Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-10

ohN Nv ueNAueu " kO Will tue CuIIeul
instead Of against It.
He had not proceeded far before be
heard the jabber Of voices, the rattle OF
side arms against canteens and tin
cups, denoting that some soldiers Of
the retreating army were ahead Of
him. Thinking they would afford him
a good opportunity to make his expert
ment Of playing ghost. he urged his
charger on till he came in sight Of four
men, whom he suspected TO be those
who had been sent back to hnd him.
Hearing the patter Of the donkey's lit
tie hoofs on the road, they turned.
For a moment they stood paralyzed.
"Santa Marial' whispered one to the
other. Its the miller. He must have
been murdered"
go bnck,' cried ont Guardet. land
bury me-! King BOmba's men have left
my body in n thicket neal my mill. !
will haunt You till you place it under
ground and put n cross over It,"
AS he spoke he kept on at the same
pace. The soldiers recoiled before
him to the side of the road and as
soon as he had passed began to con.
suit as to what they should do. Not
n Of them dared to stand against the
threat he had made In the miller's
name, aud. trembling. they retraced
their steps and spent hours in a fruit.
less search for his body.
Meanwhile Guardet, encouraged at
his success, rode on. keeping mt a safe
distance behind the advance Of the re-
treating army. till he came to the top
of a declivity from which he could look
down on Palermo. He saw King Bonn.
has Gag flying Over the palace, the
Neapolitan ships of war In the harbor,
besides several war vessels flying the
British flag. He noticed the enemy's
camps and, considering their extent,
could not conceive how his general
could prevail against them He OBJ
served their positions and saw that
they were on the farther side Of the
city, while the declivity on which he
stood led down to the narrow streets
on the hither side that had been left
without protection. All this he consid-
cred, and 1t occurred to him that 1t
would be well for his general to know
what was before him.
By this time darkness had come on,
and he determined to take advantage
of It to ride back to inform Garibaldi
Of what he had seen.
There was another road leading to.
ward the revoluttonlsts which Joined
the n on which they we're advancing
Guardet made for this road. lust as
he was about to ride into 1t, looking
over an open space. be saw the dark
forms Of men marching westward.
"AhaW exclaimed Guardet to him
self. "a force Is moving by this road
either to strike the general on the
dank or cut him of. We shall see
about this"
For some distance the road on which
these troops were marching lay wei
partly open ground. and Guardet how
cred on their flank. He appeared now
and again to the soldiers as c white
mass moving In the same direction as
themselves. lie was minded to block
the road before them TO delay or turn
them back, but he remembered that
their leader would be at their head
and, being of superior Intelligence, was
not likely to he frightened by an ap-
partition. So be fell back to the e a
with n view to detaching some portion
Of the force. When the dawn was
far enough advanced to enable the
to see him he put himself on the
road between tie main body and a
company marching a shurt distance In
the rear. A bomb dropping among
could not hive more effectually
scattered them.
Without waiting for them to investi
gate him Guardet, who every moment
was becoming more convinced OF the
Importance of bearing the information
le possessed to his general, crossed
rom the road on which the Neapoli-
ans were marching to the one on
which Garibaldi vas advancing and
the morning took position at a
Joint where the general must pass. lie
not waited long when the head {
II the revolutionary column came In !
light Guardet rode TO meet them. :
md the skirmish lins melted away
Ike Ice under the rays Of a hot sun.
Suardet kept on causing u commotion !
n the little army till he approached !
he general and his staff. !
whats this2 p the general demand I
d.. who are o who have rugged I
like a phantom2" l
81 am Private Giuseppe Guardet.
AIKEN in yesterdays fight by King !
3omba's men. | escaped and hid In a
Mill. That's what gives me a ghostly
.ppearance. l have been to the crest
4 the hill overlooking Palermo and e
ave noted several features that 1t 6
nay be well for You to know" +
what are theyT' ]
'"There must be 10000 troops in Pa. /
srmo, but they are all near the palace J
{ the other end Of the city. There is r
feet of war vessels in the harbor,
ONE Of them bearing the English I
"English?"
"Yes, general" :
eco on"
'"rhe part Of the town nearest the