Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-14

thirty miles to the rast; and though a gall
liant fellow had volunteered 70 make the
ride alone through the Apache-infestrd pass
and carry the despatch that Drummond had
hurtie,ily pcncilcd. there MAS ms possibility
Of doctors reaching Them nefor' thr cnrning
night and the thought Of all they might
have to suffer through the aer.c white heat
" the Intervening dnN was onc that gave
the .ergeanl necn concern, ihrn, TOO. WHO
conld SAY whether the solitary tnnopcr auuld
succeed IN running the gauntlet aud making
his way through lie was a rsuutc old
ttontefsman, skilled In mdlan Ntfar
and well aware that his hest lha zee was Ia
the dark. but speed m be mirhi the hrund
light OF day would he un him long hrfof,' he
could get hair way through the rangc, The
stage frntu the wcst would pniWhlN COME
nlrig about sunrvt, but nothing would hc
hoped for sooner No troops wcre nearer
than he Colorado IA that direction cNveiit
tho little signal post az the ifraeho Naglpi.
nal fUN aud two men had been svnt thithcr
to Inquire what the signal meant and II
would soon be tine for them 10 colnr rialng
was here Wing knew something about
cNerythng, He wac an expert veterinarian,
s2meih,ny OF . doctor, knew nurc of inlncrs
nloy than I'LL the officers put together. aud
could speak spanish better than any man
u iho regiment, When II became necessary
% have signal station al the peak, and
" was tonni that no one knew anything
Rhiut the business Wing rot one OF tie old
red manuals studied the systuut aud inside
OF . week was slgnellmg with the expert
kvAt down frum Nan Franeiaeu
The interior OF the ranch was i'm a
Amouldering furnace rs o'clock drew nigh.
Woods. weak and exhausted had fnllen into
an uneasy sleep, The trooper detailed In
watch over old rluipmpr aud reeny and
battle their fuc,r with eool water was Md,
dug over his charge. Here and therr nndcr
the shed ON the north side which the flames
hnd not reached, the invn were dorinr on M
low, hwt-titcken TOMS, talking OF tho tragic
events - the. night. Near the east gate,
rclcrently aud dscenuy covered With The
Only shroud 10 he had the newest VI tho
saddle blankets, lay the stinening remains
OF poor Donovan and HE cOmradc. Iurking
about the westward end ~ the enclosure.
their hendy eyes every now aud then gilt,
terinE In the nreligt', the MeXicans, men
aud 10y, were smoking their everlasting
papallltos apparently indifferent to the
tate that mad deprived them of home ana
Occupation, Que q the troopers had hor-
rowed hole In the sand. started little
cook Gre, aud was boiling some conQv IN
= IN quart mug Overhead aud fur down
none 06 sS9', .sa,, on ysry site the stars
skies, Eastward toward the Christohai th,y
were just beginning to pale when n faint
Nnl.o W. heard nleuiinE for wnter Her.
grnnt Butler Hpranr from his srat aud hast
cncd to where he had left MIR Harvey int
a icw minutes before SIN In deep and
Water IL 1t, sir3 Here yan are, Pm glad
20 see You picking up a little. Mr. Drnmnoni
t ,,i thls ier yon io9, SIR, he said you
raised the dizzy head and held lltlo nask
to llHrvey's Hips.
where Is her at lust the sufcrcr was
phle TO Husn
,"oyerhaullng the outlaws hnnd over nst hy
this tine. sir. lie has iwrnty good mon nj
hls pack nnd Wrll have the ladies Aufr
tonight see II W. don't -
"uh' hravrus, groauri the stricken hrother
buryinH his face Ia his arms M The rrdJl.
l"cunh OF the icnrfnl events Of tic night
yRmc Wnwling upon him FOR n moment
BE- seemed To quivet mud trcinblr Ia every
liinh. then with sudden effort rt,lHpd Ma
mead ami turn"l tRaln, The blood irlrlilnr
au"w nom gnsh Ia hls face ~ ne did
''ilyc me more OF that he monned
slreichihs foul z trrmlllng hand "Afore
earhlnc' must gol I must Enl' lint there
MS strength failed lin, and rrnapinr Wildly
~ Empty ar, poor Harvey fell heavily back
before The srrgeadt could interp0se nn
arm 10 save
Don't ihiuk OF H. sir: YOU'RE far too
weak AMI you're. Not needed Never fear.
me lieutenant and 4" troop Will L. an thai
men can do. They'll bring the iadios safely
bNck - soon ~ they've hung whnt'a lrft
e va y, numbering i,l',g ganE liellol That YOU
three nrseig,n came squirting IN.
TITS Wing VIVA the answer In ringing
tones FOX Is coming slower Quick NV
4 4 q. that the gang has run Oh ihe Young
ladlcef'
"lts The truth. nere'a Mr Ned Harvey
IN M Instant wing was kneellnr br thc
han o. US proslinic NUN.
,, , y haven, m4 FREUD, but they've
| uHtd NM trhrfhllyi They Gniv hOuud nld.
| held me an Jackson gnt back from Corral
yo's q couple OF hours ago. Are You shot
| lnmredf'
NO no" grOnned Harvey. ''bnt nm
broken, utterly broken. aud NY sisters are In
III" hands NJ those hounds ~
Never worry about that. man 1 lnns
young Drnumond well There lsnf
braytr better onicer IN The md regiment II
n j. nut boy. Hon never drnp that trail
III he overihkes them, ana by the tinn h.
heths us, nd likr here ana | Will be- al
hls side Thank The Lord, those lDuts were
LnEhlched on aud mover took our horars
Ihoy're fresh ~ 'illslrs both If EN- Cheer
np. Mr. Harvey n hard riding aud hard
hghung Will do H. well have your sisters
70 nurse you before another night Tome
llkr' ne gfird ny he vHultel int0 snidle
good'fornoihlng life Come ou!'
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