Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-17
CHAPTER V.
-S%ss1S @RyHiGAT 1888 By CA!ARLES- KING

At midnight the situation at More
nos ranch was n strange one. The 6c
Clpants OF the two rooms farthest 70
the east were being besieged by 10 or
- outlawod men, some Mexican, some
Gringo,' hut all cutthroats. and up
t. tlis moment the besiegca had had
tho Lest Of it.
And yet their plight was desperate.
IN the Ca5ternnOst room. secure from
ballet or missile Of any kind so long cs
they CrcUched close to the ground and
back from the doorwGy, lay trembling
in silence old HGrvcy's daughters. AT
the 0apr. only the barrel of his rife
prptrUdIug, keeping under cover all he
possibly coula behind an i1nproviscd
pargrVt OF barley bags. knclt their de-
voted brother. COO, and determined. ev.
cry row and th,a Whispering words of
hope crd encouragement. In the ad-
joining room, connected with the cast
crn chamber by a doorless aperture
through the adobe wall. lay the nav
muster. sorrly wounded. but still con
sgiuUs ana rlucbv, his faithful clerk
migi~tgring 90 him rs hest ne could.
star rhing the How OF blood and comfort
Irg him with cool water.
It The doorway opening on The hard.
trawpi,d space at the southern front Of
She ranch, shcltCring himself behind
h.a hrUg- tvor,. of barley, hit never L.
lGzirs vigilGut watch. knelt Sergeant
T.anv. Iaudaua bound about his fore
haad, tae blood trickliug down his right
check. thc slr,v, IT his flannel shirt
rent ly a bullet that just J-razei She
upper arm. kuoolirg on the counter
and D. ping through q hole in the bot
tom ot the wooden window shutter,
one ot Harvey s men kept guard. The
other faced the doorway into Moreno 3
domestic apartments, every now and
th,n ttiug drive a shot through the
woodwork to keep them. - hs said.
from mluke yius with the uuit on the
o,h1r side.
In planning his roadside ranch More
NJ had allowed outrr door only to those
rooms which were Tor public use. The
three which lay To the west OF the bar
could not lie entered except through
that resort or by door giving on the
corral both OF these doors being SUP
Piled with massive bolts rs security
against iu-uders. aud all thIc. rooms
iag .ur.l led with air ports rather
tuJu windows. pi reed at such n height
through taa adobe that no one from
without. except in saddle. could peer
through tLc aperture and see what WAS
aliug Ua within. The travellers room
and the hJroom ports, however. We're
low end large ard al the rooms were
spacious. The ar OF course, being
the dining as Wi as drinking room.
carried oil the iauors in point of size.
This. Too. va. furui he'd wits IN open
iug into tine corral. Lut Feeuy's first
Thought "a. teaching his comrades was
60 igrrirclC.
Swinging into tho waited inclosure
and bidding HrryCy watch while the
u-ho-a worked. h. had soon succeeded
ir lre-irg score of big barley sacks
into the interior and piIirr tlcm into
nreGstvori,s at the three doors. the one
on.uirg into the corral being provided
I addition with high traverse q
protect i,s guard against shots that
wirlt com" through from Moreno :
rluuu. III This was accomplished amid
thu wrliinE pi thu IcSicau women and
Tn tu-ilHio begun i- the assailauts IN
hope. u. t-ruriaiuc The defense Lgfore
v.I'Cr,.. -H closer quarters. Like IA
moua .r.-aIu of Fort Stephenson. Zee
ny had lnrt ZIP o. fire from SO many diff
t'rrt r.iat5 as tp impress the enemy
With ,1' lHoa There were dozen men