The sun., 1893-06-11
FOES IN AMBUSH.
By CAPTAIN CHARLES KING. U. S. A..
Author OF "The Coioners Daughter" "Marion's Faith
-Kitty's Conquest" "A soldiers Secret" &c.
Copvrigh. 1892. By Charles Ktaa.
CHAPTER XI.


Ten o'clock on O blazing Arizona morning.
! The hot sun Is pouring down upon the jagged
front Of o range Of heights where occasional
| clumps of pine and cedar. scrub oak and juni-
per. seemed the only vegetable products hardy
enough to Withstand the aIternations of in
tense heat by day and moderate cold by night.
or to ind sufficient sustenance to exc out
living ON SO barren . soil Out to the east
ward. stretching away to an opposite range.
lies q sandy desert dotted at wide intervals
with little black punches Of scrub mez-
quite" and blessed with only one redeeming
patch Of foliage. the copse Of willows and
cottonwood here at the mouth OF rock
ribbed deflls where o little brook. rising
heaven knows how or where among the
heights to the west. comes frothing and
tumbling down through the windings Of the
gorge only to bury itself in the burning sands
beyond the shade. 60 narrow and tortuous
is tho cafion. SO prscipitous its sides. as to
prove conclusively that by no slow process.
but by some sudden spasm OF nature. was 1t
rent in the face OF the range. And here In
its depths. Just around one Of the sharpest
bends. honey-combed out Of the solid rock.
are half dozen 1ssures and caves where the
sunbeams never penetrate. where the air Is
reasonably cool and still. whore on this scorch-
ing May morning. far away from home and
relatives Two young Biris ArobhoiteEeu Dy tue
natural roofs and walls against the fiery sun
shine and by o little band Of resolute men
against the fury OF the Apaehes
Down in the roomiest OF the caves Fanny
and Ruth Harvey are listening In dread
anxiety to the sounds OF savage warfare echo
ing from crag to erag along the range. while
every moment or two the elder turns to
moisten the cloth she holds to q wounded
trooper's burning. tossing head. Sergeant
Wing 10 fevered indeed by this time. raging
with misery at thought Of his helplessness
and the seant numbers Of the defence. It Is a
bitter pill for the soldier to swallo W. this OF
lying In hospital when every man Is needed at
the front. At o'clock this morning q veteran
Indian fighter. erouehinR In his sheltered
lookout above the caves and scanning with
practised eye the frownicg front Of the
range. declared that not an Apache was
to be seen or heard within riheshot. yet was In
no wise surprised when. few minutes later
as he happened to show his head above the
rocky parapet. there came zippng u dozen
bullets about his ears, and the cliffs fairly
cracked with the sudden fash OF rifles hidden
up to that instant on every side. Indians who
can creep upon wagon train or emigrant camp
In the midst OF an open and unsheltered plain
find absolutely no difficulty in surrounding.
unsuspeeted and unseen. q bivouao in the
would have been picked of long before the
opening Of the general attack. but the Apaches
themselves are the frst to know that they
have veteran troopers to deal with. for up
to this moment only one has shown him
self at all At nve minutes after nine
O'Clock Lieut. Drummond. glancing exultingly
around upon his little band OF fghters. had
blessed the foresight OF Pasguel Morales and
his gang that they had so thoroughly fortified
their lair against sudden assault. Three on
the southern. two ON the northern brink OF the
gorge and behind tmpenetrable shelter. and
two more in reserve In the canon. his puny
garrison was In position. and had replied with
such spirit and prom pttude to the Apache at
tack that only at rare intervals now is shot
necessary. except when for the purpose o.
drawing the enemy and locating his position
hat II pok ed up on the muzzle OF a cArbine
The asssilant's fire. too. is still. but that. as
Drummond's men well know. means only
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Out on the eastward desert. still far over to-
ward the other side. little party Of Apaches
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