Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24

COUlTdueS Ill lut utlu.. illlS HO Itpll
was sent, as the order Directing him TO
proceed had already beIissued. Per-
haps grim smile SlaPd about the
mustached lips of Pat functionary
when he read this spiitedepistle.
Noel left the Queen jitya hero in the
eyes of the populace. He vas just six
days behind Lane, of ghos movements
the Queen City had no information
whatever.
And now came an cd piece of luck
slip in the fortunes { wlr. The cav
airy stationed in ArizOa were So far
from the reservation tie time that
they had long and difcult marches to
make. Only two or hreetroops that
happened to be along the line of the
railway reached the fountains neigh
boring San Carlos in time to
qu cllly take the ira of he hoStileS
Except the one littletrool of cavalry
ON duty at the reservtiOn none of the
horSemen in Arizona lad Is yet come
i'm actual conflict viii th' rcnegades,
and oddly enough il as he eleventh
that first met and suck them. Old
Riggs himself had no taken the field,
but the battalion fromeadluartcrS had
been whirlcd weStwar almg the rail
way and actually rach'd the pass
through the Chiricahurange before the
Indians. Expecting list such a posi-
bility. these wary tmplignerS had
their scouts far in adVncCof the main
body and prompt warng vas given, SO
that only the rear gu'd d the Indians
was reached by the eyer cavalrymen;
the bulk of the ApaOeS turned east
ward and swept don Ike ravening
wolves upon the defcse,ss settlers in
the San Simon valley,urling, murder
ing, pillaging as the went, full fifty
miles a day, while the pwSuerS traiicd
helplcSSly behind.
When they had succeeded in crossing
the railway most of tlir number were
mounted on fresh hOrS, and the sec
tion hands. who saw rm from afar off,
telegraphcd from tn nearest station
that they had with tim six or eight
women and childrenghoSe husbands
and fathers doubtleSsay wcltering in
their blood along t. route. Full
seven days now had tly been lodging
through the mOuntaf and SwOoping
down upon the ranchln, and so skill
fully had they eludt their purSuers
and defeated their ordinations that
now they had a compnding lead and
actually nothing betwn them and the
Mexican frontier-noing in Arizona,
that is to say. Butpok just across
the border. There, burning steadily
SouthweStward untilhalted for the
night i'm San Simon ps, comes little
troop of cavalry, not pre- than thirty
five in number Allday long since
earliest dawn had the-iddcn across the
burning sands Of dtrt region; lips,
uostrils, eyelidS smMng with alkali
dust. Threats parch with thirst,
temples throbbing rh the intense
heat: several men al horses used up
and left behind were pw slowly plod-
ding back toward th railway. Look
at the letter one of tile leaders wears
upon his worn old .outing cap-D.
Yes. il is the Dew own DIS, and
Lane is at their head.
At the moment of t. outbreak both
companies from Grahl. * and ID, or
strong detachments ON both, were
scouting through T. country
through the northerReloncillo range,
the other far upamcn the head waters
of the ella. Not a we'd did they hear
of the trouble untilit vas several days
old: then ID troop was amazed by the
sudden appearance OF hdr captain IN
their midSt-LanC whom hey supposed
TO bee ON sick lea,c fan n the distant
east. 10 was thcl for he first time
they learned how their comrades of IA
troop had lost their poular old com
mandcr. and that the great outbreak
had occurred at san CrlOS. stopping
only long enough to cra their pouches
with ammunition andto draw more
ratiouS. the troop hacned away to-
ward the railroad the way of
Graham. and at the alton. just at
dawn. Lane sent a bricdiSUatch To the
commanding general Saing that hc was
pushing with all speed head the In
dianS of via san SimolpaSS. He had
then iOrty-fNc men endorses. I'M lalr
condition. * troop woul reach Graham
that evening. and he rged that they
Dee sent at once TO re-inrce him. This
diSpatch the chief" revived with an
emphatic slap of his tlgh and an cN-
preston of delight: Jess that fellow
Lane, he is always i'm tb nick of time.
| had not hoped for instant that
either ID or X would b. available, and
now look" he said to is aid-de-camp,
..hc has started for SanSmon pass, and
will probably throw himself across their
front. Only wish he al more men.
-Shall wire TO Gra.an TO have Il
rush after him. sir?
"Yes. Order them start the I'M
slant they can rcft. aid not To take
more than an hour i'm ding that They
have been having cas-, work on their
scout-probably taking it leiSurely all
the time: they ought tCbcin first rate
trim. d, ON the the contrary. has been
making long and rapid matches to get
down from the Uppr ella. Where
was X at last accounts
"Couriers had gone the Upper Pc
loncillo for them Seyera days ago, and,
as Lane says, they ce expected at
Graham this evening Lane himself
rode after his own menwo hours after
he got to the post frol the east aud
Noel. who is Ks new cptain, is due at
Graham station tonight"
Then send him orerS to lead his
troops instantly. follow and support
Lane. Tell him not to lose a moment
on the way. Everything may depend
upon his promptness nd zeal.
And so it happened that when Capt
Noel stepped from thctrain that after
noon at the old station the telegraph
messenger came forward to meet him
touching his cap AM saying: "Tht
dispatch has been waiting for you, sir
since II o'clock this morning. l hay,
lust had dispatch frm the post and Is
troop got i'm two hour. ago and Is al
ready starting. Lieut. Mason says al
orderly is coming ahWd with horse
and the captains icldllit. Shall ! wire
for anything else?"
Noel opened the Dispatch that haC
l.....r.J him, ord road H. with "A