Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-03
Overland With Kit Carson
By W. THOMSON.
ICopyright, IsgG, by American Press Associa-
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CHAPTER ILL

ana 0Slln lea tle horses out 10 pasture. For time they fed quietly. but by and by one of them, Old Whitcface, who had once before crossed the plains, sud denly raised his head. pricked up his ears and quivered in every limb, as if scent ing danger.
 The old horse hears or smells some thing wrong" said his driver, Ed Roys- ton. Wed better take to the corral. boys"
 For some moments after bringing the animals in we could see no cause for alarm, but presently thero rose on the extreme edge of the horizon dark speck, which grew each instant larger until it finally revealed itself as body of horse bearing directly down upon us.
 SupposinE that we were to be again attacked by a chance band of hostiles we stood at once to our arms.
 But when the rapidly moving force had come within half mile or so we saw that there were only seven riders, and those, keeping senicircular forma- ton, seemed to be driving before them a number of loose ponies.
 The cavalcadc swept on 800 wards nearer. and then We discovered that of the seven mounted persons two were women! The rcscuing party had rc- turned, completely successful, and a minute later, amid our rapturous cheers, Kit Carson, his four comrades. Mrs Secord and Helen Douglas rode into tho hastily opened corral.
 All appeared to be greatly fatigucd, and tho young women looked pale and haggarl. but none seemed to be much the worse for their rough experience though every one of the men had been more or less wounded. It is needless to 1 describe how heartily we welcomed the party, nor is it necessary to apologize for the fact that ill our joyous excite ment some of us so far forgot the pro prieties as to hug the two girls with as much good will as We could have shown to our own sisters or Gweethcarts
 These very afTrctioEate demoustr ratiuns gave no oifrnSc, however. and our fair companions retired tu make themselves preseutable after their long ride, while two or threc of us busted ourselves in preparing an extra good supper for the half famiShed travellers. All were too hungry to talk much while eating, but they listened with great interest to the graphic account which Charlie Blake gave of our doings during their absence
 Well done bows. I'm proud of vou," .ententiouslv said Carson as he finished his meal. IN ow I'm going to take a snooze."
 But, captain. half dozen of Us re your own adventures"
 Bows. I'd rather fight week than talk an hour. Joe Wilkinson here is T . r.,l tI yarn for you." and lying down in the shade the ilnperturhahlr guide was fast asleep i'll five minutes.
 Go ahead, then. Joe. Let's hear tho whole thing" said Blake.
 Well. boys. I'm most used mp, but I'll do the best l can. Yuu know the reds had about two miles start of Us and had got clear ont of sight when We mounted. Kit said they'd make straight for the mountains 50 miles of. and only for him We cnuldn't have followed the trail 10 minutes, for there were lots of places where We couldn't see a track, but to hlm the sign was just plain as a turnpike road.
 Tom SccOrI-ycS, and Austin. too wanted to % at full speed. but Carson
 
 said; just keep up an easy lope. so as not to blow the horses. We're sure to catch the reds, for two of the ponies will all ways be double weighted. and the whole lot will have to take turns carrying the wumcu.'
 All of Us saw the sense of this req. soninE. and We kept going on. mile after mile. steady as clockwork. till near day break without catching sight of the In dians. Then We came to a little creek not far this side of the foothills. and Carson said: Let your horses drink boys just a swallow or two at a time We're getting pretty close to the rcd devils now. They've gone up this side ut the creek So as to strike the Ul, Apache trail. Its tho only one they know of. It twists about among the foothills and then sweeps round in d l- circle away up into the mountains We'll cross the creek right here and IT lead you by a short cut through Grizzly gullh and cpmc out on the trail awal ahead uf the Indians discovered thi pass when l was trapping round here few years ago, and don't believe aroth er living soul has ever gone through it.
 well, after wed got ovyrthe branch ", walked our horses for couple of hun dred wards To kind of settle the water il their stomachS, and then Kit spoke uI again and says:
 Now, men, there's two miles of goo, ground before us. We'll cover it at tol speed, and then there's .,Oout a mile O the worst riding you ever saw, but thatl bring Us right out on the trail and tn reds must travel more than six miles {, reach the same spot. Now, ride" an, away We went. gradually going faste and faster till our horses were runnin: for all they were worth, and in five min utrs we came to Grizzly gulch.
 Sure enough. 1t was an awful place all broken up with big rocks and powder in such way that We couldn't go off walk, and it took us full quarter of al hour to get through, but when We di, come out We found ourselves in a thicke of young cottonwoods and right on tn trail, as Kit had said
 At this time it was broad daylight and by Carsun's orders we all got of ou horses and led them away back into tn gulch. Then, speaking very low ant solemnhke. he said: Now, men. listel to me and do exactly as 1 tell you, or al our workll go for nothing. The red will be along pretty soon, and there mus be no bungling, There's 10 of them sure, but if it wasn't for the womel we'd wipe them all out in two minutes Which of you four is the best shot?
 Frank Austin is, says Wells.
 Think you can trust yourself L shoot q buck square through the brain Frank, supposing his heads only foe above that of Helen Douglass aske Carson.
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