The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-12

as a pair of the very Wlckedest niue Niolo
devils especially everybody that had ever
been near Lanao.
Back a couple of years ago in Moro
province, district OF Lanao, thefi Seeepd
SQUADRON OF this regiment was pushed over
from where We was garrlsoned al Joio 10
tend to their needs, for they was runnn
things with high hand among the cottas
and rancherias Of the amigo Meros. | was
a duty sergeant then in B troop. booney
was corporal in (, same as now.
Them days | had expert rlHeman's
rating, with two bars on my badge We
lost It all since I've got into this headquaf..
tiers work -and my speciality was estlmatln
distance Corporal Booney hadn't got any
higher up than sharpshooter, his weak
points bein one thousand yards slow hfe
and two hundred rapid. Now, his strong
point. too, was the estimatin' distance test
The squadron took up the chase m the
north of the province near llgan and began
pushin' south through the junges and hills.
We'd got halfway down to Matallng rams
when bad Moros commenced deVelepln
and the senior captain, actin squadron COM
mander, set trap.
"Now. BooneY and me, havin long since
passed the age OF twenty-one, besides Deln
5, He'd marksmen, was assigned to cossack
post on a long wooded swale, while the
SQUADRON made detour, 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.
"'Yes'ir, said /, feelin' quite bit hurt
that he hadn't left that entirely to US, our
judgment bein' good.
so Booney and me borrowed all the
tobacco we could and hid out in clumpet
OF wild rice behind fallen mahogany. We
had fine commandin view OF the country
below and all we had to do was keep sharp
lookout. talk, and chew tobacco. Nice de-
tail that. But, naturally, sittin' around got
to be hard work after few hours.
Believe d rather be hikin with the
squadron. | was sayin' at four O'Clock.
"Oh. If some Of our Moro friends would
only shove into sight; my patience is get
tin strained. This is as unexcltin' as beln'
lookout in a faro game, Booney was reply
ing. when the answer to his prayer came
| saw them first.
There they are for you then, says
pokin' him.
six hundred yards was his amazin
reply, as cool an calculatin' as i th'
natives had been in view right along anc
we'd been discussin the range. /,
There was two Of them, half-nake0f bH ia
devils. with krises and Remingtons, as
made out through my binoculars. They
just crept out from the tangle and wa
! prun' around. W
~ Five hundred yards and not a incl
more / protested, since the subject ha'
come up. could see Booney had over
1 estimated the range
. Six hundred yards he insists
g "Now. I've always blamed myself for on
thing. that didn't make out from thci
actions they was concerned about the satet
o OF more hides than their own. You see, tw
I men will skulk along and keapssat otgslgh
5. thcseasest way. An advance party, on TIA
Y other hand, will poster around and pr
d every which way. This particular pair wa
It pestcsin around and lookin every whle
il way. But my deductin faculty WASH
J. workin' good just then, ! suppose.
re a. Five hundred, Booney, told him wit
v emphasis. 1t annoyed me little to have
Is mere sharpshooter contradictin' my Judi
,s ment tine an expert ri1eman with two ba
a. ON my badge
e Six hundred, and not a foot less al
is III bet my badge on it against hall
plug Of tobacco and here goes, gro"
II Booney
"a Il looked at the man He was settin' h
h sights.
st "lll show yoI, says he; there's ON
m two
a "Thens when | ought to have assert
er MY judgment was going to object. 81
re ior TACT, there was just only two OF the
and was now mad at my judgment bel
he disputed By a mere sharpshooter
K ''sWel, then, you'll clip tmigs beh
to them and I'll get 'em, says |, THROWN I
e leaf uD to FIVE hundred yards peep.
O. "Booney crowded clip into his mag
zine and begun studyin' things through
l. glasses. Two points right windage
" mirage. he droned, and twenty y-hve yar
er less elevation Tor light and heat