The Connecticut labor news., 1921-04-22
CHAPTER 1-(COntinued).

CHAPTER 1-( (COntlnueO. Single handed, l could not have pur- sued better tactics, for the red men, convinced by sudden surprise that nor less than a regiment of regulars was upon them turned and fled in every direction for their bows, arrows and rifles.
 The view which their hurried rout- ing disclosed filled me with apprehen- sion and with rage. Under the clear rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell, his body fairly bristling with the ar rows of the braves. That he was all ready dead I could not but be con- vinced, and yet I would have saved his body from mutilaton at the hands of the Apaches as quickly as I would have saved the man himself from death.
 Riding close to him reached down from the saddle, and grasping his cartridge belt drew him up across the withers of my mount. To return by the way I had come would be more hazardous than to continue across the plateau, so, putting spurs to my poor beast, I made dash for the opening
  on the far side of the tableland.
 The Indians had by this time dis covered that I was alone and l was pursued with tmDrecatiOns, arrows, and rifle balls The fact that I was rather rapidly moving target saved me from the various deadly prOjectiles of the enemy and permitted me to reach the shadows of the surrounding peaks before an orderly pursuit could be organized.
 My horse was travelling practically unguided, as I knew that I had prob ably less knowledge of the exact loca- tfon of the trail to the pass than he, and thus it happened that he entered a defile which led to the summit of the range and not to the pass which 1 had hoped would carry me to the val ley and to safety.
 My first knowledge that I was on the wrong trail came when I heard the yells of the pursuing savages sud denly grow fainter and fainter far off to my left.
 I drew rein on a little level prOmOn- tory overlooking the trail below and to my left, and saw the party of pur suing savages disappearing around the point of neighboring peak.
 knew the Indians would soon dis cover that they were on the wrong trail and that the search for me would he renewed in the right direction as soon as they located my tracks.
 had followed the trail for perhaps hundred yards when a sharp turn to the right brought me to the mouth of large cave. The opening was about four feet in height and three to four feet wide, and at this opening the trail ended.
 Dismounting, I laid Powell upon the ground, but the most painstaking ex- animation failed to reveal the fainteSt spark of life.
 Leaving the body where 1t lay on the ledge I crept into the cave to re- cOnnOiter. l found a large chamber, possibly a hundred feet in diameter and thirty or forty feet in height; smooth and well-worn floor. and many other evidences that the cave had, at some remote period, been inhabited.
 As 1 was continuing my eXamina- tion I commenced to feel a pleasant drowsiness creeping over me which I attributed to the fatigue of my long and strenuous ride, and the reaction from the excitement of the fight and the pursuit.
 I soon became so drowsy that I could scarcely resist the strong desire to throw myself on the floor of the cave for a few moments rest, but l knew that this would never do, as it would mean certain death at the hands of my red friends, who might be upon me at any moment. With an