The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-27

from the unseen redskins, who kept
carefully out of sight. 1t was nervous
work, this waiting. From their loca-
ton the whites could see but short
distance up or down the road, and when
the reds chose they might come almost
upon them without discovering them
selves.
"Pshawm said Kimball, as ii neared
attack; II don't believe they'll bother
us at all. l haven't heard of any of
them being out lately anyway"
lie me tell We, angrily retorted Dan,
from his post behind the stage that
there siguallin means somethin'. Any
ways, don't git gay none, an so stick
in y'r carcass up too fur above them
rocks, r yen feel real sorry"
Even as he spoke the miner beside
Kimball unthinkingly stood up to get q
better view Of some object he thought
he saw moving, and then lodged quick
ly behind his rock just in time to avoid
a bullet aimed at him by that same
object"
Then Dan and one of the miners each
got shot at the crawling Apache, and
for short time thereafter snap shots
We're frequent.
After awhile Dan remembered some
thing and had an idea at the same time.
Look yere, fellers," he called, with
out looking around, 1--WE all CANT stay
we're frever. None at all. Now,
s'posin' Kimball an the woman takes
the bosses an makes aout tn back
oit
profile strike tn trail an git help auot
t we-all Eff they don't they en- stay
back aout osight awhile, an then git
away"
go back and leave you here?" spoke
Kimball, warmly "Not if know it,
ooh, ya-as," drawled Dan, and the
others echoed him.
THE females got t have someun' t.
ta' care O. her h'ain't she? An you're
the only married man in tn crowd. b.
sides, We-all en- come tn same way, eff
we chooses"
But" Kimball protested, at the
same time thinking how precious life
was. after all, and feeling ashamedly
conscious of hope that his protest
would not count.
Don't stop t argify," one of the
miners pleaded. Hurry up; We en-
hold up our end FIR awhile"
AS Kimball and the woman mounted
and prepared to start Dan ran back to
them. "Ef they's any other end o.
this he muttered hastily, it'll be
miles south O. this road. So, eff We git
aout, head north by west ontell we
strikes it, an then fyi Good-by
Good by, Willie; eff I don't see We agin,
brace up an be good gyurl"
ne lei' theiii' anu III moment Mill
pan morse was ieauins the way pc
tween Walls OF fock SO close losether
tpat passage was Win diiilcult9 accom-
pushed. ana az times turn would ne
reached SO apruptt1hat IL seemed a
Wphuef tnat tie HORSES couiu make IT,
lhght thefe was none In some places,
When hlnnpaii looked up, ne could catch
meeting sliilipse oi q sedfry shy, theh
the oVerhailslhs vans Would again
close together' ana me darkness wound
ne compete. Inc echo ana fe-echo OF
the horses lootfalls mace conversation
Impossible most ot4the tlme' even mad
the IugltiVes desired 70 taiK' put now
ana then the passage would widen and
helghten INTO lafge champef, with
sandy moor on winch the hoofs OF the
animals made almost no sound, and IN
these places klmball could hear the Wo-
man sopplhg weakly ana pieadlng with
her horse to make haste, evidently pos
sessed by the rear that the man would
get ahead too far and leave her alone in
the Ozark lie only spoke TO hef once,
however, ana that was when he called
back:
stop your snive1ing. will your"
They had ridden for hours, 1t seemed,
when ximbalPs horse halted suddenly,
as though he mad met an obstruction,
klmoall dlsmounted, and, with the aid
OF match found this to be, indeed, the
case. Inc passage was barred or,
rather that was the end of it. They
had reached another chamber, which
seemed to nave no outlet save that by
which they had entered. Through the
roof, to be sure, 1t was open, for they
could see a large patch of sky, but that
was all. There was nothing to be done
but to wait for daylight, which might
penetrate to their dungeon; so kfmball,
briefly telling the shivering Willie to
dismount by the entrance to Keep
guard, fearing that possibly the Apach-
es might have killed the OUTFIT at the
stage and follow up the trail the horses
mad mace.
UP to TINS time the girl had not ad-