The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-04

boys, get out the horses an have some
one take care of this poor chap. Then
you collect as big a posse as you can
/ I'll put out for the fort an get the sol
diers an You meet us where we strike
the trail from there to the Roberts
ranch.
Comanche Charley dashed off TO the
stable. and Grizzly Joe turned towards
Eames with look of hesitation. The
latter grasped the fronticrsman 9 hand
impetuously,
"Joe,' he said. "you will take me
with you7 Great heavens, / must go.
] know what you arc thinking Of but
I'm changed man from this moment.
and if we get through this l will be
one all the rest of my life
His companion looked at him for n
moment in silence. "Well, he said ut
last, "I allow it's sent to you TO go,
and I cant deny YOU
In few moments time they were
off, Just as Comanche Charley struck
spurs into his horses flanks and gal
| loped in the other direction. Not a
word passed between the two for
awhile, as they rode straight towards
Il tall branchlesS tree in the crest of
| the rise up which they were racing
Soon they saw the descent on the other
side, and standing out against the side
of a hill at the extremity of a plain,
the white buildings of the fort. As
| they traversed the plain at furious
speed, Joe turned to Eames aud seized
tho English hunting-crop tho latter
handkerchief to the end of it, he be-
gan signaling the fort and soon there
came a response from a flag waved
high in the air.
"'Lucky I learned that signal rack
et," said the frontiersman, as he made
cuts in different directions with his
oxtemporized flag; ''it'll save us near
ly fifteen minutes. -
On they galloped swiftly toward the
whitewashed buildings, with the starry
alag flying over them. Suddenly they
heard the sharp report of howitzer,
the signal to the men herdng the troop
horses on tho plain outside 10 stam-
pede them to the fort, In a few mo-
ments moro they dismounted IN front
of the adiutant s Office on the piazza
Of which stood the major of the til
cavalry The commanding officer adj
vanced and greeted them brusquely,
owe made out your signals. ho
said "Now where is the place!'
Grizzly Joe explained hurriedly and
the major nodded comprebendingly
"All right he said; ''you can tell
me the rest as we 90 along
He motioned to his adjutant, who
gave the word TO the trumpeter, and
the clear. resonant notes of ''Roots
and saddles" rang loudly across the
plain.
Some one found Eames and Joe
fresh horses and with iingIing of spurs
and rnttling of accoutrcmcntS the force
deboucbed upon the plain. k.amcs did
not keep his place by his friend g side
but leaving him to guide the column
fell back to humber position As
he did so, one of the lieutepants Of the
second company nodded TO him pleas
antly. and he recognized the officer as
young fellow who had graduated ut
West Point when he himself had been
present. They rode together for some
some information from him MS to their
probable course of action.
~ had word or two with Grizzly
before we started said the licuten.
ant. 81 made his acquaintance last
year up at Fort Fettcrman He told
mo that the ranch lies on tho further
side of an isolated hill and close under
it. I suppose he has suggested to the
major to make the approach screened
by this hill, and thus unseen, divide
and charge on the redskins, Joe is
inst tho boy for expeditions of this
kind there ism t scout living under,
stands his business better
They were making steady progress
but an impatient desire to push on at
top speed had taken possession of
Eames. and when they had ridden
about half IN hour he conld not helm