Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-11
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hs66YucAP TAINcHaRIE S. KING USH@l
Author Of "I. concrs Daughter fanr Conquest" "a SOLDIER
FOR THE SUNDAY GAZETTE.
Copyright, 1892, by Charles King)
For The Sunday Gazette.
CHAPTER XII

For The Sunday Gazette.
CHAPTER XII
Ten o'clock ON u blazing Arizona morn
Ing. The hot sun ~ pouring down upon
the Jagged front Of range OF heights
where orcasiOnul clumps Of plne aud re'
dar. scrub oak and juniper seemed he
only vegetable products hardy enough
TO Withstand the alterations Of Intense
heat by DAY and moderate cold by night
or to iiud sufficient 8ustenance 20 exc
out n living Oh 80 barren soil, Out TO
the eastward, stretching away 10 an
opposite range. lies q sandy desert DOT
ted ut wide Intervals with little BLACK
lunches Of scrub meslunlte' aud bless
ed with only one rHlrGninR patch OF io
linge. the cOtisc Of willows ana cotton.
wood here at The mouth OF q rock .iibbcd
delilc where q little brook, rising heaven
Knows how or where among tue heights
10 the wust, comps frDthing aud iumbl-
Ing down through the windings " the
gorge only tu bury itself in thr burning
sands beyond the shnde. SO narrow anI
tortuOus " the canon, 80 prcrpi'ohs rs
sides, nH to prove e0DcluHvrly that by
no slow process but by some sudden
spaAin Of nature, was II rent IN the face
OF the range Aud here il rs depth-
just around one " tie shntposl bends
hOneyscOmbod out Of the auid rock, are
half a dozen deep lateral assures aud
caves where the suuheuma never pCup
tnte where the air Us reasonably cool
and still where on this scurching May
morning. far away from home aud rplu'
tiyes. two young girls are sheltered hy
the natural roofs and walls against The
hery sunshine aud by little baud Of
resolute men against the fury OF The
Apnches.
Down In the rOomlcst Of the caves
Fanny and Ruth Harvey are lstoninR
IN dread anxiety 10 the sounds Of snynge
warfare echoiug from crug 10 Crng along
Che range, while every moment ar tWu
the elder one turns 10 mVsten the cloth
abe holds ~ wounded troopers burning,
tossing head Sergeant Wing ~ fryrrrd
Indeed by this tune, raging with ulsury
~ thought Of his helplpasnuEg and She
srnnt numbers Of the defence II ~ u
bitter pin for the soldier 10 swallow.
fills NJ lying Ia hospital when every man
IA needed az llN front AZ y o'clock this
morning b sfttaHn Indian fighter, crouch.
lug In hla sheltered lookout above The
fnvcs aud scanning with prneused eye
The fruwnug front VI tho range, de.
rlArrd that not An Apache WIS tg be- seen
D. heard within rincshUt. yet was IA no
wise surprised then. few minutes later,
A. no happened Ia show Ids head above
lnzUn bnllotH about his ears, and tue
riffs fairly cracked with the sudden
lash Of rilus hidden up to that instant
sn every side. indians who eau Greer
lp0u wagon train or emipfnnt camp M
the midst uf nu open aud unHhelteret
plain ind absolutely no difficulty IN stlr
rounding unsupported onl unseen. q
hivGunr in the mountains. lnexpprlcncct
1ilorrs or men would have benu picked
pu long before the opening Of the gen
trnl attack, but tho Apachrs thcmselyr'
are the first 10 know that thpS nave
yutcrun troops TO duul with. for np e
iis moment uny one has shown himself
pt ALL Al five minutes nftpr y ,0'clucl
Lieutenant Drnmmuud. glnuping cNult
lngly around upon lbs little baud 0
fighters. had the hlessod foresight o
pnauupl Morales and his gang nat thpi
had sO thoroughly fortified their lni
against sudden assault Three ON TN
southen two on the northern brink n
the gorge and behind impHuvifnble shel
ter aud two more w reserve Ia TN
ramon, his puny garrigon was In position
aud Ind replied with surh spirit aus
pronptiudc la the Apache attack tina
pnly al rare intervals INV II shu
necessary, except when for the purpoF
VI drawing the onuiny mud locating ny
position hat y pokrd NJ on the muz2l
i still but that, as Drnfpunnd'H me
we'll know, means only "look out IA
plhnr deyilmcnt'
Ont on The eastward dessert. still IA
ever toward the other side, q little part
pr Apnchea 4 hnrrylnr 10 Join the fray
harscsf The others over half dosrn'
rome along M their tlrrlcaa jog trn
II was this party thnt, spun hut diml
Ut frat, gave rise 10 such chulltlnu ,
10y nmong the Defenders and dvfendr,
II was this marty that closely Arannc
through his field glass. accustomed Ilpi
tenant Drummnuls moan of dialrVs
WlUi nh his heart he had been luupin
for the speedy coming Of relief over tht
ygry trail had counted on Ne rclchin
could be nothing else wlirn the cnrpor
reported something In eight niil an wht
he discovered the nprtplrlrnr pntty
he Aparhes No words could describe N
measure ~ disappointment and dlRiun
MOI for himself and his men; they wei
fcnd His thoughts are all fnr those
whose behalf hr his alrendv made snt
gallant fight md tor Ainor Wing, whnl
feeble moaning every now aud tho
rcnchea his car.
At 10 O'Clock he Il nhlc. through h
glasses TO distinctly make ont the nnmm
aud character of The coming lnrty nh
Apaehcs, all Warriors hut niie Vt the
apparently Wounded 90 disabled. aud Nh
IL that liampcrs their nivhurr nv
'ho oasis At tho mouth of tile unuO
There they viii leave their horses ui
their wounded. aud theu uniuc creoph
M the winiing gurgo or cruurhinr anna
Inc hNNlNNl- llNfi 1uN flNt 10 lulN
The attack on thp hated pale fnrr, nrn
ninnd cnn hive Ms duuht of that. Ne
dianosltiun9 ar, necessary.
"Stny whpie yuu Nrrl' he shouts
his mvn "Ami take ehnrs up hei
l'nstiEnni ! want 90 post a tunn or 4,
hclnw ~ The heNd.n Aul down he ra,,
sliding md srrnnhlinn mtn hc react,
the edge Of thu huduk Moreno. snunft
netlpsi rock elnncc- up At him q
penlnGly.
isrnnr tenentc { prny ycn uninoae q
and let mo HELM Ilir Apnthe H. our cOl
mon rirmy." hr plrals
An Idea comes 10 nruminnnl. Win
rafllnc can be- uiilizci lie eau NJ
Moreno dpwn the gorge at the aurp
bend 10 command that approach a
put little McCuifey. the recruit M /
next hcld 10 command Moreno, and IN
bullet through him Il he shirk
hwtirNp.
~ declare, / believe | vol, you Z
scoundrcl," he says Here McGud,
nntle this fellow I've got TO look arou
minute
Into the depths OF the nssnre whe
pioren0'a women hre praying aud 10,
ing he peers moment One Of /
wounded bandits IA now pnsl prayi
for The Other painfully shot 3