Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-02

tered as bis weary eyes gazs5
Jagged hillside below him +, over the
fires were waning again ana .n9 Indian
of light on rock and tree ne .ue clean,
fainter and fainter. TIL. Growing
savage revelry, too, were nor sounds Of a
though a hoarse, mopoto- suodusl
came up from below. A H., chant
Pl6e 5 "ateh tower aud fortra.. sad,
fully a quarter of a mile soptb !, vas
road and about a third of MI. VI the
the abandoned camp, but ''t 70 iou
absolute silence that rai,. The
every other quarter tbs >usa in
from the Apache war Il. SQUADS
that clear mountain air vs-a aalce ID
distinctly audible. The avvfr, 9'ihostly
and cries of ManueIito vera st;II groa1i
IN his ears, and, to himself RI -tt,,lGIng
der confessed that his nerve 60, o'u SOL
little tried by the fearful 80 LOT
sounds OF the early evenin, aad
poor preparation for the fob. - vas
felt morally certain would sDsa,;, ,IaI Rs
low the rising of the morrow 80. to.-
Pike had been through too 80 ont
Indian war and in too many tirb. an
before to close his grip, as he sv s.aos'
ed it, now. EXPRESS
eff [ only had those roor r;..,...-
safe with their father NOTHING - ADS
me better than to be here 7vf,L 5-,1 suit
FIVE of the old troop and 10, ,t, iols CT
OF the Apache nation try to rout - v-
out, he said to himself. Even u, ne
is, I'm bloodthirsty enough now as .
what We seen and heard to-ufrb, -',s'
impatient for their attack. ~ gs
we We got surprise in store for tbs5.'.
only Jim don't get stampsded >, "
Turning to listen for sounds r-,-. a..
little garrison, Pike could df.fin-,. -
two that prevailed above all - Sa
others. Kate was tearfull7 noa7fn,--
praying aloud; Jim placidly suorlrg
''That niger could lie down and o.
sleep, by thunder, if he knew tba To-,'
was coming to an end in Isss -bsr -
hour. III have to watch here tiI r.s.,-
dawn and have the strongest coffee T 90.
brew all ready for him or he'll he 60.
to sleep on his post and letting t5,,-
hounds crawl right up On US. CoTea,.
good idea. IN have some myself ,,
So saying, the veteran stole bsc., me,
the cave, noiselessIy filled the bstts-a5
coffee pot and set it on the coal. ssi9
few reassuring words to Kate and begged
her to remember him in her PRAYER,
laughed at her dolsful and despa.rfn- p.
ply, and returned to his post.
All quiet. Even the wildcat had 6is-
appeared, and there was now no I-rgs-
light by which ne could have dstsoTsi
the creature. Pike almost wished 10
hadn't gone, for, Is ne grimlv said trs
fellow might have been good r8moarr
! and kept him from getting sleeDy. Little
by little the Indian chant was cafffrr
drowsy and the weird dancers, some of
the younger braves, tired of the snor.
when there were neither admirinE s1uaws
or approving old chiefs 10 look on. The
chiefs in this case, OF course, had con-
sumsd the greater portion Of the
whisky and were now sleeping OF
its soporiio effects, and the Young
steTs could only remain where thew
were, keep watch and ward against sur
prise, and make no move in any direc-
tion until their elders should be them
selves again, unless the sudden coming
OF enemies should compel them TO rouse
their leaders from their drunken SUM
beTs and skip like so many goats for the
highest parts of the mountain.
Looking at his watch as he slipped his
tin of coffee Pike noticed that If was now
IL O'Clock. "'Oh, if / Only kusB thu.
all was well with the captain, - he NUT
tered. land if I only knew where
Sieber and the cavalry were tonight. "
Not until after 0 clock in the morn
ing did the old soldier decide that it was
time for him to ''turn over the COM
mand'' and seek a little rest himself.
He knew that he would not be hslf ft
for the responsibilities of the coming day
unless he could get few hours sleep,
and as Jim had now been snoring uIln-
terruptedly for over four hours, Pike
concluded to call him, give him some
strong coffee and some sharp instructions
and put him con post. it took no
little shaking and kicking to rouse the
boy, but presently he sat up Just as he
had done at the ambulance, with the
yavning inquiry, ''What IS the matter:
''Nearly 2:30 o'clock, jim, and youT
turn for guard. Stir out here, now.
Douss your head with some Of this cold
water. 1t will freshen you up. Then
I'll give you a good tin of coffee.
Jim obeyed, and after stumbling
stupidity around O moment and then
having @ gourd or two of water dashed
over his face and neck he pronounced
himself all right and proceeded to enjoy
the coffee handed him.
"Now, jim, - said Pike, "the via
cats gone, and no Apaches will be apt 10