The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-03-30
COPYRIGHT 1899 eY ThE AUTAOe

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The exciting incidents drove away
for n long time all thoughts of sleep
from tho parties who had had such a
stirring experience. Two OF the ranch
men went outside and kept vigilant
watch until morning, though there
was not one chance In u thousand that
any Of the Apaches would return to the
spot where they had been so roughly i'll
used, and in fact nothing more was
seen or heard of them.
When tho night was we'll advanced
those who were not doing guard duty
Withdrew to their couches aud did no
awaken until tho SUI was shining. Be
fore the morning meal was finished u
squad of United States cavalry refined
up in front of tho house, and tho lieu
tenant in charge told M interesting
story.
Word had been sent to the authori-
tics by Wo-way.ma of the expected out.
break, so that tho soldiers were quickly
in the SADDLE and on the heels Of the
raiders. The survivors had been round
ed up and returned to tho reservation,
where, because of tho terrific handling
they received at Huntley's ranch anG
the prompt action of tho cavalry, they
were likely to remain quiescent FOR an
indefinite time to come. 1t was not
often that u revolt was squelched so
summarily ut its very beginning.
Tho soldiers were gone, the meal YVES
oncluded, and the men were smoking
their pipes before the cattlemen should
return to the hil!s to look after the inn
monse herd, when, to the boundless as.
constituent of all, W~o-way-ma, the
young Apache, staggered around to the
front of the house, his dusky face lurid
with weakness and pain.
MAY | sit down." he asked family,
holding he erect position with diff
Guilty, while no looked p~itifully for the
permission that he feared would not be
granted.
Weston Rundell bounded forward and
caught his arm with u curious sinking
of tho heart.
Come inside. You are i'll. Lean ON
me-"
Tho others made way for the couple,
and Rundell almost carried the sufferer
through the open door and gently placad
him in a chair that Edith hastily att
for him. He looked his thanks to the
two that had been kind to him. That
he was suffering intense anguish was
evident to the rest, who gathered SYM
pathizingly around him. a white per-
son would have tainted, but the Apache
compressed his thin lips and resolutely
held the mastery over his growing weak
moss.
Weston Rundell saw that which es-
capped tho eye of every INT else. There
was II small oritice in the breast of We
way-ma's buttoned coat. Slight of it
self, he had also pinched and kneaded
the cloth in such a way that it was on
ly by accident the young man discover
cd the proof that II Winchester bullet
had entered there and inflicted a wound
Doubtless it had passed entirely through
his body, though Rundell dared not
lean over to look behind the shoulder,
lest he should draw attention to the
hurt, the blood from which the Apache
had managed in some way to keep hid
den. -. 30 sSs-- ..A+a~'
Since he must have received his
wound during the fight, hours before,
he had lain alone and unattended dur
ing the interval, resolutely REFRESHING
all evidence of pain, until after the sur
had risen, when he came forward to die
among those whom he loved.
There were two or three minutes 81
lence, during which Huntley brought
out his whisky flask and, placing it t.