The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

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advanced disappeared through the main
gateway in aeloud of dust. Two companies
were told off, to man. the loopholes of the
| stockade. Two others under the command
of senior captain faced by the right flank,
and In double quick time danced away in
| the wake of the cavalry. Eagerly the
| watchers climbed the wooden walls or to
| the tower of the. half finished guardhouse,
| and as the red light strengthened in the
| east and the mountain sides became re
| vealed, studied with their glasses or with
| straining eyes. the southwark vista through
| the hills. They saw the troop form line to
| the front at the gallop as 1t swept out
over the open ground 400 yards away, saw
| It's fiankers seurry to the nearest shoulder
of bluff saw their excited signals and ges-
! ticulations, and presently q sheaf of skir-
mishers shot forward from the advancing
line and breasted the low ridge 800 yards out
from the fort, and then there came, floating
back the sound of ringing, tumultuous cheer
as the skirmishers reached the crest and
darted headlong@aE Some unseen object be-
yond,, and afteE them Went the Re reserve e T;
became fierce and inetssant, and messengers
came gallopng baek2to the commander of
the steadily advancing infantry, and they,
too, were seen To threw forward heavy Skin
msh lines and then resume the march. And
then, down over the ridge came a little
knot of horsemen, made up of three men
riding close together, the outer ones sup
porting between them the comrade in the
center Before they Ysre within 400 yards the
young dOJuCanC,, gazing through HIS SldSSeS
at the colonel's side, exclaimed: It's Dean
dead or woundede' and one of the sur
geons rushed forward to meet the party.
He's weak. sirI ALMOST gone from loss of
blood" exclaimed Trooper Conroy, himself
bleeding from a cash along the cheek. A
faint smile drifted over the young fellow S
pallid face, as the adjutant, too, galloped
up. feeble authenticated the bullying
saddle pocket. A faint voice faltered:
! There's $4,000 in that packet. We had
fight our way through" and then the brave
blue eyes closed, and strong arms lifted the
almost lifeless form from the saddle as Mar
shall swooned away.
CHAPTER Xxx.
A day had dawned on the Big Horn never
to be forgotten by those who watched the
conflict from the stockade. never to be re-
called by those who. went forth to fight.
Broad daylight had come and the sun was
peeping over the far horizon as strong, arms
bore the unconscious officer within the post,
and the commander eagerly questioned the
men who came with him. Their story was
quickly told They had fed before over
powering numbers of the Sioux the night be-
FORE had made their way through the timber
in the darkness and come ahead all night,
cropping their way from ridge to ridge, until
at the peep of day they found themselves in
sight of familiar landmarks, and could see
the CLEAN of the waters of the Forks dan
cling away under the dawn. And then, as
they essayed to ride On they found the In
dams all around them. Whichever way they
turned the foe appeared, but only in scat
tered parties and small numbers. Not once
did more than dozen appear in sight, and
then, confident of speedy succor from the fort
they had decided to make a dash for it,
and so rode boldly out into the open. But
now a score of warriors popped up and barred
the way, while others far out at flank or
rear kept up long range fire. One man was
shot through the body and tainted, and had
to be borne along. Then the lieutenant was
shot in the leg, but no one knew it until
Nilcr Htr;t
blood, and he was growing CHASTITY white,
even though he kept encouraging and direct
ing. But when at lastethe cavalry met them
and brushed the Indians away from the front,
Capt. Drum who rode at their head, ordered
Mr.. Dean taken fright into the post while he
dashed on to punish The Sioux, "and he is
giving them he'll, too said the excited
trooper. for there couldn't have been more
than 100 Indians all told"
not in sight 81 horse, foot or, fort;
for If there were only one hundred, how
and that presently 'cevery musket in the
infantry skirmish line. too, was blazing on
the foe BY this TING cavalry and infantry
ridge, and the colonefa face grew grave and
haggard as he listened Three-ffths of his
little garrison were out there battling against
unknown numbers They had gone to rescue
the detachment andii bring it in safely.
That rescue was, accomplished. The precious
package for which so much had been risked
was here-but what detained the command?
Why did they not return? Beyond doubt
far more Indians were out there now than
when first the firing began. "Gallop on, Mr..
Adjutant, and tell the major to withdraw
his line and fall back on the stockade,'' was
the order-and with lump in his throat the
young officer mounted again and started
He was pet in the garrison only in his
second year of commission. They saw him
gallop through the gate saw him ride gall
lantly straight for the curtaining ridge be-
now, saw him breastng the slope, his orderly
following. saw him slmost reach il and then