Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-04-09

gun.
Still the tlacAs came on, IN spite o.
oar warnings, until they were oaly fifty
or sixty yards off. and the! McNahoas
kun cracked, the looking-yla> was shat
tered to atoms, and Roney, spinning
around convulsIveiy, fell dead; while, at
the same moment. his conoaalons
whirlcd aioft their throwiny-s3ears
which they had been dragging with their
toes through the grass
AT once we dashed into the hat anG
closed the door. as a shower of spears
came whizzins along and quivere1 in the
walls and the. Myalls rushed on with
fierce yells, but the rapid fire from a
brace OF Colts revolvers, which streamed
from the windows, quickly checked their
rush, and sinklne'to the earth they van
lshed completely from our sight.
"All that day We watched the plain.
There we've 10 MyaIls to he seen, but
whenever one of Us would cautiously
open the door a dozen duskv figures
would spring up and a volley Of spears
would quickly impress on us the fact
that discretion is the better part OF
valor, and though occasional shots were
fred by US they We're only for the pur-
pose Of showing that we were on the
alert
eat last the sun went down, and a.
uarkaeSs soon followed we breathe more
! freely, for you know the blacks will not
str tlom their camps after niyhtfall for
| fear Of the 'dcbbi -debbil;' so we cooked
supper and then held council of war.
awe had only five or six charges OF
! Po"oer lett, tor there were no tbreech
leaders then. ahd we guessed that the
Mval', would not wait much longer he
tore they would rush us, and then their
long jas-spears would sooa finish us, so
we were IN very dangerous prcdica-
ment. Billy Mcmahon took the buckets
to the creek for water, and in comm,
back he said
Boys, here's a fair chance for US
yet; the Myalls are camped 800 or 400
yards up creek and, of course, theyve
got their canoes fast to the bank there.
Now, if one of Us could creep up and
steal one Of them we might slip OF aad
be far away before morning
This appeared to be our best chance,
SO offered to make the attempt, leaving
| the others = get everything ready ,dor
our speedy departure in case | should
succeed. Then | stripped to a blue
shirt and trousers. be,tel on my six
shooter and crcpt cautiously down to the
bank of the creek
ct was about 10 O clock, the Southern
Cross was high above the horizon and
all was still except the fain ripple of the
water or the diSmal howls OF the Wild
dogs, as they called to their mates in
the scrub. Up the creek I could see the
faint CLEAN from the Myalls camp fires,
but all seemed quiet there for, mos,
probably, they We're all asleep, goryeu
with stolen beef Very slowly and cap
tiously crept along, close to the water
edge, pausin5 every minute to listen IN
tently, bu. Al last got abreast of onc oil
the fires, and, sinkily down in the :, ass
! peepci over at the Mval!s as they lay
round the einbers, sleeping soundly, with
their spears, shields and boomerang,
resting a-alns. the sides of their br;lsi
breakwinds They were all asleep fast
further to where seven large bark canoe
; we're hauled up close the bank. chos
what thought was the best one, and
setting the others adrift, | shovel of
c aud dropped quietly down to where m
companions were anxiously awaiting me
1t didn't take very long to bundle OF
blankets and saddles aboard aud then W
| padded off for the Murray, which W
e reached the next morning, and lande
, at kulnine Crosserss station. We hear
there that news hai come from Yecpoo.
missionary station, tha. the Nga.ls ha
| been holding Il war coFcoooorrce, au
, sent the red stick round the tribes. ;
t Jim Mullins and started UP river in
hurry, as we knew that all the mea =
t away from Carwarp, aud that there wer
only Mullins's two sisters. with "Ol
Jack" the cook, at the home station
That night we camped on Janisoa'
Run, and next day, about nooa, "
came to our woolshed, which was abou
two miles from Carwarp. We were jus
walking our horses over the sand hill
when we heard the short, sharp crae