The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-28

id the Sergeant, as he cut
of e aage-brush with the
I the lafiat hanging at his
II didn't hear it, but it
uess. Billy Murphy was
down at Post No. 2, and
are walk the length of his
, there Tonight and fetch
the boy.
4"
ier rarely spoke in so posi-
lner to his younger com
hey had grown to be quite
DIS. SO Sergeant Gore
le trim figure by his sides
d--as q cavalryman would
sture in the saddle. And
.ed down the long road to
IN the shingly ledges of
panther they had been
was said to prowl at night
the-echoes in that fearsome
o olI-born, well-trained
W who had enlisted in the
ie regular army at a time
,iless and discouraged, as
mother son of q good family.
peculiarly attractive to
Tad admired Gore Lecause
erer than the others. Gore
r shot and n better horse
10 was the best wrestler in
And there is nothing that
to the soul of the boy as
that close struggle OF
.at embrace of gladiators,
b comes. the triumph of the
inds, the victory of the un-
les and skill.
8 father, the captain. had
aged an association which
n pleasure and seemed to
I'd more manly.
Z we kill the panther, Ser
ght, and we might not.
lsn in the troop who went out
4 nthcr came back in a sling
L iwo pack mules; and he
off sick report for three
Vow, see here, Tad. Get
Q ont OF your brainl How
ok for me to risk the cap
/, out there on the bluff at
wv would / go to the cap
and expl2in it if"
Ut need any explanation if
'the panther"
would 1 square matters
.ptain when the captains $
as lying in bed--and sur
r lover him?"
nice thing to kill n pan
|, d then---"
It, are you afraid Of her?"
afraid of anything alive, "
r,geant, calmly.
are not afraid, why don't
II do all the things we dare
St lor instan ce?"
u dare tell Higgins, when we
y, that1 won't mount guard
by DONE your"
ss it is my duty to mount
never he details me. He's
sergeant.
syou throw him one time, y
lhirrelevantly; and then he
laugh ut the recollection.
al was q very strong man
h y in spring. before mount.
y 5 begun, the soldiers got
/ ment on the parade-ground,
'rdevly sergeant challenged
wrestle. Tad remembered
h ,ptance, and how the big
So ID strutted to the encoun,
heie two had gripped to the
Pt how presently Gore had
be hugeweight on his hip, ant
he other heels over head il
,weep, md had landed hilr
inally.
; was months ago. Tao
mat the distant bluff while
Z We're blowing a retreat
bod in "the attitude of {
. ben the flag came down tc
h ng Of the evening gun
o he made his bed on thu
c upper porch, and lay there
er at the stars till long aftel
las and again he caught him
81 across the border-land o
nd il eeemed to him. til,
ldnight must have passet
ound for which he waited
~ ears. And then the sud
ap !, II, the savage strength o
hers cry, startled tn,
little fellow till his hear
Eot The bnlf-human quality o
Il ided TO the terror of it.
aIs breath came back, an,
daring. And the next tim,
raised he knew the shingl,
Hihe biufl' were then q prom
Pu1he panther.
Wight 6ergeant Gore was o,
|'e the next after he was free
~ aud again ho wondere,
was n hiding; for he ha,
10 boy Since dinner-call.
ad Warner were up til
~ m eight-mule team, an,
F IN AZ Aundown with a lon,
h khe'i .they had unharnesse,
to Lang iound Sergeant Cor
|n' ~ h'a bunk, trying to rea,
we. here's n note from til
a k1d, said the teamste
|, efed ul the penciled l;naa.