The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18

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trail and We pat 10 1t to get by another troop,
Halt ut the race was made when the big hnis'a
sprang forward and The Whole column was on
little ponies laid back their ears and swung into
the line with the troop horses. Close up" shouted
some one ahead. The Command ran down the
line and every horse seemed to understand. Now
IL was keep your eyes and your mind on your
business or take the consequences. There was
no chance TO turn out for anybody or anything
III you went down the men and horses bchli'u
went over you. The ponies were outclassed,
but they must keep up for there was no chance
10 give way. 50 IN column by trooper We ran
| saw my saddle blanket slipping back and the
saddle working OF! the pony's bare shoulders.
There was no help for it then. A bunch Of grass
at the side Of the trail gave II trooper a chance 10
pass Dunning and as he went BY his big horse
lei ly both heels At the pony and caught DunnInS
q fair kick on the leg We came to a break in
the scrub at the right that gave an opportunity
e. haul out The trooper behind me shouted
that my saddle pockets were coming loose, You're
losing your eggs and cigars" be shouted. Just
then McCutcheon's saddle bags slipped and fell
and all together We dropped out In the two
minutes that II took us Ia read!ust We saw n troop
and a half go by, and all We had gained in nearly
an hours hard work was lost II began 10 be a
serious question whether Tie ponies could Keep
up with the troop horses. But they are used 10
the country and the sun and We started. hottoot
% regain our place. In the instants halt We
had heard the roar Of the last troop coming up
behind MS, 1t was a plain case OF must Tho
ponies had TO keep up
FILIPINO SIGNALS or TIRE
when We caught up the men ahead were at
the tTut The trail dipped down a little and We
went through two or three hali-dried wafer holes
Signs Of Insurgents, IN distress began to appear.
A box Of clothing lay beside the trail, thrown
away when the fugitive could carry II no longer;
Bush, brush, scrub, bamboo, tall grass still lined
the way! and, most of tho time We advanced hy
trooper, but always at tha irOt or gallOp, | ne
PONIES were in a lathsr, but the horses were blow
Ing badly We took advantage Of a mud hol5
and II bend in the trail To scramble by a whole
troop and saw n trooper with an InSurccnt gun,
Where dye get it,
"Gucu threw ii down and ran into the brush
ON again al the gallop. More clothes l!ing
beside the Trail Women 5 clothes with this lot.
Smash around a turn, up a little hill and out into
an open field where three dismuunied men stood
beside an old bronze cannon mounted on n heavy
two. " horled wooden carriage.
Here's one they couldn't take they shouted.
Beyond IA cane field at a trot and some NOR
men came out OF the tall grass at the leit leadln.;
two bulls hitChed tandem 70 "A loaded cart
Got an officers sword and uniform one calls
ou', and a lot Of ammunition for that gun back
there"
We take a desperate chance on the rough trail
md get by another troop Just IN umc TO come on
n mud hol. with a tired out bull Wing down In IT,
s'i!l harncssed to his cart With he load 81 am
muniuon on 1t untouched.
This is the way Maine went for Gov. Kent,
shouts NcCutrheon
Iovee ard bundles o. clothing are too cnmmtn
no" 10 excite any comment or attract any at'en
Ton over n hrtle rise a, the gallon and here are
two insurgents tired out with running. Their
guns are beside then. 4 trooper diSmuunts IN a
lify, picks up the two rifles, gives one 90 a COM
ralr, sings the 0theruver his Own hHck and points
his revolver NJ the insurgent nearest him.
Hun. damn you." he says, ana waves the
revolver along the trG,l
The two prisoners start along and we 60 on
n tho trot Ou' Of the prisoners has sttraks
Of gay IN his hair II" pants As II he had run
y'rv far or very fast Presently he throws up
his hands AMI Stpus He can 20 no further and
they may shoot him II they like. With a shout
Of laughter tn trpon"r' % al the gallop ana
leave nm standing there amazed and ierntird.
The ether trlrS It, too, but there IS no sympathy
for the Young man and he Understands well enough
the meaning Of the Run, damn you. run. that
grc'ts las att mpt 20 stop. And he does. run,
lho learns to"sGbe hike"as the Americans know
uRUsH WITH THE ENEMY.
Distress signals multiply. Most Of them are
clothing, but now guns are found occasionally.
Two rolls Of lnsurgent kilograms lie beside III"
,ra'l. Thor WIr' runs unframed overhead. \
lItl' further on two II the scouts come IN from
the left with a bull cart fun Of telegram Instm-
mcntS and supplies. Ihcn comes a shot. Some
hari.pushcd fellow IN DESPERATION hHS CraNled
into The bush AMI s%Quibbed of ms Mauser Ne
time TO hunt for HIM now. The long llne PUSHES
on al the gallon Sull the narrow trail, rough,
tangled wl,h course tanA gr'wih Of weeds md
scrub. Comes i stretch II fairly open country
where ons can see q hundred yards On each side
Of the road. over A tGs' and tn ttai! dips gradu.
ally into what pa $50, for u hollow but We can't
stop t. eNamluH it. We seem % be going Into
lower country, perhaps We have PASSED thH divide.
hplNr mas worn GOWN III" TOAil uIlll " ~ almost
n cut W" come around a turn on the run and
smack upun the horse holders. The scouts and
the one troop ahead "l uS have gone In rs We
Gismount We hear the whistle Of thu Mausrrs
and singing of RrmiuEtons overhead In an
inStnn; the nest trnopISu up and dl,mounted, The
led horses string down n" Sunksn TUal almost
to the turn. IN" angry bark Of Arrays is added
10 tina sound Of c%on'iict ahead It is all out Of
sight Not n man OF either Sill" can We sec The
other troops come mp and are ordered to dlsnount
but not t. turn over the horses. There me men
.IttTh shal| Stut tH1N comes 10 mo CTF<t
NJ tie lilln ridge Just beyond US md shouts,
ny ns M the l,I horses" The brush is over
The led horses 20 forward slowly. II Is hard
work for a mnn 70 nj, ana control three other
animals on on" line G' the sam" : me TIN dis
mounted men crowd ~ toward the r!g, eager
10 see what they can There is a cheerful tnkle
make room, the blessed pack train with raiions
for FIVE days comes around th" turn, ! IN
charge FIR this day Of Lieut. curry, IL VA"
ShrrI Il an arizona county when he became
q captain IN the Rough Riders lie was one
oi the miserable ones who Gli NOT 20 70 tuha
and 50 he is a Second Lieutenant IN the Eleventh
Cavalry now because hn wanted TO SEE service,
You can't keep a good man down long
powN GORGE.
Something has happened up ahead. The
horses are CROW ding about the turn at the ridge
and 60 forward very slowly We start on with
the ponies and find ourselves IN a minute n q
very rhprmupylae Down q steep crooked tTall
that is hardly wide enough COR a ronG. SIZED horse
the men are taking lh- animals one al a time
into q gorge that would DO credit to the Rocky
Mountains Five hundred feet down it ]rlunFos.
The poor beasts scramble and slip over rocks
and houllerS. Except where the rocks are bare
the narrow path IA slippery With mui, Far 3ywn
below PUSHES a small swift stream, So distant
that the noise Of its rush eCholng UP through
the heavily wooied sides Of the canon, IL Soit"ned
20 q FAINT nipple. To get down 70 II one goes over
Jumps ana steps IN the mud and rock sometimes
almost four feet sheer Across the stream W. see
the other side rising the counterpart of this and
We wonder, what has beconl" OF the insurgents
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