The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-17
CHAPTER iv--contInued.

You stay here. sergeant. with the
rest OF the detachment. on tho Ameri-
can side. | will cross over. and II |
md ! need you shall start q IRE.
You can sea II for ten miles. IL you
SEQ Ere show three times. come right
into Mexico with all the men. ! shall
take one man with mo.
II 10 Just possible that We may be
able TO help tho people without getting
ourselves into trouble, In any case,
We must not get into . row on the
wrong side OF the limo. he SURF to
keep a man on tho lookout. shall
make two flares II want you. Nolan.
you come with mo-"
The old soldier would have liked TO
rumonstrate with his oficcr. but the
habits OF discipline Of twenty years
were too strong. He sAluted. and. bid
ding his men dismount and loosen
their cinches. watched his young su.
perior and Nolan 40 they walked their
horses down the hill In the growing
light
When they reached the level ground
they took UP the trot, and presently
wero out OF night among the scrubby
cacti and tho mesquit bushes that COW
cred the face OF tho land
II was a great risk 10 take; not that
the danger OF actual conflict was great.
but there WAS the certainty that II his
Interference should become known TO
the higher authorities kynaston would
have to be offered up as q sacrifice TO
Mexican complaints,
Well move up 10 that hill Just
above the minehouse. Nolan. anc see
what we can from there. There 20
some more shots II looks to me a.
though the place Is being attacked
from the southern side II 80. wa will
hide under cover on the range to tho
north and work down toward the
house. Well hide our horses among
the powders and scout down atoot ="
So. moving very carefully along the
bowlder.strewn hillside. they tied their
horses to great mes0u!t bush that
stood In the bottom OF an arroyo, TAX
ting their rifles from the scabbards.
they picked their way warily up the
slope 10 the summit, point from
which they could plainly soc the at.
tack. ....
The Santa CruI mine lay some ak
hundred yards below them A little
cottage built OF adobe showed where
tho superintendent lived. and across
from Il stood the general store. Re.
hind this again. surrounded IN front
with adobe walls that marked the cor.
rails where the mine mules were kept.
stood the long engine house.
Dark. yawning mouths gaping at
them from the hillside showed where
the lines Of the ore-cars were loaded
In the drift, foe the Santa Cruz was
fortunate above most mines In that II
was possible to tunnel straight into
tho breast OF the hill without digging
q shaft.
Far below the line OF the buildings
Kynaston and Nolan. locking down
from the vantase'poiSt OF their hill.
saw in a far hollow group Of rider.
less horses. with one or two disuouat-
cd men guarding them
There's their herd. Look. Nolan!
DO you sec their iine,"
Before Nolan could speak the long
crack and rattle Of rife are broke out
from the line Of giant cottonwood
trees that marked the bottom OF the
Gov dry watercourse
The bullets whtneA over the house:
soms OF them kicked up spurts Of dust
from the adobe wallis, An answering
shot from the house told that the de-
leaders were vide awake. KynAstoa
saw the shet take ground on The s.Sps
below him.
AZ cnce awake 10 the necessity Of
finding stme way OF getting 10 the
house undiscovered. Kynaston scanned
sAs gvsnl m his tront carefully.