Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-22

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Or even the hrst white man, that has
withstood an Il attack In this place.
In Imagination he constructed the his;
tory of the fort. Here, In ages re-
mote, tribe OF Indians, defeated and
driven to the mountains, had con-
.structed an outpost against their, enc
mics Of the plain, but these had cap
tured the strong hold and fortified It
against its former occupants Later a
band OF r Spanish gold Il seekers had:
made a.. stand here against natives
whom they had reused against them
by oppression. Or, perhaps, as indi-:
Gated by the cross, It had afforded ref
uge to the mission fathers, those he-t
roic souls who had faced the horrors
Of thess inferno like desert In h their,
sanity. efforts to. convert it's fendishi
Inhabitants. MI. s. y: II, 5E.s .%, i.s
With his mind occupied by appre-
tensions Lane looked at the rattle
!, snake npon the sahuaro, whose 5strug-
giles bya this time had diminished to 3.
feeble movement OF the tail. " '.:"@ & q. Z
= ..Poor old rattlerr' he thought u 81
wish / could spare q cartridge to put
you out OF your misery. !" &j Ell, :,s .s 1ssss
! At length as Lane ,peered up the
mountain side he saw a brush on q
ledge a little to the left Of the trail
; CULVER as eif stirred !, by a passing
breath sof wind. He aimed ! his Win
chester through d crack !ins the wall
\ at the spot, and when q moment later
an Apache rose aup from he ground
! ands leaped toward the shelter OF q
:. rock below Lane fired, and the savage
|, fell crumpling. Like an echo Of the
explosion "a rifle on the right spoke
andsa bullet struck the rock by Lanes
head. He marked the spot whence
Z the shot came and quickly ran to an
[ other. part Of the wall 3. i From here he
saw the ledge Of an Indians thigh ex-
posed BY the side of the bowlder he
had noted. Crack went Lanes Win
I chester: The Les was suddenly with
drawn, and ats${the same moment a;
head appeared on the other side Of the
rock. as If the Indian had stretched
| himself out involuntary, Crack again,
and Lane had got his man, tn. t,jstss .
Two shots to AN Indian is expen-
sive. thought the prospector; other
wise this game OF: tip-jack would be
very interesting Z s.. Z ..gs !. .: : IS
7 There was d cry In the Apache
tongue, and suddenly nine half naked
| bodies arose from behind rocks and
bushes extending in AN irregular cres-
cent above the fort and rushed for
| ward ten, fifteen and even twenty
yards TO the next cover. Lane did not
count number or distance at the time.
but he figured these ont In his next
period OF waiting from the photograph
sifashed Non his subconscious mind sE At
I the timesof the rush; he was otherwise
occupied. Crack. crack, and two Of
the Indians fell dead !. ia midcareer.
Crack. and q third crawled, wounded.
| to the cover he had almost safely at
Itained. Crack, and an 5eag gle feather
| In the head OF the fourth Indian shot
at was cut OF at the stem and fell for.
| ward ON the rock behind A which its
weaver had dropped just In time ia
save his life There was an answering
volley from the rifles Of the remaining
| Apaches.R which was directed against
l the lookout Of loose stones from which
| the prospector's fire had come. One OF
the bullets penetrated the opening and
plowed a sfurrow through Lanes scalp
Itoppllng him to his knees. He iscran-
bled quickly to his feet ana. hastily
pressing his long hair back from his
forehead tossta inch the bleeding wound,
sought the protectio Of the middle
lockout. He congratulate himself.
Lucky Tor me they didn IL ffoilow the
first rush immedi lately With q second.
| Now II know To wait fors their signal:
Six and possibly seven Of them are
4 left and they win storm my works In
two more attempts. Here they comet
The call again sounded. SIX Apaehea
leaped forward, and from the rock that
iconcealed the wounded warrior 81 shot
Erang ont Id advance of the arst dis.
charge from Lane Winchester The
Indians bullet scored the top of the
l I sturret and filled the eyes 81 the man
behind 1t with powdered stone. The
prDspe ctor, already dazed by his wound
Il fred wildly and missed HE mark
i Quickly overing himself. dc fired
lagain and I'd Pain. severely woundine
Il two paches These lay clawing The
Il ground within tWenf yards of the
wall The four enaining indians
were safely conce aled AT the same dis
lance, protected no less BY the FORTH
cation than ~ the loose powders be
4 hind which they crouched Tor the INA
iBpring Lane rea lied the fact that his
4 Hext shots TO he q feetive must be III
downward angle and To fire them Iii
a must expose himsel EEsS5s
his IN my finish. 81 he thought il
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