English frigate, where the thrilling
adventure was told by the officer.
Sanchez was greatly elated at the fact
of the other gauch0 being killed. as he
found that he was the brother of the
one who had received his quietus the
night before and he philosophically
that cousins did not follow up
a feud but little while, but the brother
would have pursued him to death.
Three weeks again saw them at Welsh
ford's, but that time they attended no
tertuliG.-EdlOard r.. d. Mayae.