Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-02

were 10 him AL t1nt the 1n<zc1 s. s.
coEe Of monkeys are "a 6uz&z7 kov.
In puz1led amusement he cn4 knxfo1
u Don Enrdque, le1dinE HIM talk sway
until exhausted and then coo1ly In
formed him that be fai1ed 70 cokch
| his meaning.
Don Enrique gasped with despair;
what could he do to arouse this thick
headed American, he wondered. A
grasping Evans by the arm, he dragged
him to the window. Mira, senior"
, be cried pointing to the west, where
3 number of columns of smoke were
f6sdng, "Indiosi Apachesi Muchoe,
I muchos!"
Evans was a fronfiersman. and his
mind instantly took in the situation.
With a bound he reached his tele.
graph instrument and began calling
Chihuahua, while Don Enrique drew
back from the develish machinery a.
far as he could. The chihuahua Office
moment am urgent call for soldiers
went leaping along the wire. There
WAS Immediate excitement in Chihua.
hua; the fussy switch engine THAI was
standing for the moment idly by the
UCIOSIdPu OllCc dkWOk0 Will d SuOTty
and darted ito the far end of the yard,
where it began hastily sorting out
coaches. A hot haste messenger was
dispatched to the barracks; breathless
he rushed into the Office of the COM
mandaqite, and the next minute there
arose am angry snarling of drums and
a loud, excited calling Of bugQes. Then
came sound Of sandaled feet and the
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calling Of rolls and counting of tours,
followed by sharp quick spoken words
OF cammand, and a. column of swaGnhy
uniformed men emerged from the bar
racks. Again sharp command, and
they sprang forward at the double
quick, racing to the railroad station,
where train was now in readiness
for Them. Having seen the soldiers
safely aboard, the conductor went to
the telegraph office, where he remained
few moments; when he came out
again he carried dn his hand a crump.
led bit of paper Upon which read the
words, run regardless" His hand
shot upward in a signal 10 the wait
ing engineer, and with changing bell
and the missing of escaping steam,
| the traind moved out.
Anxously the refugees ait Las Deli
cias scanned the western horizon. In
taht direction an almost level plain
stretched away mile upon mile to
where it met a range of mountains
that were velyety and blue with ds.
tance. Midway in this plain a cloud
of dust arose, grew larger with every
moment, and drew rapidly nearer.
| Now dense roll of black smoke ap-
peared. and assembled straight up
ward to lose itself in the blue of the
sky, and angry glare of flame leaped
upward beneath it. The Apaches were
coming in whirlwind of death and
destruction.
"a Dies they are but little moN
than three leagues away!" groaned
Don Enrique. What shall we do?'
mo need for worry, senor," re,
turned Evans, who was sitting with
one ear over his telegraph instru.
ment; and with exaspera ting GOODNESS
he struck match and LIT his pipe.
mo need for worry" gasped Don
Enrique. Great Go, man thou art
crtazed with fear!"
But Evans did not hear; he was
entirely absorbed in what the tele-
graph was saying. Presently a look
of satisfaction shone on his face, and
he made a hasty mental calculation:
Indians ten miles AWAY, an commdn'
ten miles an hour; soldiers sixty
miles away and 'Cussin' Jimmy John.
son a-pullin' 'em; result, some In
dians to bury in about an hour II
Jimmy stays on tn rails-hot times
for us if he don't"
The cloud of dust kept rolling near.
er and nearer, and a group of TINY
black specks came into view at its
base-Specks that increased in mum
Der with every moment, and that
grew larger, took form and became
galloping Apaches. Nearer and near.
er they came, and the sobbing, pray.
ing, hysterical Mexieams relinquished
all hope of aid; but not so with Evans
Leaning far out of the window he
was watching the track, and, pres
emily, far away where the two lines
of cleaning rails seemed to unite in
ONE, he caught sight of another speck
"a speck that was sending aloft a
plume Ct inky-bnack, Stoke. Fire.
mans VIC. kim like the devil" he
unused, an Jimmy's got her wide
open, and comm down one per cent.
grade too. Amt he bird?" Now he
looked at THE Indians, and a look of
concern stole over his face. They
were getting dangerously near. Going
to his desk he took out and cooked
his revolver. It held six loads, one
for each of the women if the worst
should come-far better death for
them than capture by the Apaches,
he Thought. CHANGING AIT these poor
creatures, who were budding togeth-
er in a corner of the room, he noticed
for the first time that one of them, a
young woman whom he took to be
Don Enrique's daughter, was pos
sessed of more than ordinary beauty,
and he trembled with the thought
that his might be the hand thst
must end her life.
The Apaches were within rife-range
of the station, and the rapid pounding
Of their horses hoofs was distinctly
heard, when the rails began to Vi
BRAT and hum beneath swiftly turn
ng wheels. The next minute, with .
1eafening roar of escaping steam, and
with every wheel sliding and sending
showers of sparks from the rails, the
train bearing the soldiers swept up
| to the station and came to a stop.
Stentorian commands rang out, fol-
lAzxad Instantly by q raMkng and
cracking or locks ana a Lnunderous
crashed from the car windows.
| The surprise Of THE Apaches was
compbeGS: several Of khedr numbsg
reeled and almost fell from their
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