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we W not Kept walting tong to , TY,” .me sam. “we snan nave tw jearn cause of the mules’ alarm. {| Palt soon. in any case to give our stock Out bushes rose a man, who | 2 Chance to rest and eat. It would waved bis hat as a stgnal for us to be well, I think, to stop here were stot : then came down to meet us, the grazing is good rather than push carry his rifle, muzzle forward, on forward into the storm. The rain will hie al lider in token of his friendly | ™ost likely be over by sun set.” int ntions Behind him a second man i turned toward Felix, Who nodded appeared, pale and = dishevelled, his | Bis assent to the proposition, « Very aon $ ted by a sling made from | 800d," I.said to Don Ramon. « We a cotton Pandkerchief. He slowly fol- | wit Stop at Wastever oGee © ghens

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and Waited to

hear What they had to say. Dees any one of you happen to he a surg asked the foremost man. “No,” I answered. “What's the

smatter ” ting hurt ? “Nothing but an Apache’s. bullet through his arm. The Indians jump- ed us from ambush, just back of here, we were travelling along the Came pretty near getting us, too. But we got up the hillside, in among the chavdarral, and kept our rifles pumping wherever a _ redskin showed sO much as a glint of an eye. After a few minutes they sneaked to where they'd left their horses and stolen stock, and rode to the south. Our skirmish was pretty hot while it Jasted, though. They killed one of our burros at the first fire, ether two followed us into the brush and stayed as closely by as dogs, so the Apaches culdn’t stampede ‘em, de what they would. They know the Ir- dians too well to let that happen. But Jim's wound here needs dressing. He's kest considerahle blood and feels pretty bad. I don’t think he'll be good for much travelling afoot for a good spell yet, and it’s a bad country to be left in wounded. I was in hopes one of you was a doctor and would find some way of fix up his wound so ’twould do til fe could get into Silver City.” Felix was off his horse at once and was by the wounded man’s side ex- amining the injured arm. That he had been a medical student before he came to the West had often stood us in good stead in the haps and tumbles of our rough life, and I used some- times to call him Dr. Felix. He felt the wounded arm, and had the man move it to and fro and turn it about. “There are no bones broken,” he “TI think we can fix this to do you all right until you strike white

Has your partner been get-

while trail.

settlements and a doctor.”

A bit of packing rope tied tightly above the wound had served as tourni- quet. Felix untied it and satisfied himself that the flow of blood was From his cantinas he took a roll of lint cloth. From this he tore several strips, and with them band- aged the wound.

“There, you'll do for awhile—until t-morrow morning, if necessary,” he said, when he had completed the op- eration. ““Now take these extra Strips, and you'll have them at hand When you want to renew the bandage. Now about your getting to Silver 'City—"”

“He can ride with us,” said Don Ramon, from the carriage. ‘‘ We will make room for him, and he will be very. welcome.”

The prospectors looked at each other and shook their heads.

“We are obliged to you for your ofer,. sir,” said Jim, the wounded man. ‘But on foot, and with those two burros to drive, my pard can’t keep, along with you, and I reckon we

won't separate. Now that my wound’s dressed, we'll get along somehow. I can foot along by easy stages.” ow,

better than that,” said

40Uu can do a feiix.

“There are teams coming along behind us that left the stage

Station this

A e } outht and

morning—the Pike county the Mexican showman’s.

They are travelling at a slower gait than we are. The showman, Senor Trinbajo, is a good fellow, as you

know, and will gladly give you a lift. Your partner can keep pace with them While driving along your two burros. And you'll all travel safer and more tomfortable fc being together.”

“We'll see you again, I hope, in Sil- Ver City,” he added, as the two men

Signified t+} approval of this

their “ Good we

luck to you: He s himself upon his horse,

plan.

Wwung

and we started on. The interruption had cost us a quarter of an hour’s ume. Now we were off again, heading ‘oward the Burro mountains, the most “ahgerous part of our route, the wood- ““, Crag-bound lurking place of the Apaches in ; i times of foray. As We travelled we talked over the en with bon Ramon, and made Dians for the night journey. He rdially agreed with Felix and me that we had bet the hither

: © nad ter halt on Side of this d us ground to rest

but the!

wt animals, and get our supper, and we t trail again after night had “len. ie darkness would protect Our px . t hy ey r} th: ? Ales and nyons oO ta urable for Apache am- ade, and if all went well the ~orning should find us in the open | , witry beyond, with an open road | “icre us to Silver City. i It evidently was a stormy afternoon | M the my untains all around the north- “i horizon. Stein’s peak now and val the I cloncillos were vi iled .in an oo etrable curtain of mist that for “1 hour past had hidden them from ur View. The Surro mountains ahead e outlined, spectral, against & clou ank, darkened pearl-grey in eat, Which concealed all but the near- > Peaks. This bank was rent al- Rehenie tinuously by zigzag streaks of wa: While the sullen rumblings in oe “nt thunder came to our ears | Ken sound. All the time | fun i was cl ar ove rhe ud, and the the en - he Snly, sete ta ws on twice a. were dimmed for a few | the - and a light sprinkling iHlecked : Oring. °2 the trail and tapped |} 2 St the Carriage top i NE glk eer ee @he- a oe x ne Say vecan | Ss UNtil the rein on ads. lil ‘ i rose in a | \ I uNntains. |

With no more. ado, the carriage and team turned sharply off the trail to the right, and stopped at a long smooth slope, where :

the buffalo grass was tall and thick. The mules oe unharnessed from the carriage, our horses were unsaddled, and, With our stock picketed out and feeding, Felix and I took the shovel, Which is an in- dispensable part of every Waggon out- fit in Arizona, and went down into the arroyo to-see if we could find a water pool.

It was .a pleasing picture ‘that our outfit and its surroundings presented as, before descending into the arroyo I paused .a moment at its verge to view it. At. the carriage. Don Ramon

Was seated .on the water keg com- fortably rolling his cigarette, Manuel

was adjusting.a, piece. of the harness and Dolores, kneeling: by the little aaa we had ‘kindled from brushwood Picked up in the arroyo as we crossed, was Kneading dough for tortillas. Half way ‘between the carriage and the arroyo Carmen, the central figure in the scene, stood where she had paused to pick some wild flowers which now she was fastening at her throat. With a white blossom shining in her heavy hair, she had turned toward the carriage to call to her: father. and-show

him the posy she had gathered. Be- yond her was the green slope, with the feeding mules and horses, and in the background was the cloud pall that covered the mountains, rent by vivid lightning flashes that were accom- panied by the frequent crashes and constant deep-toned mutterings of the sullen thunder.

The general course of the arroyo was northwest, leading toward the Gila river. Two hundred yards above the Stage trail crossing by which we de- scended into it the channel made .a Sharp bend, so that upon two sides it inclosed the spot where the carriage had halted. Up:the channel, half way to this bend, was.a moist place in the sand, about which were footprints of antelope, coyotes and -smaller animals leading to and from it. These .tracks were an unmistakable indication that water was near the surface. Digging a hole in this moist spot, we soon had the satisfaction of seeing it fill with water quite up to the level of the river bed, and soon it ran over.and trickled in a rivulet along the sands.

“Ah!” exclaimed Felix. ‘ Here's .a sign of high water. There’s a river running through these sands below the surface. We're beginning to hear from those storms in the mountains. When the full head of water gets along, we may have a flood in the arroyo.

““Leok over there,’ jhe continued. “The water’s coming in -sight .al- readv.’’

At a low place im ‘the chammel, where five minutes before we had noticed no moisture, a little pool was forming. In several other places moist -spots were forming by water rising through the sand. And, even while we looked, upon th¢ opposite side of the arroyo a little stream came round the bend, trickling down the channel, seemingly pushed forward by @ growing vclume of water behind.

Our outfit was on the safe ‘side of the arroyo, and we certainly were as- sured of water in plenty. Looking up at the turn in the channel I sug- gested :—

*‘Wouldn’t it be a good idea to walk up to the bend and take a look be- yond it? It’s just the route a band of Indians or rustlers would choose in sneaking up to within gunshot of our camp.”

“Good ! Let’s go,

leaving our shovel sticking in

said Felix. And the sand

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Just in time to see four horsemen dashing down the valley.

by the pool, we started up the chan-

nel for the bend. Searcely had we taken our second

step when we were brought to a sud- den halt by the sound of pistol shots ringing out beyond the bank in the direction of our encampment. With the firing were mingled the sounds of the swift trampling of horses, shouts of men, and wild screams of terror from a woman’s throat.

The steep, crumbling banks of the arroyo offered us no chance of ascent at that point. (With revolvers drawn, we ran down tHe channel to the stage

crossing, and up the bank to the prairie level. We arrived at the top of the bank just in time to see four horsemen dashine. down the valley at breakneck speed. All were Mexicans and well mounted. The foremost one, ! t horse of 5 g ». Held b i Vv] to free nerege é C ring for help, Ca a = y

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t is little wonder t wild. The bandits’ sudden attack had been as complete a surprise ta the party at the camp as it was to Felix and me, With Manuel,.Don Ramon had &one te a little distance away from the carriage to straighten out a dif- ference between two mules whose pick- et ropes had become entangled. San- grado and his followers had emerged from the arroyo, beyond the bend, and the first notice Don Ramon had of their presence was their shouts.and pis- tol firing as they dashed down past the carriage. Their bullets, evidently aimed to kill, had whistled unpleasant- ly near the Don and his servant; but, the distance being considerable, re- garded at pistol range, and the shots being fired from the backs of horses _ee at a tearing gallop, ne one was iit.

; As Carmer. stood,

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arranging had picked, between carriage and the arroyo, the sound of rushing heofs and shouts and shoot- ing had caused her to turn in startled dismay. The next moment Sangrado, leading his men, had checked his horse for an instant by her side, had caught her up from the Sround, swung her up from the ground, swung her upon the horse’s shoulders before him and was off like the wind down the valley, with his followers putting their horses at top speed in the endeavour to keep up with him.

These details I learn®d later. Felix and I could time, which was all we needed to know, was that the bandits were off and away sand that they had Carmen. What we did was to rush for our horses, catching up our rifles, saddles, &nd bridles, as we passed the place Where they had been laid down. it was the work of but a minute to sad- dle and bridle our trained and docile animals and to cast off the picket ropes. Then, springing to the saddle, we set spurs hard against our horses’ flanks and were off, with a bound, to- gether. The race was one with life or death and Carmen as tke stikes aN: whch we rode

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