Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-08-02

~ i fr snd r s.,ra,
her The windows had all been
thrown open 70 admit the night air.
which. from radiation. becomes
quickly freshensd in dry climates.
when skies are clear and the sun has
~-t. and bsthe~ the thick-walled.
adobe buildings. temperius them and
making them habitahle. and, IL closed
in the early morning. seem eloisters
% coolness-welcome refuge. after
drill or duty done in the glare aud
p%itiless hest Of day. No other mater
ial known To architecture - well re-
sIsts the penetrating zrdOr Of untem-
p~rcd avs shed In southern summer
bv a clsudIess sun. for adobe Is %
mother earth. the grand conservator
% heat and cold. and. like her. makes
stubborn resistance - changing tenn
perarure
The walls % N. building now
seemed hot and exhaled through the
room h expiring neat Of day. stand
ing near them hot air was breathei
on the face ike the slow. warm
hreat, Of a great animal sinking into
silent sleep The sun had SET and
the dimness - twilight was creeping
from the valley over the foothills
and rising IN shadowy cones % noun
tain purple up the pine-clad slopes be-
yond- spreading over forests that
framed the base Of frozen bastious.
whose faded Wilderness seen IN fail
Ing Light was that; q snogvS a sunset
had left cold The curtains and
tanks % n.tures grand redoubt were
~ longer visible. Tor the fugitive
sfterElov had faded into gray, and
the sharp trsc~v u the divide VA.
lost for want Of light
Through th- open window we could
So IN Seatry-IamP-. 5uss lighted. bor-
derinx th- -~~ct4aSl~ u the bare
Psrade-St@Ady. sultry. and yellow.
ike the s~tre~t-lamp> Of . foreign
town Around each a. far a. the ulu-
IMITATION extended. lay a disS 81 ysl-
bow where the white pa-at- had taken
up the tone of light that fell upon IL
Certainly in each disk lzy a circular
shadow. east by the base 81 the lamp
en- the side % the general har-room a
li-hr near the door OF the traders
q Illuminated the compound a. far
- the troop corral. where a stable
quart paced the gravel in his rounds
past the heavy gates. challenging and
admitting mounted parties returning
from duty or from pass
Il was shortly after dinner. and. To-
inx yet Nazu. the game had not grown
hilarious Davis. out post--urgeon.
had not tolnei in the play. That
sfteruaon he lad been shooting fool
quail On the mesquite fat up the ella:
he was late at mess, 80 had missed the
arrival Of the weeks mail, this being
Friday. and. still in shooting jacket.
was seated a. the readiny-table. look
Ing over newS contained in latest New
York papers. now ten days old. aud
opening hts letters
Il thought ] heard firing toward
MAekay- David had walked across
the room and was standing near az
open window. he spoke quietly To
the traders clerk. still giving the
alert attention Of one uncertain that
he has heard a sound
Naekzy was an adobe village adj
Joining the garrison. where soldiers
became intoxicated and were then
robbed. for the territorial laws were
getting sever and II was not wise 10
rob men sober.
several shots fred in quick success
sion confirmed the doctors opinion;
there wa>a pause in the poker game,
a shutting back % chairs. and some
one Said- Remember. Jones. Il was
y0ur aare, as w~ joined the surgeon
~ the window.
The shooting had ceased. And in the
village We eonlt now hear the barking
Of dogs the aurrying q feet and the
sound q al unshot horse -all0pinz
oFer soft earth on The Aat leading uu
- the post A moment later The
horse Vas halted under the sentry
challenge a. the eorrA. and . cowboy,
cad A. % raf1s, came into the gen
eral bar and asked for the post-.zr
s~on, saying. a. Davis entered. DE.
theyve had = serAp at the Harmcuy,
ant need you ard u~nGertAker III
spoke With the short quick breath Of
one Who hAs fastened
Thx undertaking. can wait said
Davis ou, IN 70 down al once
Ride sruund - tie hospital and ,el
2 steward - bring mv ~operatin.
e1s- and damages 70 the Harmony
III walk vuu an ov-rt&xe ne
accompanies Davis 70 the village
distant a few kEn1rsG yards and eon
prisinx a doubls row Of square sdoo-
1Ats along tho Gale Aueea an IN
paved street nned <ith ac-faias. no~
or, nut containing . few Loubariy
Poplar> whose pivotal leaves we're o..
Aanguic 20 6art-r. ~ still Wa n,
night air There we're NJ lights in IN.
streets and in the most Of houses the
had been extinguished as soon A. IA.
artng began; the few hat renAiues
shons through windows opened - al
nit the air and fell 10 rectangular
patches on the bare adobe footpath BE-
tween the buildings and the acsqsss
These desultory muminAtions mad,
the rest Of the street seem dark
though. from the splendid starlight
summer nights in Arizon. are nevsi
really so
We we're guided TO the HARMONY b.
n tramp Of feet and the sound q
voices al the lower END Of the stree.
and as we walked toward il and en-
tered d darkened space which sue
cee6ed the illumination from . .~oli,ar-
window. we stumbled over what on ex
animation. proved to Be the BODY o.
man. lying where he had stumble
over the edge Of the aee9vis in CROSSING
the street We trrned him over -
: Davis. on examination. found TIA. \.
wa dead icing SHOT through the bas<
oftne meek We len him iyiag where