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THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. Must the same, wo would'vo, Can. you can bet your life on it only on uc- THE QUARTERBREED The Story of an Army Officer on an Indian Reservation By ROBERT AMES BENNET COMING to tnkc the agency at Lukotnh Indian reservation follow ing the murder of Agent Nogen, Cnpt. Floyd Hardy, U. S. A., rescues a qunrterbrced girl and two men from attacking Indians. They nro Jacques Dupont, post trader, Ids daughter Marie, and Itegl nuld Vandervyn, agency clerk and nephew of Senator Clemmcr. Hardy learns thut Vandervyn had been promised the agency by Ida politician uncle, discovers that tho Indians aro disaffected because they have been cheated In a tribal mine which Dupont utul Vundcr vyn aro working lllegully, Is puzzled when his friendly speech to tribesmen, Interpreted by Vnndervyn's tool, angers tho Indians, and ho determines to llnd out what's wrong nil 'around and right It. Ho becomes smitten with Mnrlo, whom Vandervyn Is courting, and pro poses to her. She holds him off but nurses lilin tenderly when ho Is shot and wounded from ambush. Recovered, Captain Hnrdy, nc- I Ttiirwitito Ann tint vim nn I ti tfritit jip tirwl it ftwtt T t H dlnn policemen, starts to tho mines In tho mountnlns. What occurs on II that trip makes mighty good reading In this Installment. , CHAPTER X Continued. Hardy wuved to him Imperatively. "Go on I" ho shouted. "Guard Miss When Hardy saw tho couple rldo Dupont. Mny be more of them. Send ahead, ho would havo ordered them the police around to flunk " back had not Dupont ugaln nssured Vnndervyn's pinto leaped out of him that tho girl would not bo In the sight. A shot grazed tho mare's with- lightest danger at any time during crs. In a flush ho flung up his rlllo tho trip. and Ared at tho down-peering devilish "You wore not so certain of tho face. It vanished ns ho pressed tho friendliness of the Indians toward her trigger. heads of tho leaping, yelling pnek ho saw the Indian women and children scurry to tho tepees and tho bucks spring up with their bows and guns. Again Olnnn Interpreted In her flutc- Ukc tones. This time tho chief consld- CHAPTER XI. Light In tho Darkness. Soon nnrdy had approached into tho circle of the firelight. Some of tho Indians started to aim their weapons at him. Ho held up his right hand, palm forward. A deep volco called out tribe. Though I am a chief of the Longknlves, my heart Is good toward his people. It would bo foolish of "No buck up," brusquely replied Vandervyn. "Ho was only nipped through tho arm. Ho will be all right the other day," remarked Hurdy. Dupont scratched his head. "Well, no, I wasn't, Cap ; that's no Ho. That thero, though, was dlff'rcnt. I'm going Swift as a puma, ho sprang around tho mnro's head and dashed up tho slope, keeping n largo bowlder In line between himself nnd his enemy. A bul- bow by what Mr. Van says about tho let camo pinging down over tho bowl- fccllng In tho camps. Wlsht I felt ub der and passed under his upraised lure about you." arm. A few seconds more and, safe "Nover mind about mo. If your behind the huge stone, ho slowly edged daughter Is safe, that ' Is quite sulll- his hat abovo tho top. Tho ancient dent You say this mlno Is centrally ruse drow a shot. Instantly ho scram- located with relation to the various bled obliquely upward towards nnother tamps. Wo will go to It first and en- bowlder. It was a desperate move. A icavor to get tho trlbo to meet us thero bullet grazed his thigh ai ho flung la council." himself behind tho bushes bcsldo tho "At tho mlno?" mumbled Dupont. second bowlder. Hardy waited. "We-o-11, you're tho boss." Tho twilight was fast fading. Still The party now entered Sioux Creek Hardy watted, his gazo scanning tho canyon nnd followed tho narrow path cleft and tho rocks on cither side. It alongside tho torrent until they came was time for tho police to como creep to tho first small Indian camp. Tho lug uround on tho flank of tho nssas Indlans met Mario and Vandervyn sin. A llttio moro and tho dusk would with friendly greetings, but lookod at render closo shooting difficult. Yet Hardy with a stolid concealment of tho precious moments slipped by, and (11 feeling that, according to Dupont, uo sign of tho police, boded 111 for tho now agent's recep- Over on tho far side of tho cleft lion In tho larger camps. Hardy set there was u faint glint of metnl In tho his Jaw, and ordered tho party to start deepening shadow. Without a mo on Into tho mountains. mcnt's' hesitation Hnrdy nlmcd and Noon found tho pnrty over twenty fired. Tho mountnlnsldo rang with n He Faced Them as Coolly and Quiet ly as If They Were His Own Party. allies from tho agency by trail, though less than half Unit dlstanco In an air Hno. They had come upon no moro In dian camps nnd had seen no moro In- dlnns. Lato afternoon found them far (a among tho mountains, with snowy peaks on ovory side. Yet they wero till a long ten miles by trail from their destination. Upon learning from shrill yell. Tho bullet had found Its mark. Hardy leaped to his feet and dashed up tho mountain-side, keeping behind shelter where it was available, but In places boldly rushing up ovor open spaces. There, on the spot where ho had seen tho glint, ho found n trnco of blood. Tho wounded man had crept Dupont that thero was no deslrnblo away up tho cleft. For several yards tamp-slto nearer than tho'mlnc, Hardy nnrdy loiiowod tho trail by the spinsn isked his companion to rldo forward nd urgo nil to a faster pace. Tho rest of tho party had rounded a cap of rock that towered up llko n mined castlo at tho rldga summit, and Vandervyn was about to follow them out of sight, whon tho thoroughbred came to a full stop, thirty yards down the trail, at tho foot of tho steepest art of tho climb. Consldorato of tho tact that his tall mount was at a dis cs of crimson on tho lenves and rocks. Then tho traces ceased. But over In one of tho many clefts on tho far sldo of tho gap ho thought ho saw some thing move among tho bowlders. Ho sprinted down tho slopo and across tho gap, his faco flushed with exertion, but his oyes still cold and hard. Among tho heaps of broken rocks In tho bottom of tho gupllardy lost sight of tho cleft for which ho was heading, advantago in such a situation as com- Whon ho started to return along what pared with tho lower-sot ponies, Hardy ho supposed to bo tho pussngo by aid not urgo tho inuro to carry him up which ho had entered, ho soon found Bio ascent. . himself in a cul-de-sac. Dusk wus He paused a moment, waiting to seo now deepening Into night. Ho camo tt she would make tho attempt vol m- out und Into n steep ascent botween Hirlly. Sho stood motionless. Ho put- overhanging ledges. This certainly ted her neck and1 dropped down out 9t tho saddle. Tho suddenness of tho Hovoment nlono saved him from tho bullet that pinged down tho mountain- itdo and passed abovo tho saddle pre cisely whero, nn instant before, had boon his mldbody. The report of tho rlflo had yet to each Hardy's oar when ho peered over fee Hare's withers In search of tho ThMtfh He 8aw No Smoke, He Did Not Look In Vain. was uot tho way by which ho had en' terod, but ho kept to it, eager to es cupe out of tho maze. Night had fallen when nt Inst ho reached tho top of tho cleft and clam bered up on a rldgo crest. But tho sky wus clear, and tho starlight enabled him to seo tho outlines of tho moun tains that cut tho skyllno. A Btnr lower down than any of tho others caught his eyo. Uo peered at it fixedly. Tho llttio twinkling point of light was not u star It was a llro, two or three miles away across tho Intervening val ley. Hardy took his bearings by tho stars and started down tho' mountain side directly toward tho lire. Onco clear of tho rocks of the shat tered mountain top, ho found tho going unexpectedly easy. Almost from tho first ho had lost sight of tho Are ,and at no tlmo did ho seo any traco of tho trail to tho mlno. Off to Uio left ho hoard tho diminutive roar of n moun tain rill dashing down a ravine to Join tho main stream In tho valley. At last ho camo up over tho edgo of tho rldgetop, or terrace, on which tho rill headed. Tho moment his eyes cleured tho low underbrush below tho few scattered pines ho perceived tho flicker of tho llro for which ho was looking. Ilo could ninko out tho np penranco of tho dark forma around tho Are. but their numbor nnu tno nnu dozen white tepoqs grouped around tho flro told him that ho had not found tho camn of hid party, no had no moro than muuo tins uis unVo of iUa shot Bnt thouch ho saw covcry when n number of yelping, smoke, ho did not look In vnln. snarling mongrel dogs rushed out nt Afinvn rt iiAwJrtnr. hiuh nn in a deft, him liko a pack of wolxes. Ho met ke perceived a dovlllsh painted face, their nttack by swinging his rlllo bur- wrmountcd by a war bonnet, uo rei nrounu in n wrcie. "" danced sldowaya5 up the rldgo slopo curs closed about him, but were nf raid t Vandervyn. Tho young man lmd to leap in within reach of tho plub. Ho w.i(,i Ma nnnv nn ttm rliipn proHt nnd had not stonncd his advance. Nor did wns gtartnjr back down ut Hardy. I he pauso or hesitate when over the a guttural order. Tho threatening bucks drew apart to right and left nnd n naked boy ran forward with n blazing stick to drlvo off the dogs. Hardy calmly udvanced to tho flro between tho grim and stolid bucks. There was not one nmong them who wns not Itching to drlvo a bullet or an arrow through his body, band ho knew It. Yet ho faced them as coolly and quietly ns If they wero his own party. Tho bucks looked toward the far side of tho Arc, as if for the slgnnl to strike down tho audacious intruder, Hardy followed their, glonccs and per ceived n blanket-wrapped Indian who sat In tho midst of the volcanic hush seemingly ns placid and immobile ns n Buddha. His faco was down-bent, nnd so muffled in the blnnkct that nurdy could not muko out tho fea tures. It was, however, eusy to dl- vino that tho man wus tho chief of tho band, Hnrdy walked around tho flro with his most dignified bearing, sat down bcsldo tho chief and laid his rlflo on tho ground between them. Ho then folded his arms and waited, his eyes fixed on tho flro in a calm,- unwavering gaze. There followed a sllcnco of a full minute's duration. Ho know thut It might end at any moment in nn at tack. His hand gripped the hilt of his pistol on his breast under tho edge of his coat. The bucks stealthily shifted their positions until they had com plctoly surrounded tho unwelcome vis Itor. Hardy sat motionless nnd gavo no sign that he observed them. At last, when the suspense had be come almost unendurable, tho chief muttered n word to tho nearest buck, Tho man glided buck townrd the larg est topee. Tho chief pushed tho blan ket from his head. Hardy slowly looked aside at him and perceived tho powerful profUo of Tl-owa-konza, tho Thunderbolt Uo was to deal with tho head chief of tho tribe. Thero followed another silence. It wns broken by tho treud of light feet, und u girl appeared bcsldo tho chief. Hardy caught a gllmpso of n gingham Bktrt, and glanced quickly up nt tho faco of tho girl. Ho was mot by tho frightened guzo of Olnnn Redbeur. Oh I" sho murmured. "It Is bad! You oughtn't to've come here, sir. They don't llko you. Mr. Van said ho was going to tell you " A grunt of disapproval from Tl-owa- konza cut short tho hurried statement. After a dignified silence tho chief spoko to tho girl. Sho clasped her hands and Interpreted in an anxious murmur : "Ho says I must be only tho tongue botween you nnd him. Ho says, why dldo'ou Ho? Why havo. you not gono nway, as you said you would?" Hurdy turned and looked direct Into tho haughty faco of tho chief. "Tell him I did not lie. I did not say would go away. I wished to stay and prove myself tho friend of the tribe. Your brother told tho Uo to keep tho chiefs from destroying tho trlbo by attacking me." Olnnu's Interpretation brought gut tural cxclamutlonB from tho surround ing bucks. Hurdy was equally un moved by their ferocious glances nnd tho contemptuous rejoinder of Tl-owa konzn ; "Does tho chief of tho Longknlves think to destroy a trlbo single-hand ed?" "No, nor do I wish others to destroy tho tribe," answered Hardy. "I do not count of Mnrlo nnu" uuc trnuer turned n dubious glnnco on OInna, and remarked: "I sec you stumbled onto old Thunderbolt's enmp." "I did," said Hardy, and ho smiled. "Thanks to Miss Olnnn, I wns able tu mnko myself better understood thnn when her brother acted as Interpre ter. I nave reason to believe that ho wllfullv misstated what I said to tho chiefs." "By Garl" swore Dupont "That old Thunderbolt Is a deep one. Just like him to try to thro you off the track by laying It all on Charlie." "I'm not so sure of that, Jake," broico be done was for tho whlto chiefs at in Vandervyn. "You remember, Char Wushlneton to agree on tho price to He wns scared stiff. Ho may havo be- crcd before speaking. Olnnn's gold- bo paid for the mineral land nnd for come muddled. tinted skin turned n sallow gray. n delegation of trlbnl chiefs to go to "We-ell, mebbo that had part to do "He he says ho will fight If you do Washington nnd put their mnrks on with It Just tho sume, you can't tell not promise to go awny I" sho gasped, tho treaty paper. me tho whole trlbo ain't sore. Look Hnrdy smiled, "navo no fear, Oln- A question or two from Hnrdy nt the way they've twice tried to git na. Uo Is too great n chief to kill a brought out tho angry complnlnt that Cap and potting Ghnrllo last night' guest In his camp. Tell him I camo when Nogen began to dig stones ho "Chnrlle?" gasped Olnnn. "You say to tho reservation to be a friend to tho told tho chiefs thero would be no oh. Mr. Dupont, he's not not " treaty, and that the trlbo must dig tho stones for him, or they would re celvo no moro lssuo goods. Chief Van him to kill or drlvo uway tho friend nnd Big-mouth (Dupont) had tried to hQ n few days." of his people." get Nogen to give trade goods to tho mH right? O-o-oh, thank youP This time Tl-owa-konzn gnvo tho in- young men and women who hnu uug Sched the girl. truder an opensturd of contempt The holes. But Nogen would not allow it jn the stress of the moment she for- surrounding bucks glared more fcro- Then a bad Indian hud shot Nogen, got thnt they wero not alone. Sho held clously than ever. and Van had shot the killer. Tho tribe out iier nrms to him and looked up "Ho says you nro fork-tongued," did not blame Chief Van. But they int0 his face, her soft eyes beaming Oluna translated tho reply, "no says, nau felt bad toward Nogen ana nicy -Vi tli lovo nnd adoration it you are a menu, wny uiu you sny nau reit Dau towaru the new agent De- IIe fr0Wned, nnd his volco grated at the council thnt you would punish cuuse they thought he would do ns No- wjjn harshness: "Don't be a fool I Ho'a nil tho tribe ror tno Killing or jNogen gen nau uone. .Now tney wouiu hko tho now ngent No Indian would wish to kill him when It became known what ho intended to do for tho tribe, After tho old chief finished this ex planation, Hardy found himself a wcl come and honored guest In tho camp. At his suggestion Tl-own-konza readily agreed to send out runners In the morning to call a council at the mlno the day after. Hardy, In turn, prom Ised to draw up papers to make smooth tho Interpretation, or tho chiefs did the way of tho delegation of chiefs In not hear nrlght I hud only peace and Wnshlngton. nlnnt(i1itn I i i if lirmt- T Dnlfl 4lii T I Af n C?l rr -f t1Vt ItnM rin n 1 fn l I ri did not blnmo tho killing of Mr. Nogen nn now brought food to tho guest JT"" m3, on the tribe." While- he ato ho talked with her about This statement failed to break her experience In tho camp. She told Thunderbolt's mask of stolidity, him Joyously that her mother's father though some of the other Indians nnd nil his family and bnnd had been ullcliHv rnlnirnil tliolr mpnnrlnir nttl. I vprv klnil tn liir nnrl hnil lioon linsnlt- tiwln TTnrlv rnnlr ntt ha lint tn slinw ni1i tllhli!h nnt nn klnrl. tn Iipi- lirntli. lllm her bcUlltlflll faCO radiant i. -,i i , ,i "Cnptnln 1" sho culled. "You're here spoko again: But when Hardy casually Inquired y , S,"fe n V? T ln tint hlnmn tho lfllHnf nf Mr. whnthpr Tlnilhnnr linrl loft thn rnmn nt " - " . 0 i . -- ...... - - 1' i 1T , Ttinrrnn nn tlm trthn nnr rln T lilntnrw tho Rnmn tlmo na Vnnrlorvvn. tho f lrl' I ""'"J- " 1 ' " n I T..,- 1. ... ..1 .1 Sttnnn nit.nl n tho trlhn fnr tho wrnnifflnlnir nf thn flnw nf onnvorsntlnn rnmo tn fin nhrnnt "UL "u" viuuu nun.ijr nnu " v.nw - " " ..-v I - . ..j.- bnd-heurtcd Indian who shot me In stop. Sho blushed and stammered and tho head Ave dnys ago. The sumo became so painfully shy and confused mun, or nnother mun with a bad heart, that Hardy considerately feigned drowsiness, "Thnt Is a mistake. I did not sny I would punish tho tribe." Olnnn interpreted tho answer and tho grim old chief's rejoinder: "Tho Longknlfc's mouth was big at tho agency. Hero ho Is alono In my camp nnd his mouth is small." I talk as I talked nt the agency. What Tl-owa-konzn claims I said about punishing the tribe is not the truth. There must havo been ri mistake in In tho cnbln. Miss Dupont is taking care of him. , Go and thank her, not me." Tears gushed Into tho girl's eyes. Sho drooped her hend nnd slunk away ns lr vanaervyn Una strucK ner. Hurdy's fuco became like iron. "Mr. Vandervyn," ho admonished, "do not let me again hear you speak to nny woman In that tone." Vandervyn shrugged. "The chival rous cnevaiieri Have it your own way. Now I suppose you'll go In and worry her and rag Charlie Into a fever Ho the council.1 "As for that " began Hardy. stopped short nnd raised his hut. Mnrlo hud come out of the cabin, and was hastening forward to greet replied tried to shoot me, after sundown to day, as I came up tho trail over on tho other side of the broken-topped moun tain." Olnnn's Interpretation wns met by n guttura) "Ugh I" of surprise even from the chief. Ho asked shrewdly : "It tho CHAPTER XII. did not help you escape the murder er?" "No. It was easy enough to dislodge tho fellow. The dlfllculty wns to track him among thoso rocks. Soon lost him nnd myself also." "And he escaped to shoot Charlie the wolf l Tho poor boy wns tracking Mia riiiv At rlnwn TTnr.1v wn rnncon hv Tl. deer n tho ridgO half a mll .. ..I rki cr 1i I a wo v owa-konza with a greeting ns friendly . , ,, rr., T .nI.trnlfn .Inno nnf lln In ho nnf nfralrl nn If wno lllltnlflnil tlintlnh Hnrilv linrl Ml B WUll UlUt C1IU8 WCll, lm In .m nnmn1) Tt In tho nonroot tn snirmlfjn Its monnlnt frnm thohhlof' UMU"-U x lu "v " "' " " I ' to the trail." expression. Olnna wns already out- TTnnlw nmtloil nnd holil nut hlu nnon I fillip, holnlnc with hrpnlrfnst. While palm to tho chief. "I trust Tl-owa- sho served her grandfather and the "x KlXVZ-JJi konza and his people. Thero Is only guest, Hardy suggested that she go - fvfaX fZ f' J ' nno hnil Trwllnn nnil nvon ho mnir nnmo with him tn tho mlno. whom thov nrnh- I V A- iWvrvVS 1T ' v to feel good In his heart toward mo when ho learns thnt I am tho fvlcnd of the tribe." Still tho old chief's face romalned Inscrutably Immobile. Ho pondered, nnd nt last niado another sharp query-: "Tho Longknlfe claims that he Is a ably would And Mnrlo nnd tho rest of tho pnrty. Itcluctunt as was Tl-owa-konza to part with his half-white grandduughter, ho ordered her pony brought in and saddled. When sho ex plained to Hnrdy that the mine was only a mile awuy across the mountnln, friend. Why, then, did he say ut tho lio declined the offer of a saddleless council that ho will do tho way Nogen mount, took ceremonious leuvo of tho did und nmke my neonlo dig stones old chief nnd set out up tho mountnln- and dirt from tho big holes, without sldo with the girl and a young Indian giving them any trade goods for their guide. work?" Hurdy's cleur eyes dimmed for a moment, and then sparkled with com prehension. Ho answered with nn earnest sincerity of tono that com polled belief: "I now seo that at the council Red- bear mistook much of what I told him to say, or else, In their anger, Tl-owa Hardy noted tho bearings and dis tances of all prominent points around hlra'wlth the eye of one well trained In tho art of topography. A quarter- hour brought tho little party to tho top of tho low mountain. Before them tho fnr sldo of tho mountain pitched down a steep and rocky incllno Into a nnrrow valley. Tho silent Indian guide i.,..o'n.wi i.io' onhnhinfo fniio.i tn ,,n. nnintoii tn n tormpn mlilwnv iinwn thn "In Common Decency You Might Have i l nti. n, rpt, ilocnnnf TPmm ntnlrlot thn tilnoa wn Returned tO Jee WHat M0 UeCOmO ,1 .. ...l,nHA ..4.nnr ma .1 w. I., T.i- I ilatnr. ri i1onrl of h1tlo.h1nolr HninlfO I Of IVIe. llllli;U DWUVQ UUfj to UU .11 I liuwtb i .v.u - w . i v." . dlnn ground. It belongs to tho tribe. boon uinnn pointed out a caoin vnl, Rnn . Tpdhonr. I nnder&tnnd. has No white man hns any right to mnko among tho pines. They wero within only a sugilt Wound; and the old chief your pcoplo dig stones. If they nro fifty yards of it when Vandervyn nnd now know8 that I am a friend of the willing to dig, they must bo given uupont enmo out or a noio in tno can- tl.jbe no wlll cnu a C0Uncll to meet trndo goods for their work." end or n spur-ridge near tncpcaom, anu ua hcro tomorrow." Tho response to this statement wns stood staring at tno newcomers in un- council here?" queried Vandcr- unmistakable. Tho moment that Olnna uisgmseu nsionisnmem. jauruy swerved nnd hastened toward them, his eyes bright nnd cold. The two men glnnccd nt ono nnother and ad vanced to meet him halfway. hud Interpreted it tho last trace of menace disappeared from tho bearing of the Indians, und even tho chief began to relax. Yet ho had still an other query vyn. "Why not?" demanded Hardy, Ax ing him with his keen glance. "Could there be a moro suitable placo for a trllml pnnnrll thnn nt the mlno which Dupont was tho Arst to speak: "By lm3 been tho source of all the recent "Did tho Loncknlfo say ho would Our, Cap, wo suro aro mighty glad to trmih,n on iMa reservation?" stop tho lssuo to tho trlbo of nil gov- see you ag'ln nil safe and sound I Nora d.,m cnjen j muttered Du- ernrocnt goods and that ho would take Thought you'd gono nnu lost yourseir p(mt "whnt's that breed girl gono awny from tho trlbo all their lands and give them to tho whlto men?" At Inst the rcul cuuso of tho failure of tho council wns disclosed. Either intentionally or through stupid bluu what had been Intended. With tho key to tho situation In his hands, Hardy at onco began to mnko clcur what ho hud tried to tell at the conn- and blabbed?" "Nothing," rejoined Hnrdy. "Sho has done no moro thnn Interpret be tween tho head chief nnd myself. I have learned all about Nogen's dlshon- on that cussed mountain. Tho p'leeco nro buck thero now, looking for you." "And you two are here, I see," dry ly rejoined nnrdy. "I beg your pnrdon, Cnptnln Hardy,' dcrlng. Itcdbear hud mndo tho chlofH replied Vnndcrvyn, his eyes AnshlnglMtv nn(1 hla horaiincsa to thn triho. furious by u twisted Intcrprotntlon with quick linger. "You told mo to gol It is weU that you and Mr. Vandervyn that had clvcn tho exact reverso or aneau nnu gunra Ainric. tPipii tn indnpp him tn hn mnrn lust "I added for you to st-nu tno pouco pls t Bhould order vnu hnth off the lirounu to nnnn ino nssussm. roKervntlon fnr Ivlnir tn mo." VUUUCrvyn UrOW Uimscil up SUiny. .ivlnir? Wlint iVvnn monn hv that?" .... . . - i , iv.i r i i I " - "XOU IlttVO my worn, oir, unit x uviuu Mustered Dnnnnt. clL Ho explained why the Ihhucm of nothing of that. xh0 word Is explicit," said Hardy. goods would censo Uio following "in common uueuuey, jou uukui M.jjri Vandervyn, tako your hand from spring, and what was meant by un in- nave returneu to seo wims uuu ua-unm your holster. Miss Dupont, I regret lotting of trlbnl land in severalty. He or mo, returneu iiaruy. tll0 necessity of making this reprimand added that if thoro was gold on nny uuponi iinmcncu w mieryusu; -" Mn your presence." of the resorvntlon land It would bo van got tno men you meant us 10 rusn Tll0 glrl.a eyc3 wcro ablaze with ln- wcll for tho trlbo to sou that part or ainno uirouKH iierw 10 um mmc wui (ugnnnt nnger. "Regret Is a mild ex what tlioy owned othurwlse bud shu'd bo snre. ao wo ut out iasc as cus0 f0P insumng my father, sir I" whlto men would, sooner or later, wo couiu. xno pieeco xouna your mure, but lost your trim up in tno rocks. First thing this morning wo sent tho wholo bunch buck to trnll vnu." The honest bluffness of Dupont's tone nnd his straightforward statement compelled belief. Hurdy nodded "Very well. I could not expect that como in nnd steal It. Moro than half convinced of Hur dy's sincerity, though with Htlll a lln- coring susnkion. Tl-owa-konza ox- plained in turn that the trlbo was not only willing to allot the farming land of tho reservation and sell tho mln wish tho Loncknlvcs to come nnd make cVnl land, but u treaty to that effect war on tho tribe. Yet that Is what had been agreed upon by tho tribe, the either of you would troublo to go bark they will do If I am hurraed." previous year. AH that rcmulned to I for me. Do you bellevo thnt Vander vyn had anything to do with the nttcmpt to ambush Captain Hardy on tho wny to tho mine nnd what about tho story of Rendbear's wound? CTO JBB CONTINUED.)