The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-08

CT TWO troopers, started IN Person to
ride by the shortes, trail to seslg,vicis
Ii was NOW the 9th of June. IT would
take him nearly n week 10 reach and
cross the Santa Clara. 1t might take
him eight days TO Sedgwlck, and every
hour seemed day. Meantime nr.
Wells set about having li,ters made fcr
ite two wounded troopers, and by the
tenth OF the month had them safely il
hospital at the cantonmeu,. He found
Tremaiae looking anNinus, even Rn-
gered, Mrs. Tremnine troubled on marc
than one account, apparently, and Flcr-
enee pale and ianguid
did Mr.. Merriam send no letter."
asked Mrs, Tremsiue. after he Ind told
something of their experiences.
There was no time TO write. lie
begged me 10 give yen his love and gra;-
itnde, TO give il TO nll. and TO say he
would write in fun the moment he got
TO Sedgviek. Oh. yrs, he is better
much better, but the nervous strain
may bring ON n return OF the fever"
said the doctor. Something OF solemn
consequence Wells knew not vhet,
had carried Merriam back TO the trall-
way. He might have to 70 cas-, at csece.
But Randy never reached tho railway.
Hayne received and read in started
amaze the contents Of The packet
brought by the courier, and sent n,
once from the junction two te,ersarh'.
messagcs--one TO MIR. Ned Parry. az thc
firm of Graemc. Rayburn 6 Parry. cf
Chicago; the other to Mr.. Abraham
Mellen, New York city; received frcsn
the Inter neither acknowledgment nos
reply, and from the FORMER he hricf
words; "The marriage took place IS
hours ago"
Without any delay, taking only
single orderly, Capt, Haype rode away
northwestward. past the sau,a Clara,
past the o,d Mission, and so monnsnin-
ward until the blue barrier OF the Mcs.
calero turned TO gray and green, aud.
almost within its shadows. just as the
second setting sun dropped bchiad Ills
mHssive crest, he met the trio from the
Catamount-AIerriam. haggard. bu,
determined rider, far In the lead. There
WAS no time for salrtation.
what answer?" demanded the lieu
tenant, abruptly and with wide. burn
ing, bloodshot eyes
TOO late" said Haync, too late by
As hours"
You don't mean" gasped Merriam,
shat they are married "ulready?"
That's what Parry wires" was the
brief response. Here's the Dispatch"
For IA moment Merriam sal III saddle.
n dazed, stppefied lock in his hloo,iless
face. Then his eyes closed rnd he
seemed about to swoon. lIayne, sprang
from his painting horse just rs Mer-
RAMS wearied czcorts came numbering
TO the spot. Together they lifted hinLl
from his seat and bore him to n lntFe
patch of grass. bathed his temples fi-S>:l,
their canteens and gave Kim d yoStsr
of cognac. They made what ffepticr
troops call dry camp" thnt night.
Just there where the two parties met.
There was fuel, litt'c<cfas bur II,
water beyond what they had in their
canteens, and with the contents of one
of these 1Inync breiyed Il rot Of ten
while ore OF the mes cooked their frr-
gal supper. They needed no ether caae-
py than that of the heavens in that rnrc.
dry atmosphere, and with the stars for
night lights and the warning rYcon to
peep in upon their slumbers later aa,l
start the gaunt coyotes at their qucru-
lous, unregarded serenadc, the troopers
slept, or seemed TO sleep, unit, dawn.
Twice Hayne awokc to find Merriam
staring with burning eyes nj The radiar;
vault aloft, but he wanted nothing,
needed nothing. He could not sleep fo'
thinking, he explained, and when the
morning came the fever was with linn
again, and Corporal Tracy gal,orstl
nor'hward along ihe foothills, Il long
days ride, to fetch once more the doe
tor from the can,onment and with
Wells came the ambulance. The can
tonment lay 80 miles away to the rorih.
SedgwiclS hundred to the southeast.
IL was the nearest rort in The storm.
This time Tiemane would have had
fitted up fer him room IN the big. airy
hospital. but his bciter-ha.fiiterycrod.
TO BE cos1lNpNp