Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-12-16
QUEER AMMUNITION.


Rom an Candles Successful Weapons OF
Ou~nsc and Defense.
'Onc OF my adventures. eh?" began
The book agent. as the others settled
into Their seats moro comfortably.
swell. about G ght years ago / carr ed
pack of novelties. such ms YOU fire.
quently see exhibited on the street
corners and presided over by sun
burnc Ital an. With another man and
a young Eel ow of eighteen. 1 travelled
through Kansas to the Colorado ne.
selling and trading our wares to the In
dams for any thing marketable in the
cites. About the time of our arrival
i'm the western part of Kansas the menu
orable Ind an outbreak was terrorizing
the country. From the south and west
came reports of the terr BILE oitrages
perpetrated by the Indians and greasers.
Houses were burned. the inmates were
killed instantly or tortured to death and
the cattle were driven OIL and scat
tered. You may be sure felt consid-
erab'e soliciiude concerning the safety
of my little party and took extra
precaut ons to find secluded spo,s
the conditions, ! deemed il advisable
to get out Il &c neighborhood mmcdi-
atcly. To do so we found il necessary
TO pass through the country most kelly
TO be infested by struggling bands of
Indians. Despite the risks we deter
mined TO make the attempt After
long. hard days tramp, we cncamp Il
for the night n one of those sma can
H. "
II was an excellent place. too. Our
backs were eflectually protected by
natural cave in the dc of the bunk. the
EN- rance to which was concealed bv
brush and tall grass. SAN. the boy of
the party. was an unusually br ght
young fellow and very familiar with the
tactics of Indian warfare. Just before
lying down l noticed him un'y ng n
good sized bundle of sticks resembi'ng
short broom handles He placed them
in easy reach ana tumbled down To
sleep. i had also not .ced him fumblinr
around the bushes short t me before
but Il dn't pay much attention to his
act ors. The other fellow and myself
concluded not to set guard, ms we
were in such nm excellent place. |
don't know how long we had slept when
slight and whispering:
:" BE gu elk N wv. the Indians are get
ting really TO slip in on us.
''By TN time we were both wide
awake and ready with our rifles.
'Li'ten.' whispered sam; hear the
dirty scamps slipping up. Put down
the rifles. I've got something better
He handed us each of the four sticks
meDt oned. remarking:
'Thrm's Roman candles. I've got
pile OF whoppers along and / tn nix
we can scare Tn sc scamps clean out o.
Their hides
II ca Ight the idea in moment and
strained my ears to listen for further
demonstrations from the attacking
party. We could hear them creep no
here and there through the bushes,
scarcely max NC Il noise, but easily d s.
t.nguished in tn silence of the ght.
Now, whisper ID am. take two in
each h nd and I'll light them.
''Suit ng the action TO the word he
contr.ved 10 light them in rapid sue
cess on. Then we turned them into the
bushes and heavens, what a sight was
revea a the candles flashed About
fifty V llainous-looking savages and
greaserS We're STOPPING and creeping
along toward us. A the first flash they
stopred aS if peil bound. We turned
them so the green and white balls would
strike them in their faces. The candles
were tremendous affairs. and eight or
ten of them popping away apparently
independent of human ad was enough
to terroriZe any one. Our ASA lants
wave ell moment. then, and with n
terri BILE yell. bounded away toward high
ground a if the evil one himself was in
pursuit. We could hear them scramble
up the hills de. mount their horses and
gal!op away. Sa afterward explained
that he had brought the candles along
ms Il 81 lie sp ,cula ion. AMI he also ex-
planned that he had arran yed system
OF strings among tn bushes 50 that no
one could approach very close without
meeting the obstruction and alarm ng
him. IL is need C to state that we
reached safe ground IN due time with
out further molestation. "-ODaha
Herald.