New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-25

along the edge OF TIE stream, sometimes TWO nun i
dred feet below them aud again at ther rdg as
lava. jutting down black and snake-lh9 TN I 10
nne of craters rising to the rlght. n9 I,"So d
soon hull down, and tho gray going steauily anu
we'll Jogging walking cantering, picking his way
from stone to stone anon swinging out lhVo saIop
wheh he finds good going as though ne soo .,r%eJ
well aware that the safety OF his master uePenuou
upon his holding together for many an hour yet. A..
The mists of the valley rise ghOstly under tIio
waning moon. the beat Of sheep ana 10" Vi VIM 9c
ing herds from 'Tepetongo echo down tne MOI 'hS
arr The walls OF cllh loom and loom mp ahead:
darker ana darker. the first faint gllrnuer ~
dawn struggles to take the pacs oil TIE dly -'V"i
above them. - .,,, .hro,gb
The naipais Is past and the trail leads thIoug 81
damp shdaghs and over grassy meadows y coub + Of
miles, to the face OF the wall Deiore h,, eiobteen
hours before saw the band ride from VlctoII. thot
long il seemed ago what was life to nun now' it
he could not trust Chuehaf Ana pach l us" hat he
fuller force the long year ora deoiIpE n'ght
was avne-an outlaw, an outcast True; ne lh'snS
DC lighting for his country, put wnae g "a ne had
there In all the years he had been at IL. ne ~ I" ~
only had some ten men he could rely upon. az &C.
the rest-and hundreds there had been-hiI, ai' e
making little money. turned either a,,oooss
FIJI coup of today. perhaps he should nhu liiSol
with only twenty men, and wlthoqt Chucna In''o
always curse the thought! The gloomy wa,ls Vi
rock fall asnder, and the little glade: half IN dense
shadow, half in moonlight, is before HIM.. ,,,
He calls old Josefa No answer. anu tne manu-
kerchief on the eastern end OF the wall tells MN
she is up the valley. sort of foreroding comes
over him that all not right, aud he rides on Pa-t
the cave; and half mile from 1t Joseta SHOWS ner-
self aud ia IA hsper tells him that the heau Oh inc
gorge is patrolled by infantry from the Jordanna.
aud that he had better turn back. But even as
they speak they hear the cnnk of horses ana steel
coming up from below. Caught caught!
Il AXE the sheep rail.-quck,' says Josefa; the
old horse can make 1T and you can get out Oh ING
down above, and so away to the noIthward'
AdiOs. Josefa! | shall never come back a,i my
money in the 20 ID yours II you can save H. salu
Juan sadly, as he started mp the slender pam W
which led on TO tn high tabe-land to the leIt Oh
the canon. turning short back toward Tvs mouth
An awful trail II WAS. giving scarce iOothoid 10
tho horse. And slowly aud painfully Juan strug-
gled up it, till he could see the dragons TWO
hundred feet below. riding slowly dp the bottom OF
the gorge. IL was fortunate that their eyes were
for things earthly and not ethereal or Juan wouid
have been discovered. They pass M Slowly, ana
the plateau is Mt last reached lie mounts ana gal-
Tops along the edge OF tie elm at right angles 10
the canon 10 the northward. by TINS tne tne sun
is cleaning on Nocnitiilau, and in a few minutes
more It's red disc is heralded on to the plateau by
brilliant rays. under which Juan, 10 MS horror
catcres sight OF Il wall OF infantry cutting MN on
Slowly dark line OF blue-c0ats ~ Closing w OF,
the northeastern SIDE or triangle. the sontll anu
western sides of which are sheer Sllh. Ahoihet
look aud he sees escape IL hopeless. No chahce OF
breaking through that line OF men awe. Aiter
all. what need TO better to die; and he pulls up
the gray pats the Iathfdl old horse IOI the last
tins. ana awaits his fate. RGchttc in hard.
Suddenly an officer halls HIM 20 Surrender; say
ing tnat If he does. he Will be well treaeu ne 700
well knows what spanish promises mean w nat II
he and the Coyolc should not dcf What II span
lard should back Juan de Medna's gray WHAT
tOrtnres IN store for himself II he docs not Gie
4 look AT tic toe there are some five hundred OF
them 4 look az the cl1 behind lit n shrer! Inc
horse has been his only true fricnd-Chucha might
have been. many might have been. 3lt the hoTse IS
I'm, oldest and ttuest and last. They shall die
together! and turning boldly Jr"n Medina rode
the gray ont over the elm, crash og through the
oaks ON to the cruel stones, four hundred ieet
below
Gle spurrcl the Oh horse and ne h"ld MN u&bt,
Aud be lsapt him Uut over the WALL
Out over he Gill; out INTO the nlshi,
-Four hundred feet OF fail.
They fouud him next morning below M tac gen
with never bone IN him whole
mass OF a prayer. now, good gentlemen,
Tor such q bold rider SOUL 800
-fBiaCl wool