The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-04-27

liz A waifin fer MS They II jus vast,
you men IL yon try ter rush en-, nj
maybe we can get away with EN- with
ont that Dismonnt Now an you hoy.
what has got rifles come with me
The men roiiad from their horses
Those who had rifles drew them FROM
the leather beckets that HING to thnil
saddles.
lyon haven't got no rifle, no you
cam do no good with us stay hero =
said the foreman AS / started forward
"yon1l see some er the fight later on,
don't fear. What be said was quite
rrne. ! conld do no good by going for
ward, armed only with my pistols
Furthermore, though | did not want TO
shirk my shire IN this fight, In the fn.
sult of which | more than nny one
there was interested, ! had not the
slightest desire 60 soe more of II iAan
wns necessary,
The party led by the foreman toiled
half way mp the incline and stopped
while tho foreman went forward alone
Reaching the brow VI the little bilL for
a moment be peerod cautiously os.r
then beekoned 10 his men They came
and lny prone, resting their rifles on
the sand In front OF them After the
pause OF q second the foreman must
have given some signal fer the ritee
spoke together IN u crash and the white
smoke dtifted lBsily back, for a moment
concealinK tho men Another yollny
and a much heDyier y answered onrs
The bullets Knocked little spurts of sand
from the ridge OF few, sinRinR Hike
mosquitoes, owe our heads
Then the shooting beenme rapid and
irregular. sounding like nothing no
mneh AN u number of packs of trooTnek.
ers set of together Tho men were llr'
Ing AT VIII Lying nest W the fOfnmNn
was wasting euriridgon 10 judge
from tho rnpidity Of bis Hire liz wDs
using y of the rifles bo bad captured
the night before we Ind started ont
and each time bo fired bo would slip Inn
fresh cartridge W avoid eSbADaliDY tDn
magazine Once u mnD who my slpnr
him screamed and thnn swDpo, chipping
his hand 10 bis shoulder and Withdraw
Ing II covered with blood Az bo bpuk,
I'd down thu slope spider offered him u
bapdnDDD handkerchief wberpwilb 10
bnDdngo bis wound, bDt ho declined II,
and tore oil bis shirt sleeve, nsiDy TINT
After awhile tbo firing elDpkpnpdI
until there was only M occasional ~
port Followed by Spider tho foreman
samo down the slope ana walked 10
ward me
Ut mint no good, ho called ~ bp
came within sponkiDg distance, uThnm
kin hold NV bnro jps' 40 long M
we don't do no moro lbnn wo'ro doin
All We en- do " ter keep EN- under
cover, M we've dono thDt now Their
mint ono Of EN- what dnros tos show
biz hand. But while we're wDlIlD hero
en- tnk0 ibum enttlo clam bnnk
tor Portland, Mo, u wo only give 'pm
time enough, Wo got tor got 'em oplM
there s0mDhDW,
"Rnsh ON ontI' oxelaimod y yoioo
among the men
"Reckon " comes boz vnntbin HE
responded tho foreman nWp
can't ioneh their ilpnka 'oDpaO ihoir
ridge ~ l0pg0r'n 0nr1,
"A charge, thon, olpprly wng Dppupr
sary, lDd II WINS M olnpriy my dnly 10
that ebnrgn lil not want W,
II J hopod to rotnln my solf rospuol
~ THAI % my mon thor9 WINS no 0thur
,0nrgo lott open
"All right " onllod, trying 10 sppnk
pneoncarnadly Mount boys, md llno
lp,"
"IiolA onl' erlod thu forDmnn ~
need balf tho mon got np llng,
~ You n wnnt nIl yop opn got WnIi
send th0sO don't wnnt bnnk IN
1ou,'' spider. who Ind bopn llutonlnR
MI TINT WIS sDid, mndD u lnph tor
lis horse Dniny utnrnly nrdpppl bnpk
HE plaeo on Tho rldyn h0 went, lNk
ng the horse with him
Tho foreman nont mo noDrly twn
birds of tho man ho hpd, Tlpy wnrn
N monntod md waiting whnn ihp
,nllot nirl roda np and jplnnd thom
him AWAY, bnt 10 pni1 M NJ
ention 10 tho command Not n apnn1
nnld bo hpard oSnnpl now md linn
ho faint jlngling NJ u BIZ or lhp whlp
Ing cliek where some man whlplol hIa
'ylindnr IN 0SnmInlng hin plalpl Vhn
brennan diyidnd Tho mon hp Ind lpgl
MO TWO pprtios, one NJ which hp plApod
y eithpr md ~ thn ridgpl lhpy ounn
had, l0nylny M Op0n spnno bnlWmn
HON Than hp aianAlpd Tint MI wnA
wantod 10 glyp thp ordnp w Nd
'nneo, md TIN only words lhNt 90
'nrred 70 mo vi Mn tlnn wpro tlp pnus
Nod 70 atArt footrAens M Tho Dolleyp
md lnft tho yahr hnlorp
FARO ynn randy y Wllpd Ihp mpn
erownd thnmnolyna into thplr pnldlnH
nd lonnod forward Homo NJ ihnm
pekpd their piBlnlA Thin, non ynnr
narkHl Bob DOR
Ivo wv 0oNWNpHp
Married Ills nuuua,