The sun., 1893-06-11

poor WING. whosS a feeble i moaning t evory T now %
IL SsE ~: II. through hi;
warriors; but one ., them apparently w9qnded
and ri Ss
vance ana makes /, slower. They are heading
for the 9asis at the m outh OF the cahon. There
or erouchnR among the, powders from the
cast to Join in the attack on the hated pale
Stay where You arsi' 10 Shouts. You take
S9afss ths hSd pGai aSH
e exs jsof and nd Tn he 5sIies
let Rs 2 sslR %he ApaaSo Is $50 our Common on enc; me-
bins can iSt Se utilized He can post Moreno
Ippand that apr fo@ ch and put little MaduTsy;
Moreno. and send bullet through him ii he
dssiss &c essys IaaBss Bss sns st THIS
into the % aspth tis the ssare ea vhers
women are praying and rocking he peers
past praying for. The, other. painfully shot
nNt r ,piuGsy. begs to be given chance to light
You are too badly hurt now. We couldn't
Well. then. put me on with Moreno. whore:
ever youre going to assign him. surely X
you can trust Greasar you can u white man:
I'm only fit to hang. perhaps. but damn me Il
wan want to is here when there's an Indian fight
And 50 he. too. is pploosed and lifted to hi,
E sp sa ARM ta sst
preceded bY, Moreno. who goes lin ping and
SiwesFinG isS In soto y9se down The rocky way i
makes n second bend. Here they ran see
nearly one hundred and fInv Yards ahead Of
richly showed or role to form rife pit, and
thess @ volunteer, allies are placed in position.
hcs ean neas heave rocks doW
upon YOU. Al you've got to do now is 10 plug
every Apache that shows his nose around the
you take post at the point behind. Watch that
ft aHd support as hest
him. gets further instructions as he takes his
p9s,on: omftF lgfstructons orS which Y9uIa SYs
hear them, Then back, goes the lieutenant
to where Wing + lying Miss Harvey bendins
a41b9esy ssrs oyeE him hfG SeHu,fa eyes iGs
her Sisters side. but rises as Drummond en-
Any news!. anything In siGhs-ot ours 2"
is Miss Harvey's eager question.
almost any minute 9G emo now soms zee Mhom Hn
could see S coming across from the east have
% have Ga and nd e1sa as sd h1Ps a
following close on their trail. How's Wing"
she can only shake her head.
sase Gaa Ha
without him l only wish W. had more ike
him. Think how al my dstachment / aS has be-
soa ose and the to NE
rocks and far beyond all possibility Of annoy
Ing you with their racket; OF course you are
Every 'h Shot @ asae % me- rS,'sas isas t
ing. her lips auivering. Then. Just as Drum
mond Isl Is holbing forth hand, perhaps it Is an
TO hs Iesf sSoss
something. He has dronped his gun. picked
the GLASSES. and is gazing down the range
81 ssss . s Four st ss ss-s rss cent It
mi les below here and feiI BACK on the main main
body. They'll be along before great while.
sane sDa s fsy
up their spirits: then. once moro YEARLY. but
M p PYsS e!esps sPs Ws he sas climbs the rugged
Is it any OF our me rou see :" he whispers.
,",ot "Div.l wan. SIR it's more Of thin Internal
Drum ,nond takes the glass and studies the
Gin an distant an, group with TIE utmost care
this way. and these. too. have q couple Of
horses Can they have overpowsred his men,
amsushed ana murdered them Ha then secured
reinforced by swarm warn from the Sierra Blanca:
along the range for half an hour. and now
these follows to the east are close to the copse.
times his puny force around him. Is there no
hope OF rescue?
once more he turns to the east. across the
shimmering glare OF hat parched and tawny
catch sight Of the longed; Tor column issuing
The hot sun beats down upon his bruised and
aching head and sears his boodsh9t eyes
and al the ash 70 shsp
the lcaden missile strikes the shelving tor II
gorge, a stlfleI shrek from Ruth looking fear
fully w from below. an Irish oath from Walsh
D!H%SRa saueat saa hat #ash ' Fha Devil
has aS see can n5hns at but
agin human beings that crawl ike snaxes'"
another Unseen Zoe. The, drst. cams from
somewhsre among the bou!ders .E,I down to the
across the cahon. A little pun Of hIne smoke
is floating up from among the roeks ;. ht'Y yards
Or nS1ys owsr calls to
CostiSan, posted as the eastern most OF the two
on The HTPGsiss slss vou eorpora
Nothing Sir: I was looking that way. too.
WNen Ee -NoI oven 'io -EEio VI
gun showed"
This Is serious business. II one Indian or
two can find It so easy to creep around them
ana. armed only with their old muzze- loading
guns. send frequent shots that reach the be-
sieged In reverse" what can be hoped when !
the whole band gathers and every rock on
every side shelters a hostile Apache? From
the frst Drummond has feared that. however
effective might ue these detences against the !
open attack OF white mon. they are i'll adapted |
to protect the defenders against the fire OF
Indians who can elm b Ike squirrels or crawl |
g. squIrm through any chlnk or creylce like |
Another shot! Another bullet iattens itself |
on the rock close TO his right shoulder and |
then drops INTO the Dust uy h.s knee. Ii comes |
from further up the Gin. perhaps 200 Yards !
away among those stunted cedars. but shud- |
deringly close. Costigan and the other men |
glance anXiously over their shoulders at tho |
point where their young commander aud |
Walsh are crouebing. They are not yet sub
The lookout, the signal station. as 1t might be |
called. is tho highest point and most exposed |
apout the position |
For Gods sake. Lieutenant" cries the cor
poraL don't stay there They've got your |
range on two sides. anyhow Come out OF IT, |
You ani Walsh can slip down as We open Are. |
lF.Fn lat a. in.