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

presently could be hcnrl ordering "tln.
saddle aud then shouting for Private
Rand,
Are there any Of our men besides the
farrier WHO have any knowledge VI sur
gerry asked the lieutenant of Ser
geant lee.
"'i'hey say Bland has. sir don't
know any one else
Well. I've jus, sent for him, Mr.
Harvey here doesn't seem To be wounded
Yet its impossible TO bring him 10. Give
Woods little more whisky. and see II
You can GET a word out OF major or
hut efforts with the half.suroseicd men
had no effect. Tho whisky with Nvpis had
better results, He presently eeassl Ms shiy'
Drumnond begged for particulars o. the
capture, and these the man found u dlnieult
e give. He was stationed n the back do9r
the corral slide, be said and hardly saw the
final rush. But there was something so
queer ahout II, There had been few
minutes hui; Then Harvey and ftsny both
the road agents were running away, ana
then presently there came sound OF galop.
Ing hoofs and cheering and n9th ne ser,
the troops We're coming and rushed out 70
meet them-"And the next thing ! knew, -"
said Woods was seeing feeny nattened
out on the ground and crawling on his hands
and knees ana the room iilied WITH ronghs,
some Mrxicaus, some Nhnks, anu l Slipped
Into the corral and saw one OF them shoot
Fceny az he was trying 10 crawl guef mei
and while they were swearing and eenrchs
int for thc safe and carrying II out Mr.
DAVIS and Mullin managed somehow, 20
after the other man" rhen Woods could
tell little more. One thing. he Hntd, amazed
aud excited HIN 80 he couldn't believe hts
eyes, but he was almost ready 10 swear that
the Fellow Feeny ran 10 rlinke hanls with a
soldier IN uniform. aud thnt he held Feeuy =
hand while another man came up hehind
tol and that this follow IN soldier clothes
was the uiAu who anprwurh shot feeny as
he WIS trying tn crawl away.
Drunimond looked around AZ the man In
credulous almost derisiye. The story was
Improbable, ton much no TO deserve even
faint attention. just then Mein,cke came
and salutrl.
Herr Lieutenant, Private Hand is not
with my party AT all, sir"
"nid You leave him back with the parksf'
NO, Sir; tile MN say he wasn't with us
all night, He rode ahead with the lleutcn'
ant until We came TO Corporal Donovan's
Hes not been with me since" exclaimed
the lieutenant. Sergeant Zee, ask " amy
~ the men have seen him.
Lee was gorc hut momeni ihsn came
bsck with grave face and troubled cvcs.
bringing with him n young trooper who was
serving his nrst enlistment.
Private Goss. here has a queer story ia
what do you ktowg What have you
seem asked nrnmmond.
''Why. sir, right after Sergeant Lee caught
sight Of the Gre aud sung ont that u was
Moreuo'a | was back about n couple If rods
looking for my canteeu, ! was that startled
when they fund CORPORAL Donovan dead
that ! dropped H. aud all " 4 sudden some
body conirs out past me heading his horse,
and asked him what be Ind lost. aud he
said his pipe aud pasec,i me by, aud
thought nothing more about t-only no
sooner dld he get ont into the dark where
! couldn't see him than heard all " a
sgagGa IN a. a9 S,rce lsr' and @ % TF
that passed me smoking out Lille
Drnmmond sprung TO his feet
believe do you think II possible hat lnlnd
has deserted and Joined these outlawHf"
III don't know what TO think. str hut
haven't forgotten what Feeny said of hlm."
''What WIS thatY'
"'riiui he had too smooth a tongue 10
have led rough and honest life; lila, II
he was n Texan. A. he claimed, Texas peo
pie had learned 10 talk q different liuFu since
be was stationed among them with tue old
second calvary hofore the war aud that
he wished he'd beru there ut Lnwell whpii
The adlutnnt accepted those letters FROM
former officers Of the regiment W. genuine.
HIND would never show them 10 fceny
said he had sent EN- all 10 his hoinr In
Texas. That was what madr bad blood be
tween them"
''By henveul and now 70 think that one
~ our truDp Sc upup should have been
engaged Ia this outraged hut wen get
them. men - said Drummond STRENGTHENING
up 10 his full height and rnising his gnilni
leied baud In air. ''lliey cant 90 fast or
far with those wagons such u night as this
They II strike the foothills before they've
gone tcu miles then they'll have 10 20 slnw
We'll catch them before the lnu ~ NJ, null
II Bland Is with them l'll string HIM To the
highest tree W. can hnu'
There's more than him thnt'll be strung
up gruWlpd grlyEled old trooper Ia nm un-
dcrtouc. ''rhe gang TINT murdered Fat
Donovan will hnd scant mercy Ia this
crowd"
"Ay. ay." said another, ''and there's more
than Pat Donovan 10 be- scored on Look
yondcr." For NJ the instant one NJ the
packers came leading Into the corral u re-
sisilug mule. M sight VI wlnse burden many
Of the hurRs.s started IN fear, II WAS the
lifelesE body Of DOnovan's companion. the
soldier who had escaped the nsenasln's bullet
when PATSY" fell only TO he uvertakcn
and cut down half way Ia MOreno's.
ITS the bloodlcst night I've known even
IN Arizona" snld lee to hlf younger lendnr,
"'rhe raynaHicr aud hr. Harvey about ~
good ~ dead old Fceny dying most like.
the clerk aud MullHn and some other troop
or 81 the escort burned To ashes In that
terrible hole there. AMI Donovan and this
last QUE some OF or fellows think II FLY an.
from 10 troop-ghnt TO death. It's worse
than Apn,hes lieutenant AMI tnerc'll be- 10
use trying 70 restrain our Fellows when we
Quarter Of al hour later leaving half n
drzen soidiers under an experienced ser
gcant 10 guard tie packs, the wounded.
aud the nOn.cOmbatants at the smOuldcring
ruins or ilie rnnch. With barely d score 81
seasoned troopers nj hts hnck Lieutenant
Jim Drtimniond rode rea0luiely out tnwnrd
the od'hern desert toward tho distant
line Of mggcd mountains that spawned the
far horizon. The false Hnd fatal blaze ut
the PlcachO Ind utterly disappeared. and All
was darkness at thH wet. Tie red glow
Of the siGouldering rinbrrs behind wnH no
longer sufficient to light their path Sirnight
away soulhward led the whecl-tracka. nrsi
separate aud distinct but soon blending,
AZ though one WAGON hsd fallen behind and
followed the trnil Of the holder lcndcr IN
fhs frat sfaighi away after them went
the fiifk Of hoof froeks telling plainly that
for time M least tho gang had lnussed
and was prepared to guard lis plimdrr
stop TO divide II WIS evident they dared
not for they had not with them fhe iuplc
nlenta 10 break into tile safe. and an tlpir
searching ami Threatening hs,d failed 10 ~
tract from the apparently dying pnyniastcr
amy cline NJ IN what he had done with the
key Stick together. therefore, they nm
douipedly would. reasoned the lieutenant
and dl their effort would be 10 reach some
secure haunt IN the Slfrrnri ana there sena
back their demand for ransom. twenty
i've thousand dollars IN cash AMI George
Haryey's prrcif us daughiefsi II was, IN
history OF the $40. alca gang had never been
nuuallc,l Even had tiicy failed 20 secure
the snfe the richer hOpiy was fhfirr IN
having scized the glr1. Few people IN An.
IONA. % Afzhnn then wHs constituted would
make greai effort 10 overhaul h gang n
robbers whose only yieflm waH Uncle sam
md his diverted hlrlings.f Nobody III
sonora woull fan 10 regard them with IN.
gicus ~ ~: hut ~ The dted Of rnplnp thar