The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-09-19

When Mason returned to them, lead
ing tho two troopers and the dying man,
his face was as black as thunder cloud.
He rode up to his captain, who was
stanching with handkerchief a little
stream of blood that seemed to be COM
ing down his left arm, and addressed to
him these words:
Capt. Noel, there were not more than
six or eight Apaches guarding those
heights. There was no excuse in Gods
world, sir, for retreat. l can take my
platoon and go through there now with
out difficulty, and once again, sir, l inn
plore you to let me do It,"
Noel's reply was, Il have already
heard too much from you today, Mr..
Mason. IL l hear one more word you go
to the rear III arrest. | am wounded,
sir, but will not turn over this COM
mand to you"
Wounded be hanged! Capt. Noel,
you've rot q scratch Of which a child
ought to be ashamed" was the furious
reply, upon which Noel, considering
that he must at all hazards preserve the
dignity of his position, ordered Lieut..
Mason to consider himself in arrest.
And, dismounting, and calling to one or
two of the men to assist him, the captain
got out Of his blouse and had the sleeve
Of his undershirt cut off, and then, in
full hearing of the combat up the pass,
proceeded to have a scratch, as Mason
had truly designated it, stanched and
dressed.
Meantime, the troop, shamefaced and
disguised, dismounted and awaited fur
Their developments. For fifteen minutes
they remained there, listening to the bat
tie mile away, and then there came a
sound that thrilled every man with ex-
citement-with mad longing to dash to
the front; there came crashes of mus
kerry that told of the arrival of strong
re-enforcements for one party or another
which party was soon developed by
the glorious, ringing cheers that they
well recognized to be those of their COM
rades of Greene's battalion.
by heavens!' said Mason, with a
groan, latter all, we have lost our chance!
It's Greene, not old X troop, that got
there in time to save them"
The looks that were cast towards their
new captain by the men, standing in sui
len silence at their horses heads, were
not those that any soldier would have
| envied.
Directing the first sergeant to talk halt
dozen troopers and feel their way eau
tiously to the front and ascertain what
that new sound meant, the rest of the
men meanwhile to remain at ease, Noel
still sat there on tho ground, as though
faint from loss of blood. The bleeding,
however, had been too trifiing to admit
of any such supposition on the part OF
those who had been looking on. The
cheering up the pass increased. The
firing rapidly died away. Soon it was
seen that the first sergeant was signal
ing, and presently man came riding
back. The sergeant and the others dis
appeared, going fearlessly into the pass
and evidently indicating by their move
ments that they anticipated no further
resistance. The arriving horseman dis
mounted saluted the captain, and re
ported substantially that the pass was
now in possession Of Maj. Greene's men
and that the Apaches were in full figh
towards the south, some of the troops
pursuing.
Then at last it was that the mount
was sounded by the trumpeter, and hal
an hour afterwards-full three hour
after they should have been there
Capt. Noel, with K troop, arrived at tn
scene. Lane, faint from loss of blood
was lying under tree; four of his mel
were killed; one of the helpless recap
tured women had been shot by an Indian
bullet; five more of the "Devirs owl
DIS" were lying wounded around amoni
the rocks. Desperate had been the de
Tense; sore had been their need; safe
thoroughly safe, they would have bee
had Noel got there in time, but it wa
Greene's battalion that finally reache
them only at the last moment. And We
this was the thrilling announcement
that appeared in The Queen City Chror
icle in its morning edition two days al
forwards:
Gallant Noel! Rescue of the Insia
Captives Stirring Pursuit and Fierc
Battle with the Apaches!
ga dispatch received last night b
the Hon. Amos Withers announces til
; return from the front of Capt Noel, VIII
so recently left our midst, with n porto
of his troop, bringing with him the W.
men and children who had been run o.
by the Apaches on their raid among til
ranches south of their reservation. TIL
captain reports severe fight, in whic
many of the regiment were killed an
wounded, he himself, though maxim
light of the matter, receiving "a bull,
through the left arm.
while the rest of the command liza
! gone on in pursuit of the Apaches I'll
captain was sent by the battalion con
mander to escort the captives back
: the railway.
: "This dispatch, though of priva
!, character, is fully substantiated by Il
!, official report of the general comman
: ing the department to the adjutant gei
!, eral Of the army. It reads as follows:
. "'Capt. Noel, of the Eleventh caviar
: has Just reached the railway, bringir
with him all but one of the women an
! children whom the Apaches had CARR,
off into captivity. The other was sh
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