Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-02-14

In Arizona can illuminate. The ofd-
GERS soldiers and their families were |
i peacefully sleeping. Not sound was |
Z heard except the occasional cry of a !
: coyote. =, |
]. Three O'Clock struck and the ssentine d
on post No. 1 started the CALI,
SNo.1, Three o'clJcls, and a'll's wellp'
slight pause and No. 2respoude4:
mo. 2, three O'Clock, and all,s weli.1
Then game a. long pause.
The sergeant of the guard steppdd
out of the guardfooln and listened.
''The sentinel on No 5 must Ne
: asleep," he remarked. bad businets
!. for a scutinel guarding the corral"
Turning to No.s1;he commanded:
Start the gall again"
Mol obeyed. No. took it up. Bit
there again it sended. The sergeaht
turned out a patrol and marched to tie
corral.
AS he approached the sentinels pol
IS MOI 8 stretched out, on the grounH d.
The position did not look like that pf
q sleeping man. = -
s"Doubfe timer commanded the sdr-
geant' .,.,.N. :. .s.i,sls,
And the patrol came down the pc ST
at a run, As the men came closer TO
the figure sight met their eyes thht
froze- the blood in their veins. Lying
face down on the sand, his hand still
grasping his rifle, was their comrade,
stiff ahd cold in death, an Apache
arrow bnried deep in his body.
Three sharp cracks of the rifle, fe
rattle of the. long roll of the drum
soon brought the startled garrison.
+, Scouts, were instantly sent out ahd
4. i,the plain thoroughly secured, but no
Indian signs could be found.
+. The next day, with muilled drurts,
the members of the garrison followed
the body of their comrade to its ltst
resting place. With uncovered hcaFs,
sorrowfuliy and reverently, they lis
Z tened while the post chaplain read Che
burial service. The military escbrl
fred three rounds over the grave, itnd
the bugIer played the sweetest OF fll
calls "Taps-!lights out-sleep." 'Nht
urally q gloom .yas thrown over tht
- WnOle posi-. - ,
The soldiers gathered in small
~ groups. and discussed the pcrplefet
.,uuestion: .''IIow could it have bfel
iisdone9, The moon had been shining
s..hrightly, and there was no cover pc
l,.hind which an Indian could hide.
Z. The searching parties came In afte
. fruitless hunts. Night came Iher
s would be. no lack of vigilance on pa
part of the sentinel on post Nd
The moon was even brighter than o.
the preceding night, and the oo1qct
on tho plain could be seen almost a
distinctly as in the daytime.
/. Kach half hour the call OF NO va
promptly answered. by the other ser
{ tihels. l.,
Few expected repetition OF tal
preceding nights attack 7Graquaill
the garrison became silentan one .
onA the lights went out y NORM
came and nothing had happened
= disturb thepeace OF the iorN
Several days,passed and the pos' fe
tied down Into its old ways, ana Eu
mrnory Of tho dreadful event was o.
ginning to fade. olIir
j The officer, of the day was me1ll =
+ 80 nssnaction of sentinels after lti
.nia,t.,and was approaching pos. Np'
when the moon, when h'u
den behind cloud suuuen 10y ofltl
forth, revealing at the very lee' % :, y
officer the body of the senllnei
fore, completely pierced by an in1 =
arrow -: 80. H.,
alTm nv alarm r was quickly given out
e. Of tbe most careful search
splse - the assassin could be foqp
-, settled over the posi-
nI asaoaed an enemy they KIN
r:cauld fight OPENLY 'ous' cen ceni
ghostly attacks no one '
himself ), .,,sspaxtf
~ the affair was earnestly uiso
" was evidently wrong 10
sont;,ie, TO walk post IN
nosed and dangerous pi'
WIN thescorraf where y
could see how it couia
while discussing u
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