, 1890-05-22
The ELECTRIC HAND.
tCharles Lane Moshcr In Boston Tru,
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| 40 Droa.a.. A l. l.t,,.I A.. Ill.,.
~ ~. 'oo..' zN''1', oo'us a' 'ha' s'i'e
IN the employment OF the govern
ment IA courier and scout. All the
tribes in the territory were hostile,
and most of them were on the war
natb. decided tberef,re thnt n
,vo,,Ia ~. a.. naarnu. 20 a,,,
- - iesa uaiSe'o"s e"'
,oross inc country thah 10 iomow
me usual roads or trails on which
travellers were being daily killed. |
struck out In a northeast course,
and followed that direction as
nearly a. ,h. ,on naaura,ion Of tho
oo,,,, ~, omIs .,a,,i,
''u"y "o"io permit
On the AFTERNOON OF the. .third DAY,
snorty peiore sunaown, 1 STRUCK
,he tran rom Wooiseys Aqua Ca
nente rancn 10 Wickehourg, and
lolowing IL Ior two hilles OF niore,
came TO some water tanks. AS l
was getung into the lhuiah country
l resolved 10 ne very cautious. Al.er
preparing ana Gazing my supper l
careiuiiy exunguishea tne esnail nro
ana scattered the emoers ana asnes
go as 10 leave no trace oi ~. after
having gwen my poor pony GOOD
drink ny the tank, resortcu 10 tactics
with which every scout anu noun
Mlneer Is Ialnlliar. having rluuen
Iorwsru on .ne trail unul Ioun,s
rocky grounu, where Tue nools OF
my pony Wouiu make no hiPIes-
sion, 1 ulsniouhteu anu pu. lne
niuiiIers Oh hls rect 'neh tu.neu
Iounu anu roue oack, anu passeu
the water apou' nau lniic WHIT
AT pom. so,lie iiVe OF slA n,"u'uu
Saros rom tne trail l i1uuu eoo9
gaiieoW grass Ior tne noIsc anu
inaue camp was VI, tue eaSe siue
vi lhe iran, anu sa!e irohh opsoI va va
tloh from IL OF the tanks. As s .hese
ihaieuvers sh, Were @ eHSou'eu ,S n,id n,g' naa ,n
= ieit sure una. they co"iu h.ve
peen withesseu py no ore i '",u ",u
Gown my o,auhe,s unu Ment 70
sleep WIN "a ieeiing Oh "pso'u'e So
curly Al, - .,,,,.
some tne aoout the !nluuieoI
the hlght 1 a"oke Wlthou. any ap-
pnrent reason; his,9ins a..eht'vciy,
a'i seYiiieu Iu,e' 'n,E ooH VI
rest l noticea tnat my pony nau
qul, ea,lng ms agaih @ @iouseu nie,
and soon tie periecs siIehte VII, vas
broken py mlnt souhus oi HORSES
ieet IN the instance. u ne ihui-
aus, ,nougn,' "u,,o' has
been warranted, ior they can hhu
me- ior some uihe a. Ieas''
| Ihe SOUND OF the nools became
palmer, anu was sooh aoie 10 ue-
terniine tnat single ahiiiiai niade
tnen ana tnat IL was oeiny marc
ridden, Wonuer ana ahfm took
possession OF me when, at point on
the trai uirectiy opposite rpm
which i was sleeping, ,ne gailop
ofoke, ana at much slower pace
me morse came IN my uirec.
uon; reasoned thao ~ couiu
not he AN Apache, ior solitary IN
dian would select an open pihce AZ
some elevated point 10 sieep'. ~
followed, then, that the midnight
rider was white ana a stranger 10
the trail, anu MS approach was
hothlhg more ,hah clance' hls
reasoning was coinpie.eN upset
when, in a loud voice, the strange
horsemah, now qul'e near, s'hg
out; "a
Hello, stranger! where Is your
DON'T DE 'aIi uIarheui Ns al
right|
HOW ,hc man coul.' possioiy Know
'hat 4 was IN that 'iulhty was
something passing my unuerstahd-
ing, out H',sWereu ms saiu'ei u''
tnough IN iower anu uiore cau-
tious voice. anu wheh ne cat,ie UP
10 me proceeued 10 INFORM MN, IN
language more iorcipIe tnah ponle'
Una, we were III hi, inu'an coun.iy
and that the people VINO Went tiu'
ing over ~ yeihhg IKE ooi'ahches
We're iikeiy 10 lose lock OF 'Wo o,
hniri that this mignt pe .riv'a
matter Win MN, put lor my part
considered my .resses vaiuap,e.
beg PARDON put mat IN rign.
partner, no cooiiy repheui thet'
amt no lhlun In nVe niiles OF mere
that can bet. But its lucky lol
me you caliped on the righ, haliol
side OF the trai! or wouldn't hny'
FOUND you. Mheres your wafer
nan den nm my cali'eeh, nl'u u
1 was thoroughly vexed az nus IN
puuence as me,i as Ie..,.u :" w w
ease WIN Wnlcl ne iouhu lne ~
quWeu, III MANNER lo. ~. "a" '''eu'
III 70 uisemse NY iee'.,t19' a..
"How III .ne ueucc uiu you nn'
me, anyway were you nans'ht
around mere Wo'cning nle uiah'
cMhp' anu Waiuu uh,,, ..s,, .mns ,''iio "
MAKE your Piesemoe hlomn d,.
40 ne ahsMe,ou' =" ~ .'I,s i,,',
surDeu manner, Tvs hc 'ooA "'7 ''l'
IRON tne ca,.oca anu Al, . ,-.,,,o NJ,
hnow ypu W" ,,s,aa ~. ., ~,
morse mus. nave "'''ao'e" you W
song hoise a,a no. ,oou ,,,
NO, Par,I'er' S'u ',o. n yo,
OF your nose, anu 4 rcchoil Wu'