Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-10
ID p0UBlB ADVENTURE.

j WeS sslst ssst I1tvsS.ih8s Ans
sientiag sqneeasns feM ~ . creamy SORT
o. inoo'ent beauty upon the occasional
eaetuA or th4 buSny mesquite, ana. dal-
Iylng with Then thorny branches. In Z
haIt-eareless and haif-eoquettish rsdi.
ance, threw upon them such rieh and
gorgeous TN 9 feex g. c. oestow
.. the isst mements q tneir aePeriine
glory. knf HWaYpefore u % sfretened
seeAalN 9sneoie saias wnic3
ex'eneea - ppd ne snnpepM< lato the
gray twslisni y the clstsnt eat; lhere,
misaiay poFtfa fea against. ne Akg i'ks .
80 snNsssss. afszs SO aFpa-
ssns'y = - z nfn tonadalion, ne
snmms.s os - sierrS 9e8adse rose tow-
eFinE heavenwerd.5 Hsfe afsd ihefe
dense nassss q loilaee, oeepen.nE md
oarksnsn 'nsV .asi 50 = nsEtEls 3. snsde, !,
blended 20 Mnaost smpeFeepubIy with
the outstretching shadows which they
cast that It was difhcyh to tell where
the reality ceased and the shadow be-
gan. Myrssds OF BIRDS were Hooking
from the open portions OF the plain into
the rece:ses OF the sombre foliage, and
WIN noisy and voeiieTous twiftering
were quarreling tor the occupancy OF
their isyoIlte roostIng-PIaee upon some
weii-screeened twig. There are times
when silence will taIl upon Q group OF
travellers, quietly. ssesdiiy. calmly, and
psaceahlyC Ike saewhskes upon the
ground wfhout aey apparent cause.
The group that shortly before were en-
gaged IN earnest conversation, and
whose tones were persuasive or vehe-
ment, as The case might henand bose
nearay Iangplfr nt soHe nne&peefea
sally OF wBtoE hnmoroas variation rang
out with Q free and merry tone, will
suddenly become voiceless as statutes
and as silent as 81 stricken with dumb
ness. IL was so with our little group OF
three "AmeTicanos, and one Moyo in.
dian, who was aching an the FdcnbIe ca
Pacity of guide and Servant, IS we rode
over one OF ihose broad plains winch are
SO frequently iound upon the coest-line
OF Sinaloa. We had FELT the iuhuence
OF the increasing darkness, and a. the
gloom OF evening iell upon nsitbuShed
us into silence winch was o1ly dlsturb-
ed oy the tramp OF our mules, the voices
OF the birds, and the bnm 81 insect lite.
One oy one the stars shonc onl upon US,
nnni the'arch above u: was radiant with
tneiI myriad seini'iiaI'ons. inere nad
not 0een fcr several leagues any token
OF human dweIiers on our route, and t
almost seemed o. ~ our little company
we're 'ne on'y 'nnao''an's OF tne region
we were "aVerS,ng' Suodeniy. as we
passed oy cluster oi low shrubs our
mu'es pr'cked UP their ears and evi-
den''y tFemohng WIN iear' made an
abrupt divergence from the trail, and
broke INTO quick run from the bnsbes
towpfd an oPen spsce: I moxemeet
Awss 70 AnexPeetan thss maeaFiyAunS
seated me- nut as struggled to regain
my position. ! thought saw 10 the dark
SHADOWS 2! the nnSnesa ope or two men.
and neard srtow'tonedvoices as they
gave utterance TO some expression 10
language could not comprehend.
Detming ~ pest % De ready Tor any
'emeFkehey, o. soon as ] was firmly
seated in my saddle again j drew one Of
my reVoiVers and held 1t IN readiness
Tor immediate use. IT necessary. We
soon had placed several hundred yards
OF distance between US and the bushes.
II was then That our guide placed his
fingers upon has lips as caution to be
silent. and with an expressive gesture
'mo''oned US to be on our guard. 1t
was none Too soon, for at the same 90.
slant a sharp whizzlng sound passed
through the air near us, and from the
noise made by some object striking into
the gravel short distance beyond, ]
knew that an arrow, failing OF hitting
It's mark, bad struck the earth Instead
OF iis INTENDED victim. Only one word
was spoken, and that was an almost ia
audible whisper by the guide, who ut
tered "Apache J" at the same time
spurring bis musc into rapid run. We
iallowed his example. keeping out snto
into the open PLAIN and svoiding sll
clusters OF fo'Iage. Looking back upon
our course. saw two or three sayages
making detour 50 as TO come upon our
track some shrFf dsstsnee aAesds and a.
enc OF them, nos ware that ! bad seen
him, ran across an open space from one
cluster g another q The mes4ulie
bushef drew hesd on BIN and 6fsd.
He tumbied sossnddenl " That another
Apache who vas close b bind hisn tell
eker hsHn. And as e tried e fesain -
tfet second s4pN latz t,me Irpu t'f
#t1lde. rK0nnMn k4em Ala ~ f&n anexn