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CHAPTER XI.
Let us go back a little.
On the day the wagon train with
which we had to do turned aside and
erected its defense against the Indians
massed to overwhelm it, another train
was creeping over the plains not more
than thirty miles to the north.
It was the outfit of a party of gold
hunters which had crossed the state of
Nebraska from Sidney and was moving
for the east side of the Black Hills.
There were seven wagons and fifteen
horsemen, and one of the wagons con
tained the wife and daughter of one of
the gold hunters.
It seems singular that husbands and
fathers would not leave wives and chil
dren behind to safety when setting out
on expeditions fraught with such hard
ship and peril, but the history of the
great west shows that woman has been
one of the foremost in encountering the
perils of frontier life. Men have grown
dissatisfied with civilization and pushed
out until beyond all protection and in
hourly danger, and wives and children
have cheerfully gone with them.
A few Indians had been encountered,
many alarms had been experienced,
there had been hardship and suffering;
but on the day of which we write there
was nothing to alarm, and the people of
the train were in good spirits i.t the
knowledge that their long journey was
almost ended. ,
In the making up of the expedition
numerical strength had Hau considered
more than character. Any and every
one was taken that could provide him
self with a wagon or a horse and rifle.
The first day's travel proved that a great
mistake had been made. While the
owners of the wagons were mostly men
of steady habits and good character,
looking for homes as well as for gold,
the majority of the horsemen were tur
bulent and unruly characters, some of
whom at least were leaving civilized
Nebraska and pushing into the Indian
country from fear of the law. They
carried a plentiful supply of whisky
with them, and they made it plainly un
derstood that they would obey the cap
tain's orders only when it suited them
to do so. At the first cainpfire six of
the wagoners, disgusted with the out
look, were in favor of turning back,
but the captain, who was an old plains
man, encouraged them to go on by say
ing: "These men are like sailors who al
ways start on a voyage full of liquor.
After we get beyond civilization they
will tone down and become as humble
as you please."
But he was a false prophet so far as
four of them was concerned. These
four men were well mounted and armed,
and they had the look and demeanor of
border ruffianB. They had evidently
joined the train to enjoy its protection,
and in return defiantly refused to afford
it any of theirs. To compel them to
stand guard and assist in the various
other duties would be to bring on a fight,
and this the trainmen wished to avoid.
If the four men were driven away it
would only be after they killed some
one, and the train would then be so
crippled in strength that it might fall a
prey to the first roving band of Indians
encountered.
For two or three days all hands had
been expecting to meet with a force of
redskins who would attempt to block
the way, but to their great surprise the
country seemed entirely clear of them.
They were gathered, as the reader
knows, to attack the party coming
across from Brule City.
When the train halted for dinner the
four men we have referred to drew oil
by themselves and held an earnest con
versation as thny broke their fast.
"It isn't over twenty-five miles to the
Hills from this," said one, "and if we
are to do anything it must be done to
night." "How many wagons do we want.
Bob?" asked a second.
"Only one. We want the best wagon
and the best team."
"And that's Brown's," said a third.
"Just what I was going to say," added
the fourth.
"I had already settled on that," ob
served Bob, who was evidently the
leader of the gang. "First, because it's
the best outfit; and second, liecause l
want revenge on the whole family."
"They don't like ns any too well,"
chuckled one of the men.
"I reckon not, and now's our chance
to get even. We want to fix that wagon
in about two hours from this. It's about
four hours' haul to the south fork of the
Cheyenne, and that's where the train
will camp tonight."
"What about Brown?" asked one of
the men.
U 'b drew his finger across his throat
4And the old woman?"
Bob repeated his gesture.
And the gair
I want the gal spared," he replied.
Mfboe I ahull turn her loose after
v iuIh. and mebbe I shall trade her off
to ime Indian chief fur a dozen rmni.
owaer
i m ioiu tnat tlie big chiefs are paying
fancy prices for white gals this sum
mer." At this there was a loud laugh from
the tour, and when it had subsided Bob
resumed:
"Yes. that gal must be considered my
property, and don't you fellows get up
any kick about it. We'll make a square
divide on the gold, but keep your hands
off the gal."
'Have yon got a plan?" whispered one
of the men as he saw that a number of
the trainmen were suspiciously regard
ing the group. ,
"Leave that to me. You fellows just
go on about your business and be on
hand when wanted. If the plan I've got
uusearrie. I'll let yon know in time to
try something else."
After ii halt of an hour the train moved
on. It was fair traveling now, and the
sight of the mountains in the distance
and the thought of the gold to be ob
tained put every one in fine spirits and
created a desire to push on as rapidly as
possible. Six miles from the south fork
there was a halt, and a scout went for
ward to select a route for the wagons
over a bad piece of ground. The four
renegades nodded to each other, but
while three of them rode forward and
officiously offered their iservices to the
captain. Bob made his Way to Brown'i
wagon, which was the last in the line.
Its occupants were on the seat in front,
all interested in what was going on
ahead, and in three minutes tlie rene
gade had removed the linchpins from
both hind wheels of the heavy wagon.
The "prairie schooners," as the big wag
ons of that date were called, had these
pins in the place of burrs, now so gener
ally used.
A quarter of an hour later, aa the
wagons started forward, the wheels had
made only a few turns when both rolled
away and the rear end of the wagon
came down with a crash. By this time
the leading wagon was half a mile in
advance. '. .
"Very careless of you, Brown, not to
look your wagon over occasionally,"
said the captain as he halted the train
and rode back to ascertain the cause of
delay.
"I did look it over at noon and every
thing was all right," roplied Brown.
'Well, those pins dropped out some
where within a quarter of a mile, and
the thing is to find 'em."
Half a dozen men walked back over
the trail for a hundred rods, but with
out avail, Then each wagoner was
asked for spare pins, but none could be
had. More than one had an extra set,
bnt their nearness to gold had brought
forth a selfish spirit.
"1 may want them myself," each one
argued, and each one denied that it was
in his power to accommodate.
Another and closer search was made,
and while it was going ou there were
loud murmurs all along the line.
'Let us go on!"
'We can't be responsible for his care
lessness!" "What's the matter that he can't fol
low our trail to the river?"
The thirst for gold closes the human
heart to friendship, pity or Christian
Spirit. Each moment of delay was felt
to be dollars lost, and finally the teams
began to push on without orders.
"See here, Brown," said the captain
wheu he saw them going, "the boys are
off, but it's only an hour to the river.
J list take a sharper look for those tins
ami you'll turn 'em up and be able to
come ou. If you don't join us in an
hour I'll send you the pins from my
wagon."
"And you are all going forward and
leave me alone and liable to be butch
ered by the Indians!" demanded the
wagoner.
'No danger not the slightest. There
isn't a redskin within twenty miles of
us. I've ;ot to go on, but perhaps some
of the horsemen will stay and help you
to fix lip."
'Aye. that we will I" answered Bob,
who was waiting for the opportnnity.
'Here are four of us who won't see you
left defenseless. Here, Jack, yon ride
on to the river with the train and bring
back those pins, while the rest of us will
keep up the search and be on hand to
help put on the wheels."
The four who were to stay were the
renegades. Brown had rather been left
alone, for he was firmly satisfied that
they were bad men, but he could not
make a decent excuse to rid himself of
their presence. And besides he felt that
there was danger from the Indians, no
matter what the captain thought.
Mrs. Brown was a woman past forty,
bnt in excellent health and having a
man's courage. Her daughter Lizzie
was twenty years old, born on the fron
tier and inheriting more than tlie aver
age woman's uerve and endurance.
While the three outlaws left behind
were making what seemed to be a very
careful search of the trail and were out
of earshot, Brown queried of his wife:
"Mother, don't you think there ia
something queer about it?"
"1 do, Daniel I do," she promptly re
plied. "1 believe those pins were pur
posely removed. Indeed. 1 remember to
have beard the noise of their being
knocked out when we were halted."
"Just what 1 suspectl Who could
have done it and for wbati'
"Daniel, 1 am most afraid to tell you
that I believe these three men know all
about it, and that ono of tliem removed
the puis!"
"But if they wanted to break ns down
and leave us in the lurch, why did they
offer us their assistance when all the
otuers unrneu awayr
I don't know 1 don't know, Daniell
Who knows bnt they mean to murder us
andmu off with the team! Let us un
iiaruess the horses and mount them and
ride on. 1 feel that some great shadow
of dauger hangs over us."
"L)o, father!" added the girl. "I am
sure it is a plot to murder us all!"
CHAPTER XII.
He came up and seized her ns she sank
down.
"We are too mistrustful and suspi
cious," replied the father as he looked
from the wagons, atill in sight, to the
renegades searching the trail. "No one
would dare molest ns with the camp
only a tew miles away, and the man
will be back with the pins before sun
itown anyhow."
He spoke thus to encourage himself
as well as his wife and daughter, but
neither of the three felt any the less
anxious. The settler looked to his Win
chester to see that it was in order, re
moved the bridles from the horses that
they might feed while he waited and
then stood on the alert for what might
lappen.
The sun was only a handbreadth above
the horizon when the three renegades
returned to the wagon and exhibited one
f the pins, which they claimed was
found a full mile away. A pry was now
;ot in position, the heavy body of the
wagon raised so that the wheels could
be slipped on the axletree and then one
wheel was made secure.
The settler and his family watched
the three men closely while they worked,
but they seemed intent only on helping
ihe people out of their trouble.
"We may be rough in looks and bad
in spots," exclaimed Bob as he wiped
the sweat from his forehead with his
buckskin sleeve, "but we ain't mean
mill to abandon a lone family to the
tomahawks of the Indians."
"It is very brave: and generous on
your part, and t thank you a thousand
times over," replied Brown. "I wouldn't
have believed that the train people
would act so selfishly."
"1 reckon we've been parceled out as
the worst of the lot. bnt that don't make
us so. 1 don't claim we are saints, but
I do say that when the pinch comeB we
can be depended on as white men.
There cornea Pete, and 1 reckon your
troubles are about over."
It was dusk now, and the man called
Pete was not seen until withm a few
rods of the wagon. He dismounted on
coming up, handed Brown a couple of
linchpin und said the train had gone
into camp at the river. Brown walked
to the wheel which needed the pin and
was placing it in position when a sud
den great light flashed before his eyes
and he sank to the ground in a heap,
having been struck on the head with an
ax which one of the men pulled from
the wagon.
While the women had been nervous
and anxious, the arrival of the man with
the pius seemed an act of good faith,
and tiioy were congratulating them
selves on soon rejoining the train when
Bob sprang up in front of them, seized
one with either hand and said:
"Come out of this! We've got busi
ness with yoii"
"Daniel father!" shrieked mother and
daughter, but there was a laugh from
all the men, and Bob pulled the women
to the ground with the leering remark:
"Daniel has got particular business on
hand just now, and he begs you will ex
cuse him!"
For a moment the women wore help
less with surprise and fear. They saw
the body of husband and father Btretched
on the sod, and both realized that he
had been struck down by the renegailes.
Aa they stood trembling and helpless
two of the men began hitching the
horse to the wagon, a third was busy
robbing the dead, while the fourth
looked tu the wheels to see if all was
right.
Brave men und women think fast and
plan quickly. When life is in peril one
must not give way to feelings of grief.
Both women knew that murder had
been done, and both fully realized the
plot of the renegades, but after the first
shock of surprise and the first moment
of weakness their courage returned.
"Uun!"
It was the mother who whispered the
word as she noticed that all the men
were busy for the moment.
They sprung away together, but sep
arated almost at once, and wore hidden
by the darkness before being missed.
"Jack, you stay by the horses the
rest come along!" shouted Bob, und nei
ther woman was a hundred yards away
wheu pursuit began.
The mother bore to the right, the
daughter to the left. The mother made
a half circle to come back toward the
wagon on the opposite side from which
she had started, but the daughter ran
straight away. Hidden by the darkness
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she would have escaped but for accident
As she ran she stepped on a atone and
twisted her ankle until the pain mad.
her cry out.
That cry located the girl for one of
the renegades who was rushing hither
and yon at random, and he came np and
Beized her as she sank down, helpless to
bear a pound's weight on the injured
limb. The search ended here.
"Let the old one go," said Bob a
Lizzie was carried back to the wagon,
"She's headed back for Nebraska, and it
the wolves don't pick her bones before
daylight the Indians are sure to coma
across her. Now let's be off at once."
The team was all ready to move, and
the route had been decided on in ad
vance. They were to bend to the left,
cross the south fork higher up and then
enter the Hills between the foothill and
the mountains themselves. , :
Nature makes her first effort to form
mountains a mile or so from where the
real mountain is to be heaved np. The
ground is thrown up Into foothills, which
are like an abatis in front of a breast
works, Weury for the moment with thia
effort nature creates a long, narrow val
ley, rich in springs and sweet grasses,
and beyond that builds up the grim and
frowning mountains. These valleys are
so numerous and bend and angle to
often that they furnish secure hiding
places for parties who desire to escape
observation.
Lizzie did not ask after her father.
She realized that the villains bad made
him their first victim. Her mother, aa
the knew, was a wanderer on the plains.
As for herself, Bhe was so overwhelmed
for the first quarter of an hour that she
could not speak. Bob rode beside her
and guided the horses, while the others
rode on ahead and on the flanks.
"Needn't be afraid of me, honey,"said
the leader as he put a hand on the girl's
shoulder; "1 ain't bad. I'm the best fel
ler in the country onless I'm riled. We
wanted the wagon and we wanted you,
but you've tumbled into good hands, my
sal best hands in the world."
(TO BE CONTINUED.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
The Btndehaker vagnn heads them all.
For Bale at Gilliam & Bisbee's. a
Look out for Fell Bro.'s sale ot rem
nants bargaina in everything. a
Why go hnngry when the City hotel
furnishes you a good meal at living
ratea. . a
V Hardware" did you aay? Why, yea
at P.O. Thompson ft Co.'s stand, and the
piece for bsrgauia, - a
Call on Rip to do your wood Bawing;
same old price. Also delivers wood to
any uart of Heppner. Bee ad. a
For cash yon oun get more at the East
em Clothing house, with Levi on deck,
I ban any other pluoe in Heppner. a
The I'alace is the leading hotel in the
city. Well furnished rooms with plenty
of light are provided for evrvone. a
Smith, the furniture man, is prepared
to sell fine goods at low figures. Full
line of undertaking goods ou bunds, a
M. Lichteuthal & Co. have a fine lot of
winter wear, including ladies' winter
shoes, overshoes, rubber boots, eto. Drop
in. a
Borg, the je.veler, is tlK 'nan to fix up
your watch or clock, .e keeps a full
stock of everything pertaining to bis
business a
Don't overlook T. W. Avers, Jr., the
leuiling druggist. Choicest perfumes,
pii rest driit'S and the finest toilet articles
always on band. a
The Bnchler beer, 6 cents per glass, at
the Columbia Beer Hall, Osmera A
Hughes, wops., next door to M. Licit
tentbal & Co.'s shoe store. a
The M. L. & T. Co., since they have
roofed all their platforms, have an im
mense storage capacity. This company
uow deals in gram, lumber and wood, a
Since Shaw & McCarty purchased tbe
meat market they have always endeavor
ed to keep on hand tbe freshest and
choicest meat!, sausages and bolounus. a
What will perseverance, pluok and en
lerpris avail in this wild west, if you
cannot get big bargains? However, be
fore giving up entirely, visit Minor Bros.'
empor'um. a
Thompson & Binnsown Ibe buss which
Koea to and from the City hotel, but will
cull for parlies desiring to go to train in
uny part of the city. Leave orders at
City hotel. a
Gilliam & Riabee, the hardware and
tinware merchants, carry everything ap
pertaining to their lines, even auricul
In nil implements. Don't you need a
plow this fall? a
Don't overlook Kirk A Rasmus for
bargains. They have purchased tbe bus
int-ss of J. W. Matlock & Co. but will
soon remove to Ibe Mallory corner, oppo
site the Paluoe hotel, a
Dr Grant's Cloalc, the grent dyspepsia
Oonqnerer, will positively cure dspepaia
and all its kindred ailments. Every bot
tle sold under a positive Kuaran'ee to
effect a oure or money refuuded, See ad.
in this issue. a
Ttie general merchandise pstshlish
mwnt formerly owned by Ci lliu & MeKor
land, tins lately changed hands, now bp
I ntf under the oontrol and management
"f The MoFarlmid Meroiinhle Corupanv,
wbioh continues business at the old stand
witb a larger stock than ever, a
HraAVRD. A four-year-old steer, brand
ed II 1' on 'he ribs on nnht side; also
Hume brand on riiht hip and on right
itille; bin split in niibt ear. Any inlor.
niHtwn lending to reo-ivery of same will
tie cheerfully rewarded bv ,
Bob Dkxtkh,
53H-8W Heppner, Or.
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