Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11
II sent him awaxn

Il ulu not SEND MIN away, Mr.. R0bin-
son. You drove him away"
III"
ssYou did, and hate you for it,
And you love him. he asked, breath
lessly.
Il do, Mr.. Robinson. and we are your
enemies after this and she swept into
the house.
left her veranda as he walked across the
parade ground and sank into chair in
his own quarters.
That afternoon, as the major passed
the surgeons house, he saw Margaret On
the stoop again.
.'Whar are you doing, Margaret
why, major?' she asked, sadly.
IF you don't stop, every officer in the
regiment viii be leaving the post.
Mr.. Robinson"
Left about ten minutes ago by the
west gate"
r.
A great rapping came at the majors
door, and a hurried call: Major. Major
Wright, quick, let me inr'
The major had been sleeping soundly,
but aWoke suddenly and hurried to the
door. sWho is it? What is it?"
Its me-MacLaughlin."
What's the matter, sergeant?'
Major, Black Snake and his band are
off the reservation"
sWhat?"
Sure, they've been dancing for the
last two days, and this afternoon the
Snake and about fifty bad reds took to
the trail. They looted the agency and
half killed Scott" The sergeant gasped
out each word, he was SO winded and
excited.
Which way did they go?'' asked the
major. He had gone back into his room
and was hurriedly dressing.
II can't tell you, sir. The rest of the
lndlans are so excited with the dancing
and their medicine that you can't get-a
word from them. Cross and couple of
men from Troop Is happened over to
SCOTS, and found him nearly dead"
Officers and men We're coming out of
their quarters. The bugle sounded and
the call was taken up by the trumpeter
OF each troop. In shadowy squadrons
they formed on the parade ground, and
IN a moment they were gone through the
west gate with the major at their head,
pounding out into the darkness
For day Curtis Burke had been in
the mountains, alone with his memory
and his rifle. The keen joys OF u good
killing made him feel the more like fac
Ing the world again, and there was some
thing of lightness in his heart as he de-
scended the trail through the Stage
Coach pass and came into the foothills |
lie had ridden hard for the last hour |
A spring attracted his notice to the right, !
50 he said, half to himself and half to !
the pony. Lets take a drink" lie |
swung off, and together man and beast !
drank from the same pool. He rose and /
stretched.
Well Roxy, do you want to rest?
Shall cinch off?'
As he spoke, rifle cracked near him. |
10 f4gg.f 4DI Il "
his hat. Beyond his pony's back he saw
haze of smoke rising, and through it |
tgure crouching. His revolver was out |
at once, and yell followed his shot.
Indians, by Jover He was on
Roxy's back in moment, as the echo
Of his would-be assdssins yell echoed
down the gulch.
Up the trail he sped. ''There's only
one place for u.s. Roxy, and that's the
Caslron. The reds must have jumped
the reservation. III have to hide Won.
pet, in the bushes; then, if cartridges
hold out, we can keep them off a while.
Curse them, they're coming! Yell, you
devils! Split your threats! There, Roxy,
You stay there and don't make a noise,
or you'll be wearing another brand at
pounding up time Goodbye, old girl"
and he crawled into a natural hollow on
the top of the HILL Below him he could
see the Indians breaking cover. They
had left the trail and their ponies, and
had formed in half circle and were
up
The Caldron was without cover within
a radius of 200 yards, not even boul-
der. Burke unstrapped his belt and
loaded the magazine of his Winchester.
lie then took his Colt from the holster
and laid it beside the belt.
''That'll be of use when we get thick"
he murmured, and he peeped over the
inn nj hn hall and
of yells and wh;zzlng balls.
You're wild, friends. | am afraid
you're loaded with SCOTS worst tangte-
foot, instead of your rifles with his best
powder. Every period of these SEN
fences was punctuated by a pull on the
trigger of his gun and snap of the
lever.
Il can hold out for some time. and
then when we close in-there, Snake,
hats for you-youre mean one, YOU
are, and I'm glad | knocked YOU down
last month! You go to the rear and
nurse that arm, young man, and DON'T
oangi-lead bang any more war
A sudden redoubling of the yelling far {,
10 his left caused Burke TO turn sudden
y. The sound of falling rock swerved
aim around with the ejaculation Sur ,
by Godr He glanced through ,
The sights on the barrel and started at
what ne brought into range: Il gun bar {
rel, and behind that an eye, and that !
we belonging to his worst enemy, Rob /
nson. :
His heart seemed to beat a hundred +
lines before he dropped the stock of his a
gun.
Get in here, Ed, for heavens sake. t
ind thank God you're here! | don't I
mean that want you to be killed, but +
wo Winchesters are better than one, L
wen if.look out, man, down! They're h
four wind" L
How in the worid!''
shut up; don't talk. You'll have TO
axe my place in little whiler He
leeped over the edge and fired three
ines. :
Robinson was beside him now. and aI- n
they singled out their man and f
el DRIVE. Between the shots they talked q
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