New York Clipper (Nov 1895)

CoprriKiiUd, itn, b7 Tbt Frank Qaeea PobUitUag Oompao; ) Foundad by I FRANK QUEEN, 1833.) NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1895. (VOLUME XUII.-N0. 19. 1 PriM K) CMte SWEETHEAR T, COME T O ME AGAIN. KHimS FOR THR HIW YORK CLimB, BY ARTHUR 8INI,-L*IR. outer n'ordB wen Idly spoken, ADd ihe placid tide of Jo; In lia gcnilenen ma broken— Why miut lime oar hopes dcitroyr Tlio' Ibe rosea die, jot ever Otlora of eHch leaf remala; Toll me Dot our lovo almll aerer— SweelheHft, come Ut me agatn I CiiuuiTd —True heart, dear heart, sweetheart, answer, Let mj words be not In rain; UnregtetUDg, All forgettliiK, Sweetheart, come to ino again I Unto jou m; besrt la calllnn O'er the years since we have uiel; The' Love's lillgtiled leaves an fslllni, Say not you are past regret. Whiqter Uist Lore's glowing emben sun wltntn your soul remain; Tell me tbat yonr life remembers— Sweetbeari, cone to me sgiln I (live me ImcV your bcarl'a sifecllon, Hmlle upon me thro* your lean; Keep me In fond recollecUoo, Ttao' wo may got meet fur yeani. Only this I'd est stncetely, I/Ot my hopes tH) nut In vals; Fur 1 lore you fondly, dearly— aveetbctn, come to me agsln! A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE. AS TOLD Br AN OLD RANCHMAN, ADilTHD nn THK NSMT VOHK CtltPSR, Br DUDLEY YAK ZANDT. About twenty-live years ago I took poaseaalon of a mncli In tbe Western part of New Mexico, on the lllu del Noru, a good dvo miles Doitb ol Santa Ke. I fouud tbat tbe pasture Innd there only walled to ■•c need to yield a lisndaomo profll. I brought niy young wlfo along wllb me, logelber Willi our three cblldreo, bcsldesnnob bands, breed- iiiu atock and wbat else I possessed, and srmnged llilnga OS well as citcunutances allowed. Tbe raneb was in an excellent condition, lis pre- vious owner not having spared tbe doUsrv. The ranch house and outbuildings were clean and well Arranged, the former being iincommooly large and very comfortable. A long time ago It served as a Korl of oulpoHl, which the Spsnlsb built against tbe IndliiDS. Constmcled from bottom to (op of stose unly, and provided wllb numerous loopholes, It lookedmorollkeallttlefort. Manjyeanback,bow- ever, tbe Indbins carried tbe place by storm, and scalped every one Ibey found In It. Afterffaitle (bo promises lay a numt>er of years In ruins. Only when the country became a part of tbe United Slates did my predecessor lake possession of tbe ranch, restore the bouse, besides evorytbing itelongtog toll, and banded It over(omebitor,as srtld. 111 a quite faultless condluon. I bad lived there contented and favored wllb good fortune for about ten years, when tbe aOklr look place wblcb I eball endeavor to rolale to you. Uplo tbat Ume I bad never been molested by the Indians. Indeed, I had noteven caugbtslghloflhe redskins, who belong to tbe Apiche tribe. Tbey wero at tbat Ume already banished to Ibe Indian Keservallon, where Uncle Sam's aoldlemkeplaneye uu them; and IT, In nplte of Uiat, tbey broke Ioom from there once bi a while, and oreirao (be nclgb* luring territory, plundering and murdering, Ihe Iroope always drove Ibem back with bloody heads, so tbat they never came Id my vlclnlly. Tbe lancb lay too near Santa Fe and the more thickly set' tied dbitrlcta. I was already UvlDg In Ibe coavlcUon that I would never meet tbe derlk. One attemoon 1 rode toward a distant part of my paaiore land. The road led for a long sliotcb along Ibe river. Uefore I had got bsU way I met one of my men, an old end fsllhtul cowboy by Ibe name of Jack. "Hello, boss I" said tbe old man, when he ap- proaobed near enougb. "I've Just seen a sort of smoke rise up yonder, aucb as 1 don't Uko to set uyes on. By Ooa, I'd like to bet that, up tbeie, where tbe road forks, Is tbe smoke of Indians I" ■Tbe smoke o( Indians t" 1 replied, Incredulonsly, although, I admll, I opened my eyes somewhat wider as I said lu "No, Jack, no redakln baa ever sbowii his face hem since I took possession." "Tbat may be, boss," be rejoined; "but that's no ground for iKllevlng that the Fscbes (Apacbes) wUI never stray over this way." "It was probably a tnpperl Ore, Jack," I made answer, delonulDcd not lo let myself bo so easUj frightened. "At all events, whatever It may b«, I sliall lot the men drive ibo cattle borne." So I rode on, Sitlslled tbat tbe old cowboy had been decelve<l, sitbuugh I knew he bad always lived on tho borderand waatborougbly familiar with the cuHlonis of tho redskins. For Ibsl very reason H raiher unpleasant feeling crept over me, and I urged my horse on faster. In order to send my men quickly homo, for (ben we were stceog enough to cope with a baud of Apaches, wbo wanted, perhaps, (0 lake us unawsrea. I now left the river bank, and rode Into qnlle a broad valley, ennoundcd by steep walls of t«ck, an In wblcta,on bethsldeauf tbe road, low oaks, mixed wllh pines sod Jenlper bushes, confined tbe view. Alnut In lbs middle uf tbij valley 1 came upon one of ffly cowboys lying on tbe gronnd dead and scalped. Slopping my bone, I gazed at the pour fellow and felt nerronily excited, notwltbslandlng (he sUUness and peace tbal reigned evetywbers around me. Not a living soul was to b^seen. I was allll revolving rapidly la my mind whether I should fide on and warn my men when an arrow new close to my face, and remained sUoklng ID a Iree a tew feet dIsunL Now there was no longer any donbt that Indians lay concealed here. It was decidedly too Ula to warn my men and hurry (hen bome.fortheApacliea held passesab>n ot the valley. I thought oC my wife and cblldren, who were at home belplesB, so 1 Jerked my bone about and y re til my spun Into his flanks. Now we flew along like "greased lightning," but at the same moment Ibe redskbis darted up behind the tnsH and gave chaee, yelling like demons. I tell yon that waa a horrible lacs. The IndUns' mosungs lan as fast as any home on lbs pratHca. And, i>esldes, tbsy flied st nis IncemanUy, so tbal tbebnilels whistled about my bead. I bad no weapon with me, and tii could not re- turn the flte—only ildo away from II, flee; tbat waa my sole salvaUon. Were my horse struck, Iben all was over with me, and with tbem whose Uvea wore dearer to me than my own. My boiae waa a strong runner, and did not let the wild devils get any nearer. Like an arrow ho shot along tbe,i1ver bank,and about four hundred jiacsa with the children Uko a flock of sheep, and cried and walled without Intermission. Tbe house had an npper story, which was like- wise piovlded with loop holes. We men placed ourseUts on the ground floor, snd at drst watched tbe enemy outside as weU rs we could. Tbe tear of Ihe house lookMl Inward tbe river, on which tockcd a good boat held fast by a rope. In front was tbe yard wllb tbe outbuildings, which also bad loop holes, and stood st a right angle from the bouse, so tbat we flanked them with our Ore. rroperly, the yaid should have lieen taken poeses- Rlon of sud defended, but we lacked men for that piirjioiio. anil we bad been In tho house scarcely ten minutes when Ihe ledsklna opened dre on us isaohed It by swimming under Ihe water, and out tbe rope tbat held It fast. Wllb It our but hop« seemed lost I I took II for granted Uut, when Dight eloseil In, tbe Indians, who had auildenly ceased dfing, would renew the Mttok. In this case, I bad no way of pisrenUng their breaking Into tbo gnnnd door of tbe bouse. On tbe other hand, I Ibougbl the upper SI017 could be dsfenried, at least for a Ume, wllb some success. A flight of stone slspa oonnected the two flooii and took aliove a abarp turn. In Uio upper story wore to be fonnd a few more loopholes, Uitough wbloh the steps, aa tboy turned, could be commanded, ao that It wouhl have been diniuull enough for any Intruder lo have come up against from tbe ranch house I oreriook oM Jack, wbo at tbe crack of the rifle shots badalsohnrried home- ward as fastas ho could co. On foot, u> be sure, be could no longor have saved bis akin. I called 10 him 10 hold himself faat by my aUmip abBp, and ao I dragged tbe old man with nie over hedge and ditch. Still dfty paoea distant from tbe sheltering waUa, my hone received a buUet snd feu under me. Now we bad 10 mn for our Uvea. But that would no longer have been of any use lo us bad not tbe Indians, according to Uielr custom, sprung from their mua- tangs when wsr the hooae, and next of all sought cover. They sent a Isst volley after us when we had reached tbe door of the bouse. Jack received a serious wound, while I got OIT vrilh a slight one. You can readily Imagine that we lost no Ume In ■bntUng and bolUng the door. Then I surveyed tbe atale of aOklrs, and mnsi confess that my heart gave a Jump when I weighed Uie poaalbUIUes of onr defence. AcccrdliiO 10 my eaUmstlon tbe ledsklns might bo from twelve to Sfteen men strong. Tbey bad been, as we learned biler, sent off from a large body to stampede our cattle, and. If poasllile, to get our salso. We ourselves posseased. Indeed, plenty of weapons and anunnnltlon, and also a solid slons bouse wllb loop boles, bit tbeie weia only three men In It—myself, Jsck, and a cowboy named Tom, who happened lo have something to do tbst after- noon In tiM ranch buildings. Two of ns wsie wounded iDIo the bargain, and one Quite badly. On the other band we had, Inclndlag my wife, Ave womeo and three cbUdreo to defend. 80 the pna- pecls werw far trom fiaronble. HUU we did noi de- ajalr for all that Flnt ot all, we had lo qolsi Ihe woman, who bivke out biio leara and laneniaUona when tbey w what a flx we were Is. After my wife, how- ever, bad overcome the flrst fright—which she felt mon on account <A tbe ehUdrea Ulan herself—she showed henelf—I am atUI prond of it today—10 be a tme stiUd ol Ute border. 8UU another, a Texas woman, nsmed Maria, waa as eoniageona aa any one das. But tbe oiber woms ddled togaUier Ibieugb tbo Inip holes In the yard wall. We answered tho same, of course, now frutii one spot, now from another, altbnitgli we could see our foes aa lltUe as tbey us. ibilti sldos flrod at tbo op- posite loop hitlus, and the Indians, to Ihj aiire, had much Ihe lieHtorit at thia liy tholrsupeilnrslreogth. Bullet sfter bullet flew wblaUlnglnbi tbe bouse. My wife and Maria wanted Ui support ua wllb tbclr giins, but I wonld not allow It, aa every approach to a loop bole was mucli b>n dangerous. Bo we sent tbem upelalra to wat4:h tlie river and tioat, and It wia fiirtnnate that we did. for tbey had lieen up- elalis scarcely Ave mlontea when Maria saw an In- dian glldo toward tlie iMMt. Tlje devil had not reached Ityel, however, when sh3 sent lilm a well aimed load of load between the riljs. Indeed, IbeoDly poHslblllty ufescaptogwasoiTered ns, lo tbe worst case, by that IKUe veanel. So (he oring went on until sunsei; but then nla- fortune fell upon ua, and. Indeed, In the fulleat measure. First, Jack waa dlAliled. Tbe trusty old man had locked his teeth and suppressed the psin from s wound, but waa at but so weakened liy Ibe luM of likxnl that he could keep hinueir on bis legs no k>Dger, ami sank flaally to tbe floor half uiicHi- Bclout. Unce mors Uie Imvc fellow Iricd to rise snd Uke tbs gun lo bis banil, but bafsll bai;k again Immediately, and we qnlckjy rarried him loan npper room, where «e nude bim as comforlable aa pos- sible. Tbst was only tbs beglnoUig of tbe mbtforlune. A quarter of an hour later Tom, (be o(her man, wu shot dead on tbs spot as be waa on the point of Bring. Now Ihe defence of the house had taUsn upon one man, upon myself. And laanrsyon Ihst my heart uk down b> my feet when I told myself all tbat must occur If we wished to escape destnc- Uoa YetmyatabtwmeontBgedldnetforaakenie. Bo long aa wesUU bad the boat I wonld not despair. Butt waa sbm to be robbed otsvsnihlsconsDlstlon. I heard an agilona outcry from Ihewomennpataln: "Ihe boat I the iioal la gone I" I sprang np Ibe slabs, bst only asw bow the UtUe boat Honied down Uie stieam. Ooe ot tbe coned tsdsklna bad Ibe Ors from almva. One Ibtog was still fortunate for iiri, tbat Iho Indians could not set the bouse nil Are, even when tbey bad broken Inb) the flnt floor, for In (ho whole building, as I have men- Uuned already, not a piece of woo<l had been em- ployed. 1 HOW And carried Tnni'a dead liody upslslrn, tbst Ibo rediOilns, when they broke In, might nut see we bad siilTbred bsaeii. Then, liefiire I wlUidraw upitalra myself, I looked aiwut roe everywhere, when auddenly my glance fell upon a Utile keg of wbbaey standing sgslnsttbswsU. MyAmtthought was 10 knock In the lioltnin of the keg and lei IM contents run out, fur I knew Uiat (be Indiana, ir Uqunr tell ln(o ibeb bands, would do (en Umeaoore mlachlef. Then, st Ihe last moment, a thought crowed my brain tliat made me tremble, tor It opened to ne a hope where death and destiucUon threstened us. I poaseaed a quanllty of mixed medicine fur ex- temsl nse on caUJe, which contained a very dan- genuH poUon. Only a shun Ume liefure a cowboy bad swaUuwed • llills of Uie minors, mistiking II fur whiskey, snd an hour laler waa a dead man. I nmsmtHied It now, and ast Ui work at once. In dvs niloules I had removed tbs bung, poured the whole mixhire Into the keg. and bunged II up again carefully. Then I rolled Ua few Unieilo and fro, to mix the conleobi well, and abio placed, for Ihe convenience of the reilskloa, aeveral Utile csnanearIL WeU, lo make Uie mailer short. It bad grown dark, and my wife and Maria and myself kept wab:h at tbe loop holes commanding tbe stalls. Un a sud. den, without sny IsdIcaUon of an attack, the door waa hnist In wlUi a log-a filgbUal crash, and lbs fnrloos Indiana rushed ysllUig Into the gnnnd Door. They bad soon f'usd onl onr placs of rafngs, but, as Uisy began to cUmb the stairs, one ot Ihem r»- odved a buUet In bbi heart, and tbe rest, Uitlail- daiad, ahraok back. Temporarily tbey eoBlentsd Uiemsalves now with stesUsg and destroying what, ever feu utoUiilr hands OD Ibe ground Aoor, Ther bed managed to ptocorsa Ughl,and afewalnales aflenvards I hesnl trom their wild sbnnla that they had discovered Uie keg of whiskey. Then nrose a perfect l*anlb^^lonlnm; they had evhlcnily cumu 10 iMowa over Ihe whiskey. I had ni> tear that tbo peuulUr taale of tbe sams would kei>p Ibom from drinkbig the atutT. Btonutotas that aland suoli a belllah drink aa \* niumlly sold 10 the Indians wonld not refuse Iho most disgusling mlx- torv- (Vralmiit an hour Ihe fiuullaal«l, with langhter snd savsgo cries, even wlUi an ocoaslonal wild ilanco. Meanwhile, with anxliina bearla, we stood on Ihe watch, an we slUI fsareil that Ihe savages nilghl. In their liiUixIcallun, altompi a reokleaa at- urk. In lhat oaae we oniild not protect ounelros sgaliwt ihcni long, and then all waa over with us. Uul allor aniither half hour It grew gradiiaUy ■nil, ami at lait ooinplate quiet reigned. We oon- Unued 10 keepwatok until dayliimk, an we feared alratagem on Uio part of tbe red devlbu As It lie- oamo llghior we looked out ihn>ngb Uie loop boles. Two of Ihe ledakliM lay dead In the yard In front of Iho house. Alter wine hesllallon I venluredcau- ikiusly diiwnalalra In ass what bad become iif our fiiea. My pfeoauUoii, hnwovrr, pnived iionems my. All Isy siretulieil out 011 iho grniinil-Ihlrtee men alhigeiher—dead as a ikmr nalll It waa Indeeil a halriireadlh eaca|ie for iisl HOWARD KYLE, Wliiiae stage work baa pUoeil hira In Ihe fiireuws iwik of young American aolora, waa Imn In Hbulla- burg. Wis. lie Is known la private Ufeaa Kyle A. Vsndagrifl. Aa hla name Indlrales, bs Is ofOermaB ancealrr. InilnnlT parUy ao, as his nwiber's llnssge was Kugllib. IIU latbor bss an hnnuralile reou'il as a Boldler, liaving served In Ibe ranks In Ibe Moilcsn war, and having hebl a csplaln's oomnils Blun III tbe War of Ue lloliclllon. It was the desin iif Mr. Kyls's family connecllona tbal hssboiiMhe- cnine a rlergyronn iit Ihe Melhmllal Kplacopal Utinroh, but when he gtsdualod fnira school bbi own Incllnnlbin prevailed, and be sliidled law. Aflor applying hlinsulf for Iwii yean to niiuh study, Im delermliiM Inylclil his purpose lo bbi gniwUig ilealre lo seek aublevemoni In aniilhor tebl, and he Iberelora siHigbta poslUnn iipiiii thesbtge. Ills iip- imrtunlly having been gained, he made Ills pm- fonlunal debut at Hyem' ll|iora House, JanesvlMe, Wis., apponrlng aa llulldoiMtem and Ihn Heonnd (Invedlggor. From early jiHilb his aaplrBllona bad Iwen liiwani tbe sUtge, fur at school bo bad won oredit fur hla recllalhuia, and bad won Ihe prise In an urabirlral cnnlsiit In which all of liU wmpeillors wero bis senlon. After loaving acbool. However, he had ni> npiHirliinlly to gsln eiperirnce aa an amateur aclnr, hU only ap- lieannoe In lliat oapaclly having Iw: 1 \'-. i.n an Ihilly SpsDtor, In s iwrfnrmanoe of "l/indnn Aaiur- ani:u," given tor a oharitalile purpiM. Nnlwllh- sundlughia lack of Iralolng for hla new rocailoD, and In aplle of nany diacouragements, he hekt flrroly to hla iletermlnallon, and csrenilly nludlsd and falUifully lalnied In purtrey all obammera en- Iriialed lo hini, uaUl hbi mertia Anally commanded publlu reoogrilllnn. NaUirally his aervloen were In acUve ilomsnd, and were secured In Ihe support of many aUkn, among whom may lie msnlkinsd Julls Marlowe, Margaret Mathsr, Fredsriok Wards and Ume. Mndjeska. Ills trslning has miaUy lieen onn- Oned lo ibst which la called Ihe IcglUmale dmma, but that the uagk and poetic rules In which he has Isien wont 1/1 appear have not uiidtled him lor tbe contemponueoua drama waa abundantly proveo by Ills inaaterl; peitiinnaiice aa lbs Reolnr In "Nsgds," Mrae. Miidjesha'a venilon of Hudennan's "llleniath." lie waa equally siioiirasfiil In Margarst Itallier'B pnidnolliin of "Jisnoo d'Aro," and In "The MagicMjuh,"pniduoedaevenlMiaaiinsago. Further pniufnf hla veimtuity may also lie found In some ut his mors recent wurk. While a member of ibe stock oonpany, last aeaaoo, at the Omnd Dpetm lliiUMi, lialt Uke Lily, bs was lary successful In iiisny mies of widely dllfSront ohanoler, among which were Haphael de Uoneie, lo Oulda'a "HoUis;" Jelbru lUiter, Uie old Yankee farmer. In "Uapilcs," and Oapuin Fealbenton, In "llsr KsgUnenl." AmiiDg Uie obanoten for tbe InlerpntaUon of which be baa received high praise from maiy prominent ortlloa, may be BienUoned Maodulf, In ■■Macbeth;" Sir Edward Honimer, ln"Mary Muan;" (Ihl Belarlua, In "Uynibellne;" (Aaudlo, In ■•Measure for Meaanre;'= MerciiUo, In "Hnmeo sod Jnltel;" Olsiidio, In "Much Ado About NuUiIng;" Pasta, In "Franceara da lUnilnl," and l>r, Welier, Uis Heelor, In "Magda." Mr. Kyis U at proa- iint In Ibe support of Mnis. Hodjraka, 10 wIhio bn la under contract fur leading parts, bul wllb whom, during her rn-ent sngagemsnt In Uil> rity, he played loading Javenlle rolea. Hib niibid aelreaa dealrrd liU support during her last FAiro|iean lour, and made him a propiialUun In that sAScI, as she desired bi maks an eslendtti ainllnenui lour Willi so Kngllab speaking i:iimpanyi bill Ihe Inlernipllun of iln nulls, caused by Uiegreal nUlroad airtke a( that Uirn, provimled the cuoasm- oallnnuf Iheeiigageneni. Mr. Kybi JusUy clalma Uiatan actorihnuld alnk hla Idenllly In Ibe rote be aaaunca; (bsi currecl obsrsolerirallon bi the Ulunpb of Uie acUir's an; and Ui Uibi iiallef may lie found Ibe c/iroer atone of bir aacceas. Upon this stiiiie, howsver, he has huUded with lbs utiiMst care aad wllb alodb>ua atlenUno lo detail. He baa many natural glllB which At bin for bis wnrk, snd tbeae he has canfoUy nurtured, lie has been endowed wllb a remarfcalile voloe, which, under hU owo careful training, lias be- come sn hinlnalile gIfL It bi full and reaonul, yelsoll and meUowbi quallly,andorauobAsxlbtUly tballlenaliliabim readily lo portny all enoUooa and every phase of each. IIU maonsr varies ■siually with bis voice, and be Is cspahle of display- ing elUier the areauat virility or Uie uunoet tsodsr- ness of denoeanor. lis U bitoUlgsnt, studlons and UwaghUul; poeUc In lenpenmenf, and snAlcteiUy fervid In loagloallve faculty to eoalHe bIm to bs- conw Uioroughly IdenUBed lo spirit wtUi the rols be U pUytog, snd wlih Us envlrunmmt. IllsreadUig Is excelleol and bis enunclsUon almoat fsulUaai A UxciDkD HnntBList-a.-/<nfiius.-Wby sn theas UUIsrd lalla like forgciful aclorat Oyni- cus.-l afeoald say Iccauae ibsy are apt lo depart from loteaded lines. Mnleur,-No. They wUI net move wllhont Uielr cuss,