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FAMOUS IN BORDER ANNALS
Cclobration of the Anniversary of the Tight
on tha Arlokared Eiver.
FORSYTHE'S SCOUTS IN A TRAP
Thrilling 'nit I'll In I t'linrpR nf Iloni'in
Sohc mid III HrovrM llntllcllctd
Jlnrkcil 1i n llniitlitniiic
Mcmorlnl Minft.
AmonR the pinny thrilling gtruKgles for
supremacy between white men and red men
on tho plains and mountains ot the west, tbo
nine-days' fight of General a. A. Forsythe
nnd fifty men against 1,000 men under the
famous chief, nornan Nose, on the Arlckareo
fork of tho Republican river, may bo classed
ns tho most desperate and brilliant. Tho
battlo or siege was fought In Ecptcmber,
1SC8, and tho anniversary of tho event was
celebrated on the battleground last week.
The town of Wray, Colo., Is near tho scene
of tho fight, and the celebration, owing to
unfavorable weather, was held In tho town.
Tents word put up on Ileechcr Island, on
which General Forsytho and his men were
besieged, and a camp fire held by the local
Grand Army post. About 1,500 people at
tended, and searched the Island thoroughly
for relics of tho fight. The principal points
of Interest on tho battleground were marked
by stakes nnd Hags. Tho camping ground
of tho llttla band of heroes was thus'
marked and alto tho point whero bid Roman
Noso formed his men for tho grand charge
by which they hoped to rldo over tho men
In the rifle pits, and tho line nlong which
they charged In their florcc, but to them
fatal, attack. Tho point where llomnn Nose
fell ami where he lay until night came on,
under cover of which tho Indians came
nnd carried his body away was thus
marked.
rictclior Vllotto of Mnnkato, Kan., one
of tho Burvlvnra of tho battle, was on the
ground, nnd described tho Bcenes of the
fight so vividly Hint It seemed that they
wcro being enacted anew.
A plain monument has been erected on
thn Island where the men lay In their
trenches and where the dead comrades wore
burled.
Two of tho rescuers of General lor
nytho's party were also on tho grounds. Mr.
l'lets and Mr. Christie, both ot Denver, nnd
tho latter of whom now cnrrlcs tlx bullots
as tho marks thereof In his body and an
Indian arrow head. To say that nil these
circumstances made a most Interesting
occasion does not express tho feelings of
thoso present, and the effort to have tho slto
of tho battle made a national park, suitably
marked and preserved, will bo curried for
ward with renowed energy and hopes of
success.
I.onUlnir for Troulrle.
The battto or siege thus commemorated
wns described In detail by Genoral Forsythe
In a paper In Harper's Magazine a few years
ago. Tho circumstances leading up to the
light were the usual opposition of tho In
dians to th encroachments of the whites.
Acting under orders from General Sheridan,
General Korsythe. then a major, organized
a company of fifty scouts In August. 1S0S.
nnd took tho field against tho hostlles, com
posed of Northern Cheyenne, Ogallala and
llrulo Sioux Indians. The command moved
out from Fort Hayes on August 29 nnd
reached Fort Wallaco September C. As
General Forsytho was nbout to start for
Bison Uaslu to protect settlers there he
learned of an Indian raid at a llttlo town
a dozen miles east of him. The signs In
tho vicinity of tho raid Indicated a party of
nbout, twentj-fivo Indians. -Thcro was a
distinct trail northward and the pursuit wns
at onco begun. But the Indians had dis
covered tho fact that thoy were being
chased and gradually dispersed. The trail
grow fainter and fainter nnd the second
day disappeared entirely. For several days
.l. ......,.o,i ,vnni nnrthwnrd seeking trails,
nnd finally a broad trail wns struck leading
to tbo Republican river, inns was
followed and grow broader until It became a
...ii-,i mail 11 soon became evident
thnt tho llttlo band was rapidly closing up
on a largo body of Indians.
Tho approach to what was later the bat
tleground Is thus told by tho general:
"It was about I o'clock on tho afternoon
of tho Ifith of September that, as we fol
, oinnnKitiPK of the trail, at a llttlo
distance from tho south bank of tho stream
ns It wound In and out among wuu pmm
thickets, alder bushes and swamp-willows,
a bend In tho river, as wo passed through
a llttlo gorge, oponed out upon a small
well-grassed volley of perhaps two miles In
i..n, on.i nnnrlv tho snmo In width. From
our sldo of the water tho land Bloped
slowly down to tho stream from tho rolling
plain on tho south, while- upon tho other
sldo It receded from ir.o wairr ni aiuiusv
n .io-.il lnvrl for nearly three-quarters of a
mile, and then terminated In u lino of low
t,in. or Muffs, varying from forty to fifty
feet in height, which shut out the view of
tho plains from that direction, we with
nearly out of supplies, savo n llttlo salt
.nri rnffnn. nnd mv animals hnd to subsist
mnti Niirh crazluK as wo could
find. Dismounting about tho
t.,i,m1i nf tho valley. we en
camped on tho bank of tho stream,
opposite tho center or a smau miuiui,
which had been formed In tho sand In the
bed of the stream, owing to
a gravelly rift nt lis head, at which point
tho water divided ami gcntiy rippieu mmm
onoii iitn until It ncaln united nbout 250
feot bolow. Tho llttlo Island In tho contor
of Its bed was fully seventy yards irom tno
bank on either side. It wns raised about
n f,nt nhnvB thn water at Its head, while
on either sldo of It was a (lowing stream
of, ay, fifteen feet In width, nnu wun an
Average depth of less than five Inches, that
came together nt tho foot of the Island,
which here sloped down to tho lovel of the
bed of tho main stream.
lloMIIrn CIihtko tho 'nnii.
tinrn dm command went Into camp, ex
traordlnnry precautions being taken In
vinw nf the close proximity of tho hostlle3
At early dawn theso prernutlnns were
justified, ns a body ot Indians cnargcu tno
camp, boating drums and rattling drK-d
bides In nn attempt to stampede the
horses. Tho general s story continues:
"The attempted stampede proved n fall
.,r 'finiiiilo un nulckly. men!" was my
next order, and In un Incredibly short
tlmo tho command was saddlrd' nnd brldlod.
and In another moment every man was
fully and completely equipped. It had
begun to bo light enough by this time
to sen dimly surrounding objects within
. (w hundred vnrds. when sudd'tily Or v -r.
who stood by my side, plated his hand on
my shoulder nnd saiu: nn. neavciit, gen
.,mi innk nt the Indians!'
'Well might t say 'look nt tho Indians!'
Tho ground Boomed to grow them. They
.r,.,nrii to start out of the very earth.
On foot nnd on horseback, from over the
bills, out of the thickets, from the bed
of tho stream, from th north, south and
west, along the opposite bank, nnd out of
tho long grass ou every fildo of us, with
wild cries of exultation they pressed to
ward us. A few sharp volleys from tho
command, who stood coolly to horse, each
man having his brldlo thrown over his loft
arm, staggered them for a moment, nnd
,i,.n ihv bust 11 v fell back out of ranee.
It was scarcely so much of a surprise parly
ns thoy had uiannfii. anil iney ware some
what astonished to find nn active and
rnnniilvii rmTotlon committee nromntly
on hand and reudy to accord them-u warm
and enthusiastic welcome on their very
first appearance.
' I now saw clearly that there was but
one course to take. So completely were wo
surrounded, and so greatly outnumbered,
that our only hopo lay In a successful de
fense, and I determined, In any event, that
they should pay dearly for the lives of my
scouts before ornamenting tho ridgepoles
ot their lodges with our recking scalps.
I'reitnrltiK for n l'r.
"The command was ordered to load their
horses to the little Island Jutt In front ot us,
to form a circle facing outwards, securely tlo
their horses to tho bushes Just outside ot the
circle so formed, throw themselves on tho
ground, and Intrench themselves as rapidly
ns possible, two men working together, pro
tecting each other In turn as they alternately
throw up the earth to cover themselves. As
we moyed In almost n solid front to the
little Island, leading our horses, a few of
our best shots, under Ilescher, Grovcr nnd
McCall, kept up a rapid and steady fire
from our flanks to cover the movement,
which rcemed for a few moments to puzzlo
the Indians; for they had apparently left
the way open on the oast, down the stream,
and, I think, looked to sco us mount and
nttempt a retreat that way, but I knew
enough of Indian craft to bo certain that
the little gorge Just around the bend of the
stream In that direction would be lined
with warriors, nnd I knew, furthermore,
that once established on the Island there
was no direction from which they could
take Us unawares during daylight. Three
of our best men remained temporarily in
the long grass on the bank of the river,
covering tho north end of tho Island, thereby
holding In check nny unusually adventurous
warriors who might bo Inclined to at
tempt to crawl up that way through the
river bottom. Scarcely were tho horses tied
In a circle when the men threw themselves
on tho ground and began firing from beneath
tho nnlmals, when It seemed to suddenly
dawn upon tho savages that thoy had been
outgenerMed; for ns we started for tho
Island, Judging by their actions In signaling
their comrades on the opposite bank, they
fully expected that wo would cross tho
stream. Now they saw tholr error and niso
renllzod, too late, the mistake they had
made In not occupying tho lslnnd them
4olves. Apparently infuriated at their
blunder nnd almost instantly comprehending
the advantage wo would have should we
fortify ourst'lves. they made a desperate
onslaught upon us. their various chiefs rid
ing ranldly around Just outsldo of rino
range, nnd Impetuously urging their dis
mounted warriors to clone In upon us on Till
sides. Many of tho mounted Indians sprang
from their horses also, ami, running for
ward, they lined both banks of tho river
und from tho reeds and long grass poured In
n stendy nnd galling firo upon us. A few ot
our men had been bit, one killed and
several uioro badly wounded; our horses
were bolng shot down on all sides, tho poor
animals plunging and rearing nt incir
tethers and adding their cries to tno wiia
shouts of the savages and tho steady crack
of the rifles on every side."
rimthc nn n TnrnM.
This first fight lasted half an hour nnd then
tho Indians retreated out of short rango.
Moanwhllo tho men had beon rnpldly scoop
ing out shallow trenches, with the excavated
sund banked around tho sides In which to
lie protected. And no began a scries of ex-
traordlnnry msasiers to tue
nnrinir all this time he had been standing
but had not been wounded. As ho sought
heltcr ho received a severe wounu, ana
mnmnr.tlv thereafter the slightest exposure
of any part of his body resulted In tho
infliction of a serious injury from me oui
lots of the hostlles. Thcro Is a distinct
tone of resentment to be noted In the gen
eral's relation of how ho received theso
mnny wounds, a resentment that a quarter
of a century docs not seem to nave m
all diminished. Ho tells his own Btory
thus:
"I still, stood upright, walking from man
to man, but "from every sldo came appeals
for mo to llo down. As wo wcro now In
fairly good shape and the men cool and
determined I did so. Scarcely had I lain
down when I received a shot In the foro
part of tho right thigh, the bullet ranging
upward, and notwithstanding It remained
Irabeddul In tho flesh It was by far the
most painful wound I bavo ever received.
For u momeut I could not speak, so Intense
wns tho agony. Several of the men, know
ing I was hit, cnlled out to know if I still
lived, but it was nt least n full minute
boforo I could command my voice and
assuro them I wns not mortally hurt
As I was now the only ninn of tho cora
maud unprotected by a rifle pit, Dr. Moores
(who bad been doing splendid service with
his rllle, as ho was a capital shot) suggested
enlargement of his pit to accommodate us
both. Several of the men promptly went
to his asslstnnco In enlarging nnd deepening
It. hut whllo thoy wore doing so, In lean
ing over to caution one of the men, who I
thought wns firing n llttlo too fast for really
good shooting, I wns obliged, In order to
case my wounded thigh, to draw up my left
leg as I lay prono on the earth nnd, unfor
tunately for me, one of tho Indians sent a
bullet through It, breaking and shattering
tho bono badly nbout midway between tho
knee and anklo. Throo minutes later I
wns pulled down Into the now enlarged pit
nnd was under cover In my pres
ent condition, with ray left leg broken und
n bullet In my right thigh, I was, for tho
onco, savo for the fact that I still retained
command, something of n spectator. Grad
ually working myself to ono end of the
pit on my elbows, dragging my body nlong
with no Inconsldcrablo pain. I was able to
partially Bit up, and by resting my elbows
against nnd upon tho fresh earth crane- my
head forward so ns to obtain n clear view of
the field."
A ClOKf (Mil.
A few hours later ho had this to say:
"Twice since the opening of the engage
ment I bad distinctly heard the notes ot an
artillery bugle. Leaning too far forward to
get n better klnw ot tho mounted warriors,
who seemed to I'e moving toward the can
yon below us from whero we had on tho
preceding day dobouched into tho little
valley wo wcro now besieged In, I rather
rashly exposed my head and somo ono of
tho Indian riflemen promptly sent nn ox
ccllout lino Bhot toward It. Tho bullet
struck inn Just on tho top of my soft felt
hat, which, having n high crown, wus for
tunately doubled down, ro It glanced off,
cutting through several thicknesses of felt,
but nevertheless knocked me almost penni
less to the bottom of my rlllo pit. It was
somo seconds ere I could completely recover
myfeelf and crawl back to my sitting posi
tion. At thu tlmo of this occurrence I
thought llttlo of ll; of course a largo lump
swelled up at once, and Just then I had
ninny other things to occupy my attentlou.
I took llttlo heed of tho Intense headache
that for a short tlmo half r.l.uded me. A
month later, however, tho surgeon's probe
disclosed tho fact that my skull bad been
fractured aud ho removed n looso piece of
it."
By this time it was learned that tbo fa
mous chief, Romnn Nose, wns In command
of tho hostlles. Shortly after General For
sytho received his third wound It was seen
that preparations wore bolng made for a
charge- In mass. Magnificently does he tell
tho story of that terrible charge:
A (ilorluiiK ChnrRo,
'Turning his face for an Instant toward
thn women and children of tho united
tribes., who literally by thousands wore
watching the tight from tho crest ot tho
low bluffs back from the river's bank, ho
(Roman Nose) waved his hand with u royal
gesture in nnswer to tholr wild cries of
rage und encouragement ns he nnd his
command swept down upon us, and, again
facing squarely toward where wo lay, be
drew his body to Its full height and shook
his clinched fist defiantly at ui then.
throwing back hi head and glancing sky
rnr.li ho umlrlmilv ntrilck the nnlm ot his
hand across his mouth and gave tongue to
a war cry that I bnve never yet heard
equaled In power and Intensity. Scarcely
hnrl II Kchnm rnnehed tho rlVer'B bank
when It win caught up by each and every
one of tho charging warriors wun nu en
ptbv hnt immps drscrintlon nnd answered
back with blood-curdling yells ot exultation
and prospective vengeance by me women
nnd children on tho river's bluffs nnd by
thn tn.Hnnti who lav in nmbush around us.
Ou they camo at a swinging gallop, rending
tho nlr with their wild warwnoops. eacu
IrMlvMiml u-nrrlnr In nil hi bravery of War
paint and long-brnldcd scalplock tipped
with eagles' feathers and all stark naked
but for tholr cartridge belts and moccasins,
keeping their line almost perfectly, with a
front of about sixty men, all riding bare
back, with only a loose lariat about tneir
hnrap ' hr.dles. about a yard npart, with a
depth of six or seven ranks, forming to
gether a compact body of massive ngnung
strongtb nnd of almost resistless weight,
tintdlv thov rode, nnd well.' with their
horses' bridles In their left hands, whllo
with their right they grasped tneir rines
at tho guard and hetd them squarely In
front of themselves, resting lightly upon
their horses nocks.
itiiiini? nhout tlvo naccs In front of tne
mntor nf thn linn nnd twirling his heavy
rlllo nround his head as If It were a wisp of
straw (probably ono of tnose ue nnu cap
tured at tho Fort Fettcrman massacre),
ttnmnn Vnsn rorklesslv led tho chargo With
a bravery that could only bo equaled, but
not excelled, wbllo tneir mcuicine man, uu
equally brave but older chief, rode slightly
In advance of tho left of tno cnarging
column To sny that I wns surprised nt tins
splendid exhibition of pluck nnd discipline
Is to put it mildly, and to say, further, that
for nu instant or two 1 was fairly lost In
admiration of the glorious charge is simply
to state tho trutn, lor u was inr aim n
boyoud anything I bad heard of, read about
or oven Imagined regarding Indian war
fare. A quick backward glance ni my mvu
wns most reassuring. h.acn bcoui nan
turned In his rlflo pit toward the
direction from which tho chargo was com
ing, crouching low nnu leaning iui
iv.,r,i wiih their knocs well undor them,
their rltlcs grasped with a grip of steol
in their brown, sinewy nanus, meir
i,,.nvin,. with nYpitemont. tholr teeth set
hard, their nostrils aqulvcr, tholr bronzed
countenances fairly allame nnu tneir ujm
flashing fire, they grimly lay waiting the
Mmmmiii. ns hravo nnd gallant a
llttlo company ot men as ever yet upheld
th rnmti-iiinn nf Anclo-Saxon courage. No
socnor were tho charging warriors fairly
under way than a withering nro wub buu-
denl poured In upon us uy mosc m w
Indians who lay in ambush around ua ln-n-ntohinir
nur p.verv movement in the
vnln hope that they might sufficiently cow
us to protect their charging column ugatnst
our rllles. I had expected this action, but
I woll knew that once their horsemen camo
within n certain radius their flro must
cease. For eight or ten seconds It Bccracd
. ...ir. i,,iiipi nml then came n sudden
lull. Sitting upright In my pit ns well as
I was able, and leaning uncuwaru uu u.,
..ll, T ehnutPil. 'NOW ' aUU ViOWl
echoed' by Ileccher, McCall and Grovcr.
Cm1i of Mullet.
Instantly the scouts were on their knees
...i.i. -Kina nt tholr snouiucrs. v
Willi llivi. ,..v
quick flash ot their eyes along the barrc s
and forty goon men anu iruu ucm w...
first of soven successlvo volleys luto tho
ranks of tho charging warriors.
"Crash!
nn hev came, answering back the first
volley with a ringing warwhoop.
"Crash!
"And nnw I hpirln to see falling warriors.
ayo. nnd horses, too; but still they sweep
forward yet with wilder yens.
'Crft 8 ti !
"Thoy seem to bo fairly falling over each
hnth intn niid horses aro down In
heaps'and wild shrieks from the women nnd
children on tho mils proclaim inai uio,
too. sco the slaughter of their braves, but
still they come.
"Crnsh!
"They have ceased to yell, but yet come
bravely on. Vhnt7 No! Yes. down goes
thor medicine man, but Roman Noso still
recklessly leads tho column, but now I can
see great gaps In tholr ranks, showing that
our bullets have told heavily among them.
"Crash!
"Can't bollevo my eycB? Romau Nose Ib
down! He and his horse llo dead together
on tho sand and for an Instnnt the column
shakes, but n hundred yards moro and thoy
are upon us!
"CrnBh!
"They stagger! They half draw rein!
Thoy hesitate! They are breaking!
"Crash!
"And like an angry wavo that hurls ltse'.f
upon a mighty rock nnd breaks upon Its
rugged front tho Indians dlvldo each Bide
of tho llttlo breastwork, throw themselves
almost beneath tho off sldo of their charg
ers and with hoarse cries of rago and
mpiiUh hrenlc for either bank of tho river
and scatter wildly In every direction, as the
rcouts, springing to their feet wun n ring
ing cheer, pour In volley nfter volley from
their revolvers almost In tho very faces of
their now demoralized and retreating foo."
After the Itoiiiilnts
Tho fighting continued nil that day In a
blistering sun without food or water. With
night came rain and a cessation of hostili
ties. This wns tho condition of tho com
mand at that hour:
"As for myself, with a bullet In my right
thigh, my left log broken below tho knee
and nn Inconvenient scalp wound that gave
mo an lntenso headache, It was all I could
do to pull myself together nnd set nbout
getting out of tho dangerous position Into
which I had led my command. I hail an
abundanco of nmmunltion and still twenty -eight
fairly sound men and at a pinch all
but six or seven of tho wounded could nlso
tako a hand If required In a hot fight. I had
little fear that tho Indians would again as
sault our works and I knew that water
within our lntr'enchinents could be had for
the digging: In fact, Scout Ilurke had ul
ready dug n small well nt tho bottom of
his rlfio pit and, with a shout, had Just an
nounced that the water was rapidly seeping
through tho. and. The dead horbes and
mules would furnish us food for somo days
If wo could keep tho meat from putrefying
and 1 believed I could rely upon eomo of the
men to stJal through the Indian lines and
make their way to Fort Wnllaro, which I
Judged to bo about 110 miles dlstunt.
"On tho fourth day our sufferings were
Intense. It was verj; hot, our meat had bo
como putrid, somo of the wounded wore
delirious nnd tbo Blench from the dead 1
horses lying Uose nround u ivm ,i!nio.it In !
tolerable. As tho ball In no right thigh
had begun to pnln mo exccsMvaly I decided
to extract It. I appealed to several ot the
meu to cut It out, but ns soon ns they saw
how closo It lay to tho artery they declined
doing so, alleging that the risk was too
great. However, I determined It should
come out, as I feared sloughing, and then
tho artery would break in any event, so
taking my razor from my saddlo pocket and
getting two ot the men to press be adjacent
Mesh back and draw It taut, I managed to
cut It out myself without dliturblng the
artery, greatly to my almost in mediate re
lief. At dawn of this day the Indian rifle
men bud sent In quite a volley nnd at odd
times kept sending In shots from their
ninbuscude. but they grew gradually less
and In tho afternoon tilmost coated. In the
meantime but few Indians could be Been In
tho vicinity nnd I began to suspect that the
entire body was withdrawing. Accordingly
I asked several ot the mtn.to lift m upon
a blanket, ns by this time numbers ot the
scouts were stand. uk upright, and two of
them had crawled over to the south bank
of the stream nnd reported that there were
no more IndlnDs on that side. Just as
the meu had lifted me up that I might Judgo
of tho general condition ot things from a
more extended view than 1 could obtain
lying uton my back In the rifle-pit about
twenty shots wore suddenly sent In among
us, and tbo man who had the corner ot the
blnnket which supported my broken leg
dropped It nnd took cover. Tho result was
that tho bone parted nnd partially protruded
through tho flesh. To say that I was nngry
Ib hardly doing tho subject Justice, nnd I
fear tho recording angel had no easy task
to blot out tho numerous expletives with
which I anathematized the startled scout.
This volley, which did no particular harm,
was about the last sent in upon us; there
were n few more stray shots sent nt us
now nnd then, and wo could see Indian
vedettes posted on tho crest of tho ndjacont
hills, but save a few warriors that lingered
around In nmbush to watch our movements,
wo did not again sco any largo forco ot
the savages."
So tho weary days passed on. General
Forsytho continues: "On tho morning of
the ninth day since tho nttnek by tho In
dians ono ot the men near mo suddenly
sprang to his feet and, shading his eyes with
his hands, shouted: 'There nro somo mov
ing objects on the far hills!' Instantly
every man who could stand was on his feet
gazing intensely In tho direction indicated.
In a few moments a general murmur ran
through tho command. 'Dy tho God above
It's an ambulance!' shouts one of tho monj
nnd then went up a wild cheer that made
tho llttlo valley rln-;, and strong men
grasped hands and then flung their nrmB
nround each other and laughed and cried nnd
fairly danced and Bhouled again In glad
relief of their iong-pcnt-up feelings. It was
a troop of tho Tenth cavalry, under Lieu
tenant Colonel li. H. Carpenter, tho ndvanco
of Colonel Bank-head's coramnnd from Fort
Wallace, which that officer had fnlrly hurled
forward ns soon as news of our situation
reached him through Donovan nnd I'llley.
An hour later ho was at my sldo with bis
Infantry, nnd In loss tbnn another hour
Colonel Brlsbln of tho Second cavalry was
thcro with the advauco of General Bradley's
command, which bad nlso hurried to my ntd.
"When Colonel Carpenter rodo up to me,
ns I Iny half covered with sand In my rllle
plt, I affected to be reading nn old novol
that one of tho men hnd found In a saddle
pocket. It was only nffeptlon, though, for
I had nil I could do to keep from breaking
down, ns I was sore nml feverish and tired
and hungry nnd I had been under n heavy
strain from tho opening of tho fight until
his arrival."
Tho Indians had menntlmo fled Into the
Interior and tho great fight wns over. It was
perhaps tho pluckiest light ever made In
warfare. Agulnst overwhelming odds the
fifty, reduced to half thnt number, won out.
A chief who took part told General For
sytho somo years later that soventy-flvo In
dians were killed nnd "henps" were
wounded. Tho general's story concludes
with this quaint account ot the closo of
that Interview:
"Just as he started to go ho stopped and
spoke to tho Interpreter again. 'Ho wishes
to know whether you did not get enough
of It.' said the Interpreter.
" 'Tell him yes. nil I wanted,' was my
reply. 'How about himself?'
"Ab my words were Interpreted ho gave a
grim, half-humorous took, nnd then un
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