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A CUASlE AND A RESCUE.
[Written for the HaLmnA InDla Dl3aT,]
r' I T WAS A SCENE
passing fair, thieaune
afternoon, the green
rolling prairies
spreading to the
Snorthern and eqat
ern and southern hor
izon. On the west
the Rooky range and,
its twin promontories,
the Spanish peaks,
stood grandly against the sky; and
through the Royal gorse which parts the
mighty mountains the Arkansas river
swept eastward, past sand' bare, shelving
banks and bordering groves of cottonwood.
In the fresh air, infused with the gladness
of flowers and verdure and song of birds,
it was fltting, where nothing shoald seem to
pine or mope, to see the motion and free
dom embodied in Harry Marwood on his
mettlesome pony, Chiquita.
The boy was looking up stray cattle
along the valley, and his search bad ear
ised him seven or eight miles away from
his father's ranch house up the river. Not
far below him was Bottomley's place,
which the big Englishman settled upon
the autumn before and there lived with his
wife and numerous children as uncon
eernedly as if the hostile Kiowas were not
liable at any time to swoop along the val
ley to massacre and plunder. The parents
Harry had met that morning on their way
to Foxt Lyon in a wagon, with five chil
dren, which implied that three of their off.
spring had- been left at home. As theboy,
moved through the cottonwood groves in
the direction of the adobe cabin he ex
pected at any moment to see the yellow
heads and tattered garments of the small
Bottomleys, whom he usually found dodg
ing about at play in the bushes.
No children appeared to him there to-day,
but, looking through the trees upon the
"TRY IT-OF COURiSE, WE WILL."
plain he saw a wild and picturesque sight.
Twelve or fifteen mounted Indians a mile
away were riding at full speed along the
valley's slope toward the crest. Each rider
sat his steed lithe and supple, exciting the
bounding horse by the movement of his
body; there was a flash of lances, the sheen
of gandy blankets, the streaming tails of
war bonnets, and the glint of silver orna
ments on wrist and arm.
"Klowas!" exclaimed the boy, grasping
his rifle hard and giving a quick glance
around to detect if danger be abouthim
then sat motionless, watching the wild
procession as it wound up over the ridge.
Before it disappeared his eye, trained to
far sight like a hawk's, had seen that three
of the warriors held each something be
fore him upon his horse; and a flutter
of blue from one of the objects thus borne
along was of the same tint as a fragment
of calico hanging upon a thorn bush by his
aide, a tribute from the frock of Araminte,
the six-year-old daughter of the Bottomley,
household. His look grew dark and anx
ious at the certainty thus borne to him that
the Kiowas had swooped vpou the ranch
and carried away the children.
His first thought for their rescue was to
ride to his father's place with the alarm,
and thence bear the news onward to Fort
Lyon. A cavalry party would, of course,
be promptly sent out to follow the Indian
band, but what valuable time would be
lost, and how hopeless, with the disad
vantage of the coming night, would be
such pursuit. It would be madness to at
tempt to save them by himself, but follow.
ing his impulse he put spurs to Chiquita
and dashed after the Indians.
"It's a hard and hopeless case," he re
flected. "There's almost no chance that
the troops can ever overtake 'em with the
start they have. But 1'll keep 'em in siaht
long enough to make certain what way they
take, and then ride for the fort."
From the summit of the valley slope he c
saw them speeding northeasterly over the
rolling prairie, skillfully keeping much out
of sight in a treeless county by threading
in and out of the hollows, making quick
dashes across open spaces, and avoiding
summits which would bring them into view a
against the sky-line. The frontier boy, r
marking their course, chose his rdhte in the
same manner, keeping a wary eye about v
him lest detecting his pursuit, they ehoiuldf
have laid for him an ambuscade.
Skirting the base of a blpff he. stopped
suddenly: ,the sighit ofa steel.ray horse ar
standing soberly at the bottom, lts equip- e
meants were 'those of a white mabr's steed, a
and looking around for the rider he pres- o
ently saw just hack of the crest, lying so
Close to the grotund that it seemed as
pat of it, a long, motionless lgure
Whio hs recognised as that of I
an old friend. Presently this lpnely
watcher, who etidently had be'eirearrddi
the Indians' movements, crawled baokwar
from the summit, rose and turning, rayi
the hunter, with lone rifle In hand, stre p
down the hill toward the boy. He showed
e surprise on seeing him, but motiO lg aI
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with his hand the direction that the Indians
had taken, said:
"Those red devils are cerryin' off some
children."
"They're Bottomley's poor little tow
heads," returned Harry, sorrowfully.
"So I reckoned," said the hunter. "I
knowed'twas bound to happen, settlin' whar
he did, right in thar path. It's hard luck
all the sameo. It'll take a heap o' time afore
the soldiers kin git rounded up an' artaer
'em; and the wust is that if the bluecoats
should happen to press 'em close, they'll
kill the young 'uns dead-sore."
Harry said not a word, but his fingers
played restlessly with the hammer of his
rifle.
"That's only one show to git the obil
dren," continued the hunter. "They won't
watch 'em so close as they would grown
folks. If we could catch the red-skins in
camp an' stampede 'em right sudden the:'d
be a b'ar chance to get away with the
young one afore they could harm 'em. It's
risky an' desprit, with a fight to make any
way, an' a big show to lose our scalps. But
if you've a mind for the undertakin' we'll
try it."
"Try it. of course we will." said Harry.
"Lead off! I'm with you to the end."
"The iunst thing," said the hunter, "is to
keep fur back along their trail till sundown.
They may ride all night, or they may go
nto camp soon arter dusk. If we come up
with 'em we'll shape our doin's 'cordin' as
we find.thiungs."
The hunter swung into his saddle, and
the two companions followed the Indians
who had passed out of sight. They pushed
forward rapidly but cautiously. From
time to time one of them dismounted and
crawled to the summit of a ridge to see
that the country was clear before they went
ahead. ' he need of this precaution was
shown when Cray riding in advance sud
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T~lElIESUE O THECHILIIE.,
denly ohecked his horse and, bending low
in the saddle, motioned to Harry to come
on carefully. Peering thronnuh the spikes
of a soepweed the boy saw i.r ahead,
nearly concealed behind the turn of an
eminence, an Indian, sitting on his horse
like a statue, looking back over the country
his band had traveled, Presently, as if
eatisfied that there was no pursuit, the war
rior rode on.
"You see," said the hunter, "what a
watch the varmints keep. It'll be a hard
job to locate 'em in the darkness, which is
what we've got to do."
After nighttall the two riders advanced
more briskly. Cray's keen and practiced
eyes, helped by his knowledge of the sav
age character, and fine inetirct at to the
course the Indian would be likely to take,
enabled the pursuers to keep their trait
with little loss of time in searching.
At last the hunter pointed ahead, telling
Harry to see the smoke; and after long
looking the boy detected a faint, distant
spire rising against the dark sky. They
went on now more slowly, watching and
listening at every step, until Cray whis
pe ed:
'Stay here with the horses while I scout
ahead.,
He vanished in the darkness and was
gone a long time. The boy waited hour
after hour for his return, and inaction and
suspense were beginning to tell on his pa
tience when far into the night, there came
to his ears the rustle of some one advano
ing upon him. By the waving of the dincy
sombrero Harry saw that the comer was
Cray.
"i've got 'em located," he said. "They're
tucked away so ounnin' that I nigh missed
'em altogether. We'll take our horses a
little nearer and then try what we can do
to rout 'em."
Stealing through the darkness they paused
against the side of a ridge into which
opened a deep, pocket-like hollow.
"'They're at the head o' the holler," whise
pered Cray. "We'll leave our horses here
an' crawl over lhe high ground so's to over
look their camp."
Creeping to the upland above the hollow
they worked round to that point of the
break of the hill where the shades of night
were deepest, and looked down upon the
embers of a fire about which fourteen In
diana lay rolled in their blankets. In the
midst of the group the three children re
posed beneath a bufalo robe, lost to the
memories of their fears, weariness, chafes
and bruises. With tear stains furrowed in
the dust that lay thick upon their faces,
they slept unmindful of their sorrows and
the rude awakening to come.
"There's only one way for us, Harry,"
Cray whispe:ed. "We must git alongside
those children and open fire with a yell.
When the Injuns break grab the young
nes, make down the holler for our horses
and git away in the darkness. We've got
to steal on 'em like snakes, then jump 'em
like devils; an' if we miss at any p'int
they'll tide with our scalps on their lances
bo-morrer. Mind one thineg When we
turn loose those young uns 'tll be the
scarodest ones in the ontfit an' '11 run from
ui like rabbits. Keep 'em by us at all
hazards. Have your rifle for the last and
if things go bed, remenmber-don't let them
take you alivol"
Besides their rifles Harry and Crny had
each at his belt a revolver and bunting
knife. Fifty yards of open ground lay be
tween.lhem and the savages, and over this
they must steal, shielded only by the dim
neel of a clear niuht, and guarding lest the
slightest'sound ahould carry to keen ears a
warning. They crawled over the break of
the bank and crept down the slope, moving
so smoothly and cautiously that not a spear
of grases ustled or pebble rattled. They
came so diose to the bivouac that they
could have touched the nearest of the stal
wart forms lying each with rifle or bow and
quiver at bhand, sleeping with no dream
that pursuers as subtle and untiring as
themselves had followed so speedily and
certainly on their trail,
Among the reclining forms the two
crawled toward the chlluren, but paused as
an Indian half waking from sleep, stirred,
dropped hie hand upon his lane, and as
the rescuers, scarcely darlig to breathe
hugged the earth, raised his head, looked
in the direction of the feeding ponies of
their cavalcade, and keenly scanned the
slopes.
nasting one sharp glance at the captive
children he sunk again to sleep with hand
still resting on the weapon at his side. The
two rescuers waityd a few moments, then
worked themselves into a position upon
each side of the children. Above them
Cray lifted his shaggy head, his gleaming
eyes met Harry's blazing with suppressed
excitement, and that mutual glance said
"Ready!"
They come up, crouching upon one knee,
and the stillness is shattered by the click
and sharp crack of two revolvers, like one
sound. 'The two nearest warriors, with a
single moan, lie still, as at the loud shouts
of the white men and the streaming reports
of their pistols the other Indians in panic
spring yelling from the ground. Bewildered
by the fierce attack in the midst of their
camp, they tumble befo:e the bullets, dart
away, leaping from side to side to avoid the
shots, or dropping flat to the earth, worm
their way through the darkness toward their
ponies.
They leave plenty of weapons at hand
for the attackers. His ievolver emptied,
Harry seizes the 44penoer's carbine of the
dead warrior before him, and sends shjt
after shot at the fleeing Indians. He has
no time to look round, but hears the rattle
of Cray's rapid firing behind him. Four or
five warriors lie as they have fallen, and
the three children, adding their screams to
the outburst, try to dodge away from the
scene. Harry catches the eldest boy by the
collar and lings him on his back before
him. Cray has seized the little girl and
holds her between his knees as he fires, and
shouts to Harry, "Look out for that red
skin."
One of the wounded Indians had risen to
one knee, seized his bow, and was sending
a whistling stream of arrows at the attack
ers. Twice Harry fired upon him without
checking his work, and it was not until the
third shot that this indomitable foe fell
forward and lay quiet, still clutching his
bow.
"Look out," yelled Cray. "Your young
ster's gittin' away!"
Harry had twice collared and thrown
down the eldest boy, who was wild to es
cape him, but in the excitement of the
brush with the wounded Indian the young
ster once more slipped away and his flaxen
bead was fast disappearing into the night.
A buckskin lasso lay on the ground.
Harry caught it, darted after runaway,
widening the loop as he ran, and flung it
with practiced hand. Jerking it toward
him with a force suited to the stress of the
time, Master William Bottomley, caught
around the bhdy. came back through the
air to his friends, head first in haste.
"Now for our horses!" called Oray.
With the little girl under the arm which
held his rifle, the hunter stoored to pick up
the youngest child whiho, lying against a
fallen Indian, was waving its arms and legs
and shrieking lustily. Something hold the
voungster fast to the spot, and in tearing
him away the hunter discovered that an
arrow had pinned its bagty woollen trous
ers fast to the body of the dead warrior.
The children recognized their deliverers
and gave no moretiouble'as the party hur
ried down the hollow. Iound the shoulder
of the hill the horses were standinu undis.
turbed, and mounting, with the little ones
before them, the rescue s dashed away
under cover of the darkness.
Southwest over the plain they sped, push
ing their horses to the utmost. After the
first swift dash the rescuers saved their
horses' strength by dismounting and walk
ing up the hills, forcing their pace along
the declivities and level spaces. No signs
of pursuit case to them, and the risue of
dawnshowed the open platinswith no humant
fiure in igbt, About the middle of the
forenoon Ctav shot an antelope.
"We'll resk stoppin' to rest and eat,
Harry," he piaid. Our horses are nigh
about petered out and these children are
oryin' for hunger. If the Indians come
arter us we'll stand 'em off better on full
stomachs.'
The' .ttomleys had returned to their
ranch the evening before to find their chil
dren gone and t.eir house burned. It was
very late before the alarm could be given
at Fort Lyon, but the early sunrise saw a
cavalry troop with a dozen scouts and cow
boys riding northeast in pursuit of the
Indians, Toward noon they spied a distant
group on the prairie, and dashing down
upon them saw Harry Marwood, his head
pillowed upon his saddle, lying asleep near
two graIn gponies. At a fre of buffalo
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happyas young birds in a nest, were de
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