Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
ltc more awful than words can por-

h troop must certainly reach him; ne
knows them To be fresh and strong; he
knows that they have had only short
and easy marches and therefore can
easily come ahead all night long and be
rounding the Pyramid spur by dayOreaR'
He knows Mason well, and can count on
that Young officer doing his clever pest
to Sunport him. Alas. he does not know
tbat Mason is compelled by this time to
fail hack 10 second place, and that the
last man on whom he can possibly count
sim "a pinch" is now i'm command OF the
looked for troop.
The night wears on without alarm.
WcU nigh exhausted, Lane has thrown
himself nc the foot of tree TO catch
what s.eep he may, and he feels as
rbourh he had not closed his eyes when
Corn. shea bends over him to say II Is ,
o'clock. NoiSeleSSly the men are arOuS-
e5. silently they roll ont of their blank
ets. and obedient TO the low toned fall
inn of the first sergeant seize their arms
and take their place in line. Then Lane
briefly explains the situation; tells them
If the poSir0u OF the Apache bivouac;
letaUs Corp. Riley and four men TO
s.ar,b for. secure and lie away with the
rriSoners. aud orders all the rest TO fight
fix. the devil 10 drive the ApacheS he'll
Tor SHELTER into the rocks.
..Iaf NOT one word bee said nor trig-
.-.r ,niled until we are right among
rbem. Wait for my command, unless
..... .,r, detected and fired on. III we are,
b'a1e away at once; but mover stop your
,,.n. got right ion among them. Let
pn.v and his men make instant search,
~. -,,r, they leave neither woman nor
.I.nI bebind. and start them back here.
.ri'..r.st of MS will fan back slowly,
,.' ....;,.- b-twceu them and the ApacheS
m EN-. ammo Never let them get near
.i....'. ,.risopers. That is the main OBJ
,.., af our attack. Once back here
,..-,r rb, horses we can pick out places
r, the rocks rom which we can
-,...3 tbe Apachos of until Is troop
.-,,es Rest assumed Lieut.. Mason
|snl his men will bee along by OF ~ anu
.lrcauuot Doe that the cavalry now pun
suirg the ApacheS from the north VIII
l,, moro than few hours behind. Now
.lo ,-,u understand? for there VII. be 10
chance off orders mp there. Leave your
,arteeps: leave anything that VIII NM
dior or rattle. Those OF you VINO nave
nm s,rrs take them off. Those oil you
.,yb,bove Tonic or Apache moccaSInS
mako oT YOUR top boots and put them on
O. tbev are AN the better for going up
, chose billsides Now get your couee,
e mon: make mo- noise, light no additional al
b fires. and Dee ready 20 move IN twenty
minutes .,
p Tben be pencils this brief note:
..co,a,nandn1 0aeer Troop h. Elercnth
CGrdlry:
- I'VE have headed the ApacheS and
u will attack their camp the instant IL Is
/, Urht enough 90 see, rescue their cap
: riyes. then fall back here TO the gorge
~ Iof fbe SAN simon. They far ouJnum0er
y. ms and You cannot reach Us too soon.
= II count upon your being here by IN
f., IN, morning. and hope with your ana
!. to hold the enemy until Grcene'S CONF
'rand arrives. Then We ought 90 cap
~ ture the whole band. DO not fail me.
N ~FEEpEECK LANE,
, CAPTAIN Eleventh Cavalry.
/, This me rave to Sergt. Luce, with or
J ders 90 ride back on the trail until he
a meets X troop aud deliver it TO Lieut..
'' Mason or whoever is ia command. ana
( m half an hour Luce is away.
= And now. Just as the dawn is break
z ing and a faint. paGd light is stealing
r through the tree tops along the rocky
D.. range. there come creeping slowly
! noiselesSlv along the slope a score OF
+ shadowy forms. croiching from bowl
der 90 bowlder. from tree 20 tree. Not
word is spoken. save now and then a
? y,hisnered canton. Foremost, car
. |bipe I'm hld is the captain,
. now b,1tirr moment 10 give
, some SIGNAL to those nearest him,
r now peeriug ahead over the rocks that
i bar the way. AZ last he breaches point
where. looking down the dark and rug
: oeJ hillside before him, he sees some
, 'rbfnr which causes him TO unSling the
: Ic1se I'm which his field glasses are car
r-ad t0 gaze thither long and tiXedly
With an eyes upon their leader the men
,raft and listen. some cautiously try the
hammers Of their carbineS and loosen Il
few cartridges IN the loops of their
prairie belts A signal from Lane brings
Mr.. Royce. the young second leu
tenant. 90 his side. Ii is the boys
first experience OF the kind. and his
heart is humping. but he means TO be
one of the foremost in the charge when
the time comes. Watching closely. the
nearest men can see that the captain is
pointing out some object nearer at hand
than they supposed, and the first ser
geant. crouching 20 neighbor rock,
looks GENEROUSLY over, and then eagerly
motions for others 20 Join him.
The Apache hiding place is not three
hundred yards away.
Down the mountain side 10 the west
and,the range % the north their SEN
tries kept vigiiant guard against sur
prise: but what man of their number
dreams for an instant that on the south,
between them and the Mexican line,
there is now closing In 70 the attack Il
little troop Of veteran campaingerS, led
bv man whom they have learned TO
dread before now? Invisible from the
valley below or the heights up the
range. their Smoldering fires can be
nlairlv seen from where Lane aud his
men are now concealed. But nothing
else can be distinguished.
Far over 20 the western side OF the
valley the faint red glow tells where lie
the ruins of the ranch their young war
lriors had destroyed, and any moment
now their exultaut yellS may be heard
/ AS they come Scampering back 10 camp
after night of deviltry. and then
/ everybody viii DE uD and moving OIL
I and well on the way southwark before
I the sun gets over the crest. Lane knows
hemust make his dash before they can re-
turn. There would be little hope OF res
cue for the poor souls lying there bound
and helpless. with all those fierce young
/ fighters close at hand.
The word is passed among the men:
/ Follow closely, but look well TO your
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