New-York tribune., 1900-05-09
THE PASSING THRONG.

''In the course Of prospecting trip mad. years
ago. said Albert Williams. old mining man O,
Denver. Col at the Hoffman
a LITTLE House yesterday. "one night we
PROSPECTING came across ranch where two
TRIP. dsredevils making their
home. IL the borders ~
the Apache country and the Tanchmen had has
trouble both with those painted devils and als0
with the nearby Kiowas. The ranch itself xas
the ella River. in Yavapai County. Ariz and
the night got there along about O'Clock said.
Boys guess I'll go and take look at the horses
and. lifting my rifle from the corner I started for
the door Charley Spcncer. the Government scout
who was in our party, sung out: Hold a minute
Billy" and III 20 VITA you. After looking after
the horses We started for ridge about three hun
dred yards from the house to take look about
and just reached the top bang, went a rife
and felt rip and sting on my left shoulder a.
sasb s bullet Vet, tore ore through ny SoSt and grazed
drop, but IN the dusk-it iist between sundovT1
Charieys keener and more % experienced eTe 9G tho 10
,,sn Sisns were not wanting. and presently he turned
swered the vicious crack OF the gun. Spencer fred
at all and thinking il Was ali over " was i,9'i.ns t
getting, up when he ordered ne on my life 70 stay
where was. at the same time firing into the grow
ing darkness"
IAN Indian some distance away came ~ his fee,
with a bound" continued Mr. williams and
started on the dead run dropped
RESULT him. and as did so smoke cam
OF LITTLE from little bush his right and
ENCOUNTER. shifting my aim. I pumped two
bullets into it, and il turned out
afterward crippled another Indian. The shot that
caused me to fire into the bush went through Spen-
GERS arm. but by this time the rest OF the boys
came up and we made a charge OF H. The Indian
l had wounded trying to get away. when one
of our party gave him pass to the happy hunt
ing grounds. and we discovered that the net result
of that attack five GOOD and one bad Ind
ians the last naTed, by III luck. having made his
In those times there were but few Government
that were not much thouEbt Of We 11sSa r.
report Of the fight. but quit prospecting in that
turned to Mojave Ostehsibly the Apaches 'T Were
then at peace: the Governrnent.sad they were any-
how. and that went. The ranchmen stayed where
they were, and as never heard OF them again
Indian uprising"
couple Of young New-Yorkers much given 10
shooting game recently had an experience that win
lead them to go slow In such mat
RESULTS OF ters IN the future; that is il thew
\ DAYS value their reDu.a1f 1fo,s ard -4bat-
SHOOTING. friendships. In pursuit OF their
love for sport day found them
in boat In one of Long Islands many bays with
skilfully placed decoys about them. No ducks
however. came near. and at length overcome nv
their feelings and the contents Of sundry and
divers bottles they had toted along they laid them
down 70 sleep one awakening later with thar
where IS my hat?" feeling, discovered the decoys
and in his somewhat 1luddled state prountIv
opened fire and successfully bagged two before his
companion could stop him. Later. however, they
managed to get ten ducks and fourteen coots
which, in spirit Of fairness they divided into two
equal strings. Now the coot while agreeable 10
shoot at. and when winged a matter for self
graduation, has other particular use for he "a
disaSreeable eating. On the way back on the
Long Island train he who had proved his mark
manship on the decoys, again sank gently but none
1he Tess neavly. into the arms of Morpheus where
upon MS companion, seeing a beautiful chance
softly made his way TO the baggage car and ef-
a he 81 6-axv
coots and the other all the ducks. Long Island
city! called the brakeman; and the two friends
each with his own string of game hied them
forth TO the Borough of Manhattan. He Of the
string OF coOtS divided his booty carefully and
with appropriate notes sent the game broadcast
1y means OF messenger boy. His best girl got
TOUR, accompanied by OF his most elegant
notes Social obliga tions he also cancelled. The
girl has turned him down, IL Is hoped not eternaly
The social obligations cancelled in
that Is. there won't be any more in those particular
houses. The other has secured at least a
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