Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-29
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"Can yol rnlde me to Mason's ranchr'
"NcH, srnur.'
avery welt shall expect to start NJ
sunrise tomorrow"
81 will be- ready. senior"
"Cm you furnish two good houcsw I
asked.
"Ycs"
Then You may come at the appointed
time"
with u low how the Mexican guide
turned aud sirpllel down che street
was seated on the piazza of u large two
story frame house which possessed the
distinction NJ hciug The unlY hotel in Mutt.
station, little town situated ou the Santa
he railroad, In southern New Mexico,
twenty-five miles from the Mexican lime.
had iu.t arrived from Los Ncrgus and
was on my way to Mason. ranch, which
lie forty miles TO the northwest of that
place.
The guide Whose services hal engaged
wis young Mexican not over sixteen
year, NJ age. ric was slender In build.
with hair u a JET black aud skin u a deep
copper color.
lie might easily have passed Tor fun
bl1oiel indian, 10 dark was hi, complex.
Ion. yet ther wns M indication of luielIi.
grncc In hln faccand something OF shrrwd.
me-. IN his deep black eyes.
Though only youth he hal been recon.
m"udod to me us thoroughly compriDnt
person 10 guide me anywhere ia the terri.
tory.
It was just sunrise tho next morning
when my youthful guide, Manuel Garcia,
made hls appearance 90 the hotel With two
horses, brldlcl aud saddlld, -cady lor our
journey.
II wa. armed with repeating ride and
two pistols while had only one p.stol-n
small %, which always carried with me
In my travels.
However seeing that Manuel had
thought ID Necessary ~ h. well armed
procured hriilv aud l0O rounds vi cartuigJs
before leaving the station.
Thus equipped We sct out on our Jour.
uey, taking u course 10 the northwest. In
the direction of the san Francisco range
Of mountains
The plain over which We were travelling
soon began TO give place to more hilly
aud broken country, with here nnd there u
narrow canyon that wound it, way
through range. " low hills.
II was In the afternoon. We had trav.
elcl twenty-five miles NJ least, and were
making our way ncross strip of barren
plain, when suddenly Manuel refined Ia bis
horse and dlsmountcd.
Bending down he examined the ground
closely for some time, then he east - hasty
glance about u.
Los Apachc" he said. making a gesture
to the west with hi. hands
40 You think thcrr are Apachea Ia this
yIeinitytr asked In ninrp
Nc nodded nj. lead and p,ipted In ia,
ground.
glanced downward md eouiJ pinlpIy,
,ee Inc mark, Of un.hod boots In The snnJy
solI
"perb,ns We had hotter ,u,n b.et. - I
suggested. 81 am nat nn,iors tn,t,,,t,r,t,r
A hand Of hostile saynve.r
hut Manuel assured mo TINT such "A
ront,.e NJ netlon ,yts NOT ia be tbnugbt ~
There MIGHT he ma danger NOR nIl I'M n
there ,yn, il could moi be inverted las no..
turning, IL ,e,s bist M nrol,,tln ,i,.t 49,.
MIGHT encounter the Anaebe. by ,luin,, a,
a. In continuing ON onr cour.e "a. nfter
a f,ig ,uo,nrut, .n,nt enn,idcrip., mo maj.
To- a., r,siip,,,l ,itr inurp,y
W. r5,l,, az, ti,r,e ar foiir ,pii,. f,,tt,.r
whom. Ina crp..lut, a uttie nm ,ye r,,,,
suddenly In sight OF a squad OF prrbnrs
t,y,t,tv indl,t. adyanrIpf, f,np, IN, ,,,,r,i,
md not NOR, tAan n mil. n,,nv
Turning our horse. ouiekly about and
leepipp under the brow of tb, nm No ,,,l.
lops,l 10 tho south. Loplny 10 avid nn on.
counter with them
Tlerc was A rbapcetb our pre.epc, had
not ba,n discovered by III. Indian. AMI M
M. our nin no nut os much Ji.t,,,r,'' ~
n8..ibIr between Al. before v.,,tprlp,, .,gr,--
III, omen plain thst lnytn tbe .,utI,
A f,,v ,nipt,tc.i pnIlan hrnu,,bt ~ On =.
stretch Of sandy Min, Inn scnrr.Iv b.d ,y'
reached mi. when. glHnclnp h,okwnrd a.,
saw nm. whole bnnd of Nnnrbr. Ia.l,In,,
,h.ir no,,ics ,,nd co,ni,,, In ',,,f, ,,,r',,it
TbrN,nr monte, of the Ap,rba. nre nj.
vny. tho hest tbnt cnn IL. either nnr,tssc,I
or Stolen In the territory, and reeogn,ycI
The f,rt tbnt. IA. vp were haunted an anil
mai. f,r interior In tbo.. riiJ.n Ia, 49,,
s,y,,r. ,ye ,,,r, In n ,relleilv rios, t',nrs
Ii"w,yrr. tber, was nothing lcff frr m.
IN a, l,,, ,ru.t IN he ,lrrtpe.. Of our bor.s.
10 carry ,l, nut of dancer. nd. "A ilgbt On tLe
anon main with stirli +, uiip,l,er ~ A,,arl,e.
wnuti h, ,ynr.n thnn madness
Nc bnd not ridden "A mile before IL VIVA
,lninty accident thnt n,,r nurst,.r. ,,,,s
g"ining on "A, rapidly, aud must soon aver.
,,L,ug
mo sun v,. sin bi,b IA the ,y..to,,
harlem nnt ,b.re v,ns ~, I,,,, nm ,r.,
could l,en nm tbc rar,. mi darkness wonii
,n,r ~. a et,an,,. az ,.-c,,. i'pi,.. ,,.,,
could l.1on gain cover oi some Mind We
would bee forced TO stop aud lght our pur
sucrs ON The orcn plain, and iu that case IL
was not hard to innEine the outcome.