Morris tribune., 1904-06-18

yards OF our foes.
Uttering howl of rage, the,
made a wild rush for the water
edge, threw themselves into thei7
canoes and came after us in full
pursuit. And foremost among then
we recognized the tall form of Wah
kama.
| With swift wave of our paddles
we turned the nose of our antique
craft toward the bank, reaching
which we leaped ashore. l seized
the gun, and in two seconds we were
tearing through the thick brush
wood toward the forest beyond.
That afternoon and evening
tramped many miles. At nightfall,
being utterly tagged out, !. threw
myself upon the turf beside small
stream and was soon sound asleep.
[ awoke a little after dawn, cold
and stiff and desperately hungry.
l was about to move along when I
was startled to hear a cracking
among the brushwood. l set my
teeth and brought my rifle to my
shoulder, ready to fire as soon as the
thing should break cover.
Presently who should stagger into
view but Jed, the poor fellow ready
to drop with fatigue and hunger.
We started off, but soon Jed, who
was carrying the gun, while clam
bering over the rocks made mis-
step and fell. The weapon flew
from his hand, and, the trigger
striking hard against a stump,
loud report followed among the sur
rounding hills.
But that was not the worst. Jed's
ankle received a very bad twist in
his fall, and for some minutes the
poor fellow was agonized with pain.
Now we noticed a column Of
smoke rising nearly opposite QUE po-
sition from the other bank of the
river.
"a signal!?' cried Jed: '"They
must have heard the report. What
q clumsy idiot ) WASP
''And see," said I, 'Fthere's an an
swering signal to- the right and an.
other to the left. But we've got a.
good start of the1nj. and before they
strike QUIZ trail we: must be- miles
away"
ALL that afternoon we toiled on
ward over OUT rugged course. Mean
timey however, Jed's' wounded ankle
grew worse, until at sunset it was
swollen to twice its natural size,, and.
he could proceed no fanther.
Twilight slowly dsrkened into
Eight, The moon rose and cast her
fading Light upon the SCENE. A more
welcome light, I think, Z shall never
behold.
Presently signal fires On. the hills
near by told. US that the rest of our"
enemies were close at hand. Again:
looked to- the printing ofimy gum
and otherwise prepared for action
For fully twenty minutes We
heard: nothing Of our foess. though /
We knew we'll the cowardly fellows
we're debating how best to reach; u.s.. ]
Them frons their ambush in the Wild
BATS we heand voaees, as though they
we're encouraging each other IT,
charge. and we realized that the !
crisis was at hand !
Suddenly I was startled by: an ex-
,lamation from jed !
CTS all MP, Joep' he cried. "No' /
lse filming: The villains have got U.s. !
n the reart !
''Hist,> boys, hist!'' whispered a.
Zoice: from the bow of the canoe.
ssGood heavens, it's Wattie!'''
''Aye, boys, and just in the nick |
# time. Catch hold of this; hyar- !
inc and haul us in right smart." !
This was done, and all so" quietly /
md quickly that the Indians knew
lothing of QUIZ re-enforcements. A
minute later they broke cover, rush
ID into the open and, with a, blood !
yell, charged pellmell DOWN
lpon u.s. !
@Fire!" shouted Waite i1n a voice
hat rang loud above the uproar,
md instantly five spouts OF fiazae
dashed in the faces of our foes.
Surprised, thunderstruck, utterly !
iiscomfted, the advancing body
.eeled back from the volley they had
10 little expected.
CATER 'em, boys!" yelled Waite,
Gaping up over the bank and CIV
ng chase. We sent them flying In
III directions, each Indian intent
,nly on securing his personal safety.
Then, returning to- the bank, we
sought our two fallen foes. The
irst we came up to- was lying face
having pitched forward
IS a bullet found his heart. Turn
no him over. we found he was none