Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23

Au"tuol Hlff lleultnNnlt lnoht-out
here toward the Santa Maria"
The sergeant sprnng 10 his feet, should.
ering his burly way through the excited
throng. Ono moment longer and his
voice was heard In louder, hrrccr tones,
mo signal this Time sir By Godl
they've fired Moreno's ranch!
CHAPTER III.
Shortly after sunset on this same hot
evening the sergeant In charge of the he
the signal party nt the PicnchO came
strolling forth from his tent putting as
battered hrar root pipe. Southwark and
" Few hundred feet below his perch the
Yuma road came twisting through the
pass aud then disappeared In the gather
ing darkness across the dcser, plain
that stretched between them aud tho
distant Santa Maria. over To the east
the lofticst cugs Of the ChristOhal were
still family tinRrd hy che last touch VI
departed day. Southwark still beyond
the narrow aud toituous pass. the range
rose high and prcCipiiunus covered and
irngpd with black masses Of cedar stunt
ed pine, and Juniper North Of west
on the line Of the now invisible road,
AMI far out toward the ella faint light
was just twinbling There lay Ccralvo'a
and nowhere else, save where the cmhors
OF the cook fire still rlOwcd iu a deep
crCyicc among the rocks. was there light
OF any kind To- Dee secu A lonely spot
was This in which 90 spend onp's days.
Vet The soldier in charge seemed in mo-
wise oppressed with sense Of isolation
II was his comrudc. sitting moolily ON
convenient rock, elbows ON knees aud
chin deep buried iu his brown and hurry
hands, who seemed hroOliug over the
dcsolntion of his surroundings
watching him In silence moment
quiet smile Of amusement ON bis lipa.
Nj a al.
ed o. friendly hand ON the broad, blue
shoulder
We'll Pikcy arc you wishing yourself
back la FriscoW
I'm wishing myself Ia Tophct. scr.
gennt; ID may be- hotter hut Il Isn't ns
lonely as this informal hole
mo, its populous enough, probably
was the Response. "nnd, added ho. with
whimsical smile, mo doubt you've lots
Of friends there. Pike"
Maybe ] have, and maybe | haven't
AZ nll events. I've none here. Why IN
thunder couldn't sou lcl mo look into
that business over nt CeralvO's instead of
ing; I'm sholyod for his sake day after
day
"Couldn't send you. Pike on such
quest as that. Those grcnscrs have
sharp eyes, and one look ut your face
you'd convince them that we'd lost our
grip, or were Ia for q funeral Jackson.
now. rides iu as hithe ms "a May morning
"A May morning ont of Arizonn, ! mean.
They never get the best of him The
only trouble is he stays too long, be-
ought To hr back here now"
"Humphl he'll be- apt tO come back in
a hurry with Pat Donovan and those 'C'
troop follows .spnding their money like
you still insist they're over there.
do you, Pikef ! think they're not ]
tagged old Fecny half an hour ago that
they hadn't come through here
who was that fellow who rode back
hero with the nOtcY asked Pike
81 don't know his namc Dutchy'
they call him In 'C' troop. He's on his
more fool he! The man who r,een-
lists In his territory must be either drunk
or Dutch" Aud Pike relnpsed into
gloomy silence again his eyes fixed upon
the faint flicker Of the bar lights at Ce-
raly0's miles away, but Wing only
laughed again. and, still putting AWAY
az his pipe. went down the winding trail
TO where In the deep shelter of the rocky
walls q pool Of water lay cleaning. Here
he threw himself Hat aud laying aside
his precious pipe. drank long and eagerly
then with sudden plunge dOused his hot
face In the cooling flood and came up
dripping
hhhk the lofu nave no desert
march 10 take today all on q wild-g0Oso
chase WIS his pi0us ejaculation what
on earth could have induced the p0ymas-
ter b. send a detachment over 10 the
hlnT lie took from his pocket pen
cled note and slowly twisted it 10 bis
fingers II was too dark 40 read, but
In its sodicHy breyity hc almost knew it
by heart "lhe major sent Donovan
with half the escort back 10 the ella on
an Apache scare this morning They
will probably return your way, empty
handed. Signal IL they have passed.
Latham knows your code aud WD have
"a good glass. Send man 10 CcmlYo'a
with orders for them 10 join at once II
they haven't come, and flag or torch
they've gone there" This was signed |
by Feny and over and again had Wing |
been specializing as 10 what Il all meant |
When the escort with the ambulance /
and paymaster went through before the |
dawn Feeuy had reused him 10 ask II |
anything had been heard OF Indians on
the wafpath between them and the SO
nora line, and the answer was both |
prompt and positive mo" A. for their /
being north or north Of west Of his va. /
ton, and up toward the ella, Wing /
secuted the suggestion. He wished, hove 4
ever that jackson was back with such ]
tidings as he bad picked up az CcralvO's 1
though this was some distance away 4
from the customary niding ground Of 1
che tribe.
lust then there came hail from 4
aloft Pike Was shouting.
Gan right" answered Wing cheerly; 4
"be there IA minute and then went /
ipringing up che tran as though the 4
climb of 400 feet were mere baRa-
Lelle whats npl jackson hereT he 1
asked. short o. breath rs he reached
.he little nook ~ which their buish-cOy- /
cred tents were pitched There was no
fPike Oh-h, Pikel Where are youT'
he called
Aud presently faint and far somewhere
down 10 the dark canon 10 the south. a
voice replied
Down hyar Something's coming up
he road
(1o BE- coudnned)
A strange fact Is that really good
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