New-York tribune., 1891-08-30

en- bis fate For an instant the blackboard auDOso
stops as il in Response no sOv who see@s beside
himself with fear, has taken from the ui,nra rsos
hand the whip and is st-Sne to lash tne wssIf hUts
into greater speed Hartas ares the bScboard, or,
oosicr still he can hide among the powders anu
brush that line the canon from the Apaches anu'
ser they have o aMfed Fl end doig here than to let her
know he had played the cur. She wouln escap.9 .
and would know that IL was to hlm she oMen ,''ta
her lfe He took OIL ms nat m dawa aia tmrc" m e does
NOT even look where IL falls. lie VIII nexe,
need il again, he thinks, as he crouches oehihu
| bowlder. -. a.. ,oro,nost NJ
tho indians who are galloping into the canon In
an instant they slip from their horses ana, alter
firing few shots at him. pSzn 70 ti" Thev fTv will
climb the mou.ltain-side and probably shoot MN
in the back from above; but before they can 90
50 and rmount their horses tine ouGkooGIo m bnJ ana
feared that they would rush In on him. ana ms
life would have been thrown away In vain. 10
was for this he had wanted Dunsmer to come wl'n
him Two might do what one could not.
Enraeed at the escape Of the blackboard through
tbe DELAY he has caused them. the Indians fre
yoey after volley at him until the canon echoes
so with reports that he cannot tell from wmcn
direction the shots are coming. He looks up
toward the summit to see if any Of his enemies
are above him, and as he does so he catches
glimpse of the blackboard with woman's whlte
face looking backward. An instant and IL is
gone gone Thank God He knows they are on the
mesa now and she is safe. 49,.
them, and at it's end they can see against the datK
side of the mountains beyond, q cluster oil ado9e
buildings with flag floating high in the ear air
over the parade ground The horses are agaln am
wbip that seems to be forever falling. The shots
in the canon die away in the distance. a e miIe
race has been noticed at the post, and while tney
are still couple of hundred yards away, tne
ringing notes Of the bugle are sounding above the
hard breathing of the horses and the rat'le OF
the blackboard for 10 the old soldier IN command
such driving means that there is succOr needed:
As the blackboard passes the sentinel lew
words explain all and. while the foam,cOvered
team still stand trembling from their wild race,
a troop of cavalry dashes by at gallop TO the
rescue of the man who is facing such ODDS In the
The woman. who has come in with the buck
board watches the blue-coated men with staring
eyes. How slowly they seem to GO, though she
knows that the troop has never ridden--even In
its widest charge-as it. Is riding to-day .
The husband approaches her, and places his
hand upon her arm. as If 10 lead her into one OF
the houses, out of the sun. She shakes DIS n''lu ~
off without looking at him. The few women In
the post gather around and urge her 10 compose
herself but she docs not seem TO heed them
She can only stand and watch the cloud of dust
which marks the progress of the cavalry. They
have crossed the mesa, and, rs they disappear from
the horizon beyond all know that II the Indians
are still there the canon will soon be filled with
the smoke and fire of the cavalry carbines.
An ambulance in which is seated hospital
steward, approaches where she is standing, to
receive orders from the commander OF the post.
When che hears that IL, with its escort IS to
follow the troop Of cavalry to bring back the dead
and wounded despite all that can be done she
takes n seat in it, and when II returns, she is
clasping to her breast the form of the man who
had STAYED behind in the canon.
As the ambulance stops little crowd gathers
around it and looks into 1t cufiously
The sergeant of the escort, he salutes the
colonel says:
captain Dillon and the troop have gone In
pursuit of the Indians
And the man who stood them off while the
blackboard got away-how is he ?" asks the colonel
nodding toward the ambulance.
He was all shot n pieces and dead before we
got there" is the sergennts reply.-tB. O'Neil in
The San Francisco ArPOnaut