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

nflo signal party at The Picacho came
gfr0lliug form from his tent putting Mt
battered bricr root pipe. Southwark
anil few hundred feet bolo~ his perch
tho Yuma road came twisting through
th' piss, aud then disappeared in the
e.iwrirg darkness across the desert
plain chat stretched between them and
thg distant Santa Maria. Over to tho
cr,t the loftie 9 crags OF the Christohal
were still family jingcd by tho last
touch OF departed day. Southwark
still, beyond the narrow and ,ortuous
Igs', the range rose high and precipi-
tons. covered ard fringcd with black
massrs OF cedar, stuntcd pine and jIni-
r.r.
North Of west, on tho line Of the now
invisible road and far out toward the
ella. f3iut light was just tw;nkling.
There lay Ccralvo's. and nowhere
cl-, save where the cmbcrs of the cook
trr stiil gloEei in n deep cfevicc among
the rocks, was there light OF any kind
u be- seen. y lonely spot was this in
which to spend ones days, yet the SOL
dior in charge seemed in no wise op-
pressed with sense of isolation. 1t
was his cpmrnlc. sitting moodily ON n
convenient rock. elbows ON knees and
chin dc,p buried in his brown and hairy
hands, who seemed lroodirg over the
desolation of his surroundings.
Watching him in silence nom mt.
quiet smile OF amusement on his lips.
S;g'ant Wiar saunte-cd over and
placed n friendly hand On the broad
blue shoulder.
Well. Pikey. arc You wishing your
self back in 'Friscos"
I'm wishing myself in Torhet. scr
Count; It may he hotter. lat 1t isn't rs
lonely as this internal hole.
No, i,s pOpulous enough probably"
was tho Response: "aad. " added he.
with whimsical smile. "ro doubt
yua'vo lots OF friends There. Pike"
Maybe have. ssd maybe haven't.
~ ell events, I've none here. Why in
thunder cualin't You let ire look into
that business over g Ccralvo's instead
&C Jackson: IL gets everything worth
having. I'm shclvci FOR his sake day
AFTER dav."
Couldn't send you. Pike. on any
srch qrest as that. Th0sc rrcnscrs have
sharp eyes. and aac LODI; at your face
wuali convince thca tiat we'd lot
,ur grip or vare ia far n frucral.
Jackson. now. rilcs in IS blitho rs
Nav roTuinc-n May morning out Of
Arizona. moan. They never got the
lrs. of him. Tho ouly trouble IL h
stfts too ionr: h. ought 70 lie back here
now"
'Usfprkf lr'fI 10 s-,t % eosno hal.
sa hurry with rs. Dw,vnn and ,hose
g. t-..p fellows sprudiur tteir money
l.. v.fr M Ceraivo's.
.Y.l atiII insist they're over thorn.
j.,r. Pikcg / thiai. they're not. I
fa Old Tcsav half an hour aro
ta ..av ha.in't come through here
.t.ulv was that follow who rod, hazel;
l.r with the nofeY" n.l-ad PIKE.
u tar't know his uarpc. spu,rhv'
INV cali him 4, a. tan h. a.
a.. .se.,,,i .olistr,~f-t .,
.N.-e Sol no. TN, ,-,a ,~to -..sr,-
rfs +, fbis .rr~f.o.,- INST n, ,stb4-
f.rrl; r~ pptrb ., aud pil.e rsiar,lrs
i..l ,.r.r,nv sil,rc, s.-,in nj. svcs
fv.a ur.a. ~, saip. ei.i.sr Of IN. ia-
Erhss 81. tg~,lyo,s ,,,iIos sv.,v La,
Win. ,-tv in.ri,r1 sr.,,i-, r-1 s.iu
ruEfa.. .,.-v MT r. rine wont on down
the wiu,.tr. trsil 20 ysbo-c In the deem
shelter of tho rocky walls n pool OF
vatar lrv rleamipg. Hore b. throw
L.tr.olf gst. and Iyir- nsid, his u-e-
c..r. pine drank long s,,d rrrr-ly: then
well "a sudden riuue, he dous.d his no,
flre in tho cooling flood and c.lne an
dripping.
Thank tho Lord I have no dcsnr.
march Co make toduy-all on n wild
eu0s, chase" was lis pious ejaculn-
ton. What on earth could have in-
duccd The payinaster 90 scrd dcsach-
mont over 60 thr Gilag" lie took from
DIS pocket pencilcd note and slowly
twisted IL in his fingers. Ii was too
tnFl to read, but In its soldicrly brevity
no almost know Il Icy heart.
The major sent Donovan with half
th'escort bacl; TO the ella on m Apache
scare this inorr'ins. They viii prob