Year: 1873

nau BtayeO IN, Out TWO nOuTS aiCer


sunset land in the south ye know there


is no twilight; it gets dark at sunset)


she made her appearance. l would


have done my work in this two hours


of darkness only the Camanch were all


awake, eating their suppers around


fires.


"But impatient as l was, l remained
quiet until midnight, and then set
out on my mission. The grass was
several feet high, and so | had no dit
ficulty in getting into the village, al
though l was nearly an hour in doing
it. At last, however, rose up be-
hind lodge, and after stopping for
moment 10 recover my breath, / be-
gan creeping up from lodge to lodge,
aiming for the one that / knew CON
tanned old Pandy. Well, / soon got
near it, and by using my peppers /
could see the shadowy form Of the
sentinel, who was in front OF the pris-
on lodge.


ut faced the west, and therefore
the north and part of the western side
of it were in the shade, as the moon
had not yet reached her highest point.


II knew must get up to that senti-
mel and slay him, but how was to do
it puzzled me at first. After taking
in the surroundings, however, l man
aged to form a plan, which l proceed.
ed to put into operation at once.


"In ten minutes managed to get
to the side of house that was In the
deepest shade, and here l lay quite
for some time. Then, just as l was
about to crawl forward, / tancied l
heard a very slight choking sound
around the side of the lodge, as
though the guard in front of the door
was half coughing. All was silent,
however, and in another moment L
was around the corner of the skin
lodge, crawling toward the guard,
who seemed to be very sleepy, for he
leaned against the door as he sat upon
the ground.


"heachlng a convenient place l
leaped lightly forward and clasped
him by the throat.


II was about to 'smite him under
the fifth rib, when l noticed that he
did not even shudder as / grasped
him, and then the whole truth broke
in upon me.


"Ihe guard acGs dead; IL ,Ods a
corpse I aoGs ctGsping By the throat.


"A look at the skins in front of me
showed me hole cut in them. Old
Pandy had knife concealed on his
person, and after freeing himself of
his bonds had cut a hole close by the
drowsy guards head, and from that
hole dealt the death blow. 1t was the
Indians last gasp that l had heard
Going around the corner met Pan
dy, and he recognized me, although
at first he took me for an Indian. 1t
did not take us long to form plan
by means of which we could get rid
of the second guard, who was in the
moonlight and could see any one
crawling towards him. Pandy wait
ed at the corner of the lodge, knife in
hand, and ten minutes atterward |
came into the Indians sight, about
thirty yards away, crawling along and
not looking toward the prison lodge. |
While the guards attention was di-
rected toward me, the old ranger
crept up behind him and laid his hand
upon the redskins throat, and when
/ reached 'em the man was dead
Going over to the corral we selected
two fine mustangs and put some
brides made out of my lasso on to
them and led 'em out,


"Here a new difficulty presented
itself. Pandy said he wouldn't leave
the village until he got his own weap-
ons, for he couldn't part with his old
rifle and knife.


"He had seen Red Buzzard take
them all into his lodge, and while
sat upon one of the horses and held
the other, he went over to large
lodge and crept in.


"Soon l heard q loud yell, then a
stunning blow. / was in the shadow
of a lodge with the horses, and none
of the Indians as they came out saw
me; but could see the chiefs lodge,
and was very impatient for Pandy.-l
The cool cuss had knocked the chief
senseless with his fist, and now, even
though he knew his danger, be lit
torch and hunted until he found bis
things. When he came out a yell
greeted him, and Pandy he made
dash for me. l rushed out with the
mustangs and met him. Mounted,
we rode through the crowd Of reds,
firing our revolvers and riding them
down. One of their bullets run along
my arm and made a terrible flesh
wound, but did no worse damage
Well, we got out Of the village, and
the Camanch they pursued us on their
but ye see we had picked
two Of the best, and during that wild
ride Pandy he knocked over four of
the reds Il couldn't use only one arm
so / kept quiet), and then the Ca
manch left US, wiser but sadder men.
That's how l got that mark, boys,
and Pandy he doctored it up, and
we've always been friends'ever SINCE"
and Lon proceeded, with an ember
from the fire, to light his pipe, which
had gone out during the recital Of his
yarn.


The cholera at Greenville has de-
veloped a few cases of monstrous de-
pravity, one of which ] will relate