That Was The Cause Of So
Much Caution When The Train Came In.
There were several rough-looking
men at the station, but if they had intended mischief, the long
infantry rifles in the hands of drilled soldiers probably persuaded
them to attend to their own affairs.
A man told the corporal, however,
that Oliver's friends had decided not to kill Faye at the station, but
had gone out on horseback to meet him on the road. This was certainly
misery prolonged.
The mules were driven through the town at an ordinary gait, but when
we got on the plain they were put at a run, and for miles we came at
that pace. The little black shaved-tails pulled the ambulance, and I
think that for once they had enough run. The moonlight was wonderfully
bright, and for a long distance objects could be seen, and bunches of
sage bush and Spanish bayonet took the forms of horsemen, and
naturally I saw danger in every little thing we passed.
One thing occurred that night that deserves mentioning. Some one told
the soldiers that Oliver was hidden in a certain house, and one of
them, a private, started off without leave, and all alone for that
house. When he got there the entire building was dark, not a light in
it, except that of the moon which streamed in through two small
windows. But the gritty soldier went boldly in and searched every
little room and every little corner, even the cellar, but not a living
thing was found.
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