Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-01
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soma WlitE;.G objects in the sand, and his stout heart almost failed him at the mCau uI &so.iy that met his GIT.
 "lE. lp, water! Oh, for Christ sake, w..t.r.''
 One Iuu1id carried him out of sight of his superior. The next instant, dragging l.y tie foot D prostr2to form, he clMcJxld from the bank into the 1 lrcshcr air o5 the. center of the corral. Off camo h. cantvcn and was held 10 ! the p&ruhcd liusof 8 stranger in scorch- cd ciyili2n dress, his beard and hair sirgcd l# th1 l,&mta, his legs and arms securely LoH,ld.
 "\yho are y,u and what's harpcnod? Whcsa wcrl, is this:" demanded the lieutenant, ly,1inG from saddle to his side. Tho man seemed swooning away, but the sergeant dashed water in his face
 "Quick!-tno othcrs!-or tL.y'n burn to death.'
 "What others? Where, Tnan?" ex- claimed the soldiers. springing to their feet.
 "Oh! somewhere in there-the far end of tho corral--or Moreno's west roo1n," was the gasping reply. Another rush into tho WhirliuG, eddy ing smoke, another search along under the wall, and presently in the ficlzering ]. light the rescuing pair came upon a barrier of barley sacks, burning in places from huge flakes of flu falling from the blazing raftcrs of th9 over hanging shed, and behind this, ssnsaless, suffocated, hclplessly bound, two other ! forms. Thrusting the sacks aside, the troopers seized and dragged forth their hapless fellow creatures. Jared by :, sudden pressure, a burning upright snapped. There was a cracklinG, crash |; ing sound and down came the Iafters, sending another column of flame to light up the features of men rescued not an instant too soon from the death that awaited them.
 My God!" cried Sergeant Lee, this is old Feeny-and yet alive"
 Together the two raised the Senseless form, bore it cut into tho open space, laid it gently beside their first discovery and ran back for tho next, a big, heavy, bulky shape i'll loose and blood stained garments It took all their LII IO US IL lO1 Ill., IlSAl tIlC 11CIl- tenant bent by tho sido of the slowly recovering civilian.
 Are there any moro VIC can reach:" he questioned eagerly, his heart beating madly.
 "No--too late!-others were inside when the roof fell in. More water-- more watcr!"
 Sergeant Leo sprang to the ollas gleaming thcro in the iirelight and brought back q Trimming Gipper. hold ing it to the pcor fellow 8 parched lips until ho co"!d drink TO more, then slashinS away tho thongs with which he was bound.
 "This is Greascr work, " he cried. How could they havo left you alive? Whero arc Moreno's people? Who's done this anyhow:'
 "Pasqual Morales. Moreno was in it too. Twas the paymaster they were laying for, but they've killed Ned liar vey and got his sisters-old Harvey's children--from Tucson."
 "What?' cried the officer, leaping to his feet. "Harvey's daughters here? here? Man, arc you mad?"
 Its Gods truth Oh, if I had a drop of the whisky that s being burned in there! I'm nigh dead"
 Run to my saddlebags, Lee; fetch that flask, quick; then call i'll tho men and send "l'e back to hurry up the rest. Where have they gone? What have they dono with their captives:'
 "God lroWs! I could hear them screaming and praying those poor girls! Mullan and the pay clerk picked up Feeny after he was stunned, and they rushed him back through here, where the paymaster had dragged himself, to where you found him. That-that's tho paymaster you've got there. Then they tried to save Q drunken soldier while all the gang seemed crowding after the safe and the girls, but they were shot down inside and must have burned to death if they wasn t killed. Oh, God, what a night! '"
 And weak, 1ynstrung, unnamed, the poor fellow soDbed aloud.
 At this instant there rode into the corral a couple of troopers.
 Lieutenant Drummond here:" cried ono of them. We've found a man out on tho plain to the southeast, gagged tlIlIl pOt0lO IollIl1 We IGICi1 Illt!l Ill
 "Eou go, Quinn, but get some one else to helpyou Patterson. your horse is fresh, gallop back on the trail. Tell Sergeant Mcinccke to come ahead for all he's worth. Let the packs take care of themselves. Send Sergeant Lee in here to mo again. Then with trem- bling hands the young officer turned his attention to his other patients. Sever ing tho cords with his hunting knife, he freed them from their bonds, thcn dashed water over their scorched and blackened faces, meantime keeping up q running fire of questions. Between his sobs, tho young civilian told him that the outlaws had hitched in both teams and taken also the spare mules and the blackboard. They had lifted the Harvey girls into the Concord, the safe and Pasqual Morales into the pay masters ambulance, while the wounded men and Moreno's s people probably were put on the open wagon. Then they had all driven furiously away to the south, leaving only two or three men to complete the work at the ranch.
 Finding the paymaster and sergeant we'll nigh dead, they had contented l themselves with binding and leaving them to their fate, to be cremated when the roof of the shed came down. Then one of the gang whom he had once befriended in Tucson pleaded with his fellows to spare the life of the only one of the party left to tell the tale. Pas qual and the Mexicans were gone. Those who remained were Americans, judging by their speech, though two of them were still masked. My name is Woods, said the poor fellow. But that bandit had to beg hard. They were ready to murder anybody con- nected with the defense, for Ramon was killed and Pasqual shot through the leg. I did that, though they didn t know it. They bound and left me