Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-17

Once this was fairly ablazo the hapiess
occupants Of tho rooms beneath might
as wei be under the grating of some
huge furnace.
High in air shot the leaping flames.
Far and wide over the desert srrsad The
luf7d glare. Screaming with terror. the
women Of Moreno 3 nous hold were al
ready dragging into the corral their few
treasures and rushing back Tor such
ralTneEst IS they oQald save. Far over
at the corral gate, where tao bullets Of
the .oesiegcd could not find them, Pas
quail Morales and his axuI.irc band
We're gathered. the chief Iying upon his
seTGpe, with bloody bandeges alsY,lt his
leg, his followers dancing about him in
frantic Glee, all keeping carefully out
OF range OF the hlecl, duorways. vet
threo or four crack shots lay fat in the
SANDS, their rifles covering thorow glar.
ing 1Tonts Of the threatened rancho,
ready to shoot down, Indianlike. Tie
wrotched garrison when driven ont.
It was al this juncture that from
somewhere IN the middle room, behind
Moreno S heavy door. voice was heard:
Hand oat Jhc SAFE. Hand out YOUR
money now, ana Wen leave Won in
peace. Every man Of us VIII ride away,
ana you can Come out as sCon as we arc
gone. answer, Tor y5u have 10 time
TO lose.
Answer him, yoa.'' shouted Feenv
to hr. Dawes. send shot through
and hit him If you can.
But lef0ro the clcrz could drop the
fan with winch he was STRIVING to re-
yIve his faiEdlg chie5, the youRg fell
low from h,,.vey's party. he who was
stationed at the rorth door and hal
been so fortunate rs to shoot Morales
himself. now suddenly sprang from his
covert. ana placing tire muzzle Of his
Henry rife close to the door deliberately
poppeuthr.e shots il quick succession
through tho spl.uteriug wooawoTt. and
III the confusion and OisMav which re-
suited was abit to laau 1i-4l ~ into his
corner aGaili before the answering shots
could come.
Take that for your auswe~.'' shout
ed tesny again. you blaol, hearted.
black be-licG thaIe, and take ms. too.
bad se-Gu 20 ya. Every dollar IT that
money Is ID gr,.nhacLs thatH burr. as
alsy as tissue. and il Won want IT come
and set il nov. lis you tlat's ret 10
time to lose Come ana g.l If. 1 saw.
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