The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-25

in the Islands most everybody knows them
as pair Of the very wickedest little Moro
devils especially everybody that had ever
been near Lanao.
Back a couple Of years ago in Moro
province, district Of Lanao, the second
squadron Of this regiment was pushed over
from where we was garrisoned at Jolo to
tend TO their needs, for they was runnin
things with high hand among the cottas
and rancherias OF the amigo Moros. | was
a duty sergeant then il B troop. Booney
was corporal in +, same as.now.
Them days | had expert riheman's
rating, with two bars on my badge--Ivc
lost it all since I've got into this headquar-
tiers work and rav speciality was estimatin
distance. Corporal Booney hadn't got any
higher up than sharpshooter, his weak
points bein one thousand yards slow fire
and two hundred rapid Now, his strong
point, too, was the estimatin' distance test.
The squadron took up the chase in the
north Of the province near lligan and began
pushin south through the jungles and hills.
We'd got halfway down to Mataling Falls
when bad Moros commenced developin',
and the senior captain, actin squadron cori-
mandcr, set trap.
Nov, Booney and me, havin long since
passed the age Of twenty-one, besides bein
$, He'd marksmen, was assigned 10 cossack
post on long wooded swale. while the
squadron made dctour, leavin outposts
here and there. The movement would take
up about two days, the captain said
- Be careful, men keep your eyes open
and don't engage any large force, he told
US.
"'Ycs'ir, said |. ieclin quito bit hurt
that he hadn't left that entirely to us our
judgment bein good
$50 Booney and me borrowed all the
tobacco NC could and hid out in clumpct
Of Wild rice behind fallen mahogany. Nc
had a fine commandin view OF the country
bclow and all VIC had 10 do was keep sharp
lookout, talk, and chew tobacco Nice dc
tail that. But naturally, sittin around got
to be hard work after few hours
Believe Id rather be hikin with the
squadron. was sayin' at four O'Clock
Oh, ii some Of our Moro friends would
only shove into sight; my patience is get
tin strained. This is as uncxcitin as bcin
lookout in a faro game, Booney was reply
ing, when the answer TO his r. cr came
saw them FIRST.
There they are for you then, says /,
pokin him.
Six hundred yards, was his amazia'
reply, as cool an calculatin' as il the
natives had been in view right along and
we'd been discussin the range.
There was two OF them, half-nakcd little
devils, with krises and Remingtons, as |
made out through my binoculars They Il
just crept out from the tangle and was
pryin around
Five hundred yards and not inch
more, protested, since the subject had
come up. could see Booney had over
estimated the range.
"iSiA hundred yards. he insists
Nov, I've always blamed myself Tor one
thing. that | didn't make out from their
actions they was concerned about the safety
VI lutit HlhNS lHth tiitii bNH ltN stC. w q
men win skulk along and keep out Of sight
the easiest way. An advance party on the
other hand, will poster around and pry
every which way. This particular pair was
pestcrin' around and ookin every which
way But my deductin faculty WASH t
workin good just then, ] suppose
I" Five hundred, Booncy, | told him with
emphasis II annoyed nc littla to haze a
mere sharpshootcr contradictn' my judg-
ment me an expert riileman withlwo bars
on my badge.
Six hundred. and not foot less and
jill bet my badge on it against hall a
plug OF tobacco and here goes, grows
Booney
II looked at the man He was settin' his
sights.
What the deuce began,
In show YOU, says he; there's only
two.
TThsns when ought TO have asserts I'd
my judgment. vas gong 70 object Bnl,
for fact there was just onl, two oi item
and was now mad at my Judgment heIn
disputed by sncre sharpshooter.
Well, then. you'll clip lviys behind
them and RI get en-, says | thrown ny
leal UP TO tive hundred yards peep
Booney crawdcd elip into Iii nass.
zine and beriiS sltiil yista things thfotl9li ny