Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-31

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The ncrt instant he stood erect. qcariao
some 1citjtc Oljccj hjGI, in air.
needs were many and whose means
We're few. He found that rigid econ
omy and self denial were to be his nor
ton from the start and was not sorry
that his assignment took him to the far
away land OF Arizona, where, as his
new captain wrote him, lyon can live
Ike prince on bacon and friioIes.
dress like q cowboy on next to nothing
: or ike an Apache IN next to nothing.
spend all your days and none Of yopr
money in mountain scouting, and come
out Of 1t all In two or three wears rich
III health and strength and experience
and infinitely better of financially than
You could ever have been anywhere
else. Leave whisky and poker alone,
and you re all right.
lie had left whisky and roker alone
severely alone. He had sought every
opportunity Tor field service: had
shown indolriteble push, plucl, and skill
IL pursuit Of Apachos and cool courage
in action. He had been able 10 send
even more than was needed. or than he
had hoped, 10 his sisters guardian and
was proud and happy in the concious-
of TT-4-r y
no young girls in the scattered garrisons
or those days, 10 feminine attractions
TO pnsettle his peace Of mind. The few
women VINO accompanied their lords to
such exile IS arizona were discreet ma
irons, to whom he was courtesy itself
on the few occasions when they met.
but Only once had he been brought IN
der the influence of girlish eyes or Of
girlish society, and that was on the
memorable trip TO San Francisco dur
ing the previous year. when he had had
the great good fortune 10 be summoned
as witness before 4 general court
martial convened at the Preside. He
had been presented to the Harvey sis
ters by the captain OF the Eewbern
and would fsin have shown them some
attention, but there had been much
rough weather in the gulf which kept
/ the girls below, and not until after pass
ing Cape San Lucas and they were
stoa1aing up the sunny Pacific did he
see either OF them again. Then one
glorious day the trolling lines were out
astern, the elders were alnidship play
ing 'horse billiards, and Tuck. p"
the genial purser, wcs deyoting himself
| to Paquita. when Drummond heard
scream Of excitement and delight and
saw the younger sister hracing her tiny,
slender feet and hanging on 10 line
with all her strength. In an instant he
was at her side, and together, hand over
hand, they finally succeeded in pulling
aboard a beautiful dolphin and landed
him, leaping, Tapping. splashing madly
| about, III TIE midst OF the merry party
on the deck. It was the first time Ruth
had seen the gorgeous hues of this cele-
| brated fish, and her excitement and plea
sure over being heralded as It's captor
We're most natural. From that time On
| she had pinned her eirlish faith to the
| coat sleeve of the tall, reserved young
| cavalrylnan. TO him she was a chilli,
even younger by a year than the little
| sister no had left, and of whom he soon
began to tell her. To her he was q
| young knight errant, the hero Of q bud
| ding Inaiden's shyest, sweetest, fondest
| fancy and ere long the idol Of the dreams
| and thoughts she dared not whisper even
to herself. Paquita, with the wisdom
| of elder sisterhood. more than half be-
heved she read the younger's heart, but
/ wisely held her peace. No wonder the
little maid had so suddenly been ST.
| fenced by the announcement at the pass
| that that very night she might again
see the soldier boy to whom. in the alb
sence of all others, her heart had been
so constant. No wonder the ride for
ward to Moreno's was one Of thrilling
excitement and shy delight and antici-
| patton. No wonder her reason, her
| very life, seemed wrecked in the tragic
fate that there befell them.
And now as he rode swiftly in pursuit
! Drummond was thinking over the in
cidents of that delightful voyage, and
marveiling at the strange fate that had
brought the Harvey girls again into his
| life and under circumstances so thrill
! ing. Never for an instant would he
| doubt that before the sun could reach
meridian he should overtalse and rescue
them from the hands of their cowaIdly
captors. Never would he entertain the
thought of sustained defense on the part
of the outlaw band. Full of high con-
tempt for such cattle, lac argued that
no sooner were they assured that the
| cavalry were close at their heels than
most of their number would scatter for
their lives, leaving Pas1ual TO his fate,
and probably abandoning the wagons
and their precious contents or the road.
A sudden dash, surprise, would in
sure success. The only fear he had was
| that in the excitement of attack some