Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19

horsemen come from the same dlrec-
tion as ourselves.
"Sam! SAM in a low penetrating
voice.
They were about TO change the SEN
try.
The man in the gable had disap-
peared,
Il leaped noiselessly from my hid
ing place into the deeper shadows
under the MILL heard the cry OF the
night hawk again. | could not an
swer. The night was a perfect one.
| could distinguish the low tones OF
their conversation which was carried
on in the mill above. 1t was concern
ing the noise in the old ilume. There
was a general dismount. The tramp
of feet and the rattle OF spurs toward
| the open gable were easily distn-
| guished One got down upon the
rotten timbers and crept out into the
moonlight.
Thurs nobuddy out hyar, Iheard
7 him say in a low voice.
| Must hev been some so't uv'rcrit-
| ter-couldn't hev been a man..
" 'Nlebbe, was the equally low re-
| ply; but, Pete. keep a sha'p eye for
them boys from Post 0ak-they'n be
likely TO come out hyar.'
pete was the new guard.
How many be they"
g Il low there's mon o dozen-OP
Ow ms boys's long n EN-
= How "A yer git thet?"
a Il herd they lit out two nights
ago They hain't fur OFF.
The cry OF the night hawk came
| again.
What's theft" asked a new voice.
" 'Thet-thet's night -hawk.'
Thought mebbe Z might be a sig
nal r suthin-they re burned thick
round hyar, seems t me-.
a boy, only, my heart came into
my mouth, to fill it. completely. /
wondered who had played the spy.
Nothing more was said. The eX-
change OF sentries made, the guerrilas
recrossed the stream and rode up the
hill into the thick woods.
"A spell OF weird silence followed.
Icould see quite plainly he big timbers,
here and there hit away, square
shaft OF light dropped through the
opening in the tioor where the saw
frame played up and down.
Il crept stealthily toward the old
frame, which was stillin place. | heard
the sentry just above. Then | saw the
shadow OF his broad, felt hat on the
timbers in the wheel-pit, rs fits owner
were trying TO solve the secret OF its
darkness.
!. III theiellow would only 90 30 sleep.
] thought; bat, instead, he began a mo
notonous patrol up and down the
floor OF the old mill. Icould easily To-
cate him for his tread was heavy. lie
/ evidently felt a deal OF curiosity IN the
old fume, for once at that end OF the
mill he would remai:: there quietly for
minutes, doubtless filled with that
nameless sense that betrays the near
ness OF humanity without revealing Il.
| have no doubt he felt uneasy, and
, rightly, for my every sense was so alert,
and my mental determination so COM
. plete, that this particular individual
must be disposed OF in some way. So
? intense were my feelings, and so pre-
! dominant my mental action, ! found
! myself wondering ii had not made
my thought audible.
The sentry again began passing,
/ slowly but steadily, across the plank
/ floor above. His footsteps with the
! swash and ripple Of the stream
t against the laurel bushes, were the
only sounds unless now and then
1 caught the cry OF the night-hawK, and
: always from the same direction.
l II kept note OF the time by the
: moon, and | remember that | set it at
/, about two after midnight.
: lin that time the untutored boy
e had matured into the daring man.
( started forward upon thenarrow saw.
: frame, and just at that moment got
: the greatest fright OF my life.
: II felt the touch OF an invisible
/ hand and lust then n feather-bloW
would have sent me into the water.
!, "Hank"
' "'Yes.
; "Guerrillas?"
r 1.-The sentry stopped just above
Looking across the opening, ! saw
/ fhim, and with the moonlight at hi,
; back, he seemed n huge fellow. HI
;, carried his rifle on his shoulder, and
" could see the sheath OF big knife il
e his belt, along with the butt OF &
D navy
!. He started on his patrol
a Hank, we must kill that fellow"
9 ~ had not thought OF that / saiC
/. briefly. Go back Bring the boys
e over here at once
2 THE sentry was returning. / waitet
IL for him TO get to the end OF his beat
IS 1.-The slightest noise will betray u
IL they know we are in the woods
n they are watching for US
e ''The sentry was again in the oper
e gable.
s. Bring the boys across the ford il
d the shadows-there may be % scrim
II, | ma0o SiOnol hack arrosg the ford
d After that / waited for the sig
If nal.
d 1T came. The football OF the sen
try stopped suddenly, as if he hac
noted the cry.
II crept out upon the old saw frame
10 / could see well enough, had been 81