Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1891, Page 14

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; UNDAY, JANUARY 18, 18)1-SIXTEEN PAGES. WEAK NATIONS LAUGHED AT. To Have no Standing Army is Akin to Hav~ ing no Policemen, MAJOR GENERAL 0, 0. HOWARD'S LETTER. He Reviewa the Standing Army, its ization, Duties and Effcce ness — Benefits of Prac tical Military Instruction. BY MAJOR GENERAL 0. 0. HOWARD. The cthies of Kev. Dr. Wayland of the Brown university, Rhode Island, as put forth in his moral science became, before the rebellion the accepted standard throughout New England. His proverbs were used, omitting here and there a chapter, as bible truth, even at the military academy. His teachings in the chapters omitted at West Point were against war and againstany prep- arations for war. Charles Sumner when a young man com- posed his great oration on “The Grandeur of Nations.” It was a superb array of senti- ments adverse to armies and the use of armies. And I hesitate oot to say thatat that time there was a sentiment nearly uni- versal against war of any kind, offensive or fensive; against any sort of standing army and other forcible means of public defense, The prophecy that there would come a time when the lion and the lamb would lie down together, was taken as if a command; and the prediction that nations would learn war no more, a state, like the millennium, to be wished and prayed :for, was imposed upon man and society as asacred duty to be at once performed, ‘The ethical teaching arising from the Qua- ker intorprotation of our Lord's practical precepts, necessarily created a deep.scated prejudice against our regular navy and our standing army, There was doubtless in eavlier times, too, a strong feeling against tho h regulars during both our wars with o large proportion of mer - f © up the invading forces, by criiel and caveless conduct, added to this antipathy. And back of all that, there was the well recognized fact that in the time of George the Third, that the British common soldicr ranked so low in the scale of humani- ty that it was a disgrace to a civilian to asso- ciate with him, This, 1t may be, has had a potent influcnce upon all families” whose an- cestors came bither from England. The immigrants from other nations also brought equal projudices against the forces. often made up of conscripts, that were wielded against their forces by autocratic power. Atany rate, the instant a war was over and armed men could be disnenscd with, our New kngland people have hurried them out of sight; and the old arguments have come back to beget again the same old condi- tions of weakness and unpreparcdness cven Ior a reasonable governmental protection by and and by sea. y It 15 the pait of wisdom to notice how quickly a “Fort Sumter’ threatened tho life of the nation, reversed the faulty, prejudiced common sentiment. The author of the “Grandeur of Nations' added grandeur to his own nation by foster- ing the war power; and urging the people to sustain tho army which was mainly filled with thiose who a few months before were themselyes reckoned as non-combatants, How the world rejoiced when General Gor- don of England stepped forth, like Joshua of old, to lead relieving forces and save a people from a crucl fato, And how puerile the senti- ment that withheld from him the necded army. Doubtless our Heavenly Father could have interposed his strong hand, stayed the Mahdi with his terrible hosts, and given to his servaut Gordon, a miraculous victory; but, in fact, He did not vouchsafe so to do. The delays of a sufficient force to reach Khartoum, beat back the Mahdi, and rescue the noble’ Gordou with his_helpless depend- ents, haveset back the index of the dial- plate of civilization at least a quarter of a century. O, for the prover preparation! The need how plain, A well sppolnted nad well commanded army, our God would, I believe, have blessod and helped in the time of Gor- don’s senseless exposure and barbarous mar- tyrdom, Public sentiment, spreading from cast to west, which, of course, ought to be fostered In the interest of peace, when it takes such radical freaks against thé army and the pub- lic defenscas to bring discrodit on the sol- dier’s uniform, carries with it a very decided opoosition to all mulitary tendencies in the education of youth. On’ reflection, however, it is believed “that, after cxcepting a few ox- tremists, the majority of our fellow citizens recognize the right aud the imperative neces sity of a proper self-pruservation, even to tho extent of exercising a governmental power over the taking of human life, Certainly a genuine patrotism implies strong, hardy virtues which are limited onl by life itself, to hold fu a firm grasp all anarchy, whether it be secret, insidious, plotting and undermining, or already or- ganized and openly clutching at the throat of the republic. Arbitration, pushed with all needed pa- tience and !n-l\u-u by exercising all the spiri ual and mental force of Christian men, will now be given to the forefront againstany and every impending threat of war: but spiritual and moral force always require an essential body-force to gain respect and to secure justice and honor, Weaki governments, except where they are nsed for policy's sake, aro even today laughed at and ignored by the great powers of Europe. To have no army is akin to having no {ticomen, no firo_department, no safes, no locked gates or doors. Witliout s0mo sortof an army, soeiety becomes at once & prey to “dynamiters” and other crimi- nal conspiracies,” During the rebellion the service of our regular army cannot well be overestimated, Once, military people, in time of need, put their utmost confidence in a man because he fraduated from the national military school, They trusted him with_large commands, and such still believe tho West Point provision of leaders to bo a sufficient guarantee for any emergency that may avise, But the trath1s that the army expericnco after graduating, was ever most important. Tho old army and frontier staff commands, and the duties were thd post-graduate schools that fitted men for greater scope, while the Mexican and the constant Indian wars, gave them the richest practical experiencs, ‘The little army of today is in itself a most rognant and active school—I mean over and eyond the armies and arsenals, the torpedo und engincer school of Willet's Point, tho urtillery teaching at Fort Monroe, ' the cavaley at Fort’ Riley and the rt Leavenworth, At all the posts and gar risons there is an extensive curriculum of theoretic and practical military instructi that is fitting every intelligent, patr officer and man to handlo armies. It is all this—tho regular army in_entirety—-staif and line, brings by its constant study and prac- tice the art of war up to dat similates all the new discoveries in mechanics to the couutry’s needs; follows up with experi- ments all the advances in clectricity, high ex- losives, the use of steel and ogher motals, hydraulics and stam power, True, it is an houor to have graduated at West Point, but It should be an equal honor, provided the knowledgo and fitness b _the same, to bave graduated atany school. The test pat upon the young man Is in the regular army, What has he done therel What can he do under the new post-graduate relationshipt Embraced with the officers of the regular service wore tho nou-commissioned officors d privates. Before the war of rebellion there was clear-cut training and intelligent discipline. ~ These faithful servants of the government have not yet received the bigh consideration due them. Their history, some of it is on record in dry documents or* buried in bushels of well-folded official reports, can- not well be written. At the great rebellion outbreak many officers sympathizing with se- cession resigned their commissions and many desorted their flag. It is the proud boast of all enlisted men of the regular army that their predecessors 1n the ranks were to a man, steadfast to tne union. And, truly, if any such enlisted soldier deserted 1o join' the confederacy 1 have yet to hear his name. When a local military company is formed s 15 often tho case, in a country district or village, it 18 a great desideratum to get an ex-regular soldier to teach and drill. ~He is always treated with great attention and re- spect. But if a young man chunces to enlist for honorable émployment in the regular army, tho dwellers in his district or villago pity bis family, make him @ social outcust by decrying his fall, and scoff at his uniform as 8 badge of disgrace. This ought not to be- It is not the case now in our Europoan coun tries, The soldiers of our small arpy are, as a class, solf-respecting men, They are hon- orable, "ru!'.\vorlhy and uépr!ghl in conduct. In morals and manners dertainly they com- pare favorably with the average people in the communities where they happen to be stationed. If one soldier becomes the worse for liquor a thousand people notice his uni- form and the army gets a widespread credit for arunkenness; whereas the civilian drunk- ard @ves but limited disgrace. Where the soldier gets reported and punished, extend- g his ill-repute, the civilian escapes notice, injuring only himself and his poor family. The present authorized strength of the army is 28,532 officors and men, General ofticers, 9 officers. Adjutant general's department, 17 officers. Inspector general's department, 7 officers. Judge advocate general's department, 8 ofticer: Quartermaster’s department, 61 officers and 80 post quartermaster sergeants. Subsistence department, 26 ofticers and 120 commissary sergeants. Nedical department meinbers of Lospital Pay department, 40 officers. Corps of engiueers, 113 ofti listed men, Ordnance department, 58 officers and 540 enlisted men. al corps (to be organized), 15 officors 20 enlisted men, Post chaplains and regimental chaplains of colored regiments, 34, This completes’ the general officers and staff of the army. Of the major generals (three in number) one commands the army and the others each a division, embracingone or more departments, The' six brigadier wenerals usually command departments, The divisions and departments are geographical sub-divisions embracing several states, and the general's command consists of the troops stationed within the limits of this command. The duties of the staff are indicated by their names. One officer of each of the first six departments is on duty at each division and department headquarters, to do the de- tailed work of his_department in command. Besides the quartermaster, commissary and medical departments each conducts @ system of purchasing and supply depots directly un- der tho secretary of war and free from mili- tary commund, Tho medical departnent each also furnishes the medical officers for duty at the military post. The corps of en- gincers, ordnance department and signal corps are separate from the rest of the army in their work, the former chicfly on the rivers and harbor improvements, the second in the construction of guns and other ord- stores, and the latter as a weather u, all directly under the secretary of direction. A new law, not yetin oper- ation, takes the weather burean work from the signal corps, The chaplains are supplicd to military posts as far as their number will permit. The line of the army consists of INFANTRY, Twenty-five regiments of infantry of ten companies each, of which eight are with the colors and two unorganized; each company composed of 1 Captaln, 2 Musiclans, 1 First Lieutenant, 2 Artificers, 1 Second Licutenunt, 1 Wagoner, 1 First Sergeant, 40 Privates, 4 Bergeants, 4 Corporals, To each regiment : 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant colonel, 1 major, 1 R U ERO BT QRN L Rs et b rovs 8 compunles of 63 eregal . 6 officers of unorganized companies 4 Non-commissioncd staff “and regimentai non-commissioned staff . officers and 770 ers and 500 en- 63 Aggregate, Aggregate.... . CAVALRY. “Ten regiments of cavalry of twelve troons each, of which tenare with the colors and two unorganized, each troop composad of— 1 Captaln. 2 Farriers and Black- 1 First Lioutenant, sm iths, 1 Second Lieutenant, 1 Saddler. 1 First Sergeant, 1 Wagoner, b Sergeants, 44 Privates, 4 Corporals, — 2 Trumpeters, 63 Aggregate. o ench regiment: 1colonel, 1 lfeutenant colonel, 3 majors, 1 adjutant, 1 R, Q. M . . 10 troops of 63 aggregal . Nou-commissioned staff non-commissioned offic Aggregato.......... ARTILLERY, Fiveregiments of artillery of twelve bat- teries each, of which ten are heavy and two light. Each battery is composed as follows : Hoavy. Light, 1 Captain, ~ . 1 Captain, 2 First Licutenants, 2 First Lioutenants, 1 Second Lieutenant, 1 Sccond Lieutenant, 1 First Sorgeunt, 1 First Sergoant, Sorgoants 6 Serzounts, 4 Corporals, 4 Corporal o2 Musiciins, 2 Musjolan: 12 Artificers, 2 Artifiers, 1 Wazono 1 Wagone s Privates, 49 Private 04 Aggrozate. Toench roiment: 1 colonel, I lieutenant colonel, 8 majors, 1 adjutant, 1 regimental quartormaster. ... textra second lieutenant for battery at Tort Monroe artillery school. 10 heavy butteries of (4 a 21t Datterics of 6) s Nor-commissioned staft nou-commissioned office AGEregate. ... ciiiiiin RECAPITULATIO! Infantry, 25 regiment panie Cavalr £ 430 280 . 1,885 TThe law/ul size of the army is 25,000 enlist- ed men, besides those allowed for hospital signal corps. Of this number 8,15 are re- quired for engineer and ordnance depart- ments, West Point detachment, prison guard at Fort Leavenworth, non-commissioned statt officers, recruits, soldiers at recruiting depots and Indian scouts, Recruits have to be sought after vacancies occur, Therefore, the result is our standing army for war would in all probablity, supply not more than 20,000 combatants in the ranks. Ttis buta nucleus, but with its staff ma- chinery, geographical divisions, arsenals, ar- mories, permanent works and numerous de- pots for the required supplies, it can readily be expanded as beretofore, fairly o meet the needs of a sudden v “The regular army rightly made up at once permeates the mass of the national guardand volunteers, and is like good seed sown in good ground. el A CULINARY CRITEC, New England Magazine, John Bull, he loves bis beef and ale, His pudding full of plu The Frenchman liles his fricassee frog’s legs with bread crumbs, ‘otchman eats his meal of oats, Like horses in & paddock, His Haggis weird, his hodgepodge strange, Aud toothsome finnan haddock; And—tell it not in Gath, my boys,— In whispers be it said ! He sometimes cvon longs to eat His marma-lade ou bread. The German favors saurkraut, And ripe Limberger cheese, Hot and cold slaw, and-other things, That he'll digest with ease. You join a band of Muscovites;— They wish you at the deuce, Because you cannot make a meal, Off candle a la Russe. Withiu & Chinese restaurant, You hoar a waiter holloa: “Nico bird's nest soup; roast rat quite hot— And pupny dog to follow.” You dine with & Sea island chief, Where all the dishes vary, From yams on rice, to babes on toast And roasted missionary, The Esquimaux's sarcastic smile Pronounces you a lubber, Because you hiwve no opvetite For walrus oil and lubber, And thus you {ind in many climes, ‘Wherever t‘uu may roam, The cooking is not quite the same As that you get at home, And offen in your wanderings You drop a tear and sigh For oyster stew and succotash Ice cream and pumpkin ple, But the ono dish of all the rest “To which my fancy leans Is my New England’s greatest pride— My Yankee pork and bean: L L “The most popular gift nowadays is a rich piece of cut glass, ~ Dorflinger's American Jut Glass stands unrivalled fn beauty and finish. . Eee that, their . trade mark label is on every piece. Your dealer should show it 10 you, giments (10" com= e Artlllery, 5 ients (12 bate terles each) Sl THE NEBRASKA FUGITIVES, A Story of the Present Indian Up ing. BY SANDY 0. V, GRISWOLD, CHAPTER 11T, OFF FOR PINE RIDOE, The strange redskin did not slacken his pace until, with a cat-like bound, he sprang upon the porch, where he stood motionless a moment cautiously scrutinizing the little group; then nodding his plumed head to Mr. Barrett, whose gray hairs and venerable air proclaimed him to be the proprietor, he ex- claimed in a deep gutteral voice: “How de do, brudder?” The old ranchman responded pleasantly to the salutation, but the solemn expression of his countenance evinced that he awaited the intelligence of the Indian runner with a realizing sense of its import. However, the Sioux, whatsoover it wasthat he was deirous of communicating, was appar- ently loth to begin ; and observing this unwar- ranted hesitation, and prompted by the vague misgivings which filled his heart the very moment the ugly bronze face had shown itsclf. Mr. Barrett demanded in a tone of 1 anger and impatience: v \ What do you want, my friend! Wha s it1" Quick as the lightnin flash the Indiun fastened his glittering oyes upon the ranch- er’s face: then stretching out his long, naked arm, he pointed with his index finger to the northwest. In this significant yet incompre- hensible attitude he stood for a few sceonds, moveless as a statuc; then, slightly inclining his siender body forward, he dropped his hn.n;l on the handle of his tomahawk and said: “Big Foot. Short Bull, Tiger Nose in de valley—on de war-trail—kill de lor, he squaw, he children, at upper agency las' night — killin’ all settlers—burnin’, toma- hawkin’, scalpin’ all farmers—ebbery pale- face in *Braska—soon be here min’ fas’ | Lé Loup Christian Indian—he friend—want to help white brudder—what do now " ‘Great_heavens: s our danger so imml- nent, Le Loup! God helpus then; I donot know what to do!" ejaculated the old rauch- man, turning his pallid face to the little family circle in sheor helplessness, “Why, blow the horn, father; call in Scipio and Bonaparte from the field, have them hook up the horses, and we will make all h shyille or’ Pine Ridge!” was the rvation from Bob, jr., deliv yand excitement, yet ev: idencing a presence of mind befltting an oce sion of pexil. *‘No, no, Bob, that will not do exactly. Should we evacuate the place entirely it w be plundered, the house destroved and the stock ran off, sud 1 cannot afford to lose my every possession in the world at this late day; we must concoct @ better plan. What doyou think, Lo Loup,is there immediate danger " All were now upon their feet, standing around the grim savage, breathlessly await- ing the words that would fall from his lips. “Yes, Short Bull and Big Foot full of debbil- dance de ghost dance all las’ night-- much danger—bad Injun comin’ quick—but dey big heap coward—let Lo Loup guide white squaws to Pine Ridge—men stop here keep off Injun, save house, horses, cattle, all!" advised the subtle savage, his keen, auick, restless eyes flitting the while on every'side as if in search of something or as if suspecting the immeaiate approach of ar ““Your plan appears feasible, Le Loup, and I think we had better carry it _out at ofice,” returned the old farmer, a fresh activivy and courage seizing him. “Yeh ! better hurry ! wimmin _safe to erly rejoined the Lo Loup see white Pine Ridge, eag- 'y Indian, darting a swift glance of covert sensuousness and triumphant delight at the forms of the two lovely girls cowering before 0. They continued to discuss for some time longer the circumstances that had so sud- denly turned up; questioniug the Indian and receiving from him some further details of what he had witnessed, as also what he believed or conjectured- ‘Whatever new light was thus thrown on tho subject only exciled thom the more and augmented their aporehensions. A consultation followed which was short and conclusive. Instant flight was resolved upon, as the ouly means that offered the shightest chance of safety. Sill, while thera were ninety-nine chances in a hundred, of a party of predatory savages, bent upon out- rago and massacre, swooping down upon the Barrett ranch that very night, thero was a hundredth chance that it would escape visita tion for some timo yet, if not_altogether. This slender probability, combined with the urgent importunities’ of the unknown Indian who had brought in the unwelcome tidings was the cause of a slight deviation in the plaus, first laid out by apprehensive imagmations. Tt was summarily decided that the friendly Sioux’ proposition,in a degree,should be acted upon. Mrs. Barrett, the two girls, Aunt Delilah, the colored cook, and George Cameron, whose sober lineaments and perceptible nervous ness obviously betrayed that he had no strong desire for the, as yet, untried and dreaded warfare of ‘the plains, along with Seipio for driver and Le Loup for guide,were 10 take their departure for Pine Ridge with- out further procrastination. The twostalwart farm Lunds were promptly summoned from their labors in the field, and had the vehicle—an unwiejdy two-horse cov- ered wagon—in readiness at thedoor in double quick time. They were to strilke due southeast toward the Pine Ridge agency, wbich at the shortest fully twenty-three miles distant, and travel rapidly with the hope of getting out of the dangerous terri- tory before the infuriated hordes of Big Foot and Short Bull Lad reached this section, Mr. Barrett, Bob, jr., and the muscular African, Bonapatte, wore to remain behind and wateti the ranch, being prepared to vamoose at an fnstant’s v The object in remaining behind was_to protect the mansion and stock against vagabond squaw-men whose purpose was plunder only, and who are seldom found with regular war par- ties. Each was armed with a good Winchies- ter, in addition to their bunting knives and batchets, These were thought to be amply sullicient to drive away any looting body of savages, for all such ave proverbially coward- ly and feartul of eacountering ay opvosi- tion, After the first alarm oceasioned by Loup's sturtling intelligence had some abated, the party who were to leave bezan making their preparations for instant depar ture,for it need scarcely be said that the niat- ter of flight with them was no longor a ques- tion. They were only detained until ticlés as were imperatively essen & hazardous journey were placed veyance, which was speedily accomplished by the enxious and diligent fugitives. In an almost incredible short space of time everything was in read for starting. The females wore assisted into the wagon, followed by the young New Yorker, who_ carried his ioavy Winehioster with the air of no tyro in handling the weapon, while Seipio, with a freshly burnished rifle’ of his own, squattod himself upon the front seat, gr reius, and turning his shiny, blac inquired: “I3 we all reddy, Mars' Barrett " “Yes, Scipio, as soon as Le Loup gives the word, Ah} here ho's now,” returaed the old ranchman, as the Indian runner, with a strange, exultant, expression burning in his black, sinister eves, glided like a spectre of death by the wagon, and without uttering & singlo monosyllable lod the way across the clearing,only pausing a fow moments for the two pariies to say farewell—alas! which to some of them was farewell forever! It was o sad and not wholly untearful parting botaween Hob, jr. and Nell Browning. ley had for & long time been warmly at- taclied to each other, and Nun had wore than ouce jocularly intimated that she considered it a match. This, boweyer, they stoutly de- nied, and treated the intimation simply as oneof Nan's sprightly railleries. Yet there was wuch more truth than poetry in the declaration, and the parting ~was of course & sorrowful one. Tnere in the golden sunshine of that au- tumn afternoon, with the -mournful music of the light wind in the tree tops soughing and all clse around so quiet and still. But the good byowas for the hundredth time re-* ‘and the fervent caresses were over at 1ud Bob, jr., stood alone at the gate, striving to keep back the tears, of which, with all his robust manhood, o was not ashamed, that blinded his eyes, and eagorly looking away through the straggling cotton- Woods fora last gllwpse of Lis light haired ell, After the loving kisses, ca&‘sse; and tears wero all over, the sullen /uide, Le Loup, gave s peremptory signag for starting, and the heavy wagon rumblel away, the sound fainter, until the rolling prairie seemed to swaliow up the moving mass which had slowly entered its bosom. CHAPTER 1V, PIERRE DAPTISTE MAKES A REVELATION, 1t was now late in the afternoon; a light breezo stirved in the cottonwoods, tho sky was partly overcast and thero wore somo premonitions of an‘npproaching storm. The wind camo with refreshing coolness across the western sandhills, ‘and made the situa- tion of our friends who.had remained behind to defend the raneh, wore comfortable in a physical sense, than it had been during the suitry morningandfternoon, Bob, jr, at hid father's suggestion, was Just about starting to réconnoiter the immedi- ate surroundings, Wheh the dusky figore of a man _emerged from the dark barrier of the nearest ridge, and came toward the dwelling on a rapid walk. Ho was fatigued, dirty and jaded, and looked asif hehad come a long distance at the best of his speed, As he drew nearer, he was recognized as Pierre Baptiste, the government scout, and from the sober exprossion of his weather- browned countenance, all saw that he, 100, was the beaver of momentous tidings. Our three friends stepped eagerly from the porch and gathered avound the indomitablo half breed the moment he came up. After the customary greetings had been exchanged, explanations followed; and the wonder, gratitude and consternation that fol- lowed the sturdy scout’s story, may better be gined than told ‘And who told you that the upper agency had been destroyea?” inquired Baptiste, when informed that the rancher and his fam- ily hod been apprised of this appalling occur- reénce some hoturs before. YA Christian Indian —a friendly Sioux called Te Loup,” returned Mr. Barrett, in all candor, never dreaming of the terrible significance his woras conveyed to the gov- ernment scout. ‘An - Indian —a ly ~Sioux called Lo Loup!” ex- claimed the huf breed, with an acerbity that had evidently gotten the better of his habitualimperturbability, and shaking his shaggy head in undeniable distrust; “Ah me! thatis bad! There is not a Christian or friendly Sioux in tho whole north- west—thoy areone and all a low, sneaking, trea rous, bioody-minded set of honds, and I would not trust one, no matter how friendly he might scem, further than I could reach ‘nim with my Winchester. Mr. Bar- rett, 1 may as well tell you the truth. You have been imprudent; {t is doubtful whether that wagon will ever' reach Pine Ridge, I never heard of a Sioux name Le Loup but one, and he is Big Foot's right hand man,” It is impossible with my unpre- tentious pen to portray the tumult of emation thir blunt declaration of the scout’s caused in the hearts of the old rancher and his son, “My God! Baptiste, can this & Thenlet us follow ; ob, forthe lo let us follow them at once!” fairly wailed the ner in an_agonized voice, stretching trembling hands imploringly to the graye but resolute scout. s, yes: come Pierre, for God’s sake let y! O, father, this is horrible! 1 dis- trusted that Indian from the first. Oh! had I only mentioned my suspicions to you! What will become of Nell'and Nan and” mother?” A Bob, jr., moaned in a perfect frenzy, his blanching to the hue of death, and’ his eyes glaring dike those of a raving mamac. In imagination he saw the murderous am- buscade into which the perfidious Sioux had led the wagon; saw his dying mother, his outraged and struggling Neil, his sister Nan and poor ron, then he closed his eves on the horror-freezing scene. He trem- bled exces 1 it was several moments before he could convince himself that it was. not all some hideons illusion of the senses. His first feeling was that of an overpower- ing terror and dispair; his next a furious and uncontroilable impalse to dash out outo the plain in pursuit of the . wagon, and either save or die with the cherished one However, Pierre Baptiste, kindly but sternly interposed, and prevented any rash demonstration on the part of the excited and distressed young man. = Bus before he had time to disclose the plan his own active brain had already concocted, there arose on the still evenitig air o wild, shrill, portentions hailoo, which quavored “far and “wide over hill and plain, reciving a response from afar that sounded like a reverberation from more Christian — a friend- possible? of heaven, | than one barbarous throat. "This of course proluced a startling effect. upon the minds of ouFrief-stricken friends; all of them, to a man, becoming suddenly aware that' danger was nearer at hand than they had supposed, behooving them to take immediate mensures for their own safety, “Come men," exclaimed the scout i & tone of authority, “there is no time_for lamenta- tion, we must get mto the house: it will never do o take to the wagon trail until we sce what this means; there may be a dozen of the cut-throats waitin’ to pounice on us the moment we make such a move,” As the scout delivered this adjura tion, the old ranchman and hi son' stood ent. Their excess agitation had given way to a settled calmness which is born of such great emergencies. Both were pale and broken 1 spirit, but unnatural resolution secied o sustain. e souls. Buptiste, as the last remark fell from his lips,looked at Mr. Bar and then casting a hasty, searching glance off into the surround- ing grovesignitied imperatively for them atl to euter the mansion, “Be lively, now, folks; get things into some sort o’ shape and see what chance we'll have for standin’ a siege, whilel take a run round- avout the premiscs. Don't bo alarmed if I remain out & spell, and remember ali, to be ready for an attack at any minute, for thero is no tellin® wheu the hoss- thieves will swoop down upon us ' With these electrifying injunctions, the government scout disappeared as quickly and noisele: as a phantom in the dircction whence that quavering halloo had emanated. CHAITER V. THE DEATH OF MG CROW. Plerre Baptiste had been within the woods which encompassed the house but a short time, and was moving along with his habitual stealth and cireumspection, when suddenly, s0 suddenly as to alinost paralyze even the y scout himself, he found himself almost, aceto face with threo big plumed and painted Sioux. It needed buta glince todisclose that they were bent on anything but a friendly mission, for they had adroitly gotten between the scoutnud the dwelling, and retreat in that direction seemed out of the question, Pierre remained moveless a moment, in order to satisfy himself on two points; first as to tb number of the enemy, and second as to whether they had discovered his presence, There were evidently but three of the miscreants, and unquestionably they had been maneuvering for some time " to gt him in p ly the situation in which he found himself. Sceing that his predicament was thoroughly comprehended, und that they were bent upon making a prisoner of him, the wary scout stood no longer inactive Springing nimbly back several paces, just as they started on u head-long rush toward him, with fiendish yells and whirling batchets, he again halted and faced them., Accustomed to fire with the antelope on the bound, and often when the exact position of the animal’s body had in a measure to be guessed at, Baptiste used theseidentical expe- dients here. Levelling his Wiachestor with unconceiy- able quickness, hg fired, almost without sighting and just at the very instant the keen and certain eyeof the foremost of the doomed Sioux apprised him of his peril, But it was too late, The foremost assail- aut was in the very act | of spriuging sside to the friendly shelter of a tree, when the gov- ernment scout’s unerring bullet crashed through his skull. He pitched forward headlong to the earth, screaming out his death agony in a long, tremulous shriek, which echoed and re-echoed through the wood and across the plain in o dismal way, and conveyed to our (rignds in the mavsion with the nature of the events transpiring without! At this shot Baptiste wheeled and leaped away with lis every energy, the two re- maining savages, undaunted, following at the top of their speed. Baptiste soon demonstrated, so he thought, that he was flecter of foot than any of his pursuers, and by skillful doubling and feint- Fag ho gradually changed his course until he was making straight for the mansion. Not- ing his success he gave a defiant whoop, but it proved premature, for it was answered with a fierce yell so near bebind nim, as to startle bhim, ‘Glancing back, in undisguised amazement, he beheld a big, powerful half- naked Sioux, whom he recognized as Big Crow, Whom he had drank and played high- five with many atime at Pine Ridge, close upon his heels and guining ground at every bound, Big Crow was perfectly consclous of his lnt the wheels gr,\ ing falnter and | superior wetal, and kept the evening aly con- { tinually resonant with his thrilling cries of delight. He came on with the rush of a tor- nado, disdaining to await the aid of his less agile brother warriors, resolved to achieve the glory of the j\‘oul's death or capture alone and unassisted. TO BB CONTISUED SUNDAY NEXT. ¢ ———— RESCUED. Chicagn News. Long hang tto clouds like a threatening pall, While now and then large raindrops fall; ho wild wind whistles through the trees, Stripped of their leaves by theautumn brecze, And soughs ; the echoes of the distant storm Sound mid the oak tree’s rough, gaunt form. The hxhwun, which through the summer's day Babbled and leaped, a child at play, Now flercely swollen, rushes down With headlong haste and sullen frown, Rearing upon its foam-decked breast The sighs of turmoil and unrest. Hark! what was that? A plamti A figure outlined on the sk A girlish form! What briniz her here, Far from her home and friends so dear? Sce how with straining eye she peers, Those eyes so bright, now dimmed by tears, Into the muddy vortex, where A shapeless mass drifts here and there! e ery, Who does not know what 'tis to lose A long-loved friend? W hat gricf ensues, What sorrow, aye, what bitter pain, Wells forth when ‘snaps life's fragile chain! Angnish like this must surely now. 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