The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17

sAlEl-t4ItAEE VIII ne AiaAAW ai4lAlAAAA NaAt-H
have sot 10 come ID rom below. for
no 1nCk could climb duwu this 1iun
without making a noise don't see
vhv with Iecanr luck. va ean hold
1ut as We ara until 1eiu gets here
hose fellows who rode away VIII RAJ
port 4t Canon Bluf and send a rider
On ~ Dodge for leip There ought 20
be soldiers out here 1y noon tumur-
TOW What yooDs are az Dodge now 2'
'Duly q single 0mpanv-tnfaurrT
-sulied Moy'an glonmily All The -est
ara ont scouting long the Solomon.
Damned .f believe they'll send IL
man. Those -vo towards VIII likely
report IL AL daad--other-vise they
vouldn have any excuse FOR -lunln
ivay-aud he commander VIII satisfy
himself by 5endin courier -o The tel
.ers m The Held
We'll then commented me Ser
geaut MA eyes cleaning we've sim
ply got 20 light it out alone Z reckon.
and hang on 10 our asst shots What
fo y0u make 1f hose rsds"'
The three men stared ior some time
az The distant group 1ver their rides
m suencs.
They amt al AraDahoes. that's GER
tain. said Moyiau ar last Snme ot
EN- ara Chsyennes rvs seen hat
chief 1efova--it's Roman Nose
The big buck bumped up on the
roam 20
THAT'S the one and he Ia a bad
actor saw him once over at Fort
KeaTuey rvo years azo. FAD coun-
ciI there. Say" IN surprise. amt
that an ogaua sioux war bonnet boo
bin there 70 The right, Sergeant
HamHa stadied the distant fsath-
cred head-dress indicated, shading dis
eyes With one hand
II reckon maybe ir ls BToYian, he
acknowledged Al lasr grEveiy. Those
fellows have evidently got together
we're going 70 have the biggest scraD p
this summer the old army has had JET.
Looks a. though ir was going 70 begin
righC hers--and now See there The
dance Ia on boys there they come
they vii try .c On foot -his time
Ffe -sscsd his rife, resting one knee
on the seat Moyian pushed the bar
ref of his Winchester 0uC through the
ragged hole la the back of the cDach
aud the EtCle Mexican lay fat. his
I eyes on The Level wfcfIrhe windoW-cas-
! ing The girl alone remained motion
I less. crouche1 On rhe aoor. her waice
fsce uDilftsd.
The sntirs Held stretching 70 the
I river was clear 70 the view. the short,
Y dry buFalo-grsss Offering no conce& J.
I 1ent. To the right - the coach, Soma
I fifty feet away, was the only ceprss-
sion. a shallow gully leading down
l from che 5IGF, but this slight advan-
taze was unavailable The sun had al
I ready droDDed from vlsw, and ths
gathering twilight distorted the fg-
lFes, zSak,hz them almost zro1esqus
. in their savazsry. Yet they could be
I clearly dlsting g8ished, stealing silent,
\ ~ forward, guns IN hand, spreading
out IN 4 vide haIf-ciFcle. o5ecient 20
the gestures Of Roman Nose, Who. still
mounted upon hls ponF, was travsTs-
inz me river bank, his every motion
outlined against the dull CLEAN Of va
tsr behind him From The black
depths of thi coach the three men
/ watched in almost breathIess silence
gripping their weapons. fascinated,
I determined not 10 waste shot Con
zalss, under the strain. uttered a fierce
( 3panish curse. but Hamlin crushed his
arm between iron fngers
Keep stiH, you fooli" he muttered
never glancing around Let ycur gun
talk"
The assailants came creeping on
snakes rather than men. appearing
less and less human in the increasing
shadows Twice the Sergeant lifted
his Henry. sighting along the brown
barrel, lowering the weapon again In
doubt OF the distance Re Was con
soiOus Of eKultation. Of a sWifter pulse
OF the heart, yet his nerves we're like
steel. his grip steady Only a din
fsetinE memory Of the GIRL half hid
don In the darkness behind gave hin
uneasinsss-h could not turn and
look into her eyes. Roman Nose wal
advancing nov at the center Of tha
creeping half circle. a hulking figure
Dsrcbed on his pOnyS back. yet vel
out Of rife range. He spread hii
hands apart, claEping blanket. look
ing Ike great bird Mapping It's wings
and the ground IN front famed, th'
red fare splitting the gray gloom. Th'
speeding bullets crashed through thu
leather of the coach. spllnterlng thu
wood, tho Mexican rolled 10 the floor
uttering ono inhuman cry and lay mo
tlOnless. n great volume OF blacl
| e,ookc ,On vovcd Ga tho afili air