Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
cHAPrER Iv--contInuea.

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CHAPTER Iv--continued.
You stay here. sergeant, with the
rest OF the detachment. on the Ameri-
can side. will cross over. and II
ind need you shall start a FIRE.
You can see It for ten miles, If you
see a FIRE show three times, come right
into Mexico with all the men. shall
take one man with me.
1T is just possible that we may be
able to help the people without getting
ourselves into trouble. In any case.
We must not get into a row on the
wrong side of the line. Be sure to
keep man on the lookout. shall
make two flares II want you Nolan.
you come with me-
The old soldier would have liked to
rimonstrate with his officer 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 SUI
perior and Nolan as they walked their
horses down the hill in the growing
light.
When they reached the level ground
they took up the trot. and presently
were out Of sight among the scrubby
cacti and the mesquit bushes that COW
cred the face Of the land.
II was a great risk. to take; not that
the danger of actual conflict was great,
but there was the certainty that IL his
Interference should become known to
the higher authorities Kynaston would
have to be offered up as a sacrifice to
Mexican complaints
Wen move up 20 that hill Just
above the minehouse. Nolan. and see
what we can from there. There go
some more shots. It looks to me as
though the place is being attacked
from the southern side II so. we will
hide under cover on the range TO the
porth and work down toward the
house. Wen hide our horses among
the powders and scout down afoot.%
SO. moving very carefully along the
bowlder-strewn hillside. they tied their
horses TO great mesquit bush that
stood IN the bottom of an arroyo. TAX
ing their rifles from the scabbards,
they picked their way warily up the
slope TO the summit. a point from
which they could plainly see the at
tack.
The Santa Cruz mine lay some six
hundred yards below them. A little
cottage built of adobe showed where
the superintendent lived, and across
from It stood the general store Be-
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 al
them from the hillside showed where
the lines OF the ore-cars were loaded
IN the drift, for the Santa Cruz was
fortunate above most mines in that II
was possible to tunnel straight into
the breast Of the hill without digging
a shaft
Far below the line Of the buildings
Kynaston and Nolan. looking down
from the vantagcpoint Of their hill
saw In far hollow group of rider
less horses. with one or two dismount
cd men guarding them
There's their hard. Look. Nolan
Do you see their liner
Before Nolan could speak the lonr
crack and rattle Of rifle fire broke out
from the line OF giant cottonwood
trees that marked the bottom Of the
now dry watercouSse.
The bullets whined over the house
some Of them kick ed up spurts of dus
from the adobe walls. An answerin,
ahot from the house told that the de
tenders were wida awake. Kynastor
caw the shot take ground on the slop,
below him.
At once awake TO the necessity o
nnding some way OF getting to tn
house undiscovered. Kynaston scanne,
the ground in his front carefully.
The hillside wlrere he lay was Gu
ND by many acequias. or little bitches
made by the rains OF past years. Thes
little bitches ran straight down tn
slope toward the house. Where thes
van out lulO Tue DAEhSu hiAdAld pdLCne
stood the cottage. and beyond thi
Again the corrals and the stables.
Still farther to the south, beyon
the lines OF tho adobe walls, tn
ground sloped more gently to a littl
stream bed bordered with cottor
woods. along which the attackin
party had taken up its position.
Him! It's a good thing for us tina
the house is between us and harm
We will try to work our way dow
hat acedula to our left Come OF
Nolanl~
SO. belly down. as coyotes crawl o
heir game. the rwo Americans yer
elowly began their advance on the b.
leaguered house.
One. two, three hundred yards the
crept down the hillside Present..
when they reached a point where tn
ncequla opened out into the gras
land. Kynaston would go no further.
We've got to stay here till we ca
attract their attention" he explaine,
" we go any farther weil be she
e. While / don't particularly min
"ing shot At by a Rreaser don't cov'