The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-14

could hey nave ief you Mu'et Wnehe rs
""Tasnuai Morales. Moreno was in 1t. too.
,Tysn 1.-the the P R;ilns SsS a insy y sns I .St rs i sIsi
ters old uarvey,.s childrcn-from Tucson"
WHAT cried, tho officer. lcapinC 70 his
lest; nM InnS Y daughters here' hereF Man.
ITS Goi'struthl oh. II I had n drop Of the
Tih hi E, that's being burned in there' I'm
"kun to my ,o sadd iE n ;,d Lee s:n fetch shd tim. that
O Onsk lack %aif iSi the seo rest tan where h t nave %sp th aS1 r sS"%
What have they done With their %enrtiyss Z
stunned. and they rushed him, back through
the paymaster you've got there, Then they
gang seemed crowiina after the safe. and the
iaH:t hS Ss' Ssa. ah sS 4 sG niah, 1! Any Knd v vsst.
unnamed. the poor fellow sobbed aloud.
At this instant there rode into the corral u
Lieut.. Drummond hero p cried one OF them.
We've found n man, out on the plain to the
southeast. ragged and bound. Shall we fetch
you go. Quinn. but get some one else to
s ssIIop y Sscs on a" the sqsil. 'H TaIl esrs : rs ! Msin
ecko to come ahead tor all he's worth; Let
the packs take care 81 81 thomseIyess. f FEN S s1r,
trembling hands tho young officer turned his
attention to his other Eatients. Seyerin! tho
from their bonds. then dashed water over
their scorched and hlackened faces. meantime
that the outlaw. had hitched in both cams
s SHsf Gone nsf' III! %. safe s' and i pssa assfSsE ot z.E,s into into
e ed m pay and Mpre a,n $ peopIe p Mofse ws ~ put
on the open wagon. Then they had all driven
iuri9usly away to the sG q.ta lea LEAVING wn only ny t tSS
ranch. Finding the paymaster and sergeant
we'll nigh dead; they lad con.cntsd them;
came down. Then one Of tho gang whom he
h hna fs "nSs ee to space th hs i lie .; the n,s only one M,, Of
the party left TO tell the tale. Pasaual and the
though TWO Q! thoin were still masked. my
tnas bandit rs MG had to Beg hard ard p? They ss' were ready
fence. for iIamon was k aii I and fasaanl she; she,
but made me swear would, ton Harvey and
three hours start. They never thought q any
cane cane srsaff fi, i. tn M hef Ha nss'; when hen f he eemos T'0
And then Sergeant Lee came hurryinS back;
l @Ssssr. b bre PsshGnS '!ieebIy. and Old, Fesniy,
snd 4 bSl FEN mo I s 1hrau IN hn the o SSay. 81 Fo oaG ns ssnii
quarter Of nm hour their efforts were vain.
Meantime Drummond. well nigh MAD over
!he delay; was pacine about like a caF pi.o tiT ;ss
bewiIdered little burros to the well wheel and
against the coming OF tho tToon lie ordered
othors to rub down his hanLsome sorreI.
vaneed' party. At last. after what must have
seemed AN age; yet could not nave been nver
u soldier running in said he could hear hoo!s
out on the plain; and at the same instant two
ins ana aPs senseIes sSi liz form Get OF Edward Harvey:
hI SSratcl, .ni s t95n n, soysrad with 1bouS SI9R Rs w Sna
b RlansSl; anr Knew s.1a' ' hfm ss a gia 1%"aS They "s had
met the previous year. and though %opli.onee
i Wss enough n1s not s Msn T fornot Sonns k neS q 1Sye ~
trace = S'U Of blade or bullet; Rents there xe:e
s sound to apD n:s ahnn s.iil i fsl' deep 80 sxo ss.'9 IT'S
t teaT Z sesr Tie DASH Of water in his face Vas
answered only by = faint shiyerinG sign. The
only GurSied down lis throat. and Drummond
felt no responsive hutter OF pulse: Inc shocS
10 ia Hsrv vss'H iaS m Iits o r"'i ia . " trance ceen Drum:
mond feared that he might never again open
his eyes, to light and home.
old Sergeant Meinecke In command. Hating
and dismounting at his signal. the men stood
eommandsr; ,Drummond barely lifted his eyes
the best and Iikeliest horses. want twenty
men to 20 on a ehanse with me. How soon can
%fney must be half an hour behind. sir"
at least ioGr Of them : load them up with bar:
s Icy: EaSHn; a hssdta wi, r% 9ssS taS wat h'ck bs orr
devil. Send Trooper bland here as soon. az he
has unssdd \ ! want hin n to ride with me.
Meinecke saluted in his methodical German
fashion. turned away. a9d presently could be
heard ordering Unsaddle and then shout
A : there any q our men besides the fer;
ask ask ed Gt the n nieut ens " Sergeant T. Lee.
They say Bland has. sir. ldon't know any
We'll. I've Just sent for him. Mr.. Harvey
here doesn't seem to he wounded; yet It's IN.
mere mo 9, w tbs Myo and a. Fee II you can get u word
but EFFORTS With tho haii; .urocated mon had
sobs and could answer more questions. Drum:
and %%Spa these SsSS he r man pi icund t dinics! ' to give.
He was stationed at the back door tho corral
Baf there he sa was an som nafhiy ss so queer !as nn aSoa aas Il.
There had been a few minutes lull. Then
i asrSsy s and e sslI p0t Out Os siae to ,ns talk Ars sxi
presently, there came sound Of tailoring
and apd's Mr. sn Harvey Ind snoutsd that the troops
were coming and rushed out to meet them
anu tn6 next tllHE L kuc"s ehlu "ppuS.
was seeing Feeny I~nttened out on tho ground
and crawling on mis- hands and knees. and the
Yanks. and / slipped into the corral and saw
one OF them shoot Feeny as ne was trying to
and searching for the sufe and carrying it out,
Mr., Dawes and Mullan managed; somehow; to
the other man. Then Woods could tell little
more. One thing. he said. amazsd and excited
was almost ready to swear that the fellow
Feeny, ran to shake hands With was q soldier
In uniform, and that he held feenys hand
while another man came up behind. ana
mashed him with ths butt 81 his pistol,
and that this fellow IN soldier clothes WAS the
ing to crawl away.
%Drummond looked around AZ the man In
credulous-almost derisive. Tho story was
improbable. too much 40 to deserve attention.
Just then Meinecke came back. and; precise
a.. ever. stood at attention and saluted.
Herr Lieutenant; Private Bland Is not with
my party ut all, SIR" -,
No. sir; the men say he wasn't with us all