Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-03-22
ovNaAL 1898 By caARLES .hlas

! Inc aaInIrauon oeepened In wings
gaze.
Il see yoo handle pistol as though
you had used ono. You're q true from
tiers1naR's daughter. I'll have to bs
away for few minutes. I'm going up
to look from our rock above there.
Some of our men, they say, are In sight
slowly returning. and the paymastor's
ambulance is only milo away, proba-
bly, waiting for the rest Of the party.
How is Miss RUTH"
"Sleeping like a baby, bless her
heart"
"Well, have promised Mr.. Drum
mond that she should b his nurse. l
hope you will consent. He is sleeping
too. No fever yet, 1 am thankful to
say"
Ruth will be ready, and so will I,
to help il any way we can. But when
are you to have rest, may l ask?"
"O-oh-.y and by. Leo and the
others must have theirs first. They
have been in saddle much longer and
farther than 1. When is Miss Harvey
to have her rest, may 1 asl?"
WELL l don't know. I'll say.
perhaps by and by too. Look, that
man is calling you"
Whirling about, Wing saw his senti-
mel beckoning, and in q moment he went
clambering up the rocky trail, active
as mountain Apache.
"What is it, Patterson"
"It is signal smoke, sir, across the
valley. That amt more than eight
miles away, and down hero in the range
amt moro than six. What Indians
could be out here, l would like to know?
Do they grow everywhere in this in
fernal country?"
Wing took his glasses and long and
earnestly studied the blush white
clouds rising in puffs, faint and barely
distinguishable in the opposite heights,
then fixed his gaze upon the flmy col
umn soaring up among the dark pines
at the heart of the range to the south
ward. His face grew graver every min
ute.
"Stay here and watch" ho said. 81
must go and get those other men in
with the ambulance. Of course if it is
Apaches, they've sighted that party
and the few men struggling back. and
those signals mean, close in on them.
I'll send the team right in and then ride
and hurry the other fellows out"
The sun was retiring behind the
Cababi range as Wing went leaping
down the trail.
Sorry for you, Dick, old boy" he
said to lis horse, who was browsing in
the shade. More work for us both
now."
Never stopping to saddle, ho leaped
upon the bare, brown back and went
gathering down tho canyon.
keep your eye ON Moreno, therer"
he shouted up to tho lookout. IF he
tries to slip away, shoot him."
Ten minutes brisk gallop through
the windings of tho gorge brought him
to the edge of the sandy plain. There,
under littlo clulnp of willows, was
the ambulance, its mules unhitched and
hoppled securely, nibbling placidly at
such scant herbage as they could find.
The horses Of the two guards, unsad-
died, were dropping in the shade, too
tired to hunt for anything to eat.
Saddle up, men. Hitch in and get
that team to the head of the canyon, live
ly now," was his brief order to the
sleepy trooper who greeted him, carbine
in hand.
Whats up, sergeant?" queried
another, springing out from the will
lows. Lee told us to wait here, or
wherever we could find shade and
water"
"Wait? How long and what for?"
blessed if know how long. None
Of 'em amt in sight from here coming
back, but what for is easy to answer.
The paymaster's chest
1.-THE paymaster's chest?" cried
Wing. why, isn't that here in the
ambulance?''
"Not hinge of it. Those greasers
swapped it onto an apparejo while we
were all running for Harvey's daugh-
ters. The moneys half way to Sonora
by this time"