The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-06


Once more the outpost was disturbed and
the sergeant was summoned from royal re-
past which he was sharing with his comrades
under coyer of the forest.
Kitty Cowles, you arc stark mad to be out.
here at This time Of night he scoldcd as he B
saw her WHAT'S II nov? Dontyou think
we've got enough to cal YETI Or have you
brought us feather beds from the hotel?''
81 guess youll bcmighty glad J came back
when you uhear" said Kitty 1Whilc you are
Teasing and doing, here you arc letting LOT
Of men and horses and things march all
round you, Major Dillon has taken bis
cavalry right around you and YOU can't catch
him unless you 80 through the woods and
head him Of I"
by Joyel You're wonder, Kitty
You're d better general than any OF us, cried
the Sergeant
"Ill command you them" laughed Kitty
excitedly; get into the car and well catch
them in no lime, Billy.
oh this is the best evcrl"s chucklcd Mr.
Wyeth, as he seecteda patrol Of six men and
bundled them into the auto, while the girl
overcame the protests Of the frigatcped
chauffeur
A patrol q 81; 81; is small force to go against
a troop Of cavalry, but the cavalry was
moving entirely against the rules Of the
game, and six men were quite enough to up
set the plans OF the treacherous leader
In twenty minutes the hoofs Of the horses
could be heard, and presently Wyeth stopped
the AUTO and took his patrol forward at double
time When within two hundred yards Of the
dark mass Of men and horses, he halted the
patrol and fred volley, which roared out
like a salvo Of artillery and lighted up the
whole landscape with the fash
Wild CONSERVATION was at once evident
among the troopers, and an officer came
galioping back in a fine fury.
For Gods sake, stop that firing, you
fools!" he shouted; don't you know its
against orders to fire after recall2"
This is patrol Of the 9TH Infantry,
Major Dillon" said Wyeth. "Do you
surrender"
Surrender nothing" roared the Major;
:" I'm taking my men back from areconnais-
sance and we're looking for Camp site" :"
:" You've had seven hours orsmore to look
for a'eamp site, and this looks 50 suspicious
that think We ought TO have an umpire to
decide what course to take" said Wyeth.
you're altogether too ofhcious," com
mented the Major; ] remember you now;
you're the man | met up the st. Lawrence.
you'dbetter take your patrol back and keep
quiet about this, or you1l be making fool
Of yourself =
The sound Of horse gallopiug came to
their ears "What, moro troublefp snapped
the officer,
"You wait here and sec, or III fire another
volcy,' threatened Wyetb.
What's all this hring1" demanded an
officer, riding up 10 the group. II was a
young and enthusiastic umpire who had
heard the volley and bastened to learn its
significance,
These men from the 7th fired on nc
while / was looking tor a camp site" COM
planned the Major.
The umpire laughed "you must be
pretty fastidious to be hunting camp site
at midnight, I he said. 81 think you'd better
Z tell your second in command to bivouac here,
and come back with me TO the Chief Umpire:
] wouldn't care 10 venture decision in. this
case myself.
The cavalry officer so far forgot himsfll as
to swear little, but finally rode away.with
the umpire Kitty showed that she really
possessed remnant Of discretion by quietly
slipping awpy unperceived during the excite
ment
Papa Cowles had been wide awake with
anxiety for several hours, madly telephoning
TO various points for tidings Of his lost daugh-
ter and motor Kitty told him everything,
and he was so righteously angry that he
asserted his parental authority with unusual
tirmness and decleed their positive departure
from the seat Of war on the following day,
remaining adamant 10 the pleas aud protests
OF his daughter.
They left The hotel next morning and took
up the homeward route. kitty politcd
Grossly, and il made her no more cheerful to
contemplate the unusual number Of troops
through which they passed. Il was quite
evident that the commander CT the Reds was
: preparing Tor an engagement o: sciile magnl.
tuds, and Kitty reelected bitterly lhat she q
seen not single battle Of importance.
After threading their way through regiment
after regiment Of horse, foot and artillery
| they reached the advance guard, whcs aal-
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