St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-22

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SllltNk10AIldln a vWl table In the
tlllnHHCN4Nljgu NIL officers club
TNEMIuIu room. playing
ENt n poker with
VIA n the post-trsd-
HH Y er and drink
N~ Ing warm
beer. The windows had al been
thrown open to admit the night air,
which. from radiation, becomes
quickly freshened in drv climates,
when skies are clear and the sun has
set, and bathcs the thick-walled.
adobe buildings, tempering them and
making them habitable. and. IL closed
In the early morning. seem cloisters
OF coolness--welcome refuge, after
drill or duty done in the glare and
pitiless heat of day. No other mater
tal known to architecture SO well re-
sists the penetrating ardor of untem-
pered rays shed in southern summer
by = cloudless sun; for adobe is of
mother earth, the grand conservator
of heat and cold, and, like her. makes
stubborn resistance to changing tenn
perature.
The walls of the building now
seemed hot and exhsled through the
room the expiring heat of day. Stand
ing near them. hot air was breathed
on the face like the slow, warm
breath of great animal sinking into
silent sleep. The sun had set, and
the dimness of twilight was creeping
from the valley over the foothills
and rising In shadowy cones Of noun
tain purple up the pine-clad slopes be-
yond, spreading. over forests that
framed the base of frozen bastiOns,
whose faded whiteness, seen In fall
ing light, was that Of SHOWS . sunset
had left. cold. The curtains and.
hanks of natures grand redoubt were.
no longer visible, for the fugitive
sfter-glow had faded into gray. and
the sharp tracery OF the divide was
lost for want Of light.
Through the open window we could
see the sentry-lamps. just lighted. bor-
dering the rectanRie Of the bare
parade sultry: and yellow,
like the. atreetlamps Of. + foreign
town. :Aroand esch,. Is far as the siAu-
misstioq extended. lay a disk Of yea.
low where the white parade had taken
up the tone of light that fell upon it.
Certainly in each disk lay a circular
shadow, cast by the base of the lamp
Or che side of the general bar-room q
light .near thes door of the 'traders'
store illuminated the compound - far
~ the trdop.;corral, where . stable
guard paced the gravel in his rounds
past ths heavy gates, challenging and
admitting 4ounted parties returning
from duty or from pass.
& was shortly after dinner, and, be-
ing yet warm. The game had not grown
HILARIOUS. Davis, out post-aurgeon,
had NIT joined In the play. That
afternoon he had been shooting fool
quhir ON tie mesquite nat up the Gila;
hetvas late 1t mess, so had missed the
arrival Of the weeks mail, this being
FrieSy: and. stin in shooting jacket.
was seated at the ,reading-tablc, look
ing over news contained in latest New
York papers, now ten days old. and
opsning his letters.
Il. thought / heard aring toward
Ma1kax." David had walked across:
ths,room. and was standing near an
otisn window. He spoke quietly to
the tsader't' clerk, still giving the
alert tattention. of one uncertain that
he.has.A(ard . sound
;NaekaY WAS an adobe village adj
1oiain6 the garrison. where soldiers
became intoxicated and were then
robbed, Tor the territorial laws were
Hr
roBmen b sobef.
Ekteral shots fred in quick success
sidd confirmed tho doctors opinion;
th1ke was & pause in the poker game,
. shufling back of chairs, and some
on& said: ,t2Remember; Jones, 1t was
ydur.ante," "a we joined the surgeon
atthe window.
The. ahooting had ceased. and in the
village We could now hear the barking
of dogs, the hurrying of feet. and the
sound of an unshod horse gallopip2,
ovelS0Fs4 IN the hit leading up
to the post. A moment later the
hore@ was halted under the sentry's
challenge at the corral. and . cowboy,
clad as ON .rodeo. came into the gen
eral 81 and asked for the post-sur-
eeca, qaHipet as Davis entered: doc,
tha1iyo,1a&eAcrsP. at tthe Harmony,
and need you and undertaken" He
spokS whh.the short. quick breath of
outvsalu has hastened.
.sfns sn4dettekin1 can wait" " said
Ds1s;.sh9s IN 80 down At once.
RHe srpppa TO. tia hospital and tell
thp.1feyrsSd. to bring my operating
caeeeaea hAndaxes. 70 the. Harmony.
rnwa&k3ypd~sE,6sertAke me-"
HxdQN1brdeaaBi{T t6:the village.
diSoel 9 ~ is = yard. spd com;
s.islai sss eEii. e asss.' ;ss:.' ~ .ssss ss.
pad street lined with oosqsisa now
dry. 65t containing few Loubardy
poplaG1nhoee pivotal lesves were too
lan9uid - 1utter. 90 still was the
niG6uAxa3hsre were no lights in the
streets, 0tAo most Of honsss they
hsdknnpaEAinehished - soon - the
frine III .tbit ruals9
shouc ouKk Windows opened 70 Cd
nit The air and fell IN rectangular
petehes On the hare sdobe footpath BE-
tween the buildinss and the scsqsia.
Iheee desultosy nluminstsoos made
~ rsst Of ths street srsn dark.
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