The sun., 1896-09-06

| outside OF the pocket He qrnned at me In
q manner that would have called for Immediate
| punishment II It had boen offered under ordi-
nary circumstances, and went Off townrd
| whore the men were collected, entirely iRnor.
| ing our council. of which he was member. re-
ported back to the council what had taken
| place, and In very short time we saw tho
| orderly going over toward the boulder with
| man. and Ave minutes laior he came with him
| toward ns. He called mo to him instead OF
| Joining the council, and told mo to ask his
mnu whatever questions ! desired. I did So
| and the man responded promptly, saying that
| he was quito willing to thke the risk aid go tn
] tine camp for help. He had remarkably little
| to say, and showed very little feeling. ]
Thought for n man who was undertaking so
| hazardous a voyage, but tho orderly appeared
| TO be perfectly satisfied with him, and WAS
| leaving IL to the orderly. Ho requested mo
| 20 so 4 my instructions In writing, which i
thought was peculiar, and said so. but the
| orderly told mo IL would be all right when
knew IA mucn as no did. All being in readi-
| ness the messenger. accompanied by the
| derly to the furthest point OF safety, dashed
| do, tho canon. As he dodged in and out
| among the rocks ordered the men to keep all
| eyes open for the Indians in waiting and we
managed to plug half dozen or moro OF th sm.
and our messenger disappeared from our sight
| still in good shape and we were hoping that
| he mivht have escaped. But our hope was to
| he crushed again, for In an hour or no we saw
| his dead body showed up on top OF huge l. oul
der and dumped down upon those of his COM
radcs who had preceded him. The orderly re-
ported the mans death, and in half an hour
| lie had started to the front with another one.
bearing written Instructions. Hoy II was pos
| rus Into the very jaws OF death none OF us
could understand. nor could any. amount of
taunn otr tnt,t Nhnt yNnt n fnpfh I'm
periious Journey. They seemed to have
dazed doggedness quite impcrviuus TO all argp-
BILE, we reasoned. that out OF many sent forth
one II IL: II get through, and Il we could induce
| the result was no more disastrous tnun IL they
| rushed at once on the hidden enemy and were
slain in a body BY the time thu orderly 1, rE hal
| was exercising some mysterious power or other
upon upon them for :, was not possible that , men emo Of
men did. but we were powerless to prevent
Their going; indeed. II seemed to me that
| c7So-ly. Five failures and five dead pcssen-
gers was tho record of the orderly by the time
the sun lad set, and then he came 10 ms for
| could not be followed By day becncse Of the bull
lets Of the Indians, and was more dangerous at
chasms and along the precipitous lace OF the
Gilt in places being only , fsw inches wide ana
be attempted as soon as night had fallen
by CorpGrel veftner 1t , WIS cEly {, chance nee
he Cthe orderly knew the path perfect
", and he had given him such minute direc-
il. saw the corporal. as had seen each Of
the others, and had n short talk with him, butt
risk, and that was all there was 10 1t. Then he
tGa e 70 and o IN by I'm m
the darkness. | waited for the orderly to re-
was determined that he should give me some
| explanation OF his strange conduct. but he did
not do so. ] waited an hour. and then. MS he
the sentries, and they told me that he had gone
out with Nertner. but had not come back and
ut least. | returned TO my post on this infor-
nation. leaving word with them to send him
a half later had fallen into igh, sleep
under the shadow Of the boulder ] had pre-;
anS snds and Pd'tS Hat
was suddenly awakened by q heavy body falling
ol My 6es 6ousR pqg II us ws a. TO g In
top OF me as anything else. but before could
lated With an effort: Saved, Cap'n; by O..
unfinished the voice became, still was uu
and IN fun possossion Of All my senses In
gcther we examined the orderly Ills face
was th!n and white. as II he were utterly ex-
WAS due to some great strain rashsr
than To any OF the ordinary causes of collapse.
So | advised that he ht carefully stretched OUT
and some whiskey be given 70 him If there
were any left which there was, and that he
might lie severul hours before he regniEed con-
10 O'Clock. and could do nothing except to re-
port What the orderly had said when hr report
ed. What h. meant hy 1t none OF us could say.
but as We had heard no firing, and iirins was
that lAth. we began hoping in y small way thar
the corpora! might have puli ed through. though
how the orderly knew II was Il mystery. 1t
thp dawn | In If there
y. ibl save the feathers O: a few redskins
watching fur u chance To pick Oft some Of my
men. and | returned to tie orderly. He was
stlll unconscious, but began TO make some
the nurses TO watch him closely, and give him
all the time he wanted TO open his eyes IN At
thiLg ,out being saved, and again relapsed.
or course ~e knew nothing Of the messenger
until! we had learned something from the or
derby. Nothing was left us. therefore, except
aoon in the shape OF iirinE down :he canon, and
presently wild movement among tho In
d.hLs Immediately In front OF us, which Son
ably augmented by nHm.'r of volleys We
| fired into thc enemy ;"hen tho disturbances
| elsewhere In the canon frightened him out OF
| his hidinR places ard into view OF our men.
| We knew that aid had come to us from some
source. and late In the afternoon, when our
| own ftiends .om camp came dashing into our
| pocket guided By Corpora Nertncr. We knew
and had saved, us. Tic, corporal seemed 70
| have his wits about him all light but he could
| offer no explanation that was satisfactory. and
| IL was not until two days after We gDt the
ordc. ly to camp and in tho hands OF the sur
| geon thar no cnme out OF the kinks sufficiently
| to make the matter clear.
1T was "A case OF mesnerism. as the orderly
called IT," included the officer, Inter shrd
to . great extent by the exciting circumstances
surrounding us all which strained every nerve
10 the highest tension. In the case of The inst
men sent out, the orderly had simply put them
undsr the influence and sent them uut 10 20
whittier they might bearing my written request
for help. II Was certain they had not known
what they were doing, and the chances were
| that death came u them painleasly. however
much they were tortured. II they were
turtured. as ! doUt. In the case of tho
corporal. the Orde ~ had undertnkrn IL
far more difficult task. lie knew every inch
OF tho perilous path along the canon wall,
| and when he sent his 81 1iccJ out that way.
| practically a. a man walking in his sleep. he
| had followed him as far ms lie dared go and had
! then put all the power Of concentration he DOS
ser. oil upon tho messenger and willed that he
should put his feet step hy step, where the
| orderly would have put them had he been
| max Inn the LrIn by daY. and me. with all Lila