New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-19

arroyos for three miles more. discover
| ing nothing When we all met again
the majors big car had gone on, taking
him and the imaginative Howard along
! We piled more than a dozen of us SOL
dicrs and scouts. into the two re-
naming hvvers. which. overloaded,
promptly burst their tires, and one
! burned out It's bearings. The latter we
/ left AZ the mud shacks Of Santa Rosita'
! Here Captain Kirkpatrick. OF Troop A.
mounted hill. and. with his glasses
| spotted the only real adventure OF the
day, the majors own.
Langhorne Pursues Bandit.
"You can see Langhorne's car" he
returned 70 tell Va. pointing westward,
far from the ridge. ITS chasing
mounted Mexican clean across the dcs-
ert." We stared NJ che dust .whirls
yondcr till our eyes achcd. but could
make out nothing. Kirkpatrick had
seen him true enough. but We did not
learn what had happened until Lang
horne reached here az GOon. Had all
our cars been in commission We could
have followed and killed the small band
close ahead Of us. As il was, the eX-
citablc Howard whisked Langhorne
after the first Of them was seen and be-
fore the others had come into view.
The bandit was riding sorrel Amerl-
car horse. and by no chance on his
tired mount could have made more than
five miles an hour. Several shots were
exchanged. but the chase was spoiled
by Towards refusing 20 keep his eyes
in the boat. 80 that he soon ran the
motor into an arroyo.
Foster. the mining man, and !. being
technically non-combatants, stayed at
Santa ROsita while the others went on
toward San Francisco.
Almost casual. exciting and un-
Perahing-likc this was. But any man
would have given his eye teeth 70 be
mixed up i'm IT. and the spirit of every
one was a thing to look back upon and
envy.
The truck came by. carrying rein
forcements forward: the fivvers made
several trips, all in preparation for the
attack that night on Cerro Blanco.
Alone at our post, we had orders to let
no Mexican leave the settlement. Only
one wanted 10. and we let him 20 on
parole. which he kept, returning at
dark. Mounting guard turn Dy turn, We
caught up the sleep missed for the last
two DAYS, and IL was IN one OF my maps
that the village cat stole the sole ration
| had in sight the gnawed thlghbone
Of goat.
Just as we were mounting the roof of
n 'dobc shack 20 hold guard there, turn
and turn all night, the truck came by
from here, loaded fer the last time, and
took US on to the lone windmill of San
Francisco. where the major plotted the
surrounding Of Cerro Blanco, exactly
as had been done for Santa Fe the
previous night, and, rs 1t turned out,
with the same disappointing result.
A troop had come up at dark, and
Lieutenant Foster at midnight was or
dered back 20 bring up another force OF
a dozen mounts. The first horseman,
the loaded truck and single hlvver
started forward at 3 o'clock a. m. /
hadn't the impertinence, since hght.ng
men were so scant. to crowd on either
First. | decided to walk on alone be-
hind till | realized that Fosters squad,
seeing me armed and alone in the dark
ness. would naturally not hesitate 70
shoot.
| could have heard their hoofs and
crawled under a mesquite, but the best
chance was TO wait for the detachment
itself. riding on one of the remounts,
which | did. when they arrived just be
fore daylight. At the top OF the rise
overlooking Cerro Blanco a messenger
came back 20 say that the main quarry
had escaped during the night and was
we'll on the road to Sierra Mojada. II
was then that Langhorne sent out the
two small detachments, of which Lieu
tenant Cramer's was successful az Cas-
tillot.
Deemer Apathetic Hero.
Last night was the first time that I
have slept a wink for three days. :
shall leave here tonight, convinced
that this expedition is over. bringing
this dispatch out with me. This after
noon the first pack train arrived from
Colonel Sibley. who is reported at Los