Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-02-23

OF our engineering department. wHs
ruuning q line. looking then. Hs we IRE
looking yet TOT a cousi outlet
lie took only flying camp with
him. travelling In the lightcst Kind "
order. camping often with the cattle
men he ran across.
one night away down In the Fan.
hnndlo they fell In with an OUTFIT driv
INK bunch N steers up the yellow |
Grass trail Blair noted that the fore
mas was chnsnctcr-a man Of few |
words. but Of great muscular strength |
and, moreover. frightfully SCARED.
lie was silent and inclined 90 be- mo |
rose ut first. but after he learned Blair |
was from McCloud he uubcnt bn
and after time began asking qucs
lions which indicated n surprising Ia !
mlliarity with the northern country |
aud with our road. In particular this |
man asked what had become Of Bucks
and. when told what hig railroad
man he had grown. asserted, with 2
sudden bitterness and without IN any
way leading up 10 II. that with Bucks
on the West End there never would
have been strike
sitting at their campfire while thcii
crews mingled, Blair noticed In the
flicker of the blaze how scanned the
throat aud breast of the cattlemun
were. Even his sinewy forcnrms were
drawn out Of shape. lie asked. too.
whether Blair recollected the night the
barracks burned. but Blair at that time
was east of the river aud 80 explained,
though he related 10 the cowboy Incl
dents OF the fire v6hlch he had heard
among others the Story OF Fitzpatrick
ana Slclone Clark.
"And Fitzpatrick IL alive. and 81
clone is deal" said Blair In conclu
sion. But the cowboy disputed him.
"You mean Clark Is alive aud l'itz-
patrick Is dead" said he.
"No." contcnded Sidney. "Fitzpat.
rick Is running an engine mp there
now. ! saw him within three months"
But the cowboy was loath TO conyic.
lion.
Next morning their trails forked.
| The foreman seemed disinclined 20
part from the surveyors. and while the
| bunch was starting he rode long way
| with Blair. talking In random way.
| Then, suddenly wheeling. he waved u
goodby with his heavy Stctson and.
| galloplng hard was soon lost 10 the
north In the ruts of the Yellow Grass.
When Blair came In he told Nelghbor
and me about H. Blair had never seeh
Siclone Clark and 50 was no judge rs
to his identity. but Neighbour believes
yet that Blair camped that night way
| down In the Panhandle with 40 other
J than the cowboy engineer
Once again. that only two years ago,
something came back 20 us.
| Holmes Kay. one of our stan Of sur
geons the man. in fact. who tooK care
of Fitzpatrick. enlisted In Illinois and
went with the First to CuDn. Tie,
got la front Of Santiago just after the
hard lighting OF July !. aud Holmes
was detailed for hospital work amOrg
Kooscvelt's mea. who had suffered Sc.
ycrely the dag before.
one OF the wounded. II sergeant. had
sustained Il gllnshDt wound Ia the jaw
aud In the confusion had received
scant attention. Kay took hold Of
him. lie WAS n cowJOy. like most Oi
the rough riders. and after his Jaw
was dressed Kay made some remark
about III" hot lire they had been
through before the bloci,liouse.
I'D bcca through II hotter before
ever saw CUBA" answered the rough
rider as well rs he could through hl'
bandagcg The remark directed liay''
attention to the condition OF hi
breast and neck. which were mas
, Of sears.
, where are yCu frOmr aske,
Holmes.
every where"
, "Wherc did you get burned tina
way"
"Out on the plains"
How
But the poor fellow went OFF into
dellrlum and 10 the surgeons amaze
|, mcnt began repeating train orders
= Kay WAS paralyZcI ut the way h
talked o,,r lingo-and Il cowboy. Whei
!, he left the wounded man for the nigh
:, he resolved TO question him NOR
closely the next day, but the next da
, orders came 10 rejon his regiment II
the trenches. The surrender shlfte
a things about, and Kay, though h
4 man again.
Neighbor when he heard the stor
a was only confirmed In his belief tina
the rough rider was Siclonc Clark.
y give you the tales as they came TO IN