The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-08

The young mand read the order
but made no answer. He liked to
have his opinion asked, but he did
not suppose that his crude ideas
would be of any value to an officer
of so much greater experience.
"What do you think ?" repeated
the colonel mildly.
81 suppose it'll have to be done"
said the lieutenant vaguely, not
knowing on what point reply was
wished
eyes" mused the colonel, "but
how? This says he is supposed
to be atSanford, but the description
is vague to make Il search on"
ooh, that" said Parker, "why ]
think | know the man already. /
saw him last summer when | was
surveying the line from Gila Bend
to Tuscon. He keeps ssloon in
Sanford"
The colonel shook his head.
81 was going to send for an old
officer, but if you can identify the
man you'll have to go. Hump! !
Not Il very pleasant or easy duty"
and he looked hard at the young
mans smooth lace-"it's worse
than Indian fighting. Maybe !
had better have an older officer go
with you"
"If you think it necessary"
81 don't" said the colonel, in
stantly determined by Parker's look;
and he wrote in pencil the draft for
an older =
Lieut. Parker will proceed di-
rectly to Sanford, Arizona, with
detail of six men, and arrest escape
military convict, John Devine."
Gust have that published"
Parker hesitated but at the re-
sponsibility of the arrest was to de
pend upon him, he determined to
speak.
If that order is published, word
of it will go to this convict by the
underground and he will give ne,
the slip"
suppose you were to go without
an ORDER said the colonel "ihat
would excite suspicion as we'll"
'Tct it be false order"
"It wouldn't do any good.
When these fellows see soldier,
they are on the alert, order or no
order. They know the soldier is
after some one, and they send the
word on by their underground for
the benefit of whom it may con-
Germ. You will have to take the
chance of travelling us fast as the
news of your coming.
But Parker had an idea. He
thought he could cntrap an Arizon-
ian as easily as if he had worn q
red shirt from infancy.
81 learned something" said he,
"last summer when | was down
there. When they knew l was
surveying I could have had as
many blacklegs in my society as |
wished. Mr.. Devine himself wait
ed on me at his saloon. Send me
down on telegraph business again"
"Good p cried the colonel. "Make
out an order to examine the line
and publish it here. You will have
the real order in your pocket"
In half an hour the ambulance
rolled out of Fort Mcdowell into
the long road across the desert.
The soldiers were in good spirits
over holiday. Very true, they
carried carbincs and rcvolvers but
in Arizona carbincs and revolvers
are as readily associated with good
spirits as chccrlulness with beans
and by grocery bills in New Eng
land.
The travel brought them to Saca-
ton on the Gila, where Parker had
been the summer previous, When
the people learned his present er-
rand he was Hospitality entertained,
and no warning of his coming was
sent forward. But in conversation
with the Indian agent, to whom he
revealed his true orders, he learned
that the convict, frightened by pre-
vious rumors, had sold his saloon
and was about to leave. This rem
dered an arrest Il matter Of double
difficulty and danger.
Under the circumstances, although
the next day was Sunday, Parker
determined to push on. At six
o'clock Sunday morning the ambu-
lance was on its way with u drive
before it of eighteen miles. Parker,
half mile from his destination, put
of his unconcen and ordered the
driver to stop. Then he pulled the
true orders of out his pocket and
read them. The soldiers exchanged
glances. They thought the young
lieutenant would not take things SC
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