The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19

FIRE, over the drunken stranger, all around
among the bushes. cxclaiming in tho
loudest kind of tones that his whole foo,
was shot off. AS SOON as tile captain
began to simmer down a li:tle the doc
tor and put hands on him ind th.sw
him down on his back near what was left
OF the fire. The medical man imrne Ala sely
examined the injury. The foot was st!ll
shot had torn through the. nall, Gcsh.
and bone OF the second toe. 1t must have
hurt him like sixty. and was enough to
make "a, dancing dervish out OF u stole
and fixed the wounded member as " eli as
the conditions permitted. or course. af-
ter such a casually 1t was necessary
for tn, captain to return at once to the
city. A wild hope sprang within me that
somebody would have to go with him
and would be that somebody. This
cort and for once in my life was sorry
vas not q physician.
The captain ordered me to stay on
guard where l was all through the night
and then go over In the morning. Join
the party on the high ground. and give
them his orders. which were to stay out
i II next days and next night and dill
gently patrol the vicinity. l received
these orders with a calmness and dig
nifty that were foreign to the mu-
tinOus schemes already taking shape in
my mind.
My comrades rode away, and was left
alone save for the drunken stranger. who
was worse than no company at all. My
first action was to extract the loaded
shells from my shotgun. No more taking
chances with II for me II could help II.
Forthwith ] mounted my mare and rode
over to Join the other party, some hours
ahead Of my marching orders. say rode.
but that Is a poor. barren word to ex-
press the manner OF my going She was
speedy animal, was that mare Of mine.
and that night SIZE shared her masters
feelings and put the expression OF them
into foot movements. That ride was
splash through the ford, flying squirt
the windings OF gully. and was out in
the open country on the hills.
found the boys huddled around fire
by the road Just outside somebody's corn,
gathering clouds hid the stars. related
the accident and also delivered the cap
tains last orders, The latter were re-
There was n ..I-want-to-go GO home. and I'm.
going to-gct-there-carly-in-th morning
feeling. so all pervading that It made
words suoerfluous. we mace sh EaN WIS
of corn fodder for beds in the fence cor.
ners. Those of us who slept. IN spite OF
our dlscomforts. were awakened az cay
break by cold, misty ram. we trleo 70
some Of the more energetic went over 70
n neigrborng farmer and returned win
coffee, bread. and fried eggs The coffee
was cold. the bread was =, coo, IA, aha Stand md
cold Id coffee and cold bread but for a last
straw there is nothing so welghty as a
cold fried egg. Those eggs put sfety
man in the saddle headea stfa'snt
III THAT Mf''i afternoon in comfort, and seelu..
s,onrI read in the papers the stoIS OF
the "a ptair's toe and OF the mlsadven-
t,ircs az Major Bacon's party, me iatter
60 FAR overshadowed our own that me
account OF them made most peasant ana
ca ia Ia Glory reading ~
THE MAJORS party, after crossing .tns
MIN came In sight of persons aheaa
nhn a cted suspiciously. These persons
tnnL IN their heels on seeing the posse
ap ,a hetng pursued, took refuge IN
a,IniLat The pursuers surrounded inc
thtcnet at discreet distance outside OF
andInary revolver range and sent a rldeI
otnatNhaste to independence for help 10
pon,n,ete the capture Of the trapped pah-
con sI.n Marty every able-bodled man N
q ql.a.,nandence armed himself and, rode
IN. n hurry, under the leadership OF
oMt ID aeshlear' a man who would have
MSi ,itS "a in being mixed UP with a car
n Snnn ~ hungry Wildcats. Under Wings
. rm'd,nce the circle quickly slosea IN, ana
he flg!tives were captured Win tnpue "a
sshot The supposed bandits proyneta 70 70
s snur half-grown boys, whose gulltS COL
Io tnnna over a raded watermelon patcn
s caused them to flee at the sight OF ar'h'
ea s the With a laugh at the other fellIows.;
a,aed nv first and last hunt lor S1SsS
G 1,as '''' ROLLINS BINGHAM