Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-09-24

they had hacked to death the poor girls
they had SO hideously and barbarously
misused.
"When my comrades, who, alarmed at
our absence, had left the barracks in
search of us, arrived, they found me in a
raving delirium. hovered 'twixt life and
death for many weeks, but recovered, reg
isteripg VOW to heaven that would have
fearful revenge upon the wretch Zadah
Timour. For ten long years have wait
ed, and now the time has comep'
"The incarnate devil then lives, and you
this night purpose to oonsumnate your
vengeance upon himl' exclaimed excit-
why poor Doubleday had asked me to join
him. He had feared that alone perhaps
his prey might escape him.
"Within the hour I shall ayenge the
wrongs of my sister and my BRIDE"
There was sharp, Kissing sound in the
voice Of the sergeant, whose eyes now
cleaned like tongues of flame.
where is he to be found, Doubleday"
here began to see If the charge of my
rifle was all right, and, with a meaning
smile upon my companion, fixed on my
bayonet
''Zadah Timour and his friend and half
brother, Aokbar Khan, the destroyer of my
sister Adele, are now, with some half doz-
en- Afghans, camped in the hut by the
Well of the Serpents.'
~ know the place. A better spot we
could not have But you are sure of thisf"
GAS that the sun they will never see
will rise tomorrow"
"You heard Of their close vicinity
whenP''
"Two days back have had native
spy can rely upon watching every move
ment of the demon brothers the past week,
and when we bivouacked at the foot Of the
hills my spy paid visit to my tent and
told me the time had come"
"All right, sergeant. You look after the
two brothers and leave the others to me-"
"That would be too long odds, Ned.
have six lives here" Doubleday hero
produced revolver, the barrel of which
glistened ominously in the moonlight.
"Oh, with that six shooter our job will
be an easy one, as we shall have the ad-
vantage of taking the black scum by sur
prise"
GAS was taken that terrible night ten
years ago. But come; half an hours walk
will bring us to the end of our journey.
And now mind, whatever you do, if by
any mischance Zadah Timour should fall
into your hands, slay him not. His life
belongs to me. I"
Crest easy, sergeant. l will secure him
and leave you to give him his coup do
| grace"
Without further converse we now pur-
| sued the path to our destination, an open
nf 1o
| distant from our bivouac three miles or a
| little more.
TWAS with a quiokening pulse and beat
ing heart that at length, in the bright
moonlight, caught sight of the old hut
near the Well of the Serpents,' place
known to the soldiery at Poonah as a spot
| where some SO whites had been set upon
by a fierce set Of Afghan clans some years
before and slaughtered to man.
Gas felt assured, Evans, they have a
sentry. Do you see him there leaning
against the door Of the hut?"
"Yes, and too motionless and silent to
be on the watch. He is reclining upon a
mound or something Sergeant, that fell
low has fallen asleep at his post-a sleep
that to him shall be eternal"
| Drawing his sword from its SHEATH be-
fore could utter protest against such q
proceeding Doubleday had glided swiftly
away, and just before I gained his side
h,oast of Tho dooyna1 sentry who With q
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