The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-05

OF a man TO run this thing don't you
think your fellows would take him and
no questions askeu-untll the whole
business can be settled later?"
by Jove. you mean Langdon" cried
Hunt in hope and rejoicing.
"sh-h For goodness sake. don't shout!
He's ahead ali right enough and safe and
sound but he's fighting mad over this
business Some of the boys weren't ad-
vlsed right. and ifs-kind OF awkward
ALI round" ended the conductor guile
II should say so in view of Belts
charging him with being Cresswells as
sailant and then running away an
wei. we'ii fix Belts all right But you
and your boys don't want 20 stir up
as VI'.s say. 0S Once S away from Castle Butte
then comes the run to Rosebud. The
roads clear. The Indians have all gone
lows In that train till we get therev'
"Amenl Amen all round!'' said Hunt.
The rifles won't ask questions II that's
what YOU want. Only give us l4ansdon.
About 40 minutes later, cheered and
warmed by abundant hot coffee, the rifles
peered from the windows at the whistle
for brakes. and n shout went up that well
nish raised the roof In the midst OF
little group at the siding stood pale
faced. stern eyed man In the fatigue uni
yelling like mad, tumbled headlong in
surging throng from the train, a-swarm-
ing about him I'm eager. impulsive greet
Ing Without a word ne ssasped Hunts @
ductor and broke away through the
throng toward the kissing engine taking
in water at the windmill tank up the
track. I'VE haven't an instant 10 lose,
were then his first words Get every
body aboard snd join me forward as soon
as you can" said he TO Hunt, linked his
arm In that Of the conductor and rushed
him up the roadside TO the pilot
After 30 minutes and. the still smoking
ruins OF Rosebud station left behind. the
crowded train was speeding swifely, yet
cautiously. over the broad, open west
ward prairie. Except few famished,
homeless dogs bowling mournfully about
at the station, and only the CHASTITY
relics OF one human creature had been
found In the brief. hurried. two-minute
search. Already ~ was known far as the
Atlantic that the first stories of massacre
were grievously exaggerated. many fami-
lies reported murdered having made their
way I'm panic but safely TO Castle Butte
and others escaping 10 the south. But
not n word from any source had come as
TO the special. the last news by wire being
that the Ogalalas were dancing and
bowling about their agency at Pine Ridge
and firing on the scouts sent out from
Robinson.
between ROSEBUD and Wounded Knee.
Wherever that luckless train could be
found there would be the Indians In dire
ful force and fury. Grave, set faces
engine and tender. The road ran straight
| for miles. The landscape was open and
| treeless and lay like lazily rolling ocean
turned suddenly TO earth and stone Lang
| don and the conductor. clinging fast each
| TO stanchion, were under the headlight
above the pilot. 4 sergeant end three
men, best shots OF the rifles. hampered
| the. cab and tender but the engineer felt
| SAFER in having them there. and the hope,
pluck ard spirits OF the whole trainload
| had gone up az q bound in the conscious
L headed.
| regular was AZ the front TO take com
| mand. Hunt had brought his feldElass,
| engine clsnked along over the elastic
| roadhed T.angdon searched tho prairie
ceaselessiy while the conductor kept track
| OF the mlleposts.
| i've miles farther on" shouted the lat
| ter into Langdon's car. That blum anead
there marks the end Of this tangent: hen
| we follow the creek piece and then
| make streak cross country A. the o'g
F., ANY deep cuts there?" shouted Lana
\ don In reply. hanging TO the iron bar
with hooked arm and stIi; peerless
/ through the blnocular
-Four or Ave Why7"
That's whore well find en-. They u
| run the train into n cut for protection.
\ lire the banks OF both sides and stand
| OF the Sloux till help comes n they
| can. Signal full speed TO The engineer
| will you7 Tic can slow down again al
| A moment more and the huge machine
| seemed rushing through space. and the
| two men az the pilot bent double and
| hung on for dear life. Five minutes
| brought them once more along the hanks
| OF the stream and close 20 the trowninH
| bluffs watch them" signaiec Lana
/ don. pointing 20 the erests and leanine
| far ont from the side OF tho engine. sov
/ reducing speed The sergeant. clampins
his. earnpsiIr? hat TO his bead nodded =
The The hi"frs were but the shoulder of =
! ht~h ridge through which iorg centu'
| Nee before the stream had torn its way
/ n hid like 2 curtain the spreading land
scspe beyond. IL might be hid1ng nun