Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-21

The La!let struck the failing rock.
oegan caperlng about the room, licking
the hands and faces of every one. The
sisters embraced and fondled her, weep
ing tears of joy upon her neck, and the
young lady uttered musical and endear-
ing expressions in Spanish, for which
English has no equivalent. All seemed
for the moment to forget that even II
help was OH the way it could not have
come on the fleet feet of this gentle pet.
1t was some minutes before the lieu
tenant secured the setter and quieted her
so that her collar could be examined for
the expected reply from the valleys.
When secured, Raymer climbed half
way up the chimney to read it by the
roof fire. It was written in the follow
ing words:
CAMP AT Los WALES GRANDEs,
Oct. -, 1854. !
LIEUTENANT-Message received. Corporal
Cofrey and eight Of the best runners In the
JAMES MULLIGAN,
Sergeant Company F, -th Infantry.
Come here, little doggie," said Ser.
geant Cunningham. "If we get out OF
this hobble, the company shall buy
silver collar for you
"And l." said voice in the corner,
will add medal Of honor to be at
tached to it,
"Iwonder who that mysterious maid
en- in the corner can be-" thought Ray
mer "Priest and sisters do not intend
I shall know her evidently. If her face
is as fair as her voice is sweet, she must
be beautiful She speaks English with
out a flaw, and something in her voice
seems familiar. l cannot imagine how
such person as she seems to be can be
on the way from Jemez to Pena Blanca. "
"If the detail marches at the regula-
tion gait of three miles an hour" OBJ.
served the lieutenant aloud, lit should
be here at quarter past l, and 1t is
now quarter Of IL. :"
1.-The men will do much better than
that, sir" said the sergeant, "if they
keep OH the road The trouble will be
in sticking to the trail They have never
been this way"
"As the intersection of this trail and
the other is not far from here" said
Raymer, 1--WE will take shot at that
log once a minute from now on, and
the sound may attract our friends" &"
Firing was begun at once, the rifles
being aimed at the under side of the log.
where it touched the earth. All felt
confident that this would send some
gravel into the eyes of the rollers, if it
did no other damage.
The second stone dropped by the de-
tenders was undermined and sunk, and
the log had paused at the third, less
than a hundred yards away. AS it came
on Sergeant Cunningham, who had gone
up the chimney to replenish the fire,
said he could see the proatrate bodies OF
two warriors revealed beyond-good
evidence that both his and the PADRES
shots had proved fatal. If the next two
stones should be removed rs rapidly as
the others, all feared the Indians would
reach the cabin before the rescuing par
ty arrived.
The time, marked by the periodical
shots at the log, dragged wearily on
when measured by their anxiety for tho
appearance of tho rescuing detail, but
flew when they watched the unrelaxing
pcrsistency with which the enemymoved
toward the cabin. The hopes raised by
Vic's return were already weighted with
the certainty Of their fate should the
soldiers arrive too late
Knowing nothing of the use to which
Raymer had put his dog, the Navajoes
looked upon the occupants of the cabin
us sure prey and were probably i'll no
haste to reach them. 1t was i'll their
nature to prolong the visions of cruel
fate in the minds of their intended vic
Tins.
The third stone disappeared, and the
log moved with louder grating over
the gravelly soil to the last obstacle
about 80 yards away, and stopped.
II think, lieutenant" said Cunning
ham, II could hit those legs now from
the top of the chimney.
"All right, sergeant. Go up and try, I"
replied Raylner. "a redskin with
broken leg can 90 US rs 1ttle INJURY as
one with broken head"
The words were hardly spoken and
the sergeant had barely reached the fire.
place when, as if anticipating this
movement, two figures leaped over the
end of the log nearest the perpendicular
rock, ran to the corner formed by the
cabin and wall, and by the aid of the
dovetailed ends of the logs climbed
quickly to the roof, the shots of the
priest and lieutenant having no effect
Instantly every Indian broke into
warwhoop. From behind the log, from
the roof and from the forest to the east
of the ravine it came and chilled tho
blood of the whites.
As if the movement had been pre-
viously planned, the two warriors OH
the roof began at once to throw and
sweep the brands and Goals of the boil
fire down the chimney, where they
rolled over the floor, mingling with the
scattered straw and pine plumes. A
blanket was thrown over the top of the