El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-12

lay or night, the yell of the
COmanche would burst upon them. On
me occ. sion. in the northwe-t ter
country, part of these same rangers
~ DO ". re 10 the bl' zzard, were scouting
1t q tferent season of the year in the
merry month of May. They had been
On long scout, aud were
getting back near the ranches
Zee country was be.uti'ul to behold;
The plains were clothed in lIvin.
green, ard msny-hueo flowers; buffalo
deer and antelope graze 10 large herd
and could be seen every day.
About shutdown the rangers, ten in
mum b, r, stopped 90 the prairie under
a large, lone mesquite tree. One MAJ
vas put on guard while the Others
stretched their tired limbs and slept
When two hours expired another LOOK
the place of toe one on duty, and SO on
until midnight Came. The rangers on
gusrd l aued against the tree and
looked out scr' SO the prairie. The
moon was straig bu over head and -hio
ing in all her glory. The other nger-
-lept, to dream. perhaps, of loved ones
a. home far to the south, sll unconscious
no. of rh4 dangers which lurkrd
around, for they were likely TO be
aroused at any time, by the warwhoOp
OF the savage. As tae guard kept the
lonely vigils of the night, and gaz d
out across the mOoulit prairie, It
seem d as if he had never seen -uch
d glorious sight. The air was laden
with perfume of f,wers and it seemed
to him that It as IN such night as
Thu that the hepherds watched their
hocks on the plains or BETH eh. u
when the heavenly hnst appeared ano
announced the birth of our Savior. AUD
proclaimed Peace on earth and good
wi to men," Here, however, On this
far away frontier, the Angel of Oath,
instead OF Mercy, was abroad. Ia tn
distance the dark outlines of q noun
tain doomed up at the foot of which u
band OF COW boys was encamped, OF the
presence OF whom the rangers were
that evening aware. An hour passed
and the scene changed. "BsnR, bang,
bang!" was beard in the direction of
the COW bOy'- camp and the balance of
the ranRers we're now aroused by the
guard with the startling Intelligent g
tina, the Indians were attacking the
COW boys. Yes there was no mi-takink
that sound. md there was sadol ng Ia
aste a. the fight continued "b.ne
bang, bang" and the ''ys.ysh' va, yah"
of the Inrians could be plainly heard
ITO the rescue" ITO the rescue' was
shouted by every lin. Even now
they NAV be overDower d" The FIRE # |
the COW bry-' revolvers could be heard |
At Intervals between Tue yeliS OF Toe
Indians. sometimes RAPIDLY "b8np, |
bang, bane!' showing a desperatt
strait. The very 81 OTIS from Their
vnlvers 'e@med TO oall for help. w
cannot 60 in to all the details, for this |
is only sample OF fro { err life.
PRAIRIE FIRE.
AS the rangers were coming back |
from q long scout, signs of q fire /,
l he distance were seen for three days
Dense volumes OF smoke had been
rolling up from the north west, aud q,
nIgnt the els msnts were lighted by n
lurid glare all over the Panhandle
As yet he rangers had unprecedented
no dagger. They wers trsve ling in n
mort; east course, and the fire was com
log from the northwest. On the thiro
day In the evening, the ire came In
sight, and as 1t ewOOped in towards
Us. it truly looked appalling. TIE
rangers nov put their horses in a
& allOp, but soop met a difficulty. A
deep creek with steep banks came In
the way and tney ran their horse
along IT at u furious rate, qusrterir e
with the fire The ronrit g Of the
flames in the rank, dead grass wss
terrible to hear. 1t q ro Sne6 the veicee
of the rangers, and made ihs soene
more wild and exciting Hun reds |
of deer were running before the fire,