The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-04-12

, For moment Drummond stood a,
: founded
/, MAN aliver' he at last exclaimed
, why was L not told of this? Get IN
a horse at once, Walsh, " he ordered
iii take Patterson's. You two re
main here and see that that old scoun
drel don t get loose Moreno there-an
that no harm befalls the ladies. II
ride down after Wing.
"Oh, Mr.. Drummond, you must no
think of going exclaimed Miss Har
Vey. on re far too seriously hurt
far too weak. to attempt such thing
Please lie down again Surely Mr.
Wing will do all that any man coul,
do to recover the safe. All the other
are in pursuit. They must have over
taken them by this time. Come; an
doctor now that he is away. Obey me
and lie still
Drummond's one available hand
found itself clasped by warm, slender
fingers. He would have drawn it away
and striven to carry out his design. but
a glance at his two troopers told him
that they plainly and earnestly adro-
Gated Miss Harvey's view of the case.
He was Ill no condition to make the at
tempt. And at the moment. too, even
as he strove to release his hand. another
voice was heard. almost imploring:
"Oh, don't let him go. Fan. Don t
let him try to ride!'
And turning suddenly at the sound
Mr.. Drummond found Ruth Harvey
standing close behind her sister, her
eyes sutfused. her cheeks blushing red.
1t was the first time he had seen her to
speak, to since they landed at the old
wharf at San Francisco year gone by,
and for the moment he forgot the safe
the funds, the crippled arm, the band
aged head and every other item that
should have occupied his thoughts.
why, Ruthie, is this you? How
you have growny'
And then the imprisoned hand was
released only to be transferred to the
clasp and keeping of another. In her
fear that her knight. her soldier, would
leave them. and wounded though he
was insist ON attempting to follow his
men in their pursuit, the shyness of
maldenhood was forgotten. Ruth had
seized and clasped the long, brown fin
gers, and Drummond forgot for the mo-
ment all thought of quitting her pres
ence for the field.
And then having-as she s,lpposed-
won her point, and having caught the
new light i'll his admiring eyes, it be-
came necessary to struggle for the re-
lease of the hand she had so unhesitat-
lngly used to detain him. This might
nave proved difficult matter, Judging |
from the expression in Drummond's |
face, but for a sudden hail from Patter
son:
Can the lieutenant come up here
moment! There's something going on
down there | can t understand. ~
Old Moreno, whose bonds could moi
restrain his shifting. glittering ewes,
glanced quickly upward. Then, as he
'eught menacing look in the sunburn-
ii face OF the Irish trooper Walsh. he
became as suddenly oblivious to all
-;rthly matters beyond the pale of his
-Nn physlcal woes. And now it was
,nths hand that would retain its
h&7p and Drummond' that was again
fuggllng for release. In moment
ne lieutenant stood under Patterson's
Dsrch.
What did you see! What was if
Ike: How far away?'
Six or seven miles. sir. The valley /
y broad and open, and three of our fell i
ows were riding slowly back ON the {
vest side, while Wing was galloping {
S though to meet them, and when they t
'efen more than a mile apart Wings V
orse went down-looks no bigger than c
black speck-and the other three &
heered off away from the rocks ON
MS side and seemed to be scattering
part.
The words We're low spoken so as to
each only his ear. Now it was no
asy scramble for man in Drummond,s
to make, but it took him only
little time to Chamber to Patterson's
de.
There's something back OF all this,
nd you know it, Patterson. What
pache sign have you seen?''
smoke, Sir, on both sides. But we
greed, the sergeant and l, that the .
)ung ladies' mustn't be alarmed nor
'u aroused. Then he rode away to
lrry in any of our fellows who were
sight and warn them to keep out
ON the rocks. What I'm afraid of is
lat they We been ambushed, or at least
at the Indians have ambushed him.
Is horse is down, and those others Won O.
o are away out ON the plain now. O.
hey're working around toward the n
'rse as though he We're lying behind W
and they appear to be firing mount n
+" :,
What was Drummond to do? To c
ave his charges here, unprotected, was Y
t OF the question. Fail to go or al
nd to Wings relief he could not. N
,clde he must and decide quickly. d.
Patterson, that party of Apaches il
mt be over dozen strong. or they 81
'uld have rushed out of their cover ="
this time, yet they are too strong and I'll
securely posted to be driven by 81
at little squad, especially if Wing is I'll
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