Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-06-06

so it's ride for our lives" Dave said,
quietly.
The San Cimon was nearly ten miles
awayl Could we reach it2 asked Dave
the question as coolly as l could
'Wev got to-" was his only reply.
"Come on now. Settle yerself well in
yer saddle, doctor, lean a little forard,
foller the motion of yer horse, and give
him the spursl"
Give him the spurs l did; for l felt
that our only safety depended upon the
speed | could get out of the animal.
Both animals seemed to feel how much
depended upon their efforts, and to be
quite as anxious to escape the fate in
store for them, if captured, as did we,
their riders Every hurried word we
spoke and every nervous caress we gave
them seemed to inspire them with fresh
life. Yet in spite of it all we appeared
but to creep over the plain; and another
hasty glance over my shoulder told me
but too plainly that the redskins were
! gaining on us.
The wretches had uncommonly fine
horses-the choicest of all those stolen
and captured by them both in Arizona
and Northern Mexico. l saw, too, that
Dave was holding Ade ante in, while my
horse was making his utmost efforts.
On, on VIC rode. Dawes face was q
study, as with COMPRESSED lips and
flashing eyes, he watched every mo,
tion of my horse as though
his life, not mine, depended upon
his eXertions Occasionally, he gave an
uneasy look behind, then forward toward
the long line Of scrubby mcsquit which
marked the course of the San Cimon
where the station was. At length he
turned toward me, his face no longer
anxious, but full of determination, and
said in a low resolute voice
"We shan't make it, but we'll ride as
long as we can, then turn loose on 'em
with our revolvers. Keep your hoss well
in hand; don't let Linn stumble"
Before | realized what he was doing
Dave wheeled, and bringing Adelante
up with force that almost threw the
animal upon its launches, faced the In
dians. l heard the crack of his rifle
next minute he vas beside me again.
Fetched Ole of 'em! Give me youi
rifle and load this" said Dave, huiriedly.
The exchange was soon made. l spoke
to my horse, at the same time sinking the
spurs deep into his foam-hecked sides;
for few moments we seemed fairly to
fly over the hard ground--each moment
bringing us nearer the station, which was
now not more than two miles away.
Not a word was spoken; the ring OF
our horses hoofs on the gravelly plain
and tn il quick, labored breathing were
the only sounds audible. But how those
moments Jagged! For already we could
hear the gallop of the redskins behind.
They were not more than three hundred
yards in our rear Suddenly their hide
Gus yell broke on our ears--the first
sound we had heard from them
"Howl, will ye?" Dave exclaimed. Hs
turned, and again I heard the report of
the rife; then once more Adelante was
beside me.
"'Taint no use with that hoss O. yourn
We must fight 'em" he exclaimed.
"When we get to that turn yender, we'll
face the varmints an give EN- our revol-
vers"
AS he spoke, another yell rent the air,
and flight Of arrows whizzed past
striking into the ground in advance of us.
"Gittin' leetle close for comfort !''
muttered Dave. "Turnr'
We pulled up, wheeled, and, drawing
our revolvers, fired-once, twice!
saw one of the painted wretches reel
and tall, his horse galloping off with fly
ing bride.
The sudden resolution of our move
ments had the effect of bringing the
Apaches to halt; but to our shots they
responded with another flight of arrows
from their powerful bows, one of which
struck through Dawes left arm.
"Hit the bone!" he CALCULATED with a
groan of pain. The next moment another
shaft buried itself deep in my horse
breast. The poor beast, which had done
his best for me, leaped convulsively with
a sharp cry, and fell in the road. My
right foot was fast under him for an
instant before | could extricate myself
AS I struggled, still another arrow struck
into the dying horses neck.
Dave was firing; and just as l got free,
his own horse, hit by an arrow, backed
nearly over me. But regained my feet,
and taking aim, shot at an Apache who
with drawn bow, was galloping forward,
to shoot at Dave. The rascal fell back
ward out of his saddle. Facing partly
round to shoot at the others, l saw to
my astonishment that they had wheeled
about and were riding away at full
speed.
Wondering what it meant, we looked
round just as the three station guards,
with a ringing "huzzaW went past us at
a galop, in pursuit of the Apaches.
Then we comprehendcd the situation.
The station men had heard the yells and
the reports of our pistols, and hurriedly
mounting, had ridden to the rescue.
They succeeded in bringing down an
Indian whose horse had been hit by one
of our bullets; but the others escaped
into canon three miles off to the left
of our route. But they had been obliged
to leave the bodies of their fallen com,
radcs behind them.
We walked to the station. where
Dawes arm was dressed and Adelante's
hurts cared for. And thus terminated
more fortunately than 1t might have
done-our ride to San Cimon.- Youth,
Companions.
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