The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-27


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had better 40 the same thing with tire
bodies ofsssyour two comrades. The
ground is too rocky 10 dig graves. and
they viii sleep as well there as elsewhe (.
II would be impossible for US TO carry
them home
An hours labor and the work was fin
ished. Win assisted the men in the work.
Juan did not offer 10 do So
II have a bullet in my shoulder" he
said. Another fellow fred the instant
that l shot his comrade. He luckily hit
my shoulder instead OF my head. l will
get you to fetch Pedro's sash, and make
sling for my arm. We can do moth
ing for il until We go down to Monte
rey." fIE
Have the horses gone far, do you
think, il an?'
mo. We shall probably find them
few hundred yards UP the pass. They
are trained not TO go on without riders,
and when their first alarm at the firing
has ceaeedsthey will halt"
When the cairns We're finished the va
queros cut down two saplings and made
a couple of rude crosses, which they fix
ed above their fallen comrades. Then
they all proceeded up the pass, and soon
came upon The horses. and, mounting,
continued their way down into Monterey,
where they arrived just as the sun was
setting Here Juans wound was attend
ed to. The injury to the left arm
which had been thrown forward in the
act of firing. The ball struck just above
the elbow. and had cut a groove from
that point nearly up to the shoulder.
This is evidently my unlucky arm at
present Will" he said, with a smile; "af-
ter having had three gashes below the
elbow a week ago, it now gets plowed
with a rife bullet"
81 should call il a lucky limb Juan,
49, 49, nv 1oth hut
flesh wounds. and that had not the arm
received them, both knife and bullet
might have given you a vastly more Sc
rious wound elsewhere"
Yes, that is true enough. There is one
comfort of being wounded in this coun
try. You can't go into the smallest viii
lage without finding half a dozen people
CAPABLE of dressing II. more especially
knife wounds; in fact. knife fights are so
common that very little is thought of
them unless really dangerous injury is
inflicted"
VIII not this prevent your riding for
a day or two, Juan?'
mot a lit of it, We had intended TO
stop here tomorrow to give rest to the
horses. but the next day we will push on.
Happily, we shall not have to be on our
guard against danger for the risk of fall
ing in with ma-audng redskins is too
slight to be thought of. Our next days
I
waited country. Then we have long day
| and a half of mountain work"
The passes which they had to traverse
| before arriving at Senior Sagastas ranch
astonished Harand, who had no previous
! experience of such scenery. Sometimes
they were travelling up ravines so deep
and rugged that twas almost twilight be-
! low, while at otfers hey wound along on
natural ledgeseso1 sthe face of precipicss
whore stumble OF the horse would mean
/ certain death to il and its rider. Higher
| and higher they wound, until, crossing
a narrow shoulder of bare rock they
looked down into the broad valley owned
| by Juans father.
"Do you see that Write speck in front
| of he dark ratch of trees? That is the
hacienda As the crow flies. do not sup
rose it is more than seven or eight miles
away, but ty the way we have to go it Is
five times that distance, and If we are
there by this time tomorrow we shall
| have every reason to be satisfied"
| When they started the next morning
| Juan sent one of the vaqueros on with the
rews that he would arrive two hours af-
ter his messenger.
ut is just as well to give them notice Z"
he said to VIII. Il told them to mention
that have my arm in a sling, but that
/ l have. no serious injury. 1t has been
hurting me a good bit for the last two
! days, and as | have not got much sleep
L expect maj am not AOoklIS what you
| call very fit. therefore 1t is well that
they should not think me in very bad
way when l ride up, besides, dare say
they are getting anxious about me. You
see. they will have calculated upon my
! having ridden a good deal faster than we
have done, for with the two horses one
can push on rapidly, and knowing when
the horses would have arrived at San
Diego they have 1 am sure. been on the
lookout for me for the last three or four
days. OF course the wound nothing
in itself, but in such rough riding as we
have had one gets sudden jerks that DO
not improve its condition. You have bath
ed 1t for me night and morning, but there
is no doubt ii has become a good deal
inhamed, and l shall have to keep quiet
for few days after we get there"
WIN himself was by means sorry
that the journey was approaching it's end
Wholly unaccustomed to riding, he hal
been so stiff at the end of the second
days journey that he could scarcely dis
mount unasslsted from his horse. This
had to some extent worn Off. but he still
felt that every bone in his body ached.
The last ten miles were performed at a
canter. The horses seemed as glad as
their riders at being on level ground again,
and were doubtless well aware that they
We're close to their home once more. They
were within three miles of the hacienda
when they saw two mounted figures rid
ing to meet them.
1T is my father and sister," Juan sai6.
Il thought that they would lose no time
in starting after Antonio arrived with tn,
news that l was close at hand"
To be continued.