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"Indians, you h-1
cnCUiia
livfvV her pyps
"Indians, You Say! Here?" Her Eye
Widening in Horror.
widening In horror. "Whon do you sup
pose this happened? hmftlong nguf
"within twelve hours certainly;
probably soon after dawn."
I caught the rein of her horse, and
Elsie, who was now wide awake, and
trembling with fear, pressed forward,
close to my side, moaning and casting
her frightened glances backward. Ken
nedy was already started In advance of
us on. foot, leading his auimul. and
seeking to discover the quickest pas
sage to shelter. On a narrow terrace
the deputy halted us.
"I reckon muybe this yere Is as gud
as eny place fer ter stop," he said
rather doubtfully. "It'll be mighty dark
In an hour, an' then we kin go on ;
only my boss is about did up. Whut
ye sny. Cap?"
"We are probably as safe here as
anywhere In the neighborhood. Is that
all you have to report, Tim?"
He lifted his hat, and scratched
gently his thin hair.
"Only thet them Injuns went south.
I done run onto their trail after yer
left It wus plain as the nose on yer
face. Thar must'r bin a slew o' 'em,
an' sura a hossback; they wus a
strikin' straight across yonder, an' I
-reckon they fetched a prisoner 'long,
suinbody wearln' boots enyhow, fer I
saw the tracks In the mud." He hesi
tated, as though something was on his
mind, glancing toward the girls, and
lowering his voice. "I ain't so very
dern tired, an' reckon I'll scout 'round
a bit. Them red devils might'r over
looked a rifle er two back thar In the
timber, an' I'd sure like ter git my fin
gers on one.
I nodded Indifferently, too complete
' ly exhausted myself to care what he
did, and then dull-eyed watched him
disappear through the trees. No one
spoke, even Eloise failing to question
me. as I approached where she and
Elsie had flung themselves on the
short grass, although her heavy eyes
followed my movement, and she made
nn efTori to smile.
"One cun easily see by your face
how tired you are," I viilil, compassion
ately, looking down at her. "I arn go
ing to sleep for an hour or two, and
you had both better do the same. Tim
Is going to keep guard."
She Mijilu wearily at me, her head
sinking hack. I did not move
speak again; Indeed I had lost con
Kclousness almost before I touched the
ground.
I could not have slept long, for there
was a glow of light still visible in the
western sky, when a strong grip on my
arm aroused me, causing me Inslantly
10 sit up. -inn stood there, a battered.
old, long rifle in his hand, and beside
Win n boy of eighteen, without a hat
lousiea ueaaed, with an ugly red
wound showing on one cheek.
"Mighty sorry fer ter wake ye, Can,
the deputy grinned. "This yere young
imp is one r them sojers; an' It
strikes me, he's got a d queer tale
14.T tell." . '
I glanced backward across my shoul
der toward the others. Both girls were
sleeping soundly, while beyond them,
down the slope, the three horses were
quietly cropping away at the herbage.
1 managed to rise.
"Let's move back to the sprin
where we will not wake them up," I
(suggested, "mw we can talk."
. My eyes sought the face of the hid
questioningly. Ue wus a loose-lipped,
awkward lout, trembling still from a
fright he could not conceal.
"You belonged to thut squad killed
out yonder?"
"Yes, seh ; I reckon I'se the only one
whut ain't (led," he stammered, so
tongue-tied I could scarcely make out
his words. "I wus gone afier wnhter,
an" when them Injuns begun for ter
yell, I never dun nuthln' but Just run,
an' hid In the hush."
' "I understand. What Is your name?"
"Asa Hall."
"Well, Asa, I suppose those were
militiamen; you belonged to the com
pany?" '
He nodded, Mr ryes dull, his Hps
moving, as though it was an effort to
tnlk. Quite evidently whatever little
Intellect he hud ever jiossussud. now
Devil's Own.
A Roiminceof tiw Blttcfc Hawk Wcr
AntW of&rtiiHili&nd, Siuatf OwIriABajal.
refused tiTrespiiiuT ""Rctuany tuukiTih
Impatiently.
"It takes thet boy 'bout an hour fer
ler tell enythlng. Cup," he explained
grutlly. "I reckon he's 'skeered half
ter death In the furst place, an' then
1 bur's smut hln' wrong with dim eny
how. llowsumever. It's whut he seed
an' heerd. Cup, thet 'sounds mighty
queer ter me. Me hps thar wus more'n
fifty bucks lu thet party, an that ol'
Black Hawk wus thar hlsself, a leadln'
'em he done saw him,"
I turned, sin-prised at thts statement,
to stare into the hoy's face. He half
grinned hnek at me, vacantly.
"Black Hawk ! He could scarcely he
down here; what did he look like?"
"'Bout six feet high, I reckon, with
a big hooked nose, an' the blackest
pair o' mean eyes ever ye saw. 1
reckon he didn't hnv' no eyebrows, an'
he wore a hunch o" eagle feathers, an'
a red blanket. Gosh, mister, but the
devil rudu't look no worse'n he did."
"Wus thet hltu, Cap?" burst In Tim
anxiously.
"It's not a bnd description." I admit
ted, yet not convinced. "I can't K
lleve he would be here with a milling
purty. If lie was, there must be some
important object In view. Is that all?"
"No. 'taln't ; the boy swears thar was
a white man 'long with 'em, 11 feller
with a short mustuche, nn' dressed In
store clothes. He wun't no prisoner
mil her. but hed a gun. an' talked ler
Black Hawk, most like he wus n chief
hlsself. After the klllln' wus nil over,
he wns the one whut got 'em ter go off
thar to the south, the whole kit an'
knhoodle."
"I don't doubt that. There have al
ways been white renegades among the
Sacs and plenty of luilf-brceds. If
Black Ilatfk, and this other fellow arp
leading this band, they are after hlg
game somewhere, and we hud better
keep out of their way. I fnvor sad
dling up immediately, and traveling all
night."
"So do I." and Tim flung n half filled
bag from his shoulder to the ground.
"But I vote we eat furst. Taln't much.
only a few scraps I found out ttinr;
hut It's a way better then nuthln'.
Here you, Hull, give mo u hand, an'
then we'll go out, ah' round up thehi
bosses."
If the party of raiding Indians,
whose foul deed .we had 'discovered,
hud departed, in a southerly direction,
as their trail would plainly seein to In
dicate, then our safest course would
seemingly be directed eastward up the
volley. This would give us the pro
tection of the bluffs, and take us more
and more out of the territory they
would be likely to cover. Within
twenty inkiutes we were In saddle, de
scending the steep hillside through the
darkness, Tim walking ahead with the
lad, his horse trailing behind, and the
long rifle across his shoulder.
I do not recall feeling any special
fear. In the first place I wus convinced
that we must already he at the ex
treme limit of Black Hawk's radius,
and that, traveling as we were east
ward, must before morning be well be
yond any possible danger of falling
into the hands of his warriors. The
other pursuers I hail practically dis
missed from thought. Shortly after
midnight my horse strained a tendon,
and could no longer uphold my weight.
On foot, with the poor beast limping
painfully behind me. I pressed 011 be
side Lloise, both of us silent, too ut
terly wearicil with the strain for any
attempt at speech.
The rising sun topped the summit
of the bluff. Its red rays seeming to
bridge with spans of gossamer the lit
tle valley up which we tolled. I had
lost my interest, and was walking dog
gedly on, with eyes bent upon the
ground, when the girl beside me efied
out suddenly, a new excitement in her
voice.
"Oh, there is a cabin 1 See! Over
yonder; Just beyond that big oak,
wnere the bluff turnu."
Her eager face' wus aglow, her out
stretched hand pointing eagerly.
The logs of which the little building
nna neen constructed, still in their na
tive bark, blended so perfectly wiih
the drab hillside beyond, that for the
moment none of us caught the distant
outlines., Tim possessed the keenest
sight, and his voice was first to speak.
"Sure, miss, thet's a cabin, all right,"
he said grimly. "One room, an' new
built; likely 'noiigh sum settler Just
coin' iu yere. 1 don't see no move
ment, tier smoke."
'Tied to the nearest fort probably,
I replied, able myself by this time to
decipher the spot. "Be too risky to
stay out here alone. We'll look it
over; there might be food left behind,
even if the people have gone."
We must have been half 11 11 hour In
covering the distance. The cabin stood
well up above the stream, within the
shade of the great oak, and we were
confirmed, long before we miehed It,
in our former Judgment that It was
uninhabited. No slpfn of life was visi
ble about the place j it had the ap
pearance of desertion, no smoke even
curling from out the chimney. A faint
frail, evidently linle used, led down
toward the creek, and we followed this
as It wound uround the base of the
big free. Then it was that the truth
Ojiwaefl, suddenly: uuoti us Uioru to
our right iuy"a iTeiiiF imihT I'uTriTesse
for work, but with throat cut ; while
directly 111 front of the cuhlii door wa
a dog, 11 n ugly, massive brute, hi
mouth open, prone 011 his hnek. wll
stiffened legs pointing to (ho sky.
dropped my relit, and wruili forward.
"Wall where you arc," I culled buck
"There have been savages here; I
mo see first what has happened In
side."
The dog had been shot, strlckeu by
two bullets, anil I wns obliged to drn
his huge body to one side, before
could press my way In through tit
door. The opou doorway and window
afforded maple, light, ami 11 slngl
glance wns sultlcleut to reveal most
of the story. 'ilie table bad been
smashed us by the blow of nn ax, anil
pewter dls.-.es were everywhere. The
bed lu one corn it hud been stripped o
Its coverlets, many of them slasher
by a knife, and the straw tick lint!
been ripped open In a dozen place
Coals from the fireplace lay wide
spread, some of them having enlcu
deeply Into the hard wood before they
ceased smoldering.
1 saw all this, yet my eyes rested
upon something else. A man lay, bent
double across uu overturned bench, In
a posture which hid his face from
view. Ills body was there alone, nl
though a child's shoe lay on the
floor, and 11 woman's llusey dress
dangled from a hook against Hie wall
I crept forward, my heart pounding
nuully, until I could gain sight of III
face. He was n hlg fellow, not more
than thirty, with sandy hair and beard
and a pugnacious Jaw. bis roursi
hickory shirt slushed Into ribbons, a
bullet wound In the center of bis fore
head, anil one arm broken by a vicious
blow. His calloused hands yet gripped
the haft of an ax, Just as he hud died
fighting.
Tim's voice spoko from the door
way.
"Injuns. I reckon?" .
"Yes, they have been here; the man
Is dead. But there must have been
others, a woman and child also se
that shoe on the floor, and the dress
hanging over there. The poor devil
fought ha id.
Kennedy stepped Inside, stnrlng
about him.
"Ho you think H best to stop here?"
"Why not? 'Taln't likely them
devils will he back agin. Thnr sure
must be souieihin' fer us ter eat in the
place, an' the Lord kno's we can't go
on as we are. Them gurls be mighty
nigh renily ter drop, an' two o' the
bosses has plum glv" out. I'm fer set-
tlln' down fer a few hours enyhow
sny till It gits middling dark."
Undoubtedly this was the. sensible
view. We would be In far less danger
remaining there under cover than In
any attempt to continue our Journey
by daylight. Together we curried the
body out, und deposited It In a thicket
behind the cabin, awaiting burial; uuil
then drugged the dead dog also out of
sight. The disorder wiihln was easily
remedied, and, after this had been in
tended to. the girls were permitted to
enter. Klolsc sunk hark on the bon.-h,
her head supported against the wnll.
the lushes of her half-closed eves
showing dark against the whltcncs-i
of her cheeks. She looked so pitifully I
iireo, uie very Heart choked iu my
throat.
The rest of us found a small stock
of provisions, and Klsle, with Tim to
nld her. built a fire and prepared
breakfast. A half-filled bottle of
whisky discovered In the cupboard,
helped to revive nil of us slightly, end
gave Asa sufficient courage to seek
outside for a spring. Tim, compara
tively unwearied himself, and restless,
located a trapdoor In the floor, rather
ingeniously concealed, which disclosed
the existence of a small cellar below.
Cnndle In hand he explored I his. re
turning with two guns, together with
a quantity of powder and ball, und In
formation that there remained a half
keg of the explosive hidden below.
iiisi u 0111 ainiiii ter mow up i
stumps, I reckon," he coiiiinciiicd. ex- i
hihltlng a snmnle. "Coarsest I ever
Hntl" etifln'f l,,,r,ll,r ua ,I.a, I I
, ........ . ut. )hi:i jii uu KUIJ,
btit It's powder alright."
To remove the debris out of our way,
I was gathering up the straw tick atid
slit blankets, and piled them all to
gether buck nn tho liu.t Ml...
nna ftf lha lilunbnlo '..... I.. i.-t.l't
'". ,uuKui uiiii oeiii
by Its pin, was a pecullur emblem, and
I stood for a moment with It In my
nana, curiously examining flie odd de- i
sign. Eloise unclosed her eyes, and
started to her feet. '
"What Is that you have?" she asked. 1
"A pin of some kind a rather I
strange design; I Just found It here, i
entangled In this t.lnnl-at". '
"Why," she exclaimed in surrirlse. "I
have Seen one exactly like It. before
Kirhy wore It In his tie."
MARINE WILL NEVER
FORGET MULE'S KICK
(To Be Continued.)
I T Car Owners !
If your car needs repair
ing, why not have it done
by an experienced mechanics-one
who has had.,
years of experience.
My aim it to have every customer mis
tied. Give me a trial.
A. W. BONTRAGER
135 Greenwood Ave.
Phone Red 381
Sustains Operation lis KpmiiII, (mil
Hem- llt'iii'H I.egeud, "Opened
by MlMnke."
Illy ttiillr.1 I'lxw to TV IUmiiI llulli'tlnt
HOUSTON, Tex. Koh. SI. A kick
from a inula In miiiiuiitoiil to make
just about as much impression on the
memory us It does ou the anatomy.
Yet Clyde 1). JiiivIh has mailo Bine
that lie. will not forgot the kick ho
received from 11 Missouri beast of
bunion for the rest of his nuturul
life.
Jurvls applied for enlistment lu
the Marino corps huro today und was
accepted. Uu exhibited a scar about
six Inches long on the left sldo of Ills
abdomen, und explained It was Iho
result of an operation ho hud under
gone, soma Hix months before, for
supposed ruptured spleen, following
tho kick from tho mulo.
Tho operating surgeon had made
tlm wrong diagnosis, however, mid
found that Jarvls' spleen wus O. K
Tattooed above the scar In large le.t
tors were tho words, "Opened by mis
take.
criticism should Ineliulu tlm oilier
grade schools of Iho idly.
CM.'.IV I P NOTICK.
All persons are liotllled lo Inliu
steps, lo clean up Iholr properly at
ouco. iiiick- yarns ami alleys ad
Joining should he, cleaned und all
KurhiiKu and wuslo collected for re
moval. A roasouablo llmu will hu
allowed lu which (Ills work may ho
douo and If nut atteuded to lu thut
tlmo tho olty will pioewd with the
work an 1 cliargo IIh cost to thu pro
perly owners ulTnetiid.
1-. A. W. NIXON,
Chief of I'ollco.
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