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CHAPTER XV.
UOI' AWAY. WTIH THE FUNDS.
qmry oi wuai simnui De aone. "Th9
men will soon be astir, and Harkins hud
best lie low tor a couple of hours. As
soon as breakfast is over 1 shall ask
Taylor to head a party to the place be
described. Let us see what he will do. .. ,
Harkins sought one of the wagons, Some fme ago the Gazette made men
and when the men roused up, one after tlou tUHt resident of Heppner bad been
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Bess knew nothing of her bereavement
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It may be so, but 1 cannot believe it.
1 shall not believe it until 1 see his dead
body."
"But aro you doubting my words,
miBBr
"If the Indians killed him his body
will be lying where it fell," she an
swered. "You can Und the spot again
you must find it. We cannot go now,
as night is coming on, but we shall go
in the morning. If the wild beasts have
spared his body, 1 want it for Christian
burial. If they have not, 1 want what
bones they may leave."
"What did you fire at today?" asked
Joe as he reached for Taylor's gun and
proved by the blacking on his finger
thrust into the bore that it had been re
cently discharged.
- "I 1 fired on the Injuus, of course,"
stammered Taylor.
"Oh, you didl We thought you said
you had your gun on your back and was
climbing up a inass of rock to get a look
aroundr
: "i I've got to lie down and think it
over and quiet my nerves. I've had such
a close call that I'm rattled and can't re
member just how it all was."
As Taylor Hung himself down the
men gathered in a group to discuss his
story. There was something queer about
it, but as no oue knew of his feeling
against Harkins there was no key to his
actions. Bess sought to furnish one by
tuiying:
"I know this man hated father, and I
could see it every tune he looked at us.
Why he did 1 do not know, but 1 know
that he had an ill will. If father is dead,
he had something to do with it!"
"Llush, child!" cautioned the captain
Of the train. "Your father and Taylor
were gootl n-Iends us r.u oa I i,..,.i tee.
It is an awful charge to bring against a
manthat of betraying a comrade."
"But he told two or three different
stories about it." answered Joe. "and
his actions itro suspicions. If ho has
done this lie uliull"
"1 will shoot him with my own hand!'
sternly replied the c.i;iiuin "Let every
thing rest till lieawnkes. It miiy have
been as he says that fright and exhaus
tion may have upset him."
' "But he ititiKt guide us to the spot iu
the morning." persicted Joe.
! "1 shall insist upon that, even ir we
have to leave tho camp alone," added
Bees.
"It shall be so," replied the captain.
"We shall know all in the morning."
Bess retreated to the wagon, rent with
conflicting emotions and prostrated by
grief and doubt, and the men went about
their duties without a word to each other
All felt that there was something wrong
about Taylor's story, but all hesitated
to believe him guilty of the heinous
crime of taking the life of a comrade.
Night came down.
Taylor had bidden his face under his
blanket. bnt he had uot closed his eyes
in sleep. He was not tortured by re
morse. On the contrary, he was elated
over tne tnougut tuat fte now alone pos
sessed the secret of the cave of gold.
But he was troubled that he had not told
better story. Before firing the shot
he had planned just how he would act
and what he would say. The fear which
guilt always brings had upset him and
caused him to halt and hesitate and tell
a very lame story.
Many a man who has planned a crime
has thought it all over and prepared
himself at every point only to realize
after its cominissieu that he left loop
holes iu his armor of defense.
It was long after dark before Taylor
rose up. He had then settled on a story
from which he would not vary. He told
it to the men, and he told it with such
apparent sincerity that some of them be
lieved him, while none disputed. Bess
had come forward to hear it, as was her
right. When ho had finished there was
a long, painful silence, broken at Inst by
the girl, who said:
"If this story be true you have done
only what another might do so situated.
We shall know tomorrow. You can
find the place again, and 3-011 will lead
us there."
"11 was dreadfully turned around,
and I might not be able to find the exact
spot," replied Taylor.
"You must!" answered Bess. "My
father's bones must not lie uuburiedl
His death shall not go unavenged!"
"Well. I'll try, and if we all lose our
scalps in the effort 1 cannot be held re
sponsible. I'm sure there's an Indian
camp not far from that spot, audit's
wonder to me we haven't been attacked
since I came in. There were as many
as seven right after tne for two or three
miles."
The men, and especially Joe, had
looked to see the girl break down under
the strain, but she did not. She fought
against it and clung to the hope that
her father still lived, though he might
be wounded and a prisoner.
Midnight came and all was quiet
Joe went on guard at that hour, and
an hour later, as all his senses were
keenly alert,, he heard a whistle. No
Indian would make use of such a signal.
There were no white men iu the neigh
borhood. Was it the note of some bird
of night?
There it came again a whistle of in
quiry as if some one was seeking to lo
cate the camp. Believing it to be some
prospector or hunter who had lost him
self during the day, Joe answered the
signal.
It came again and nearer.
Now he heard footsteps and a moment
later a man and a woman approached
him from out of the darkness.
"Halt! Who is it?" challenged the
sentinel.
"Harkins!" was the reply.
"Great heavens!" whiBpered Joe as
the pair came to a halt before him.
"But this does beat me. And that is
you, Harkins, and alivel"
"Yes, it is Harkins, and here Is a poor
girl 1 rescued from a camp of white ren
egades up the valley. I've got lots to
tell. Has Taylor come inr'
"Yes, and he reported yon killed by
the Indians."
"He Bought my life himself, but be
quiet. If he is asleep do not arouse
him. Wake the captain, and after we
have cared for this woman I have a
story to tell."
CHAPTER XVL
Tlie man's amazement and terror were
pUil ul.
The captain was himself on guard on
the other side of the camp, and hequick
ly came up to find out what the confu
sion meant.
"This girl is suffering for food and
rest," said Harkins, "and must be at
tended to first. Then you shall have
the story."
. He quietly awoke Bess, made a brief
explanation, and after Lizzie had been
provided with food the two girls sought
the wagon and Harkins bat down with
the captain and Joe to tell his story.
While certain in his own mind Unit
Taylor had hrtd upon bin;, there was no
proof. Neither of his listeners doubted
that assassination bad been intended,
but unless Taylor broke down and con
fessed it what could they do? Moral
certainty is nut proof.
"And what makes the thing more
strange to me is the fact that he must
-Lave had a strong motive," said the cap
tain.
And we can't guess It," added Joe.
Then Harkins told them of the death
bed revelation of the old hunter, and the
motive was plain. Taylor was deter
mined to possess the secret alone. He
told them of the renegades and their er
randof tlie girl he had rescued and
what had happened to her, and of the
emissary who might tie expected to ap
pear in camp next forenoon. It was
daybreak before they were through talk
Wig. and yet only the two men and Bess
knew of the arrivals.
'The first thing is to dispose of Tay
lor." said the cantain in resnonse to an in-
anything unusual had occurred during
the night Breakfast was prepared and
eaten, and the captain and Joe, who
were watching Taylor very closely, saw
by his demeanor that he was restless
and ill at ease. He seemed to have lost
his appetite, and he glanced around him
as if expecting some sudden danger.
Bessie came from the wagon equipped
as for an expedition, and, walking up
to Taylor, she said:
"I am ready. We are to find and re
cover my father's body today."
"Yes, 1 will aend two men vHth you,"
added the captain.
"1 1 can't go not this morningl"
stammered Taylor. "I'm sick. I'm
almost too sick to sit up."
"Do yon still say that the Indians shot
my father down?" demanded Bess.
"I)o I? Of course I dot You all seem
to be agin mo. Do you think 1 killed
btra myself?"
"How many Indians did you countr
'All of ten."
"How did they attack your
Fired a volley at us and then began
to yell."
"Y'ou are sure they yelled?"
'Sure! They kept it np half an hour,"
'It whs odd that 1 heard no other
sound but the single report of your
rifle!" said a voice behind Taylor, and
he wheeled about to find Harkins con
fronting him.
The man's amazement and terror were
pitiful. He essayed to speak, but the
words would not come, rie looked help
lessly from side to side and trembled as
with a chill.
"It is not the dead come back," said
Ksrkins, "but the living. Your bullet
only grazed my arm. 1 fell into a gulch
just as you fired upon me. There were
no Indians there!
Tay lor looked from man to man. Each
face was hard set and vengeful.
"You are all agin mel" he finally
shouted. "You've got mad at n.e and
want to drive me away! Why should 1
want to take Harkins' life?"
"But you fired upou me, and here is
the empty shell to prove it," said Har
kins.
If I did, then I was scared of of
the Indians," stammered Taylor.
You know the law of the plains!
said the captain to Taylor in a Hinty
voice. "The man who murders a com
rade must die himself!"
"11 didn't murder him!"
. ';No, you did not. but . J.ua- man who
attempts umrdur must be punished,
You must go! In one hour you must be
out of camp, and should yon roturu you
will be fired upon!"
To turn a man out in that locality was
giving him up to a hundred perils, if not
to certain death, but lay lor eagerly
caught at the opportunity.
"I'll willingly go," he replied. "In
deed 1 don't want to stay. You are all
agin me and 1 couldn't be easy hero. 1
can take all my traps, 1 reckon?"
"Certainly."
Taylor had a horse, blankets, spare
ammunition, spade and pick and cook
ing utensils. These articles wore packed
up and strapped to his horse and he was
given food enough to last him a week,
His "truck" had been stored in the rear
end of a wagon owned by another, and
hfc.iroi.ng simply decreased the strength
of the party one man. As he was ready
to ride away the captain kindly said:
"It's bard lines, Taylor, but it s the
law we all live by. Harking had the
right to shoot youths minute he entered
tb camp.
"Yes, i reckon he bad, though he
made a big mistake in accusing mo."
"1 hope you'll keep clear of ludiaus
and meet with good luck.'
And I!'
"And ir
"And II"
Even Harkins x;bood the aenijnieut,
and with a wave of his hand Taylor was
off. He rode straight up the valley, and
as he went he smiled grimly and
chuckled to himself:
"It's your turn this uioiniug. Tomor
row it may be mine. Yesterday 1
thought 1 had to kill but oue. Today
I'm planning to wipe out the whole
pack. Not one of you shall leave this
valley alivel"
Half a mile to the east a bend in the
valley hid him from view. He rode on
for about a mile, and then discovering
a small valley leading off at right angles
he entered it, followed it up for forty
rods and then dismounted and prepared
to camp.
"As for Indians," he mused, as he
looked about him, "1 don't think there
are any left in the hills. They have all
pressed a hope that it was not true.
Sinoe that time we buve thoroughly in
vestigated the matter and flud that it is
only too true, and we are informed bj
Sheriff Noble that the party has not made
restitution ot money taken, nor has be
been apprehended, his present wherea
bouts being unknown. This man is none
other than W. F. Forwood, formerly
manager of the Portland Sheep and
Woolgrowing Company. Mr. Forwood
is very well known in this vicinity, hav
ing married into a wellknown and highly
respeoted family. So far as the Gszette
knows, Mr. Forwood has always born
a good reputation.
This company commenced operations
in Morrow oounty during the past sum
mer, and was composed ot C. I.. Reed,
Mrs. Talbot and W. F. Forwood, each of
whom was to put in $5,000, though
neither Mrs. Talbot nor Mr. Reed pat
iu the whole amount, and they claim
that Mr. Forwood did not put in any- .
thing. Let this be as it may, the com
pany bought a bunch of sheep, secured
range, bay, etc, preparatory for a suc
cessful venture in the Bbeep business.
About Nov. 1st the sheep were sold to ;
Jus. Jones and the proceeds deposited in
the First National Bank of Heppner.
a short time afterwards Mr. Forwood
drew out the funds by telegraph through
i lie First National Bunk of Portland,
in all about $3600. The partners im
mediately got out a warrant for the ar
rest of Forwood, but at last aocounts it
had not been seived, as his present plaoe
ol retirement is unknown.
Some time ago, the company purchas-
d of Geo. Cmue u little over SGlX) worth
ol buy, paling 851) on the purchase prioe.
Mr Crane reoeuily garnished $tJ50 in the
hands of .las. Jones, due the company
for sheep, but commeuoitig tne action
MAtiiiieC Forwood instead ot the company,
the hitter took advantage of the fact and
immediately sued for their money. Mr.
Crane then began notion against the
ooinpiiny, uttuching the buy and other
property.
To take Sheriff Noble's view of the
matter, "it is a badly mixed up affair,"
and while we regret to obrouiole the
apparent downfall ot a neighbor, we
iionaider it the duty ol a newspaper, as
i warning to others, to state the facts in
i he case.
gone torwaru to iigni on tne rusu, ami
Iwfore summer is over the rush will
have carried every redskin out of the
locality."
He threw the spade and pick aside in
disL'tist as he unpacked and growled:
"1 shan't want ye leastwise lor dig
ging out gold I'll get it easier. Five
miles the other side of camp is the ravine,
and up that ravine is the cave of gold.
I'll have my bunds on the stuft before
tomorrow night it' it is there, and then
let lite wagon train look out! It s death
to all!"
Meanwhile the camp bad a visitor.
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