New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

of The square he saw approaching the hotel man
in whom he soon recognized Nethersole despatch
rider walking and leading his horse
Anything new since last night: asked heiIle'-
Not that | know OF.
The despatch rider leaned against the ntA( Po9I
of the veranda He began filling pipe with tobacco
as if thinking Of other things. ! he dawn IS d
strange hour" he said quietly The tone OF the
voice betrayed that his mind had gone 0aCk c.o 10
1e0T,le think the dawn mysterious, heInet
continued Poets have been pleased to call It
bv beautiful names But | don like 1t. 1t ietls
cold and all the things that have happened 10
me have come then There Was the time when
he Katirs attacked US That was at dawn me
said | ought to have held the place ana l dld'
NIL oot that slash across the eye and went down
Then the mill burnt That Was at thTee-thlrlE -hIe
., NJ and left me grooming horses III q hVery s'aDIe-
Then II Just getting Ilght "heh lllt IIe'I's -
came 10 the mine telling Us the nome company Hlu
f.i1ed was standing in the house where the wire
vas. watching a palm grow out OF The melting
mist would have cleared from tfi,tt business IL
.,o,ber haIf-vear. because the stuff was there.
,Tl7er the. message came, and we quit work nat
,,,tCr we had was a funny fellow. He shot nm
III 1ater Kennel stopped for a moment.
And after that" asked the Canadian.
oh Have some tobacco:
The artist who wore whiskers and NetheTsoIe
came out Of the hotel together shutting me % poo'
,7,,isel.sslv behind them Nethersole walked rap
DIV TO the stable, brought his horse, and mounted,
Come on, he SAID -,
The three men rode away from the square; e'tl
mo behind them the artist complaining t" the lI
-,7.n who had lust come 70 the porch. lheE ldASGd
o,,iv through the town and finally entered on the
beoinuing Of a long road which led away over a
80 reacll Of plain toward where the T'sng sun
Iad lust lifted clear of the crest OF dome shaped
hin n the far distance The road lay broad as an
venue The despatch rider rode htte ahead ana
10 one side At times all three turned on the NeluI
- rs = bullock tram ploddng IN slow tread lo"',Iu
r7. distant hill; the bullocks swinging i'iSuliIIy
from side 10 side and the quick cracks OF the NIHS
md wild crles of the katir drivers mngln2 WIN ue
5rcesean creaking of the loaded wagons to teIITJI
-he stiffness which oVcrhun2 the vast pam i"'
ef1r7 rose higher from the hlll crest. -,
" Hadn't we better be getting a move on;
asked the Canadian 1,,-
No " answered Nethersole: there no huIIE.
Got = tip late last night that the ATTACK "oulul4
h.. made till to-rnorro~. Thought We had De''eI
ge, out here, though , I'D
over mile after mile Of the wide ana barren I'"I
,7a ,free men continued toward the place "htIe II
f,ad been said battle would soon be fought iilog
continued for miles without speaking, ""IAIliS 'I''l
horses riding three abreast. l
At one time two black dots OF hoTstlileIi "Pe"oi
,,1lst the sllv Of the rise behind. NeiheIa"e HAen
MS gla~ses them. . H..
That must be Whiskers, and he ndlnR
suppose yith old fat Bill They we're gong 10 1'nI, A.
out together We've got 10 beat Dill al" i'o
knows a thing or TWO about tins busles9 t.,
An hour later they before them -s"il7i | lI.o
s1lrburn1 grass Of IN upward SLOPE many i'-S