The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-06


mad failed to return The party is attacked |
Inv Apaches but they repulse and drive them
off Atdawn they proceed to Don Ramon's |
camp. To find IL plundered and deserted But |
before long Don Ramon and Manual appear !
and the whole party proceeds on its journey |
eastward and comes up with party Of United |
states officers
-- W.;
Scarcely had we taken our second step
when we were brought to sudden halt
bv the sound Of pistol shots ringing out
bevond the bank in the direction of our
encampment With the firing were min
gled the sounds of the swift tramphng
of horses, shouts of men and wild
screams Of terror from woman s throat.
The steep, crumbling banks of the ar
rovo offered us no chance of ascent at
that point With revolvers drawn. we
ran down the channel to the stage cross
ing and up the bank to the prairie level
We arrived at the top of the bank just
in time to see four horsemen dashing
down the valley at breakneck speed All
were Mexicans and well mounted The
foremost enc, riding magnificent black
horse of great size, was Gaspar san
grade Held before him. struggling
wildly 10 free herself from his grasp
and crying for help, was Carmen
Don Ramon. near the carriage, was
firing after them with his revolver
while Manuel came running to HIM.
bringing his repeating rifle The old don
seized the rife and sent several bullets
after the fleeing bandits, but they al
ready were q long rifle shot away ana
with his child among them 1t Is llttie
wonder that his shots went Wild
The bandits suddcn attack had been
as complete a surprise TO the party at
tho canp as il was 10 Felix and me
With Manuel, Don Ramon had gone TO
q little distance away from the carriage
to straighten ont difference between
two mules whose picket ropes had ne
come eutangled Sangrado ana ms lo'
lowers had emerged from the arroyo
beyond the bend. and the first no'lce
Don Ramon had Of their presence was
their shouts and pistol hrihG Us ,hey
dashed down past the carriage lneiI
bullets. evidently aimed to Kill, nae
whistled unpleasantly near the don aho
his servant; but, the distance beng con
siderable. regarded at pistol range ah,
the shots being fred from the backs o
horses gong at a tearing gallop no on'
was hit
AS Carmen stood. arranging the HOW
ers she had picked, between the carriage
and the arroyo. the sound OF rushing
hoofs and shouts and shooting h"'
caused her to turn in startled disnlay
The next moment Sangrado, leading III
men. had checked his horse Tor an III
slant by her side. had caught her ul
from the ground, swung her upon th
horses shoulders before HIM ana Wa
off like the wind down the valley WIZ
his followers putting their horses at ,ol
speed i'm the endeavor to keep up VIII
him
These details learned later VIVA
Felix and I could perceive at the 'iine
which was all we needed to Know W"
that the bandits were off and away am
that they had Carmen. what we ui'
was To rush for our horses, catchlng "
our rifles. saddles and brides as w
passed the place where they had pee'
laid down 1t was the WORK Oh pu'
minute to saddle and bride our 'lain !.
and docile animals and to cast OH VI
picket ropes. Then, springing 10 ."
saddle, we set spurs hard ag"ins :., y"
horses TANKS and were on WIN =,
bound, together The race was one WIZ
life or death and Carmen as the s'ah'
for xubich yve rode
Five hundred yards below the cam
the bandits turned down into the arroy
at n point where an Indian trail crosse
it. Felix and turned at the s'aeo ""'
and dashed down into the channei'
sheet of water two feet deep now GOV
cred the river bed and as our noi -. ~
splashed through it / looked up ~
stream to see. below the bend, wal
water six feet high and extending iiol
hank IN hank come rolling down upo
ms Swift as a mill race it came WIN
swelling flood behind it pushing IL vi.
Felix did not seem to see tine CONN, =
torrent He was looking ahead as !
rode. his body bending forward apo,
the saddle horn, his horse ieaPihs LII ~
Inward under the sharp goadihe =, -
npur shouted to my horse anu pm :,
fhe SPUR as he struggled through =,
hitting sands and water belly ae.p :,
he foot of the opposite bank WIN y
vall of water coming down upon Us ~ ~
I've yards away. Felix's horse, ~ IN ,,e -
had, leaped from the stream al,a W.,
q the bank like cat Mine io' 40 :,
Z 40 closely were we pursued by u
bod that it rolled past behind me ~ =
e gained the opposite bank ,so = :,
diving surge Of the water UP INC !"