The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-16

A o'clock in the morning, which
would give us ample time to rrach he
! trail ut dwight. At 3 o'clock We
had our breakfast served, after which
the det'il of troopers WAS iusp -cted
and everything found satisfac-
, tory. At 4 o'clock sharp, the tro,pers
star ed out at trot headed by Jim
Bean. the scout. Before We started
Captain Or, with a solemn nod re-
mark d to me, "If We d mt have La
dams before sunset | am willing to
eat Moriarity FIR supper and ! de
voutly hoped he would be compelled
TO keep his promise
After travelling about twelve or
four'ee miles, We came to a halt,
having arrived at the point where the
sO-called scout b I'd discovered the trail.
The first harbiDger of day made is
appearance by barely perceptihle
change from dark to light gray ON the
horizon. Then the gray, fluffy clouds
grew brighter; first white, then pink,
then rosy. and now long bands IF
brilliant red shot up into the blue sky.
and few moments later. the sun
peeped forth and seemed 20 say 70 the
world good morning. But long
before this, the scout h.ving found
the traii--we were travelling briskly
! in its wake,
L OBSERVED JIM BEAN
with interest as he trut'ed slOng on
his horse ahead of us. his eye. fixed on
the ground. l could, myself, observe
the imprint of unshod horses here and
there. but they We're hOpelessly COM
mingled with the tracks of cattle. After
awhile | noticed that tine scout became
puzzled, he halted several times, got
of his horse and examined the trail.
He became uncommunicaiive and
when asked as to the indications gave
evasive answers. In this M ann. r we
travelled along all morning, in whal
appeared to me a remarkably ecceu-
trio manner, first in one direction,
then in another. At one time over
soft pasture land where the tracks Of
amin is were plaialy seen. then along
the rocky bottoms of former noun.
tain streams where | could distinguish
no tracks at all. Then again we
would climb over a chain of lnterven-
ing hills and after that would cross a
Wiley several miles in breadth. The
horses were in most excellent condi-
ton as were the Puck mules. They
had had long rest and their backs,
which during last summers cam
paign had become sore and
liberated, now were almost we'll.
Therefore we made good time. Fina
ly, about two o'clock in the afternoon,
the scout announced that We had
evidently
GAINED on THE SAvAGEs,
as the trail was growing fresher. This
Information inspired us all, and Capt.
g., gave me triumphant look, as
much as to saw, Didn't / tell you
SOP After another hours travel the
scout suddenl, halted and said ex-
citeily, "tbey can't be mile ahead
the trail here turns to The right aud
was made but a short time ago. and
I'll he ID" he added, "if | don't
believe they ere on the crest Of yonder
hill, p hitting. as he spoke, to a crest
of hills possibly 500 yards to our
right, separsted from US by ravipe
with steep banks. How tue savsges.
If they were there, ever got there with
their horses, was problem which
at he time | had no time to solve as
the command was given to dismount.
Part of The men were detailed to take
charge of the horses. and the rest Of
the command formed in line and were
ordered to cross the intervening Ia
vine and make for the crest of the
bills. | felt that the suspense of re-
naming where l was would be greater
than going fol Wand, | therefore joined
the advancing party. We clambered
over one side of the ravine then up
the other, after which the men we've
told in a whisper to advance in Skin
mish line, cautiously, creeping as
close to the ground as possible. The
captain was on the right and | was
Immediately behind him reasoning
that in case the ssvages ofened fire
that he would make a most excellent
breast work for me. Moriarity was
on the captains left and as person
even 10 moments of great excitement
will take notice of trifes | thought
, that
OBSERVED SLIGHT PALENESs
around his nose. We crept up eau
tiously towards the crest and were
,,o,, ,,,;tb;n 1Sn y.rIS A f,pr ,,ordO