LEGAL NOTICES.
SHEIUFFS SALE.
By virtue of nn order of fale. IsMied y W. C.
Klder. clerk of the District court of Lincoln count v,
Nebraska, upon decree rendered by raid court in
favor of Henry K. Wilson and afjninst Itichnrd A.
Uawley, et. al.. I have levied upon the following
described real estate as the iroierty of the said
Richard A. Hawley, et. al., to-wit: The southenst
quarter of Section nineteen (10), Township nine
(9), north of Hang thirty (30), wet of the i-ixth
principal meridian, in Lincoln county, N'ebra-ka,
and I will on the 3d day of February, 1W4, at 1
o'clock p. m. of said day, at the ei.pt front door of
the court house of said county, in North Platte,
Nebraska, sell said real estate at pnblic auction, to
the highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy said order
of sale, the amount due thereon in the aggregate
being the sum of $S36.39 and $26.S8 costs and
probable increase costs, withiuterests. on said
Dated at North Platte, Neb., this 2Sth day of
December, 1833.
D. A. BAKER,
Si Sheriff of Lincoln County, Nebra-ka.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By Tirtue of an order of sale issued by W. C. El
der, clerk of the district court of Lincoln county,
Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure ren
dered in said court in favor of Mary T. Hyde
and Rgalnst L'enry M Wolf and Mary C. Wolf, et .
al.,I have levied upon the following described real
estate as the property of the said Henry M. Wolf
ul Mary C. Wolf, et. al.. to-wit: The east half
(Eli) of the southwert quarter (SWJ), and the
southwest quarter (SW Vi) of the southeast quar
ter (SE1) of Section twenty-four (21) and the
northwest quarter (SW 4 1 of the northeast quar
ter (NE U) of Section twenty-five (25).all in Town
ship nine (1), north of Range twenty-nine (29)
west'of the sixth princinl meridian in Lincoln
county, Nebraska, and I will on the 3d day
of February, 18M. at one o'clock p. m. of said
dav, at the east front door of the Court-house
of'said county, in North Platte. Nebraska, sell
said real estate at public auction to the highe-t
bidder for cash to satisfy said order of sale, the
amount due thereon in the aggregate being the
urn of tlZllStl and f57.f,y coi, and probable
increase cot-t, with intert. on paid decrees.
Dated at North Platte, Nelr., this 2-th day or
Drceniber, 193.
I) .A. BAKER,
rril Sheriff of Lincoln county, Nebraska.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of ku order of Mile iued by V. C
Elder, clerk of the dNtrict court of Lincoln coun
ty, Nebraska. uim decree rendered by said cour'
in favor or Tue ortb Platte Town It Uouijmir;
and against William Brown I have levied rapu
the following described real etate an the proert
if the said v illiam Brown to-wit: Lots number
7,8.9,10. 11. 15 and 1C in block number two (2)
lots 1. 2 and 3 in block nft-en (15). lots in. II an
12 in block twelve (12). lots 7. S and 9 in bloc
seventeen (171. and all of block thirty-three 053
in the North Platte Town Lot Company"" Addition
to the town of North Platte. Lincoln county, Ne
braska, and I will on the 2d day of February,
at 1 o'clock p. m., of said day, at the east front
door of the court houe of said county, iu North
Platte. Nebraska, sell said real estate at public
auction to the highest bidder for cah to satisfy
aid order of sale, the amounUdue thereon in the
aggregate, being the i-uni of 1,70.40 and i'.ft.VS
cots, and propably increa-e costs, with interest,
on raid decrees.
Dated at North PUtte, Nebra-ka, thi 2d day of
January. uu. V. A. HAKKIt,
XEi Sheriff of Iincoln county, Nebraka.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of -nl i-ued by W. C.
Elder, clerk of the district court of Lincoln county,
Nebraka. ujxm decr.- rendered by Mild court in
favor of Florence E. Wiley ami again"t Martha
A Mott. Irvin Mott and Herlert J. Mott et. al.. I
hae levied ujs.u the following de-cribed real estate
the projwrty of the said Martha A. Mott, Irvin
Mott nnd Herbert J. Mott, et. al.,towit: The -outh-we-t
quarter SW ' ) of Section twenty-nine (29),
and the northwest quarter INW !)of Section thirty
two (321. Township nine t9 north, in Range tweuty
eight 0, we-t of the sixth priiiciiud iuerilian in
IJncoln county. Nebrapka, containing three hun
dred and twenty acre, and I will on the 3d day of
February. 1W1. at one o'clock p. iu. of paid
day, nt the a-t front door of the court
hoti" of saiil county, in North Platte. Nebras
ka, sell said reul estate at public auction, to
the highest bidder, for cash, to sati-fy paid order
of sale, the amount due thrreon in the aggregate
!eing the um of $1.413.'. and j2lJsi cot, and
probable increa-e costs, with interert, on said
decrees.
Dated at North Platte, Neb., this 2th day of
Deo-iulwr, lfXl.
I). A. BAKER.
rii Sheriff of Lincoln County, Nebra-ka.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an ordr of sale i ued by W. C
Elder, clerk of the district court of Lincoln coun
ty. Nebra-ka. Um decrt-e- rnil-red by -aid court
in favor if The Phoenix Insurance Cominnyaud
against llrrlrt J. Mott et. al.. I have leied uion
the following de-crileti r-al e-tat- as the projHTty
of the said Herbert J. Mott. et nl.. to-wit: The
uorthea-t quartf-r JXE'l of the southeast quar
ter ISE J and tho north half IN"S of the north
east amarter NEl anI the -outhea-t qnarter
SE'tl of the uortheat quarter NEtandthe
northwest quarter NW,J of the soutbea-t quar
ter 1-SE'iJ of Section thirty-two :rj and the
-outhrat quarter SE tl of Section twenty-nine
131, Township nine '.) lUnge twenty-eight l
ui-1 of the sixth princial meridian, in Lincoln
county. Nebr-Va. nnd 1 will on the 3d day of Feb
ruary. l"'t. t 1 o'clock p. ru. of snfd day. at the
ea-t frout dmir of the court hou-e of said county,
in North Platte. Nebra-ka. sell said real e-tate at
public auction to the hlghe-t bidder for cah to
sati-fy said order of -jle. the amount due thereon
in the aggregate lelng the -um of $2,1)79.1') and
PJ.-CI, co-Is and pnibable increa-e co-t, with iu
eret. on saij decree-.
Date.1 at North Platte. Nebraska. thU"th day of
Decemlier. I -'.G-
1). A. BAKER.
Z Sheriff of Lincoln county. Nebra-Va.
1IKWFFS SALE
By irtue iA an onler of -ale i ul by W. C.
KJtlrr. clerk tif the di-trirt court of Iincoln coun
Iv. Nebra-ka. ui-n decree- renderetl by said
court in favor of Marcella V Egau and agaiu-t Wil
liam Gradv and Charlotte Grady. 1 have levie.1
upon the following decrite.I real e-tate a- the
property of the ald William (irady ami Charlotte
(trailr. to-wit- All of lot number seien 7t, block
one hundred and six llli. and all of lot nmalxr
three i3 Mock sixtr-eight '"). in the city of
North Platte. Lincoln county. Nebraska, a the
ami i platted and recorded in the county clerk'
oflice. and I will on the 3d day of February, I-'.'l,
at 1 o'clock p. ru, of said day, at the ea-t front
diMir of the court hou-e of -aid county, lit North
Platte. Nebra-ka. sell said real etate at public
auction to the hlghe-t l.ldler Ir ca-n to -atl-ly
said order of sale, the amount due thereon in the
agrreeate ling the sum of 3.MCU2 and 20.t'
oe-t". and pndmble Increa-e co-t, with intere-t on
id ilerrer .
Dated at North Platte. Nebra-ka. thi- 'J9th day
if IVscemlssr.
IK A. BAKER.
S2S Sheriff of Lincoln county, Nebraska.
SHERIFFS SALE.
Hy irtae of an irderif sale is-ued by W. (".
Elder, clerk of the dl-trict court of Lincoln coun
ty. Nebra-la. uxm decree- rendered by snid court
in favor if Fredrick J. Burnett and ogain-t Ellie
M. FercuvKi. J. S. Clinton. Iui-A A. Clinton and
Heich 1. lllnman. et. il.. 1 have levied upon the
following de-cril-e.! real e-tate as the property of
the ald Ellie M. Fergun. J. S. Clinton, Louisa
A. Clinton and Reach I. Hinman et al.. to-wit:
The eat two-third I Ej 1 of lot nuialrr three 131,
tn I4k one hundred and fourteen 111, iu the
city f North Platte. Unc-ln county. Nebra-ka,
. the ine i putted and recorded in the county
clerk- oSceot -aid county, ami I will on the 3d
,1T of February. Wl. at I o'clock ti. iu. of said
lay. at the r-a- f root door of the court house of
old county, iu North Platte. Nebraska, pell said
real estate at iml4ic auction to the highe-t bidder
fotfcasb to satisfy said order of rale, the amount
toe taereoo in tne aggregate oeing ine sum oi
fr2.12.( and tW.U cist-, and prol'able increa-e
oet. with intere-t. on -aid decree.
IMted at Ntirth Ilatte. Nebra.-ka, thi 21th day
of ISeCember. ltd.
D.A. BAKER.
Si Sheriff f Lincoln county. Nbraska.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of aa order f rale, iued by W. C.
Elder. CJerk of the IH-trict Court of Uncolu
county. Nebraska. B-a decrees rendered by -aid
Court in favor of Mary K. Nichols, and agaiust
John Hawley. executor and trustee of the e-tate of
Ijaey Hawley. deceased. I have levied upon the
following decribed real e-tate a- the projerty of
the Id John Hawlej-. executor and trustee of the
e-jte of Lucy Hawley, decea-ed. to-wit. It two
(It in Block One Hundred and Thirty three 1S3.
the sarce i" platted and recorded in the County
Clerk" office la Lincoln county. Nebraska, and I
wiH on the 3.1 day of February. l"Ji. at 1 o'clock
p. m. of sail! day. at the East fniat door of the
Cmart-ltnuse of nwaty, in North Platte. Ne
braska, sell said real estate at puWlc auction, to
the hlghe-t bidder, for cah. to satisfy paid order
! sale, the amount due thereoa in the aggregate
Meg the sum of L271iM. ae.1 SllS Co-t-. and
probable iscreae co-l-. with loierct, on said
decree.
Isated at North Matte. Nebra-ka. thi- 30lh day of
December. l-W.
D. A. BAKER,
Sheriff of Linente county. Nrbraka.
NOTICE.
Gerhardt Swatzki and Catherina Swatiki, noa
repident defendanLi. will take notice that on the
20th day of October, 1893, Jamea N. Brown, trus
tee for William 8. Strong, plaintiff herein, filed
his petition in tho district court of Lincoln county,
Nebraska, against said defendants, impleaded with
others, tho object and prayer of which is to fore
close a certain mortgage executed by said defend
ant to Lew E. Darrow upon the south half of the
northwest quarter and lota three (8) and four 1
of section four 41 in township nine 9J north, in
range thirty 30J west, in Lincoln county, Ne
braska, to secure the payment of a certain promis
sory note dated May 1st, 1858, f or the sum of $.Vi0
and interest; that said note and mortgage has been
assigned and transferred to plaintiff for value;
that there is now due upon said note nnd mort
gage the sum of t.riC5.00, for which sum, with in
terest from this date, plaintiff prays for a decree
that said defendants be required to pay the same
or that said premises may be sold to satisfy the
amount found due.
You are required to answer said petition on or
before the lUth day of February, 1894.
JAMES N. BROWN, trnstee, Plaintiff,
11 By J E. Evajts, hie Attorney.
NOTICE.
Herbert Ames Harry Glass and John M. Wor
dell, non-resident defendants, will take notice
that on the 10th day of April, 1893. Henry R. Wil
son, plaintiff herein, filed his petition in the dis
trict court of Lincoln county, Nebraska, against
said defendants, impleaded with others, the ob
ject and prayer of which is to foreclose a certain
trust deed executed by the defendant Herbert
Ames to L. W. Tulleys, trustee, upon the south
west quarter of section four (4), in township nine
(9) north, in range twenty-seven (27) west, in
Lincoln county, Nebraska, to secure the payment
of one certain promissory note dated August 1st,
13S8, for the snm of toliO, with interest coupons
thereto attached; that said note and trust deed
have been assigned to this plaintiff for value; that
there is now due npon said note and trust deed
the sum of $784.00, for which sum with interest,
plaintiff prays for decree thnt defendants be re
quired to pay the same or that said premises may
be sold to satisfy the amount fonnd duo.
You are required to answer said petition on or
before tho 19th day of February. 1S9.
HENRY R. WILSON,
11 By J. E. Evans, his Attorney.
NOTICE.
Walton H. Riggs and Mrs. Walton H. Rigg". (his
wife, first name unknown) defendants, will take
notice that on the 9th day of December, 1893, Wil
liam Stull, et. al.. the plaintiffs herein, filed their
petition iu the district court of Lincoln county,Ne
braska, n;;ainst the said defendants, the
object and prayer of which are to fore-
tgage execnteu oy uurion
Mtkaiaiu mill
each, ilii'
Feliniarv 1st. ISO and February 1st. 1893, resneo
tively; said mortgage provided that in case any of
said notes or coupons are not paid when due, or
v"hin ten days thereafter, the whole sum secured
thereby may bo declared to bo due and payable;
there is now due on said notes and mortgage the
sum of 1 129.70. for which sum, with interest from
December 1st, 1S93, at ten per cent per annum,
plaintiffs pray for a decreo that defomlants be re
quired to pay the same, or that said premises may
Ik.' sold to satisfy the amount found duo.
You are required to answer -aid petition on or
before Mondny, the 19lh day of February, 1891.
Dated January ocl. IHVI.
C. C. FLANSBURG.
14 Attorney for Plaintiff.
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No. t" Chicago Kxpress ' b:S0 A. M.
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No. US-Freight " 7:.r.O a. M.
No. lS-Kreight " i.-00 r. M.
No. 22 Freight " 4A. A. M.
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p RIMES & WILCOX,
A TTORNE YS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA.
Office over North Tlatto National Bank.
A.
II. CHURCH,
LAWYER,
NORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA.
Office: Hinman Block, Spruce Sjreet.
D
. X. P. DONALDSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pacific Railway
and Member of Pension Board,
NORTH PLATTE, - - - NLBRAbKA.
Office over Strcitz's Dmg Store.
yM. EVES, M. D.,
PHYSIC TAX AX J) Sl'ItGL'OX,
NOHTH PLATE, - - - NEBRASKA
Office: Neville's Block. Diseases of Women
and Children a Specialty.
PANTS
TO ORDER
$3 to $9.
SUITS
TO ORDER
$15 to $30.
Call at Evans' Rook Store and see
samples of goods.
CM. NEWTON, A6T.
In the matter vi the estate f Albert Marsh.
Notice i- hereby given that the creditor- of said
deceaeed wtlt Crt the executor of said e-tate
befre cie. Ccsty Judge of Lincoln county. Ne
brarka. at the encsty curt mote in said county.
00 the rTth day of April. 1-31. on the 2rUh day of
l May. iwj. aac on ine Zim Uay ot Jane. lsr... at I
o clock p. m. each cay. for the purpose of present
ing their claim for examisa&Kj. adjustment and
allowance. Six month are allowed for creditors
n preeect their claims, and one year for the
executor t ettle aid e-tate. from the 27th
lay of December. IJ. Thi notice will tie pub
lished In the Noa-TH Platte TaMBCSc newspaper
for four weeks rcce-ively. on and after Iecem-l-r
27th. l.n. JAMES M. RAY.
2 I County J udge.
CENTRAL MARKET
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DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Fresh, Salted iind Smoked
1IBATS.
Hams, Bacon, Fresh Sausage, Poul-
try, Ecgs, Etc.
Cash Paid for Hides and Furs.
Your patronage is respectfully so
licited and we will aim to please
you at all times.
In the matter of the Estate of John I- McAllis
ter. deeeax-4.
Notice i- hereby gitea that the creditor sof said
deceased wilt meet the admiai-trater of said etate
before me, Cscnty Judge of Lincoln county, Ne
braska, at the cocnty cocrt room in id county.
ki the nth day of April. 151. a the rrith day of
May. 1-01. and on the Sth day of June. ll. at 1
'dock p. ru. erh day. tT the jiari"- pre-ent-Ing
their claim for examination, adja-tment and
allowance. Sir months are allowed forcreditor? to
pr sent their claims and oce year for the adminis
trator ui eettle sold e-tA'r from the 21th day of
Iecember. 1-VS. Thi- notice will be pabli-hed in
the Noktm rurri: Tim xr new-.air for four
weeks cre iiely on and af ter I ecember 27th.
1-SS. JAMES M. R-VY.
SI I County Judge.
mi mm mi mi
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We do not, sell the apparatus, hut
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CONTIN UED FROM FIRST PAGE.
cloud of mist rushing forth from thi
mountain side. Bowlders, near a
fconfl Tnnk to waltzing solemnly wit!
their neighbors, and when at last thi
foremost trooper nung nimsen noi
creDt to the sergeant'
mta nrhilo his comrades rode on, keen
ing vigilant watch against the appear
ance of other foes, Sergeant Wing wai
found lying beside his aeaa norse. a
had swooned utterly away.
By and by, with anxious face ant
Koeoeort ripjid and arm. Lieutenan,
Drummond came galloping down. WinJ
n-oo KnVimittinir to the rude barf
rtct o . . ,
daging of his leg and lying amp ana
weak, his head resting on Dick's stiff
ening shoulder. But Wing's eyes were
covered by his gauntleted hand and
he never looked up at his young com
mander, though he heard his anxious
queries.
'Is he much hurt? Were there many
of them?"
"Shot through the leg here, sir, " an
swered the sturdy corporal, "and was
in a dead faint when we got to him.
I don't know how many there was of
them, lieutenant; they skipped off the
moment we opened fire."
"They couldn't have seen us coming,
lieutenant," eagerly spoke a young re
cruit. "They must have thought the
sergeant was alone, for when we charged
they just lit out for all they were
worth, didn't they, Mike?" he eagerly
asked his comrade, an older trooper.
"Oh, shut up, Billy! There's nothing
an Apache doesn't see, but we were too
far off to tell how many there was. 1
only saw ono as ho lept away. Shure
the sergeant was nearer ho could have
seen."
"Sergeant Wing, it is I, Lieutenant
Drummond. Look up a moment if yon
can. You wero closo to them; how
many did you see?"
"How many Indians, sir?" asked
Wing faintly.
"Yes, how many?"
A pause. Then at last:
"I didn't see one, sir."
CHAPTER X.
Another day dawned and another pa
tient was added to Miss Harvey's hos
pital list at tho caves. Tho original
plan of starting on the return soon aft
er daybreak had now to be abandoned,
as Drummond explained, because hero
was a man who could not Btanu the
journey. Surely thero would not be
many hours before tho relief party from
Stoneman, following their trail, would
come speeding to the rescue, bringing
to tho wounded tho needed surgical
skill and attention, bringing to tho
Harvey girls their devoted father. Tho
only question in the young lieutenant's
mind as the sun rose, a burning, daz
zling disk, over the distant mountains
to the east was, Which will be first to
reach us, friends or foes?
Wearied and shattered though ho was
and replete as tho night had been with
anxiety and vigil, Drummond climbed
the goat track that led to tho sentry's
perch feeling full of hope and pluck and
fight. Ho and his men had divided
the night into watches, one being awake
and astir, not even permitting himself
to sit a moment, while the others slept.
The fact that he was able to send back
to tho caves, have an ambulanco hitch
ed in and driven down to where Wing
lay wounded, and to bear him slowly,
carefully, back to shelter, reaching the
caves without further molestation be
fore darkness set in, had served to con
vince the young commander that he
could count on reasonable seenrity for
the night. Unless they know their prey
to be puny and well nigh defenseless.
Apaches make no assault in tho dark
ness., and so, with tho. coming of the
dawn, ho had about him fit for service
a squad of seven troopers, most of
them seasoned mountain fighters. His
main anxiety now was for Wing, whosp
wound was severe, tho bullet having
gone clear through, just grazing the
bone, and who, despite tho fact that
Fanny Harvey early in tho night had
every now and then crept noiselessly in
to cool his fevered head, seemed strange
ly affected mentally, seemed unnatu
rally flightly and wandering, seemed
oppressed or excited alternately in a
way that baffled Drummond complete
ly, for no explanation was plausible.
Two or threo times during tho night he
had been heard moaning, and yet the
moment Drummond or, as once hap
pened, Miss Harvey hastened to his
sido ho declared it was nothing. 1
must havo been dozing and imagined
the pain was greater than it was.'"
Awako and conscious, so stout a soldier
as ho would bo tho List to give way to
childish exhibitions of suffering, yet
twice Drummond lraew him to be
awako despite his protestation of doz
ing, and ho did not at all liko it that
Wing should bury his face in his arms.
hiding it from all. What could have
occurred to chaugo this buoyant, joyous
high spirited trooper all on a sudden
into a sighing, moaning, womanish fel
low? Surely not a wound of which,
however painful, any soldier might be
proud.
Somewhere along toward 4 o clock,
when it was again Patterson's watch,
and Drummond arose from his blanket
after a refreshing sleep of nearly two
hours and ho and his faithful sentry
were standing just outside tho month
of tho cave, they distinctly heard the
same moan of distress.
"Is there nothing wo can do to ease
the sergeant, sir?" whispered Patter
sou. "This makes tho second thno 1
have heard him groaning, and it's so
unliko him."
"We havo no opiates, and I doubt if
ho would uso ono if wo had. Ho de
clares thero is no intense pain."
"Well, first off, sir, I thought he was
dreaming, but ho was wide awake, and
Miss Harvey came in only a moment
after I got to him. Could thoso devils
poison a bullet as they do their arrows,
and could that mako him go into fever
so soon?"
"I hardly think so, but why did you
6ay dreaming?"
"Because once it was 'mother' he
called, and again just now I thought
ho said 'mother.' "
Tho lieutenant turned, looking
straight at his soldierly subordinate.
"By Jove, Patterson, so did II"
Thero was a little stir across the
canyon. Moreno was edging about un
easily and beginning to mutter blas
phemy at his bonds.
"That fellow begged very hard to be
moved down into that wolf hole ot a
place whero the Mexican women are,
lieutenant, with thoso two bunged up
bandits to take care of. Nice time
we'd have, sir, if the three of them was
able to move. The boys'd make short
work of them now, the way they're
feeling. I went in and took a look at
thoso two fellows. Ono of 'em is a
goner, sure, but they're dead game,
both of 'em. Neither one has a word
to say.
"No," answered Drummond, "they
refused to give their names tome said
it was no earthly consequence what
name we put over their graves ; the right
set of fellows would be along after
awhile and do them all the honor they
cared for. How were the Moreno women
behaving?"
"The girl was asleep, 1 should judge,
sir. The old hag was rocking to and
j fro, crooning to herself until one of
1 the two tho live one, I should call
W fil.l. '
mF hmoved
wintri eereeanu uooi
Speak to me. You must be in distress,
mental or bodily. Do let mo help you
in some wa."
For a moment no reply whatever.
Wing's faco was hidden. Then ho
looked gently upward.
"Lieutenant, I'm ashamed to bo giv
ing you so much trouble. Please go and
lie down again, sir; you're worse hurt
than I am only I suppose I get to' doz
ing off and then turn on that side.
"No. it isn't that, sergeant
something wrong, and it has all come
on you since yesterday morning. Where
is your mother?"
Again Wing turned away, burying
his faco in his arms.
"Listen, sergeant; wo hope to get
you out of this by tonight. Dr. Gray
ought surely to reach us by thSF time,
and while wo may havo to keep up a
field hospital hero a day or two my
first duty will bo to writo and tell your
mother how bravely you have served
us, and she shall bo told that you are
wounded, but not in such a way as to
alarm her."
Out came a restraining hand.
"Lieutenant, sho must not know at
all."
"Well, eho can't, so far as I'm con
cerned, as I don't know her address.
But think a moment; you know and I
know Hold on, wait!" And -Drummond
rose and tiptoed to a cleft in tho
rock through which shone a dim light.
It was the entrance to the remote in
ner cave where tho Harvey girls were
sleeping. Assured that his words could
reach there no listening ears, Drum
mond returned, kneoling again Jy the
sergeant's side. "Just think, man;
any moment after daybreak the Apaches
may be iipon us, and, who knows? it
may bo my last fight. Of course I be
lieve that our fellows can stand them
off until rescue comes, but a bullet may
find mo any moment, and then who is
there to report your conduct and secure
tho recognition duo you, or if tho doc
tor should bo late in coming and fever
set in and this wound provo too much
for your strength is thero nothing that
ought to bo said to her for you?"
Again only painful silence. At last
Wing spoke.
"I understand. I appreciate all you
say. But I'vo got to think it jover,
lieutenant. Give mo an hour or so.
Don't ask mo to tell you now."
"So bo it, man. Now rest all you
possibly can. It's almost day. Tho
crags are beginning to light up back of
us hero already. Yes, and tho sentry's
calling mo now. I'll bo back by and
by. What is it. Patterson?" ho whis
pered, going to the mouth of the cave.
"I've just como down from tho tree
up there, sir. You can sec quito a way3
down tho range now. thougli tho light
is dim, and what 1 take to bo a signal
fire leaped up not threo miles below us,
certainly this sido of whero Wing was
shot."
"So soon? All right; then get back
to tho post just as quick a3 yon can.
I'll rouso tho man who has slept long
est. All must be astir in half an hour,
but yon keep watch there."
And half an hour later it is
glass in hand, the young offic
bv Patterson s side, ne
almost into the eye Tfri
ing with auxictv inexpressiV
sign of dust cloud rising along tho trail'
on which they came, for the sight he
has seen down the range, now brilliant
in tho morning light, has filled his
heart with tho first real dread it has yet
known. In threo places, not more
than four or five miles apart, down
along tho sunlit sido of this wild and
picturesque mountain chain, signal
smokes havo been puffing straight up
skyward, tho nearest only a couple of
miles from this lone picket post, but
all on tho 6amo side of the valley.
Last evening tho answer came from
across tho broad desert. They have
come over, therefore, and are hastening
up the chain to join tho eager advance
here so close to their hiding place. Be
yond a doubt watchful spies are al
ready lurking among those heights to
tho west, striving to get close enough
to peer into the rock- fortress and esti
mate the strength of tho garrison.
Great they well know it cannot be. for
did not their keen eyes count nearly 20
chasing those hated brigands far down
toward Sonora pass, and of that num
ber how many have returned? Only
threo. Did they not seo the flurry and
excitement when that sergeant was shot
from ambush? Now, therefore, is the
timo to strike now, while tho main
body is far away. Whatsoever booty
thero may bo obtainable in that rocky
canyon 'tis well worth the attempt. And
so from north to south tho puff balls of
blue white smoko go sailing upward
through tho pines, and it all means
speed 1 speed !
At 7 o'clock the littlo command has
had coffee and a hearty breakfast. No
lack of provender hero in this hitherto
undiscovered robbers' roost. Drum
mond, cool, confident, has had his men
about him where none others could see
or hear, has assigned them tho stations
which they are to take the instant of
alarm and has given them their instruc
tions. Walsh it is who is now on look
out, and ho is peering away down south
ward so intently that some comrade is
prompted to call up to him in a low
tone :
"See anything?"
To'Tyiich, without removing the glass
from u3cer his hat biim, the Irish
trooper merely shakes his head.
"Any more smokes?"
"Sorra a smoke have I seen at all."
"Well, then, what in blazes are you
staring at?"
"How can I tell ye till I find out?" is
the Hibernian reply, and this is enough
to send the corporal on a climb. Drum
mond at tho moment is again kneeling
by Wing, who has but just awakened
from a fitful sleep, Miss Harvey being
tho first to hear him stir and sigh.
Ruth and her sister, too, seem about
to withdraw, but Wing, whose voice is
woak now, begs them to remain.
"Has anything been seen yet back
on the trail of tho Stoneman party?"
he asks.
"No, sergeant," replies Drummond,
"but remember that wo can only 6ee
some six miles of the trail, after that
it is lost in that tortuous ravine down
which we rode on the chase. Walsh is
up there on lookout, and I'll ask if lift
can see anything now," and calling to
one of the men Drummond bids him
inquire. All eagerly await the reply.
At last it comes :
"No dust on tho back track, sir, but
I something that looks like it far to the
, eouth. We think it may be some of our
' fellows coming back, but it is too faint
: and far to make it out yet. "
I The corporal is the speaker, his rese
ts
fas
lid
er
er
im, tnongu, uuu. no quit
ing and went to mining in tho early
days of San Francisco, and thero when
I was a little boy of 10 he died, leaving
mother with not many thousand dol
lars to take care of herself and me.
You will have your brother to help
you' were words ho spoke tho last day
of his life, and even then I noted how
little comfort mother seemed to find in
that fact. It was only a few months
after father's death that Uncle Fred,
from being an occasional visitor, came
to living with us all tho time made
his homo there, though seldom within
doors night or day. Ho was several
years younger than mother. Ho was
the youngest, it seems, of tho family,
the baby, ' and had been petted and
spoiled from earliest infancy. I soon
found why he came. Mother was often
in tears, Undo Fred always begging or
demanding money. Tho boys at school
twitted mo about my gambler uncle,
though I'vo no doubt their fathers gam
bled as much as lie. These wero just
before tho early days of tho great war
that sprang up" in 1801 and that we boys
out on tho Pacific coast only vaguely
understood. Sometimes Undo Fred
came home drunk, and I could hear
him threatening poor mother, and things
went from bad to worse, and one night
when I was just 13 I was awakened
from sound sleep by her scream. In an
instant I flew to her room, catching up
as I ran father's old bowie knife that
always hung by my door. In the dim
light I saw her lying by tho bedsido, a
man bending over and choking her.
With all my strength I slashed at him
just as he turned. I meant to kill, but
the turn saved him. Ho sprang to his
feet with an oath and cry and rushed
to tho washstand. I had laid Uncle
Fred's cheek open from ear to chin.
"It was long before mother could
check the flow of the blood. It sobered
him, of course, and mado him piteously
weak. For days after that she nursed
and cared for him, but forbade my en
tering tho room. Men came to seo him
insisted on seeing him and she
would send me to tho bank for gold and
pay their claims and bid them go.
At last he was able to walk out with
that awful slash on his thin white
face. Once then ho met and cursed
me, but I did not mind I had acted
only to savo mother. How could 1 sup
pose that her assailant was her own
brother? Then finally with sobs and
tears she told mo the story, how ho had
been their mother's darling, how wild
and reckless was his youth, how her
mother's last thought seemed to bo for
him, and how on her knees she, my
own mother, promised to take caro of
poor Freddie and shield him from every
ill, and this promise she repeated to me,
bidding me help her keep it and to con
ceal as far as I could her brother's mis
deeds. For a few months things went
a little better. Uncle Fred got a com
mission in a California regiment toward
tho close of tho war and was sent down
to Arizona. Then came nioro tears
and trouble. 1 couldn't understand it
all then, but I do now. Undo Fied
was gambling again, drawing on her
for means to meet his losses. Tho old
homo went under tho hammer, and we
down to SaiDicgo, where father.
tjpFjad had t a little
And tnen camtf'the news
that Untie Fred had been dismissed, all
on account of drink and gambling and
niisaimrom-iatioii of funds. Miss Har
vey knows all about this, lieutenant,
for mother told her and had reason to.
And next came forgery, and we were
stranded. We heard that he had gone
after that with a wagon train to Texas.
I got employment on a ranch, and then
mother married again, married a man
who had long befriended us and who
could give her a comfortable home.
Sho is now Mrs. Malcolm Bland of San
Francisco, and Mr. Bland offered to
take mo into his store, but I loved the
open air and independence. Mr. Bland
and Mr. Harvey had business relations,
and when Uncle Fred was next heard
from ho was 'starving to death,' ho
said, 'actually dying.' Ho wrote to
mother from Yuma. Mother wired mo
to go to him at once, and 1 did. He was
considerably out at elbows, but in no
desperate need yet. Just then Mr. Har
vey offered him a good salary to take
chargo of his freight train. We all
knew how that must havo been brought
about, and 1 felt that it would only bo
a matter of time when ho would rob
his new employer. He did and was
discharged, but Mr. Bland made tho
amount good, and the matter was hush
ed up. Then he drove stage awhile and
then disappeared. Mother has written
me time and again to find him or find
out what has becomo of him, and 1
promised I would leave no stono un
turned. Tell her I have kept my word.
Tell her I found him. But tell her, for
God's sake, to think no more of him.
Tell her net to strive to find him or to
ask what he is or even where he is, be
yond that he has gono to Sonora."
"Lieutenant." said Patterson, sud
denly appearing at the opening, "could
you step hero a moment?"
Drummond syri 115:3 ud
"One moment, Mr. Drummond,"
whispers Wing weakly. "I must say
one word to you alone."
"I'll return in a minute, sergeant.
Let me see what Patterson wants."
Miss Harvey and Ruth have risen.
The former is very palo and evidentlj
treinblin-r under some strong emotioi
Once more sho bends over him.
"Drinlr tins. Mr. Wmtr. and no
tnlV nn mora than vou absolutely ha'
to.'"
Then renewing the cooling bandaj
on his forehead her hands seem to li
r,ay cnrplv llfr (TPS fin SIS sho Tl!
once more to her feet.
Meantime the lieutenant has steppl
out into the canyon. n
" What is it, Patterson ? Quick !
"That was some of our fellows, si
a squad of four, but they turned all
tacked." '
"How far away wero they? How
many miles down tho desert?
"Oh, at least six or eight miles do
sir; down bej'ond whero you met t
yesterday.'
"How about our trail? Anybody
sight there?"
"Nobody, sir, not a thing, not eve:
a whiff of dust."
" Vy well. Keep on tho alert. It's
good to know that all tho Apaches are
not around us yet. Neither bullet nor
arrow can get down hero so long as we
man tho rocks above. I'll be out in a
moment."
Then once moro ho kneels by Wing.
"Lieutenant, did you ever seo a girl
behave with greater bravery? Do you
know what sho has undergone Miss
Harvey, 1 mean?"
"Both are behaving liko heroines,
Wing, and 1 think I am beginning to
seo through this plot at last."
"Never let mother know it promise
me, sir but when Harvey discharged
him my uncle, I mean he sworo ho'd
be revenged on the old man, and 'twas
he"
"The donblo dyed villain! 1 know,
I understand now, Wing; you needn't
tell me. Ho has been in tho pay of tho
Morales gang for months. Ho enlisted
so as to learn all tho movements of
officers and scouting parties. Ho en
listed under his benefactor's name.
Ho has forged that, too, in all proba
bility, and then deserting it was h
who sought to carry away theso pre
cious girls, and ho came within an ac
of succeeding. By the Eternal, butther
will bo a day of reckoning for him
ever C troop runs foul of him agai
No wonder you couldn't sleep, poor fel
low, for thinking of that mother. Tin
caps the climax of his scoundrelisi
Whero when did you seo him last!
Since he enlisted?"
But now Wing's faco is again avert
ed. Ho is covering it vith his arms.
"Wing, answer me!" exclaims Drum
mond, springing suddenly to his feet.
"By heaven, I demand to know!" Then
down on his knees ho goes again, seiz
ing and striving to pull away the near
est arm. "You need not try, you can
not conceal it now. I seo it all all.
Miss Harvey," he cries, looking up in
to tho faco of tho trembling girl, who
has hastened in at sound of the excite
ment in his voice "Miss Harvey,
think of it; 'twas no Apacho who shot
him, 'twas a worso savage his own
uncle."
"Promise mo mother shall not
know," pleads poor Wing, striving to
rise upon his elbow, striving to restrain
tho lieutenant, who again has started
to his feet. "Promise 111 e, Miss Fan
ny ; yon know how sho loved him. how
she plead with yon."
"I promise you this, Wing," says
Drummond, through his clinching teeth,
'that there'll bo no timo for prayer if
ever wo set eyes on him again. There'll
bo no mercy. ' '
" You can't let your men kill him in
cold blood, lieutenant. I could not
shoot him."
"No; but, by tho God of heaven, 1
could!"
And now as Wing, exhausted, sinks
back to his couch his head is caught on
Fanny Harvey's arm and next is pil
lowed in her lap.
' Hush ! ' ' sho murmurs, bending down
over him as y. mother might over sleep
ing child. "Hush! you must not speak
again. 1 know how her heart is bound
up in you, and 1 'm to play mother to
you now."
And as Drummond, tingling all over
with wrath and cxcitemeut.stands spell
bound for the moment, a light step
comes to his side, a little hand is laid on
tho bandaged arm, and Ruth Harvey's
pretty face, two big tears trickling
down her cheeks, is looking up in his.
"You. too, will bo ill, Mr. Drum
mond. Oh, why can't you go and Ho
down and rest? What will wo do if
both of you are down at onco with
fever?"
She is younger by over two years
than her brave sister. Tall though she
has grown, Ruth is but a child, and
now in all her excitement and anxiety,
worn out with tho long strain, sho be
gins to cry. Sho strives to hido it,
strives to control tho weakness, and
failing in both strives to turn away.
All to no purpose. An arm in
sling is of little avail at such a mo
ment. Whirling quickly about, Drum
raond brings his other into action. Be
foro l.fco weeping littlo maid is welj
aware what i happening her waist 1:
encircled hy the strong arm in tho darl
blue sleeve, and how can sho see thai
sho is drawn to his breast, sinco nov
her farre is buried in both her hands anil
thoso hands in the flannel of his hunt-
ing shirt just as high as his heart
Small wonder is it that -Corporal Cos
tigan, hurrying in at the mouth of th
cave, stops short at sight of this pic
turesque partie carree. Any other timo
he would havo senso enough to face
about and tiptoe whence ho came, but
now there's no room left for sentiment.
Tableaux vivanta aro lovely in their
way, even in a cave lighted dimly by a
hurricane lamp, but sterner scenes are
on tho curtain. Drunimond's voico is
murmuring soothing, yes. caressing
words to his sobbing captive. Drnm
moud's bearded lips, unrebnked, are
actually pressing a kiss upon that child
ish brow when Costigan.with a prelim
inary clearing of his throat that sounds
liko a landslide and makes the rock
walls ring again, startles Ruth from
her blissful woo and brings Drummond
leaping to the mouth of the cave.
"Lieutenant, there's something com
ing out over our trail."
"Thank God!" sighs Wjng, a3 ho
raises his eyes to those of his fair nurse.
"Thank God, for your sakes!"
"Thank God, Ruth!" cries Fanny,
extending one hand to her sister while
the other is unaccountably detained.
"Thank God! it's father and tho Stone
man party and Dr. Gray. "
panned in a grin of delight, tne smoke
just drifting from the muzzle of his
carbine aa he points with his leit nana
wooded slope beyond her vision; sees
him now, with fierce light in his eyes,
suddenly clutch Walsh's sleeve and nod
toward some invisible object to the
S7ic sees him clutch Walsh's sleeve and
nod toicurd some object to the south.
south; sees Walsh toss tho butt of his
carbine to tho shoulder and with quick
his lips:
"My God, those are Apaches too!'
j to be continued.
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Down on his kneca he goes.
asndden and galloped back outofsig
It looks to me as though they were