The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-18

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Copyright. 1901 10y The Frank Los
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From m Moline del Roy The bat
tories wern nouplg a scattering fire
amen Los fnuquriH hidden in the
thoruY ehappafal heloN aud tlu
grr's al-nounders flung back a grim
defiance az them ARTILLERY aud In
fnntry kept flaming out In an ir
regular line of helthina fire The
ahaoMnE of tho ahrhpnci. thu spit
ting ~ the rifles ana the raufous
r0ar from the thtoata 81 the heavy
gum made an indeaerlhabie pande.
monlum Of noise. Occasionally the
sharp. crisp order Of an officer or
the gtnan Of u wounded man broke
ln on the hideoua medley More
than once q dust hegfimed soldier
elnmherea % his feet IN 4 sudden
naincd hewildefment. only 20 pitch
heavily forward on the ground
Lieut. Mace was sick OF the long
artillery duel aud wondered when
the order would come 90 charge
somehow the walt 1T the beginning
81 a battle always shook his nerve
He supposed It was the responsible.
lty Every fow minutes he got up
and walled along the line 10 Joke
with the men. making a target OF
himself for tho Mexican sharp.
shooters above. once ak pound.
er went past on the Kailnp a boy
ish mounted officer beating the
near wheeler with the flat 81 his
sword and swearing vehementiy
During a mOmenfnrY iuli there
came 20 Mace the sound Of a bunch
~ fireeraehefs from the west 70 tell
him that the attack ON casa De Ma
"a had already begun
Presently a ruddy faced aide do
camp Kalloped up with an order for
Capt Iounwuod Heavy shower %
D. out in without an umbrella he
called meuilY O. Mace and next
moment alithsred from his horse 20
the ground splitting blood with
bullet IN bis iHnFa The horse
threw up ~ head uneasil stood
trembling an instant. tho ran
nalHhluR along ire lines
ITS an order 70 take 90 lntn and
silence that hloakhuuse oys q the
right said tnnFwood. iooaslpg up
from the paner vita bio0dlsg faer
why doesn't h. send a rcEbncni7
Curse n. there's a thouaane men
thorr Hes sacrificing ua Or The
rest Of the army It's sure -stash. I
tell you. It's murder that ~hai
Il g."
The lieutenant locked a. hha "a.
riaualY THIS good looking NhiH-
inr captain u his had not made =
vsrY fine record foF himself A. fsr
A. Vera Cuir be Rad been nssanieh.
Al Csrro G0rdo IN hospital with q
wrsnrhed knee. caused by a fall
frstm hls horse. AZ cantfenAs and
Churutuseu doNu Nifh q fever Pr
cepf fuf a few slight skifmiAhes he
had managed 20 keep oct ~ the
fighting without causing suspicion.
Mace wondered whether BE- vas 20.
ms 10 sho~ the white feather nos.
q certainly looked like H. The
man sas losing canifal over bin
self and RoinE 70 nieeea Frar hal
him By the throat and Nak clutch
inK a bis hair Unless he could
pull himself iosether he would BE-
q disxrarea man.
lin Mac ealied 10 usiud = village
IN Ohin where dwelt q certain fair
haired Kiri with laughing ever and
dim bling cheeks Il seemed % him
that he had iused her since Their
had first learnt 20 tofldia hand In
hand A Mysterious ElamoF had al
ways held him shsn he looked
lntu those smile kisaea. dsriar eyes
Of hers. lie knes that he had BEEN
In a fair way 90 win Nhen Hand
some Harry ianeNood saantered
into the race With smiling eane.
The rivalry between them had cui-
minated when the var beEAa. Jim
bad thought the waf all wronr. and
had not hsslfaied 10 nay -. Long
wood. On The other hasd had BEEN
loudly patriotic. and bitterly acorn.
ful Of ell Mho wera not readY 20
volunteer a. the call 81 their coun.
trY. Tn securing enlietnrnta he had
been especially artivo and he had
been elected captain BY HE COM
panY When he appeared before
Kitty Morrison In biz ncW uniform
and sold shoulder straps. with
handsome sword cianking b. hls
side. all eager 10 60 forth 20 ayenEe
bic rouniFTa wrongs, poor jim
Mace bad dropped quite oct Of the
running