The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-07

| iio'iiieilt Ill the isolation OF Arizona.
Rare were the cases when they abused
their privilege. Stern was their rule.
rude their speech, but by officers and
men alike they were trusted and re-
| spccted.
AS for Feeny, there werc not lacking
those who declared him spoiled. Twice
that day had tho paymastcr been on
tho point OF rcbuking his apparent in
! difference. Twice had he withheld his
! censurc Knowing after all, Fccny to DO
III the right and himself in the wrong.
And now in the gathering shades of
night, rs lie stood in silence watching
the brisk process of grooming, and
noted how thorough and busiucsslikc,
even though sharp and stern, was Fee
ny, the paynastcr was wishing he had
not vcn;urcd TO disregard the caution
of So skilled Il veteran.
And yet the paymastcr, having Il hu-
man hcart III his breast, had been sorcly
tried, for the appeal that came for help
was one he could not we'll resist. Pass
ing Ccnlvo's ut midnight and pushing
rclcntlessly ahead instead of hating
there us the men had hoped, tho party
was challenged III tho Mexican tongue
Quo vionc:"
To which unlocked for and umcallcd
for demand the leading trooper, scorn.
ing greascr interference in American
territory, promptly answered:
Go to h-l!"
All the same he heard tho click of
lock and was prompt to draw his own
Colt, as did likewise the little squad
riding ahead of the creaking ambu-
lance. The two leaders of the mules
whlrled instantly about and became
tangled mp With the wheel team. and
the paymastcr was pitched out of Il
dream into a doubled mp mass on the
opposite seat. To his startled questions
the driver could only make reply that
he didn't know what was the matter;
the sergeant had gone ahead to see
Presently Fceny shouted Forward :"
and on they went again. and not until
Ceralvo's was mile behind could the
major learn the cause of the detention.
Some of Ceralvo's people. answered
fecny; "d-n their impudence,
They thought TO stop us and turn us in
there by stories of Indian raids Just
below us-three prospcctors murdered
24 miles this sido Of the Sonora line.
Cochises' people never came this far
west of tho Chiricahua range. It's
white cutthroats maybe. and we'll need
our whole command.
And yet in the glaring sunshine of
that May morning, after they had I'M
saddlcd at Morcno's, and the sergeant,
wcaricd with the vigils of two success
slvc nights, had gone 10 sleep in the
coolest shade he could find. there came
riding across the sunbakcd, cactns
dotted plain at the west 81 young man
who had the features of the American
and the grave, courteous hearing of the
Mexican
My name is Harvey" said he
My sisters, who have been in San
Francisco at school, are with me on
the way to visit our parents in Tucson
Rather was to have met us ut the Bend
with relays of mules. We have waited
| ~ hours and can wait no longer. For
Gods sake let half Il dozen of your mon
ride out and escort them down here.
There is no doubt in the world the
Apachcs arc in the mountains on both
sides, and III trembling for fear they've
already found our camp None of nv
pnrty dared make tho ride, so had to
come.
What was Plummcr to do? He didn't
want 10 rouse the sergeant This wasn't
going back 10 Ccralvos. but riding
northward to the rescue of impcrilcl
beauty. He simply couldn't refuse,
especially when Donovan and others
were eager to so. From Mir Harvey
he learned that his father l,;'d married
into an old Spanish Mexican family at
Havana, had been induced 10y them 10
take charge OF certain business in Mat
alnoras. aud that long altcrward he
had removed TO Graymas and thence
to Tucson. The children lad been ed.
ucatcd ut San Francisco, ana the sis
tiers, now II ana 5 years of age re-
spcctivcly, were soon 10 90 to Cuba to
visit relatives Of their mother, but were
determined once more to see the Quaint
old home at Tucson before so doing:
hence this journey under his chargc.
The story seemed straight enough.
Plunmcr had never yet been to Tucson,
but at Drum Barracks and Wilmington
he had often heard Of the Jarveys. and
Donovan sworc he knew them all bv
sight, especially the old man.
The matter was settled before Plum
mcr really knew whether to take tho
responsibility or not, and the cavalry
corporal with five men rode back into
the fiery heat Of the Arizona day and
was miles away toward the ella before
fccny woke IL il realizing sense Of what
had happened. Then he came out and
blasphcmcd. There in that wrctchcd
little green safe were locked up thou
sands enough of dollars to tempt all
the OntlnWrY Of tie nccidnnt 10 nnv