The evening world. Newspaper, July 30, 1915, Page 11

Renee Bye rans 7 The Evening World Daily Magazine, Friday, July 30; 1915 We SELL ALL KINDSOF LABEL! FOR TRUNKS BAGS AKO Pa ReSas WAS EAL SA ‘To TRAVEL sdpene We Sete ceipreD a eager to be thrown forward on the fring line, foe Sake a xt ft The worst was over, and like mad- “Attention, D 1” It was 7 ned lions the rallied soldiers of the voice, cager and ‘ venth, cursing their folly, turmed Like an undammed current the uproar, in q the haustion, bis head hanging lmply down; on his back, with feet strapped trike 1 urely beneath and hands boun we and s rang out above = The valley waa obscured with moment the gallant troopers "iota the aie poses ihe lipe grin ing clouds of dust and smoke, the day and D, some on foot, some Shia duuah Ceeecura owe oT <I) 3 frightfully hot and suff Th of diesuade hy = ead ° various troop command precious 1, ‘ng together, a man of and sunburned face An instant they gazed at each the other is staring apathetically at his rescuer. cure My God! Can this be you, Hamp- "and the startled lieutenant Again and ul made the @ ¥ fort, only to ren back by th on, flung himself from his horse. “What deadly Jodian rife fire. does it mean? Why are you here?” ‘ yd Te See alot beniea mostly f: braves concealed behind Hampton, leaning against the trem- oe protected by the timber along ages . bling horse to keep erect, slowly lifted ie HAVE Sot any (IND OF TAN oR, FRECKLES You WISH it his hand in a semblance of military the stream, but large numbers of hos- MOUNTAIN TAN . SEA SHOR ee Ge pee t control over their men, were prompt = to act. A line of skirmishers was alike scrambling for the thrown forward along the epite of the crackling of Ind! i edge of the biuff, while volunteers, from every side. Foot by feot ak: urged by agonized cries of the fought their way forw: wounded, endeavored vainly to pro- stumbling, until the lit! jupply of water from the river. burst th scbucey Wecany PHOTOGRABH Youn. Tee OUNTAINS , AT THE SEA . HORE — FISHING ~ HUNTING MOTORING ASYou DESIRE se tiles wi lainly visible, not on): Shawl oot eapluin what salute. “Despatches from Cheyenne, in.ahe Valley, bus alps upon the ridges. is an Y gonsing, piampton gon to This is Murphy—went crazy out The firing upon thefr position con- ‘alles of silent Murphy, and finds yonde . For God's sake—water, Unued incessant warriors con- hope food!" “Your canteen, Lane!” exolaimed y ‘ peek me that tinually changing their point of at- fort wo or hem, ity they Brant. “Now hold this cup,” and he of the tack. dashed into it a Mberal supply of brandy from @ pocket flask, "Drink CHAPTER XIV. f x By % o'clock, although toe maven, Ris Soe" Bee ity of the savages had (Continned.) The Verge of Confession. bad HEY seem to be a-closin’ in.” he declared, finally, Staring around into the other’s face, all bravado gone. “There's anuther Jot—bucks, all o’ ‘em—out west yon- Ger—an’ over east a smudge is—just startin’. Looks like—we wus in a Pocket—an’ thar’ might be some-~ hair-ratsin’ fore long.” “Well, Murphy, you are the older hand at this business. What do you Advise doing?” “Me? Why, push right ‘long—while ‘we kin keep under cover. Then, after dark, trust ter bull luck ah’ make— ‘nuther dash. It's mostly luck, any- how. That canyon just ahead—looks like t leads « long way—toward the Powder. It's middling deep down, an’ if there ajn’t Injuns in it—them fellers ut yonder—never could git no sight @t us Thet's my notion—thet ivery mile helps in this—business.” Midnight, and they pulled up amid the deeper gloom of a great, over- banging bluff having numerous trees near ite summit. Murphy dismounted “Thet green, devilish—crawiin’ face —tf ye must know!” And he twisted Ris long, ape-Hke arms across his eyes, lying curled up as a dog might. For a moment Hampton stood gaz- ing directly down upon him, listening to his incoherent mutterings, his own face grave and sympathetic. Then he moved back and sat down. Suddenly the full conception of what this meant came to his mind—the man had gone mad. Beneath the shade of uplifted arms eepaye eyes remained unclosed, Suddenly be sprang at Hampton, aeising him by the throat. Hampton stunned him with @ blow from his re- volver butt. He knelt down beside Murphy, un- buckled the leather despatch bag and rebuckied it across his own shoulder. Securely strapping Murphy to his Saddle, and packing all their remain- ing store of provisions upon ona horse, leaving the other to follow or remain behind as it pleased, he ad- vanced directly into the hill: that all down, Hampton.” The man did mechanically as he was ordered, his hand never relaxing its grasp of the rein, Then a gleam of reawakened intelligence appeared in his eyes; he glanced up into the leering countenance of Murphy, and then back at those others. “Give me another for him. Brant handed to him the filled cup, noting as he did so the strange steadiness of the hand which ac- in the saddle, his own gaze directed straight into the eyes as he it seek to contro! a wild animal, rink it,” he commanded curtly, “every drop!” For an instant the maniac glared back at him sullenly; then he ap- pestis to shrink in terror and drank swiftly, “We can make the rest of the way ow,” Hampton announced quietly. ‘Lord, but this has been a trip! Lane dismounted at Brant's order and assisted Hampton to climb into the vacated saddle, Then the trooper grasped the rein of Murphy's horse, and the little party started toward Tare Bred pegs train Nhe Pisce in 0 valle © young officer rode silent re ta walk, his eyes ooca- etonally studying the face of the other and noting ite drawn, gray look. The very sight of Hampton had been @ shock. Why was he here and with Murphy? Could this srrange journey hhave anything to do with Naida? Could it concern bis own future, as well as hers? He felt no lingering Jealousy of this man, for her truthful words had forever settled that mat- ter, Yet who was ho? What peculiar power did he wield over her life? “Is Custer here?” eaid Hampton. “No; that is, not with my party. ‘Woe are guarding the pack train. The others are ahead, and Custer, with five troops, has moved to the right. He is somewhere among those ridges back of the bluff.” The man turned and looked wh the oMficer pointed, shading his eyes with his hand. Before him lay only the brown, undulating waves of up- lJand, a vast desert of burned grass, shimmering under the hot sun. “Can you give me a fresh horse, a bite to eat and a cup of coffee, down there?" he asked anxiously. “You see, I've got to go on, “Go on? Good God! man, do you realize what you are saying? Why, you can hardly sit in the saddle! You carry despatches, you say? Well, there are plenty of good men in my troop who will volunteer to take them FF VACATION lOTOGRAPHS OF ALLEGED CONQUESTS , BLONDE OR BRUNETTE, ALL KINDS OF MOUNTED FISH To PRove SYouR FISH STORIES ALL.KINDS OF SOUVENIRS — man could tell, but he has gone mad.” Brant endeavored to words would not com seemed paralyzed. Hampton held . himself under better control. your honesty," he but the rally made DIDN'T THINK You HAD ENOUGH MONEY To TAKE & STREET CAR. RIDE bad been kept from her, I just natu- chance to notico just what coulee my mind I'd dig out Custer turned into when his column is brain the truth, if I possibly could, for her bart A to the right?” wake. “I thi ink it must have been the sec- “The fact is, I began to think a lot ond yonder, sir; whete you see that “I have confidence, Lieut. Brant, in about her—not the way you do, you bunce! 4 of trees. We was @ long waya began gravely, understand; I'm getting too old for back, but I could eee the boys plain “and I believe you will strive to do that, and have known too much about enough as they come out on the bluff whatever is best for her, if anything women—but maybe somewhat as a up there. Some of ‘em waved their should happen to me out yonder. But father might feel. for the possibility of my knocked out, 1 wouldn't talk about this, not even to you, @ jong way from being straightened what it was.” out so as to make a pleasant story, Anyhow, I want- hats back at us. Is this man goin’ being ed to give her a chance, a square deal, after them, sir?” that she wouldn't be ashamed of The affair is her own namo if ever she found out Cheyenne.” “Yes, he has despatches from The two men clasped handa, their He paused, his eyes filled with mem- ¢yes filled with mutual confidence, ©, | HAD A WonperFut. Drip Cone uP reat eae, 1 PHOTOGRAPHS AND SOUVENIRS OF HY TRIP knew they dicd hard. Upon that constant shots down the river, enough remained to keep up a galling fire and hold Reno atrictly on the defensive. These reds skulked in ravines, or lined the banks of the river, their long-range rifiés rendering the lighter carbines of the cavalrymen almost valueless. A few crouched along the edge of higher eminenoes, their shots crashing jn among the unprotected troops. Aa the men lay exposed to this continuous eniping fire, above th surrounding din were borne to the! volleys and waited, it Rene | no move, me 8 Breat, determi: ‘old every inch thus gain the dismounted men & that deohind every of noircled the ri with they could not advance they not be driven back. They were high up now, where they could overlook the ni ears the reports of distant guns. It dqians, inctly from the northward, vier and more continu- ominous moaning, Custer was already engaged in hot action at the right of the Indian village. Why were they kept lying there in idleness? Why were they not pushed forward to do thelr part? They looked into each other's faces. God! They wore three hundred now; fringe of red skirmishers if only they t the word; With hearts throb- ing, every nerve tense, they waited, each trooper crouched for the apring. Officer after oMoer, unable to restrain his impatience, atrode back across the bluff summit, agsld whistling bullets, and personally the Major to the one word which should hurl to the rescue, They cried like women, they swore through clinchd teeth, they openly exhibited their contempt for such @ ‘commander, yet the discipline of army service made active d! possible. They went reluctantly back, as helpless as children. It was 4 o'clock, the shadows of the ‘western bluffs already darkening the river bank. Suddenly them doubted its ing that they did L, Log after messenger, Ls was sent Cathy | to beg Teinforcem: the resque, swearin: Re vanced his column to’ they could sweep aside like chaff that and D troo) the ¢: bedience im- tl became a the wild yelling iver, soldiers above. LJ the tired animals to @ trot, is Hand of a trooper grasp. halter strap, Brant wi g his long pack train up the ! ing ‘emoke wreathed vailey. The outriding fankers exchan; with the skulking slight pause pivoted the fate of the ‘ages hiding in every ravine and Aay; upon it hung the lives of those Soules, Pausing only to provect their other mon riding boldly agd the accepted motto And, be the cause what it may, it here that Major Reno failed. In t trust- fully across the sunlit ridges above. oy. “Audacity, always audacity,” that is @ cavalryman, wounded, fighting their way step by ep, N T ran the gantlet and came charging inte the cheering lines with every pound of thelr. treasure wate, Weir of D, whose dismounted night Brant ate; the recumber prabis tri Sings bloods ina Dent’ jo! foes extended on « blanket. supreme instant he was guilty of ‘Toopers held that portion of the line, hesitancy, doubt, delay, trode a pace forward to greet the Iie chose defense in preference to leader, and as the extended hands attack, dallied where he should have of the officers met thera sehoed acted, Ina thunderbolt that handful down to them from the north the re- , Se ports of two neon, volleys, fired in The sounds n torture, death, @ renewal of the ati was heavy with 4 ory far away with one to thie misfortune might come. er; on. You need rest.” but I'll give you all you act Pe- ori hi Then Hampton touched spurs to his fighting men straight at the exposed Tapld succession. were as a death-biow. It was ing by the aid of sath uriganee ne NOt, much,” said Hampton, “I'm quire to know in order fo make it Hrtassreian are, et and CRONE ree ad rulloped swiftly forward. heart of the, £00, making aah and gant, Siotinatiy sedible aver phove questioning face tat Raunted: z fit enough, or shal as soon as + ro shouldn’ “ ¥ pep onyatrgmangaped momentum, daring mone id wes knew forcalm the other's wild fancies nnd et food, "Good lord, boy, Tam not comme back. "You 'see, ahe doesn't ,,, About that tme I fell foul of Mur- CHAPTER XVI. offret to lack bers, he iin Cy Ie a lr at ada to curb his violent i Apparently h th in the total de- eertion of these “bad lands” by the Indians was fully justified, for they continued steadily mile after mile, meeting with no evidence of life any- ipeech. lone up yet, by a long way! It's the 1d loneliness out yonder,’ his hand toward the horizon, ‘and the having to care for him that have broken my heart. He went that way clear back on the Powder, and know very much more thi you do— went on quickly, as if anxious to con- only what I wae obliged to tell to “T never’ got my eyes ‘on Mur- Maybe Longht to Pay, you know, an avin was #0 have given her the full story before I Changed by that blg red beard that I started on this trip. I've since wisheq tailed to recognize him. But their keep her from getting too deeply en- clude. tangled with you, The Fight in the Valley. SEP AT below, in the heart of the BE] sunny depression bordering the left bank of the Little gered in indecision un' ing savages, gathering co! his apparent weakness, burst resistless Larrpat qustent ine fapeer 5 jan one eves eharee 6 hurled the fellows waiting bere for?” one fierce charge, and the ohserv- from rth in for hi raat wae a signalCuster' at was @ ‘9 Df the youre? man ‘crfed ime pulsively, his voice full of agony. "For God's sake, Weir, what are you CHAPTER XVIUL... The Old Regimentyew. ¥ the time Hamptan t 4 I had, but, you see, 1 never dreamed ctions aroused my suspicions, and I ling t back with a rush _ The other uttered a groan, his hand up the caulee he where. it's | been a fight between us evor | went after them good and hard. [ Big Horn, the stalwart struggling troopers In contécot ‘back toward the. . | wank like a log, but his tight grip Ding to ranch GUetkn ana Chl take nerve and why those lies were told on Nolan command gazed up the move; he's whi to th everything wut upon the rein of the other landed him !8 going pped deat + “Come with me. on his feet. Murphy laughed in fiend- ish merriment, but Hampton looked down on the dead horse, noting tae stream of blood oozing out from be- hind the shoulder, A stray Sioux bul- Jet had found its mark, but the gal- lant animal had struggled on until it dropped lifeless, and the brave man it had borne so long and so well bent down and stroked tenderly the uncon- scious head, Then he lifted the pro- visions to the back of the other horse, grasped the loose rein once more in his left band and started forward on fo, CHAPTER XV. On the Little Big Horn. TROOP, guarding, much to their emphatically ex- pressed disgust, the more N slowly moving pack train, were following Custer's ad- yancing column of horsemen down the right bank of the Little Big Horn. The troopers, ‘carbines at knee, sit- ting erect in their saddles, their faces browned by the hot winds of the plains, were riding steadily north- hem, mounted upon wore. Denestauts Brant kept his it!” He flung back Tagged coat, his hand on the despatch bag. ve earned the right.” Brant reach forth his hand cor- dially. “That's true; you have. What's more, if you're able to make the trip, there is no one here who will attempt to stop you. But now tell me how this thing happened, [ went to know the story get ip.” For a moment Hampton remained silent, his thoughtful gaze on the nearby videties, his hands leaning heavily upon the saddle pommel. Perhaps he did not remember clear- ly; possibly he could not instantly decide just how much of that story to tell, Brant suspected this be his difficulty, and he spok pulsively, “Hampton, there has been trouble and misunderstanding between us, but that's all past and gone now, I sincerely believe in your purpose of right, and I ask you to trust me, Either of us would give his life it need were to be of real service to a little girl back yonder in the hills, I don't know what you are to her; [ don’t ask. I know she has every confidence in you, and that is enough, Now I want to do what is right with both of you, and {if you have a word to say to me regarding efore we b He swept his heavy eyes acrose the fei seer So brown and desolate prairi to the troubled face of the man, Bo, eat iden they could steep bluff to wave farewell to their nd back Slavin, supposing we were alone, and Comrades disappearing to the right. t ‘ounger | was pumping the facth out of him Last of all, Custer halted bis horse an You see, Brant, I feel thet I guccessfully by holding a gun under instant, allhouttted against the blue simply have to carry these despatches hig nose, and occasionally jogging his through, I have a pride in giving memory, when thie fellow Murphy got "XY, and gorung bls hat before spur- them to Custer myself, because of oxcited and chasseed into the game, Ts out of alg! the trouble l've had in getting them but happened to nip his partner in- In the course of our here, But perhaps I may not come gtead of me. y one living to tell her the truth. That thought has bothered since I pulled out of Cheyenne, It ecems to me that there ts going to be a big fight somewhere in these hills before long. toggery, Sioux and Cheyennes, Ever since we crossed the Fourche those fellows have been in evidence, and it's my notion that Custer has a heavier | to verify them. job on his hands right at this minute {9 yy eet on than he has any conception of, Bo IT to see Ht again. So when I “L've seen a lot of Indians riding {hGt sorape, And the doctor north within the last four days, @nd there didn’t seem to be any 0! they were all bucks rigged out In war ¢5) me to chase excepting Murphy, for scouts in the lead. Slavin was 4 sure he wag the owner of that but I had my suspicions and wante Having struck his riors to thelr front, while Custei nne just about men were to charge upon the rear. The plan of battle was most simple and direct. It involved @ nearly sl- nd in that case there wouldn't jittie scuffle I chanced to catch a ‘Ultaneous attack upon the vast In- fellow’ ht a, te ever giimpee, of the fellow's right hand. Guccens depeuding altogether wpod that looked mighty familiar, “I had seen it before, and I wanted stood by every trooper in the ranks Cae Bearcely had Custer dian village from below and above, the prompt co-operation of the sep- arate detachments, This was under- '# slender column of horsemen vanished across the aum- mit before Reno's command advanced trotting down the yerer. the Arikara ey had been I wasn't exactly chosen to strike the first blow, to scar; force thelr way into the lower village and thus to draw the defending war- want to leave these private papers four hours after he left there with It was an old trick of the Seventh, with you until I come back, It will these despatches for the Big Horn. and not aman In saddle ever dreamed relieve my mind to know they are | caught up with the fellow on the the plan could fail. safe; if I don't come, thon I want you South bank of the Beile Fourche, and A half mile, a mile, Reno's troops you veing well aware that no threats or rode, with no sound breaking the decide le ety forthe lite git ou ~ Play would ever force him to con- gilence but the pounding of hoofs, the will do that, won't you?” fess the truth, I undertook to frighten tinkle of accoutrements. Then, round- Ho handed over a long mantia en- him by trickery. I brought along some ing a sharp projection of earth and velope securely sealed, and the young- drawing-paper and drow your father’s rock, the scattered lodges of the In- er man accepted it, noticing that it Picture in phosphorus, and ga ve him dian villa; already partially revealed Was unaddressed before depositing it the benefit in the dark. That caught to those in advance, the riders were their Driven thus to bay, the stream at rendering further retrout impossible, for a few moments the light carbines of the soldiers met the Indian rifles, giving back lead for jaw set like that of a fight- bulldog. “Reno, you mean? Whipped? You lead. But already every chance for haven't lost twenty men, Is this the successful attack bad vanisied; the Seventh—the Seventh ?—skulking hi ve whole narrow valley seemed to swarm under cover while Custer begs yes; they ured forth from storie me and shadowed understand sheltering coulees and heaven, I'll face him ravinos; they dashed down tn count- myself. I'll make him act, even if 1 eon murabere from the distant village, have to damn him to his face. Custer, now far away bebind the ie bluffs, and almost beyond sound of the left, but the firl gavage was utterly ignored, that column was, but it could await ite turn; Gall, Cri Horse and King mustered red woerets | for it off: to crush toe nd him into dumt beneath thet low here, as wo were coming in, with wung hie horse with a jerk to even as the spurs touched, Weir grasped the taut rein niet knew exactly where firmly, “It's no use, Brant. It's been done; we've all been at him, He's simply Jost hip head. Know? Of course ho knows. Martini struck us just be- to posler hoofs, Aye! and they nearly @ message from Custer, It would have aid it. In lenderlens effort to break away from that swift-gathering corses, Nee “Cook close tighter and crush them to death, Beater. Te PeaOt USNS OB. NG Ye re, half of them already dls. fore the red, remorseless fo! the troo mounted, burst from cover in an e! deavor to attain the shelter of ti bluffs, The deadly sageway across the stream. Indian rifles flamed in their faces, and they were hurled back, a mere fleeing mob, searching for nothing in that mo- ment of terror but @ possible Pae- has beside the halted stirred the blood of any one but him. My, Goat it's terrible.” 7 What was it?” wrote it and addressed {t to pac! And &.—Bring packs.’ mean: Want ammunition badly; they're fighting to the death out yonder, and they need powder, Oh, the coward!" Brant's eyes ran down the Wwait- ing Mne of his own men, aitting their mal He leaned over and dropped A 3 his matter I'll treat it confldentially. 1 and thi Through some rare providence of atchful eyes on those scattered th ; y+ sasety . Murphy all right, everything was brought to a sudden hait by @ flerce ug! one hand heavily on Weir's shoulder, Bankers dotting the summit, Of tne eee ues Nase” Gul hee ie tinue sucker, ‘nNe? Pocket Of his fa~ coming my way. He throw up his crackling of rifles from rock and ras God they chanced to strike the banks One hand heavily on Welt's ehoulder, nearby bluff. fe ° r ‘ h waved his hand eagerly, and the Heutenant went dashing up the sharp Ww ” What js it now, Lane “gomethin' movin’ jist out yonder, sir,” and the trooper pointed into the utheast. “They're down in a coulee how, I reckon, but will be up on a ridge agin in a minute, 1 got sight of ‘em twice afore I waved.’ ‘The officer gazed earnestly in the direction indicated, and was almost immediately rewarded by the glimpse Of gome indistinct, dark figures dimly phowing against the lighter back- ground of sky. He brought his fleld glasses to a focus. “White men,’ announced shortly. ‘At a brisk trot they rode out, the trooper lagging a pace to the rear, the watchful eyes of both men sweeping suspiciously across the prairie. The fwo parties met suddenly upon the summit of a sharp ridge, but Brant Grew in his horse with an exclama- tion of astonishment, It was a ind, you know—and when I (i traight bines the river banke below, Renteon Perbaps I can't get through alone, pathetic arcely ba cove; purely by accident, that she "Foster," said Brant to a sergeant home their death blow. They knew came trotting gallantly down the val. but I'll try. Bettor a court-martial {mer address, ey “raat waslcabt of the advance, " his troopers freeb ey) ey to ward, flanks quivering not? Yes.” “Will you tell me the story?" The tHoughtful gray eyes looked at him long and searchingly. “Brant, ado you love that girl?” Just as unwaveringly the blue eyes returned the look, “I do. I have asked her to become my wife.” nd her answer?” he Aald no; that a dead man was between us.” # that all you know?” he younger man bent his bead, his face ye and perplexed, “Prac: tically al Hampton wet his dry Ips with his tongue, his breath quickening, “And in that she was right,” he said at last, his eyes lowered to the ground. “I will tell you why. It was the father of Nalda Gillis who was convicted of the murder of Major Brant.” “Oh, my father! Is she Capt. Nolan's daughter? But you say ‘con victed,’ “Certainly, Hampton,” he said. “Is hands and even agreed to come in vine, an outburst of fire in their faces, that all?" ‘All except what I am going to tell yor now regarding Murphy. There is no use my attempting to explain ex~ given him, here with me and tell the whole story, the wild, resounding ecreech of war but the poor fellow’s brain couldn't cries, and the scurrying across their stand the strain of the scare I had front of dense bodies of mounted He went raving mad on warriors, hideous in paint and actly how I chanced to find out all the Powder; he jumped on me while feathers. these things, for they came to me I was asleep, and aince then every Men fell cursing, and the frightened little by little during several years, [ Mile has been a little hell, That's tho horses swerved, their riders strug- rs ther, Whole of it to date,” HOA, Rigas ond 1 oes vane fale, They were up with the pack train column thrown into momentary con- by now, and the cavulrymen gazed fusion. But the surprised cavalry- and I had reason to doubt the guilt of the captain, In spite of the verdict of the jury ‘that condemned him. In With interest at the new arrivals. Bev- men, quailing be: fact, I knew at the time, although it eral among them seemed to recognize poured Bling madly with their mounts, the th tne hot fire into them, rallied to the was not In my power to prove it, that Murphy and crowded about his horse shouts of their officers and swung the two principal witnesses against with rough expressions of sympathy. Into a slender battle front, at Brant scarcely glanced at them, | hy, t apart, and finally grave eyes on Hampton's stern a. Pe SUL arc tia eee 4 “And what is it you wish me to western Nolan lied. I thought I could gues I lost all track of every one con- nected with the affair, Then I hap- 4 pened to pick up that ing his out their thin ine from the bank of the river to the sharp uplift of the bluffs, Rideriess horses crashed through them, neighing with jo “Take care of Murphy. Don’t let pain; the wounded begged for help, the canyon beyond the Bear Water, him remain alone for a minute. If he while, with cries of terror, the cow- and pulled her out alive just because has any return of reason, compel him ardiy Arikara scouts lashed thi she chanced to be of that sex and I to talk. He knows you, and will be couldn't stand to see her fall into as greatly frightened at your pre and knowledge as at mine. you have fully stake as any one, for in no other way can the dxiati; bal Naida and yourself be I didn't feel any in her at the time supposing she belonged to Old Gill but she somehow grew on m Nolan's girl, but that it al] in 2s much a between broken down,” Cheyennes hesitated to drt onies in wild efforts to escape. jearcely 150 white troopers waited to atem an best they might that fierce onrush of 1,200 battle crased braves. For an almost breathless space those mingled hordes of Sioux and @ilent mea tn the blue ebirta, at a spot where the river proved tut N Troop is going to take those fordable, They plunged headlong in, ster Officers and men commingled, the In. Ammunition packs over to # there's any possible way dian bullets churning up the water through, orders or no orders.” ie on every side; they struggled madly siraightened up in the eaddie, and through and spurred thelr horses up jig ‘voice sounded down the w the steep ridge beyond. beaded veterans halted at the edze of the bank to defend the passa, but the majority, crazed by panic forgetful of all discipline, raced Weaily for the summit. Dr, wat A few cool- Wolf stood at the very edge, Oring until shot down; Une like the blast of a trumpet. “Attention! N Troop! Right tac dress. Number four bring forward the ammuniton packs, No, ve the where they are; move lively, Ho watched them swing like magic McIntosh, striving vainly to rally his {to formation, their dust-begrimed demoralized men, sank wit in his brain; Hodgson, his leg broken Tuey knew atire rup until a second shot stretched him dead upon the bank. The loss in Seat calle by a ball, clung to a sergean: wild retreat (which Reno la a "charge") was heavy, the effect 4 moralizing; but those found a spot well suited for defense, down from off Will mean a court-martial,’ Even as they awun; thelr wounded, panting horses, and flung themselves flat upon thelr fac: to sweep with hastily levelled dey to their who escaped “Do you mean it ead than to feu those men out there. th a bullet faces lighting up with animation. their officer, and this meant business, “Unsling carbines—load! Weir, the veteran soldier, glanced down that steady line of ready troop- - ers, and then back to Brant’s fa ‘Are you going up those bluffs? Good Heavens, man, it “Custer commands the Seventh, [ gommand the pack train,” said Brant "Ills Ordera are to bring up the packs. to % hi ness that had brought there. No lingering thought of or of the mi... able Murphy, was mitted to interfere with she work before him, . 4 4 ia To be once again with the old Sere enth was itself inspiration; t ride with them into battle was the’ chief desire of his heart, It was a dream Po of years, which he had never supe posed possible of fulfilment, rode rapidly forward, bis lips the sunshine of negnday le Cad aition of comin, disas oumiclnay faint note of d Brant's oo it a sodier's confidence in his regiment—t) position that the old could be defeated wate Re ier did not ride Jan ack @nl- dread, crime between. saw once more a low-celled g @ table extending down centre, with grave-faced men, in the full uniform of the se im amid @ silenee and Ass Hie Rane sate , fair ir an mustache, « never to be forgotten, ¢ Now, after aflent years, he was ing to look into those accusl again. He pressed bis hand his forehead, his body trembled; he braced himself for the Interview, and the shuddering coward in him ehrank back. 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