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VOL. 6.---NO- 5 PICKENS," S. C., ThURSDAY, i\NUARY 14, 1897. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Twelfth spent its Now Year's
day hot on the Indian trail. Into the
foothills it wound, tortuous and full of
peril, for from every projecting point,
frdin rook to rock and crest to crest, the
warrior rear guard poured their firo on
the advancing lino. Charges were fruit
less. The nimblo ponies of the Indians
bore their riders swiftly out of harm's
way, and only among the charging force
did casualties occur. Still, Fenton had
hung like a bulldog to his task, hoping
before nightfall to catch up with the
main body and the movingvillage, then
to hem it in. Numerically he was lit
tle better off than the Indians, as 5o
Indians can surround 500 troopers much
more effectively than 500 troopers can
surround 50 mounted warriors. Through
Bat and others ho llad vainly striven to
communicato with Big Road, to assure
him no harm would be done; that all
that was necessary was for him to re
turn with his people under escort of the
regiment to the reservation. Up to 4
p. n. not a shot had been fired by tho
Twelfth, even in response to a some
times gal Ii ng fusillado from the Indians.
By that time several men had been un
horsed and two or threo wounded, and
the thing was getting exasperating; yet,
was it worth keeping up, for Bat and
other scouts declared the fleeing villago
to be less than three miles ahead now,
and, with that overliiuled, the warriors
could be brought to bay well south of
the moiuntains, and to ie accomplis
ment of this, without sacrificing mei or
horses to any great extent, Fenton was
bending every energy whien overtaken
by the first courier from Fravne.
Wayne had marked the (ispatches in
the order in which they shiould be read,
but the only ones which much concern
ed him now woro from (epartmleit
headquarters. A new Jcing who know
not Joseph, a new geiteral with whom
Fenton had never chanced to serve, was
there in command, and he, coming a
comparative stranger to the community,
knew little of the merits of the politi
clans by whom lie was speedily besieged.
They were present in force, armed with
letters and dispatches by the score from'
so called prominent citizens 'resident
along the Platte, and Fenton was prac
tically unrepresented. It was in no spir
it of unkindness, but rather that Fen
ton might havo opportunity to come
thither and confront and confound, if
he could, his accusers, that tho general
had issued the first order, which was
that Fenton should "immediately escort
.X .
BDv the uight of a lttile pocket lantern~ Penm
ton 7/ad..
Big Road and his people back to the
agency and then report to these head
quarters for consultation." That dis
patch, if delivered, would have ruined
all the plans of the plainsmcn, and the
wires wore clipped the moment warn
ing came, and It never got beyond the old
Bubstationl on the Laramie until af ter the
repairs were made, but other dispatch
es were )vircet from below the breaksc,
alleging first that, so far from Fenton's
doing as ordered, ho was apparently
bent on driving Big Road's p~eopilo up
the river or into the openi field, then
that he had done so, and that the Ini
dians were ihow raiding thli scattered
ranches and driving the cattle into the
foothills, while thle settlers were fleeing
in terror. Fentoig's dispatches, wired
before Biug Roah' escapade, hand, of
course, been received, but his report of
the situation was at utter variance with
that from the agency and these from
the Thorpe party. Gross mismanage
mont and general incompetency were
the principal allegations against F"enton,
though the astute "'hustlers'' did iiot
forgot to add drunkenness to the list ras
one which the public would accept
without questioni, lie being an army
officer, and when the governor himself
was induced to add his complaint to
those of his enterprising people the
general yielded.
The dispatches sent by courier called
for explanation of the charges made by
the agent and civilians, intimiated doubt
as to tihe wisdom of Fenton's course or
the accuracy of his information and
wound up with tihe significant clause,
"D~o nothing to provokoe hostilities or
arouse the fears of the Indians," and
here lhe hiad be t n in hot pursuit of thm
all the livolong (lay.
Stung to the quick, Fenton neverthe
'less pressedl vigorously en. The result
would justify him, and lbe could wait
for his vindication until the campaign
was over. The village at sundown could
not be more thant three miles awaiy, said
jgg aggpa, and the energy of Big Road's
defensivo measures was redoublcd. In
structions to do nothing to provoko hos
tilities were dead lot ters, now that hos
tilities had aotually been provoked-not
by him or his people, but, between
them, by Big Road and the cowboys.
Thoro was only ono course for Fenton
to tako, and that was to overhaul (he
village and peaceably if he could, but
forcibly if ho must, escort it back with
in the reservation lines. Bat had rid
den up just as the sun was disappear
ig to aay that tho Indians seemed to
be heading for a deep cloft in the foot
hills through which tho buffalo in by
gone (lays had mado thoir way. Now,
if Fenton could only send Farwoll or
Amory with half the squadron to gal
lop in wido detour to the west, under
cover of t he darkness and seizo t he bluffs
overhanging the canyon, meantimo
making every pretenso of kceping up the
pursuitwith the remainder of his force,
ho might trap the village whilo most of
its defenders were still far away. Dark
ness settled down over tho desolate win
try lan(scapo, and thu two troops dis
patched on this stirring and perilous
mission were those of Farwoll and Mal
coln Leale, thu latter led by its boy
lieut enant, Will Farrar.
Ono hour later, as tho advance was
still groping along the trail and the
weary troopers, alternately leading
afoot and riding sleepily in narrow col
unii, pushed steadily in their tracks,
two horsomen on jaded mounts came
spurring from the rear, and Wayno,
with sorrowful face, handed his dis
patches to the colonel. By the light of
a little pockot lantern Fenton read,
while in brooding silence a knot of haif
a dozen officers gathered about them.
The closing paragraph is all we need to
quote: "You will therefore turn over
the command to Major Wayne and re
port in person at these headquarters
without unnecessary delay. Acknowl
edge receipt." At any other time the
colonel might have been expected to
swear vigorously, but the trouble in
Wayno's face and the unspoken sym
pathy and sorrow were too much for
him. "All right, old boy," said he as
he refolded the papers. "Pitch in now
and fluish uip the business, with my
blessing. Bat, " he continued, turning
to the swarthy guide, "how fair is it
over to the Allison ranch? I think I'll
sleep there." And no further words
were needed to tell the little group that
their colonel had bCen removed from
command just on the eve of consumina
tion of his plans, and he was the only
man of the lot who didn't leek as
though all heart had been'takon out of
him as the innmediato result..
"D-n that fellow Thorpe! It's his
doing,'" swore the adjutant between his
sot teeth. "He has never forgiven us
for spoiling his schemo to clean out the
whole band."
"Don't wasto time swearing," said
Fenton grimly. "I'll tako the job oil'
your hands. They're heading for Elk
Springs, Wayne, and I've sent Farwell
with two troops around to the left to
find their way to the bluffs and got there
first. Everything depends on that.."
But even Fenton hardly realized how
very much depended. It was nowv about
7 o'clock, and ever since the early dawn
the cavalry had beeni pressing steadily
at the heels of the Indian rear guard,
never firing, never responding to the
challenge of shot or shout from the
scampering warriers before them. Aga in
and again had flat and his half breed
cousin, La Bonto, striven to get Big
Road to halt and parley ; but, tho1:h
the signals were fully understanid, old
Road was mad with the mingled rage
of fight and whisky and believed him
self the leader of ani outbreak thait
should rival that of 1876 and place him,
as a battle chief, head of an army of
warriors that should overruu the north
west. Anxious only to get the women
and children safely in among the fast
nesses of the hills, he contented himself
therefore through the hi velong day with
holding t ho troops at long arm's length,
opening lively liro when they sought to
push ahead. It was glorious fun for him
and1 his. Well they knew that so far at
least the soldiers were forbidden to at
tack. With the comning of another day
Big Road p)lanlned to have his village
far in among thme clefts and1 canyons of
the range, where a few resolute wvar
riors could defendl the pa~ss against an
advance, while ho and his braves, re
enforced by cager recruits from the
young men of other biandsH at the roscer
vation, could fall upon the flanks and
rear of Fenton's force and fritter it
away, as lled Cloud had massacred Fot
tornman's nien long years before at old
1fort Kearny.
Everything depended on who should
got there first, and, as the Sioux said of
Custer's column the bloody day on the
Little Hlorn, "thme soldiers were tired."'
Exteniding southward fronm the pecaks
of the Big Horn was a wild range of ir
regular heights, covered in places with
a thick growth of hardy younig spruce
and cedars and( scrub oak, slashed anid
severed here anmd there lby deep and1( tor
tuouis canlynls with p)rooipitouis sid1es.
Somewhere in among those hills was a
big anmphuit heater knowvn as the Indian
raco course, approachablle in winter at
least only thr-ough the ciooked rift or
pass knlown for s-hiort as Elk gulch. In
just such another naf.,ral fastness and
only a few miles away to the northeast
had the Ohevonnea made their iamous
---- - c--11, ly, ims thoir weigit in ridin
figltig enili d h, it t r wvinter of 1870, youni,
a but t10 the cav:lry long had cause to boar
renvimber, and w, with but a hand- with
ful of troops as conapared with the force An
led in by MiacKenzie, Wayne had right of t1]
before hin a similar problem to tackle. extenl
The only poinit; in his favor woro that conite
Big Road's i)raves wero as few as his was
own and that Fenton had already sent luan'i
a forco to raco the Indians to their rof- cadet
uge. tor, Ii
At 8 o'clock the darkness was intense. fort s
Thero was no moon to light their way, name
and their only guido vas tho deep trail not o
in tho snowy surfaco left by tho retreat- old tr
iog lndians. Tho darkness was no deep- as thc
or than the gloom in oveiy heart, for the v<
Fenton was gone, a wronged and calum- flaw
niated man, and they, his loyal soldiers, suball
obedient to a higher duty still, were licute
forced to push on and finish his work spoke
without him. For an hour only at snail's som,
paco had they followed the trail. Bat his pn
and his associates had had many a nar- and i
row escape. Lieutenant Martin, com- comm
ianding the advance, had had his horse suball
shot under him. Sergeant Roe had a years
bullet through his coat. and Corporal his sp
Werrick, riding eagerly in tho lead, got tho h<
another through tho shoulder. Luckily the n:
it was not very cold, but all the same that 1
most of the men wero becoming slug- to. A
gish and sleepy, and that was just about much
the timo Wayne might bo expeoted to throul
wake up. And vake up ho did. left ni
"I have had no orders on no account onwa
to attack, " said lie, "and I haven't time Leavi:
to read all the rot they'vo wired to Fen- comm
ton. Watch for the next shots ahead had t
there," he cried to the foremost troop- tracks
ers, "and sock it to them!" one of
Then it was beautiful to see how no ot
even tho horses seemed to rouse from senses
their stupor and apathby, and something in the
almost like a cheer burst from the lips night.
of tho younger men. Old hands took a "Si
swig of water fron their canteens and Fonto
a bito at tho coniforting plug. Out from you 1I
the sockets camo the brown carbines, soon I
and a fresh platoon was ordered up to hearii
relieve the advanco, and Lieutenant couph
Randolph took Martin's placeo at tho mioutl
front. Every little while through the zhiere
darkness ahead had come a flash and a few
report from the invisible foe, and, as your
these had been suffered unavenged, it keep I
was soon observed that tho lurking Luc
warriors grow bolder and fliat with .
every shot tho distance seemed to do. wint
crease. For half an hour past they had in all
been conming in fron easy pistol range, high a
and Randolph took the cue. Bidding Out
his men ope:t out and ride several yards with
apart, yet aligned as iuch as was pos- speed,
sible, he ordered carbines dropped and the
revolvers drawn and then, trot ting along with
the rear of the dozen, gave his quick drifts
caution to man after man. "Watch for them
the flash and let drive at it. Even if wo to sW(
don't hit, we'll keep tiem at a respectful yard
distance, " lie said, and the words were Farw(
hardly out of his inouth when at ruddy and
light leaped over the snow, a shot went the 1(
zipping past his head, and then, follow- not hI
ed by a roar of approval from the main Terry
boluinn, the revolvers of the advance ed to
crackled and sputtered their answer. he cot
Th olandscapo was lit up for an instant, The I
dark forms veut pounding and scurry- fairlh
Ing away from the front, and a moment ini
later thero uproso a cheer over at the riddei
right, and Randolph galloped to the 8t'01e
spot. An Indian pony - lay kicking, coule(
struggling, stiffening in the snow, shot sped,
through the body, and the rider had had give 1
to run for it. the fl
"That's right, Randolph," said the on thi
major, spurring to his side. "Now, keep fron
'em off, but don't push too hard. Re- Th
member, we've got to giv Faw ly towa
timoi." l i
"How far ahead is that contfounded presci
canyoni, Bat?" asked the adjutant at deejni
the moment, muore
"Not mocro than two nmiles now. I loomi
hunted buffalo all over here when I was snow:
a boy," wvas the anstver. "Big Road's Bear,
peoplo0. all there by this time, I 'in andt'
afraid."' India
"Then you thtiic that they got there and ti
first-that they've got thoe blufis?'' how I
"' 'Fraid so. Big Road no fool. He And I
wvouldn't let his village drive intto a to th
gulch and not guard thle bluffs. If the F~arw
captain got there first, they'd have til thi
fountd it out b~y this timo anid signaled dismn
for help. Trho reason I be]lievo they wo
thinik they're aill safo is that so many towii
Indlians hang aro'und us out here." ''
And just thlen camne a grunit of disgust hard
front La B~onte. The colonel at his side the C~
saidl "'I1-I1" and an excit able trooper and
called out, ''Lock there,! WVhat's Ilta?'' antd
for over at thle niort hwest, all onm a suid- or cc
dent, a brilliant columitn of flame had lay b(
burst through the blackntess of the night of gi
andc sentt a broadl glare streaming over the t
the snowv clad surface of the rolling the t
prairie. hs
''They're on to us, by thle eternal" p' 1ush
cried the aidjutanit, who loved thle Jack- coluni
sonian forum of expulet ive. '"Listei,,wat
Butt no001n0 list ened mocre than an inist ant. thn
Even t hrough thli muliling coverlet of te
sitow the ruimbllo aiid rush of a hn- revel
dlredl pony hoofs, like low, (list ant thiun- and1( 1.
dier, told of the iinstanit flight of' Bigtoh
110oad's braves inanswer to hesignal. tieli
Wayne was ablaze ini a seconid,.hn
"'Close upl oni Ite head of column,'' lage
lieReut ed to (Ilie troop leaders. "'Contelo dI
oin, no0w, mieni, for all you're worth. "no
There isn't a s-eoitd to spare."' wa i
And as thle amazed alnd wvear'ied o r
horses gave answer to the pradse
broko ino lutmibering gallop fari over atthi
the west thle roeks began to rinig to tho ai, a
craekle of imusketrmy. F"arwell anid thIotlov
Sioux had clinched on thli hhiffsT to the nVoun
south of thle sp~rinigs andi~ wero fighting faur
in the dark for the right of way. tur I
Ten miles away, at Al lison's ranch, n
wvearied wvilth thle sleepless5 toil of 24 ai
hours, too weary to be' kepit awake even sapdi
by thte exasperating seniso of his wvronugs,an1
the colonel was just rolling inito his5 com
blankets for a muchi nteeded rest bteforo nk
botting forth with the rising sun on his ofnak
homeward road. Fifty miles awvay over tii
(ho whlito expanse of prairie, uder tihethn
cold and glittering skies, Marjorie Far- ta
rar sat by the bedside of her belovedpah
daughtter, praying ceaselessly for the about
safety of an equally beloved son now eage
for tho first timo in his bravo Ca
; life to provo bis worthiness to t:
the father's name i headlong fight cc
a savago and skillful foe. D
d if over a young fellow, -wearer n c
o army blue, real*zed to tho full ag
t tho hopes and faith and fondness fr
red in him this ni;:ht of nights, it of
Will Farrar. Barely arrived at pr
i estate, not yet a year out of the in
contce, with his mother, his sis- fiL
is sweetheart, all thero at the old
c long associated with his father's W
, with that namo to maintain, and
ily that, but with Malcolm Loale's Bt
oop as one man looking up to him at
'ir leader, yet competent, dowrl to ny
'ry last man, to note the faintest
should ho fail them, the junior go
ern of tho Twelfth, the "plobe" ti,
nant, as his eldcrs laughinigly br
of him, found himself, as though st
special providenco had sweptffrom ori
tht every possib!o barrier to danger
listinction, lifted suidnly to a if
and that seldom falls to army re'
erns today even within a doz n ha
and bilddn here and now to win sq
urs for the honor of the old troop, Hi(
>nor of the Twelfth, tho honor of
ano his father mado famous and th
o must maintain or (lie in tryinig an
It this, and God alone knows how
moro besides, went iill n
Ih his very soul as, on Farwdfls
id iinut Cer silence, he roe sw iftI
d at tho head of the column.
ig to his own first licntllalit tih
and of the grays, Captain Farwel II
old him to follow closo in tii 't
of Farrar's men and, with oni '
tho Indian company to aid an1l )
hier guido of any kind hut., his
and tho stars, had placed himself
Icad and pusheid forth into the
ving well out to the west,'' were
n's last orders. " deep dark, as
:now how. Head for the hills as
s you're suro you're far beyond
g and try to strike those blutis a
of miles at least back of the
of the canyon. You ought to get
shead of tho village. Halt it, with
men down in tho gorge, but hold
main body on the bluf's. We'll
3ig Road busy."
k ily tho stars were brilliant in the L1
Y sky and10 tho constellat ionlr -out let
their glory. Tho polo star glowed if
Ift and he ld tltein to their courise. br(
n the adivanuce, lashing his horse ga
Indian whip to kcep him to his
rodo Bravo Bear, a corporal (if sai
1galalla company, sido by side ba
iergeant 3remmer. Vhenever the
wcro deep in the ravines, one of at
would halt and warn the column in
rvo to the right or left. Only a Lh
or two behind tho two officer,- th
4), grizzled and stout, Farrar, fair al
iender-camo loping or trottog a I
ading four, and, though it was ou
is accustomed place, thero rodo go
Rorko, where, as he had explain- gu
the satisfaction of tho sergeant, sii
1L be close to "Masther Will. " an
>rairie was broad and open and li
lovol There was no need of dii. le;
hing !ront. A platoon ciuld have s:
i abreast and found no serious ob- wl
, except the snowdrifts in the (leep tn
's. Two miles to the west. they roN
moving cautiously at first so as to be
o inkling of their intent, and, for th
st time, almost doubling back up- siM
ir tracks, so as to keep vell away to
ho Indian rear guard. n0
n, in long curve, Farwell led them af:
d tho low, rolling hills, now dint- sp
ile against the firmamnont, and yc
utly the ravines began to grow so
but farther apart, the slopes fu
abrupt, and the westward hills
d closer in their path, and still the yc
expanse showed untbroken, and br
bending hew over his pony's neck fo
atching for signs, declared that no ad
s had crossed as yet into the hills or
nmt the entrance to .Elk gulch was as
tot more than a milo to the north. hc
ice thp hills rolled higher, both se
ir frotit and toward the wecst, hut th
all rode on up a gradual ascent n- wi
slope began to grow steep, then, tit
unting, led the way afoot, the th
colunn rolling out of saddle and qu
g its horses in his track. fr(
up) they cl imbed0( until, breathing sei
tow, but pushting relentlessly ott, thi
ptain reached the crest, Land faint bo
linm in the starlight, dlottedl hero no
i(rO withi littfle clumps of spruce hi:
lar, the rolling, billowy surface wi
fore him, shrouded in its umntlo' as
steing sno0w. Leading on until in;
hole conuniand had l inmo to reaCth caI
p, ho miot ioned \Vill to halt, whuil Its
ithI Bear anid Fergeat lHreem ;
d a few yardls fart her on. The wa
nt took a breathing spell and1bl
:1. he
Out to the eastwaird and1( holowv an
ant occasional flash as of rifle or' ph
'er Sparkledl through the night, bce
to faint report wvas piresenltly bo'rno sh(
ir listening cars. Big Road was lie
barring the way of the colunm bu
aund t hamt mtean t that all thle vil1- ed
vans ntot yet safely within thloegrim i
of the canyon. Northlward the ye
slopes rolled higher st ill, but it
oirt hwest wardl, among the clumpijs ro
~s, that the leaders had gono. The ot
from the hmorses' nostrils andi~ from ni
heaving flanks rose on the keen di
iid the blood raced and t ingledl in pe
ins oif the men. Not a whisper of as
taini breeze was astir. The ntight di
s still as t he voiceless skies. Three, fa
miuntes, with beating hearts, Itht
tioe conuitand watched anid wauited be
row loniger breathi, and~ theie ,: y
caine joigginig back fromu thIe fron t, flc
'arwell 's Voice said, "'Mountt and br
,m camne 15 mtinutes' trot, wintdinmg w.
like andi~ in long ext end~ed colunmn 51h
0s aimong the stunuted trees, andC ur
Lvar well ordered " Wa~~lk;"' for more ar
mce a (lark foirmu loomed up ini their m
and B~remmiter wheeled his horse Bi
andi~ rodo by thle captaiin's side, di
ly explainuing in low tone. Will
it the wordm; "Rightt ahead. vnn a
it near rnom distinctly, sir,'' and for
o life of him Will could not quito
utrol the flutter of his heart. "Haiti
isnount and wait horol" wore the
xt orders, abmost whispored, and
ain Farwoll pushed out into the
mt, and again tho column swung out
saddle, watched and waited, and
esently the men began to stampabout
tho snow and thrash their stiffening
igers.
"Are we oloso to 'em now, Masther
ill?" asked old Terry, unrebukod.
'Right ahlead, they say, corporal.
LU this, romiloinber, is only tho women
d children, with a fow of the old
"Ah, it's yut~r fathor's son yo are,
:r-God rest his soull If it was day
no, yo could ahnost seo fron hero the
3aks of the Mini Pusa, where wo
uck theso Indians threo ycars ago this
i1l winter. "
"I know,"' said Will briefly, "and
-if it comes to fighting here, Rorke,
nember father's last order. It may be
rder than ever to tell buck from
law in so dim a light, but I want the
'n to hood it."
"They will,'sorr, as they would if
Scaptain hiniself was at their head.
d, Masther Will, for tho lovo of hiv
wherever yo havo to go this night
I , g
revolI r. 0
mio be want of thimi that go wvid yo Y
yo only tako wan, " and there was at 9
,ak in the old follow's Voice ais he bc0-C
"R"ush, Rork. We'll soo to that,"
- I
d F arra r. "Ilero comes the captain
-1k. " And Farwell camc wvith speed, fq
"MNr. Farrar," Iho said, an umnistak
lo tremor inl his tone, "thloro'si not ait
ytent t o ilost. They aro passing
rough the canyon now. Wo can hear
nm plainly, but they havo flankers out t
mig the bluff. Tlo bcks rodo by ot
noment ago, and Btar says the wholo
tit is pushing for the race track. I've '
Sto heAnd them ofi farther up the
loh. Bear Pays we can got down in i
iglm o leby nt old game trail there,
Al I wish you to dismiount right hero, 8
o this slopo with your non, end at t
ist a dozen down into th ravine nt
nd oT Big Road and his fllows
tilt w corral that whole village and
brt it for h)o . They can't toll heow
v you arc in nu ober, and genton will o
close at their heels. Be t an you r
)y ought to bo forced to rith nort h
o while I'm driving the village out t
the south. You understand, do you I
t? It's a fight in the dark, and they're
'aid of it, anyhow. You've got a
endid troop, lad, and1( they won't fail
u. Don't be ashamed to ask your old
*geants for advice. You understand
11y?"'
"1 do, '" Faid Will stoutly, though his
ung heart was hanmnering in his
east. "'We'll do our best, sir. Foin
ars, sergeant, and link-lively, '' he
ded, then grasped the captain's hand
o inistant before the latter turnedi
ray. Silently, quickly the men linked
rses, and, leaving No. 4 of each
in saddle, camoerunning up to
a front, unlsliniging carbinies oni the
my. ]"arwell and his fellows wen t trot
ig off among the clumip of pino as
last man fell in on the left. Thenci,
ickly dividing off a d1oz/en troopers
in that flank, Will placed thle first
'geanit ini charge and1( bade him finid
way dowin tho steep incline to the I
~tom of t ho gorge, which t hero was
b more tihan 250 feet below, giving C
a instruct ions to be ready to sweep it,
th t heir fire when t he warriors caine.,4
comc t hey 14p)eily must. Next, fue
i (cas\ward, ho deploi~yed hiis men,
ising themt to stand~ or kneel in the I
hler of lie little trees, but to keepi
tilanit lookout. Another littile squadI
s strung Out down thio face of thle
iff to keep connection with the mcii
ceniniig to the depths of the (ennyon,
d these preparations were barely com- .
~ted1 when, ridiing at rapid gait, two
irseimein( tileo dasiing up the east wardi
po. 'Thte panmt ing of the ponies coul 1(
hear d bef ore aniyt hing could be seeon, s
t the inmtii, t ho vague shapes aippear
two suddfeni shots raing out on thle
Etht, and1( thlen a dlozenC-a& sputtering
Ilhey-flashied' front th li ine.
Downu weut 'ie pony, struggliing and
Ilig ini the Finow. Away sped~ the
icr black inito thle blackness of the
ghit. Then a dark object seeimed to
tongago Mself ftrim the striiggliing
niy, and( go etuching aiid limping
ay Tfwo or 'tbree excitedl young sol
nrs banged their carinmes without the
intest irt. iTheni it seemied as though
a hillsides woke to ai wild revel of
ttle, for, behtire them, far up theocan
ni, there rose a wvail of terror from the
(ing squiaws anid shounts of tho fcw old
uives left to guiard1 them, resounding
rwhoops of younger Indians some
irc, ainywhere, everywhere, down the
>pes to the cast. Then a bright eel
in of flame shot high in air over
long the rocks to theonorth of the gate,
(d afar ouit over the castward prairie
g Road tand his braves camn (lashing,
ivmng, thundielring to the rescue.
''They'll n ot try the gulch, sorr,"'
outed Rorko in hris cMr, "Only a few
But we f'ailed to elect W i
heref'ore tailed to get Free k
niterest to get the "filthy lucr(
Ire in position to aid you in
'ou inoney and money say
low if you want to save mOnt
-hildren happy visit the
NEI W YORK RI
We are m I Iiii daily receaI ivin from our N
d we derv clliietitiioni espeCtIial' in1 our Dr
hell lI r-walr, ant in lact alli'ost oiiur entire
rice. 'ix and treeze yoir eyes liere :
21 yards 4-4 ' hectfing $1; 2
!0 yards 4-4 Sea Island, $1; 2
110 "; '20 yards best prints $
vorth .10. All of our piece,
vay.
NotioNs!I
Gilt-edge Note P'aper, -Iv. iuire. ix Envel
'001s aid I.egal Cp P'aper It e. qtuire. l'enri
pool cut ton 21.. e. lerrick's best six cord 1..
en"ciIs 25 1 o r ie. L(ead pellils at 5 atld S (S.
'ime ami space fails Is tell you all we W alit it
ok of iirchandise of l r. A. (s. \ yatl, aind
0 atre g Aing to run111 oilf It and below'enst. ('o
wanl what we Say. Yours for busin
NEW YORK RA
Easley, 8. 1'.
ill push in'hero. Most of 'em will
om his Nwiy aniid got alrouni us to our
ight. " dit
Openti t, ment Puslh ont.southward
hero its fast ls vou can!" sliuted Wil ), ki
is ho ra liouidling through t bie now I ii
vard th1e right (if his inivisible lin. ti
'Wateh for then! They' c me with
rusli wheii hey como 11; it Il I o
And Rorkhe, wihoso bisiiies it was to r
'emainl w\.ith his "comlradecs inl hatt] le"
v'here first; hewas posted, liar th le brow
f tho (c)ep, went running iL'ter his
oung commander ais hiard ats ho could I
o, wit In 11o 11an to stop himi.
In tio exciteliint and dlarkness, in
lbo thrill of th1 lim1omenit, some1( of the
ien seemed disposed to huddlo toget her
ather than to increaso their intervals lit,
)r plainly now could ho hieardI a dull i1
ilnder of hoofs--tho roar of t he com- 1
ag storm. Then, too, shadowy spectors t
f horsemen could b0 dimly seen dart- ti
ug into part ial vicw and out againi, liko a
ho flash that; greeled them. But far up
1ho gorge, bhi hand Farrar's line, tiho
ound o' hat I Iv grew leurcer and louder.
L'hwn, down from the de pths f the can
'onl, thero com o Suddell ci(hullnor of shot
nd cheer anld challeigo aid yells of
ago and letianice, anud th14n all ila ii
uddena out from lilols the st unted
rees, with panting, s4truggling, bounad. Lit
ng ponjis, with lashing, bending, yell- Il
ng braves, thero burst upon tlim Iho C
ain body of tho Indians, thre sCore
varriors alt least, and despite the ring
f shots on and through iad over theiy
uslied tle slim ald extended skirim ish Vi
inc, and Will Farrar, springing froi w
he shelter of a littlo cedar, was struck of
ull in the breast by a niuscular slioul- 1I
icr and knocked backward into the1
nlow. lIe struggled to his feet, gr.pin.g W
or his revolver, just in limo to mlect, the ~
lash of half a dlozeni racing braves, all"
r~eling liko fainds. Somecthling crashed
upon his skull anld struck ai liilin 81
;parks or stars, and eycrything whirletd e.
mt of sight and1( sound( and se'nst as5 thle is
roung officer went down, faco foremaost, (I
into the drifts. V
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CRiI~hii IN THEI. ST1ATE. vi
Stons-- l)Isieensny VIoI~ltin aLld
I tris-Conicealed Wenyont~i Lawi a ar
I lead Lttee3. i
T1he A tttorney General In hIs ann uual
epotrt, iinakes a mlost Interesti ng state- I
1ent1 1as ti (rime0 in the Stato with
12mI2prions for' previou2s years.c
A mon~ig tho interesting facts gath- )
redt, are thiat tihe greateir numbeor of
ii nal Caises are' thiose for assault o
nd batttery', wvhilIe violat~Ions of the t
IsJptnusary law aret. a (close secondl. In
lie Iirist (class 1 here worO t (31 0ase andti
ii Lie (second11 527. It is further s hownt
ni the rtpolrt t hat the law agaInst car- d
3 ing (oncehdT wepon i J(21Is praicticli~Ly
dea~d lette1r. Only one cas1e was re- L
ol 11'd duiri ng th le year and the g ramd co
Liry Lihrew that out. o
Judilge3 'Townsend., whoI got up thisLi
13ature i-of thIie reporti, iiiakes the follow
it'n t 83( ma fronii' rpoirts (If the variious
alicitors: (0
i'Il Lim te ge*neral conso1 )lidtedi state
lentIs it iltlbe seen t hat :1, 0(2 tcrim1 i
al (casesW~ wer disposed (If Iin thle StateC)
uril'ng the olast fou11rteeni m~onlthe cov-c
redh by this repor~lt. O )f thiis ii nmber 1
hero were0 1,175 convict ions, 4t8:t ac- t
u ittals andl 1,:ll iiohllprosaqiu Is and nto h;
Ills. Iliesides thes~e (cases d ispIosed (If
n the Court of General Ssions prnob- t
,bly huiinidretds of mi itdemean3llors ha 2ve
(0en tried by the InlagIstrates In the.
Il ferent counties1113, lit acou~int of wvhich32
caches10 thiIs oflice, for the reason that
uch31 cases3 are niot requliiredI to bie re-a
It fuirthe-r appeai':rs fr'om3 the consol I
lated st ate ments antd former relports (of
(1llettiors to thiIs tdlic that the follow- n1
ng niumhior (of criminal eases have been
li hposedt (If from 1887 U)) to andi inl3ud1-c
ng i8 ti, to wit : 1.7:18 cases in 188?:
!,l19 case (15 In 188': 2,09:1 eases In 1889 -
!,0I0ti cases In 1M90 without the number r<
n the fifth circuit; 2,Il8 cases In 181 ; Im
l,(i70 causes in 1892 wvithout the numbor 1.1
n tile Lthirtd, ifthi antd sIxth circuIts - h
3,00 cses inT 1891 without the number o1
n the tir id (3lciit ;2 :150 eases in 189)5 wi
ind :8,002 (2ases in I 1811. DurIng the ix
last decatdo there scems to h ave beenl a h
remarkable uniformity in the number g
01
lian Jennings Bryan and
ilver. So now it is to our
" in some other way. We
.his matter. We..will save
ed is money made. And
-y and make your wife and
CKET STORE
ew York Ilouse new supplies of goods
Goods and Notions I'epartments and
line. We give you below some gems in
7 yards 3-4 Shirting $1;
4) yards good 4-4 Bleach
1; a good Plaid for 7 ets.
(oods to go in the same
Notions!!
5pes, i nd 6 in., 1 packiges for 2 cents.
I and ink tablets 1, :, 4 and 5c. A good
lint'. tizen. lattes 2, 3, -4, 5 oind 7t-. 8late
l'ozen. A good Tolilet. Hoap l it le. i cake.
sli here. We have bo)ugit the entire
in buyuing it we go, a lot of stock that,
nie and see us and be convinced that, we
CKET STORE,
CLYlDl & NOLLY, Proprietors.
Ccriinial cases disposed of each year
the State, which indicates that there
is been no iarked increase in crime
Iring tlis period.
The cr'imc of assault with intent to
H ad111 gg'a vatted assault and bat
13y t4et 11s to httv been predominant,
ere being 67-4 cttes, about 20 per
nt. of adl the criminal cuses disposed
in i he State. There wits only one caso
tl-h kindred crimie of carrying con
iled weapons In the Stato, and this
, igllo'o d by the grand jury, which
ows llitt. this law is not enforced.
The next, most, important crime seems
have b een violailons of the dispen
ry 1iw, there being 627 ca'es. The
init' of hurgilary foots upl) 278 cases,
Id lareeny 1113ists. Homicide cases
ive al-o ocen larger, the number dis
)t-d of biing.207 eases. The percent.
convictions ill cises idisposed of dur
g the last fourteen nionths is about
I; no ills and diseontinutances about
pei' cent. The per ce nt.. of convictions
ho) icI6 cases Is 25 ; in burglary
)out 5) ; in larceny 5)Q; in assault and
Ltit(ry 317 ; and in dispensary cases
,out 25.
Of the convictions for the last four
jmonths there were fivo sentences
dvath and11 tweity-ni no to the peni
nliailry for life ; M1I to terms in tihe
nitentlary and 4447 to jail and chain
ngs.
By. way of comparison, it Is found
it inl 1891, 2,303 cases wer e disposed
in the State. Of theso 8:15 were dis
nt.1nued and no hills, there were 982
niviet ions and -186t acquittals. In 1895
37 'ases were disposed of. Of these
, ciss were no bills and discontin
nees, and ii 897 cases there were con
tAt.ions antIld ill 301) c('ss aequittals. It
i thuls he seeln that the proportion
conv ictlions has been maintained and
(re has beenl Someu incletase.
''onlthe (onsolidated statements It
ill be seen halit ing the last four'
nI InlOnt hs5 thlere was thbe very largo
iunher 1,31 no1 bills and discontinu
ics in the cr'imil nl~ Icass iln the State,
hih wel'as about 40I peor cenlt. .'h is
ciculd he remeid ie'd ini some1 way a<~ the
14(1en4e usclessly en tiled on the courtts
veriy lar'go. Somiethi ing should bo
1m1 in, thet waiy of legislt ion to proe
lit this evil.
It, appe~ars fur'therz that dluring the
ri'od clovered( by this report there
r'e 207 homicido cases in the state,
these, inI 52 cases there were con
etions, In 110 a(cuittals and In 45 no
1Is and discontinuances. In 1889
ere were ill eases of homicide die
sed of in theoState, In2?ceases there
weo convict ions, in (i5 acquittals and
8 mistrialas and 11 discontinuances
d no bills. The p)or cent. of convic
mns waLs 24.
In 1895 there were 205 homicldoecases
sposcd of. In 26 eases there were no
lIs and discontinuances, in 66 oases
nvictlons and 113 acquittals. The
r' cent. of convictions was :32.
Bly compaing 18906 with these years
will be seen that there is no Increase
the cases of homicIdo or decr'ease in
a numb Uer of convictions.
During the last fourteen months
iro were only 14I eases of rape dis
sed of in the courts, Of this number
13ret wer'e 5 convIctions and 3 acqluit
s and (I no bills. Trher'e has been a
inmendable decrease in the number
cases of burglar'y and larceny during
a last ten years. There were 41
sesof highway robbery, 30Oof forgery,
of perjury and 30 of obtaining goods
der' false pretenses, which shows a
nsiderable increase in these crimes.
I t will be observed that, in the consoi
ctod statement it does not appear'
at In the fourth circuit any person
nvicted was sentecnced to jail. I pro
me all those convicted were son
riced to the chain gangs, the solicitor
as not included in his report such
aitenccs.
I'romi in formatI~iion reccei ved from all
oI circuits the law authorizing judges
sentence to th9 county chain gang
,a hren producfvo of great good in
ter'ring from the coin mission of crimo
d in improving the public highways.
During the last fouiteen months
cr'o were 18 criminal cases bt'ought to
e Supreme Court by appeals. Of phis
mbter nine were allirmed, in six cases
w trials wore granted- an~d :three
sos have not yet been heard,
-One of the most abominable dIvorce
cords is that of a lthode-island:M
an who has married for the1sixteh
me, although live of her so-called'
uisbands ar'e not only living, but four'
them were ushers at her alleged
edding. Strango to say, she will bn
arried in a church and a cler'gyman
as been found to perpetrate the d sa
usting farce.

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