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' thai is eabuaaT- Nowr I
want (ode what is Tight with both of
yen, and a? yoa have a word to say to
me resardmgthls matter. Ill treat ft
r oaltoniMH.TBis trip with Murphy
baa seme hearing aeon Naida Glllto,
has HMtr -J
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-Wll.yeu ten me the eteryr
The thoughtful gray eyes looked at
asm laagaad aearchingly. "Brant, do
you lore that girir
Just as unwaveringly the blue eyes
returned the -look. 1 do. I have
asked her to become m wife."
-Aad her aaswerr f
-She said ao; that a dead man was
"Is that an you know?"
The younger nun bent his head, ahf
mep grave aad perplexed. "Practical
ly aH."
Hamptoa wet his dry Ups with his
tongue, his breath euickenlng.
"And la that she was right, he
md at last, his eyes lowered to the
liensf. Twin tell yoa -why. It was
the father of Naida anils who was
af the murder of MaJ.
"Oh, my lather? " Is sne Capt No
ma's daughter? But you say 'convict
ad.' Was there ever any doubt? 'Do
yoa fuestioa his being guUty r
Hamptoa pouted ia alienee to' the
hideous creature behind them. "That
man could ten, but he has gone mad."
Brant eadeavoaed to speak, but the
words' would not come; his brain
seemed paralysed. Hamptoa held bim
aeV under better control.
"I have confidence, Lieut Brant. In
your koaesty'he began, gravely, "and
I believe you win strive to do what
ever is best for her, if anything should
happen to me out yonder. But for the
nosetsiMty of my being knocked out. I
wouldn't talk about this, not even to
you. The affair to a loag way from
being straightened out so as to make
a pleasant story, but 111 give you aU
yea actaaUy reeuire to, know in order
to make ,11 clear to her. provided I
shouldn't come back.. Tou see, she
deesat knew very much more .than
yoa; i-eahr what I was obliged to
tea to keep her from getting too close
ly entangled with your Maybe I ought
to have given her the full story before
I started oa this trto. Tve ntaea
I had, but tou see. I mtm-
H was noincto ead.hM5
the Big Hera; besides, I didn't have
Tom see, Braat, I feel that 1 simply
have to. earnr J theme ,dikAa
t have a arlde'jH-civia
to Caster mrself. beeeM t th
rve had ia getting them here.
P" i may aot come. back,
that case there wraHn- h
anyone Mring to tell her the truth. It
Men to me that there to going to be
a big fight nomewkere in these bins
Be I want to leave these
with you until I mim
It wfll relieve my mind to know
M I doat come; then I
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good clothes for men and
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actlyliow.Ichnnceerto'fbiar'out nU
these things, for they came to me little
by little during several years. I knew
Nolan, and I knew your father, aad I
had reason to 'doubt the' guilt of the
captain, in spite of the1 verdict of the
Jury that condemned him. Ia fact, I
knew at the time, although K was not
ia my power to prove R. that the two
principal witnesses against Nolan lied.
I thought I could guess why. bat we
drifted apart, aad anally I lost all
track of every one connected with the
affair. Then I. happened to pick ap
that girl down la the canyon beyond
the Bear Water, aad pulled her out
alive just because she. chanced to be
of that sex. and I couldn't stand to see
her fan into Indian clutches. I dlda't
feel any special interest in her at the
time, supposing she belonged to Old
OUlto, but she somehow grew oa me
she's that kind, you know; aad
whea I discovered, purely by accident,
that she was Capt, Nolan's girl, but
that it an had been kept from her, I
just naturally made ap my mind I'd
dig out the truth If I possibly could,
for her sake. The.fact is. I begaa to
think a lot about her not the way
you do, you understand; Fm getting
too old for that, and have known too
much about women, but maybe some
what as a father might feeL Anyhow,
I wanted to give her a chance, a
square deal, so that she wouldn't be
ashamed of her own name if ever she
found out what it was.
"About that time I feU foul of Mur
phy and Slavla there in Giencald, I
never got my eyes on Murphy, yon
know, aad Slavla was so changed by
that big red beard that I failed to rec
ognise him. But their actions aroused
my suspicions, aad I went after them
good and hard. ..I wanted to find out
what they anew; and why those Ues
were told on Nolan at the trial. I had
an idea they could ten me. So, for a
starter I tackled ffiavln, supposing we
were alone, and J
pumping the
facts out of. him successfully by hold
Inn a sun under Um mm, ma nm.
akmuHy; jogging his memory, whea
this fellow Murphy got excited, aad
chasseed .into the game, but happened
to alp his partner instead of me. Ia
the course of our little scume I
chanced to catch' a glimpse of the fal
low's right haad, and It had a scar oa
the back of. It that looked mighty fa
miliar. I hd seen it before, aad I
wanted to. see ft again. So, whea I
got out of that scrape, and the doctor
had dag a -stray bullet out of my
anatomy, there didn't seem to be any
one left for me to chase excepting
Murphy, lot Slavla was deed. I wasat
exactly sure he was the owner of that
scar, but I had my.susplclons and
wanted to verify heei. Having struck
his trail, I reached" Cheyenne just
about four hours after he left there
with these dispatches for the Big Horn.
I caught up. with the fellow on the
south bank of the Belle Fourche,, and
being ,weU aware that ao threat or
gun play would ever force him to con
fess the truth, I undertook to frighten
him by trickery. I brought -along
some drawing-paper and drew your fa-
tnera picture in phosphorus aad gave
tae aeneot la the dark. That
an right,, aad every
s my war. Ha thmw
ap his hands aad area snood to
ia here with mo aad ten
tory, , hut, the .pear.'. tallow's
couldnt ataad the strain of the
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tlmnitBsWjJa.
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with imtonat at
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nlM Murphy, sad crowiot
bora witm roca
pathy. Brant
his grave
face.
-Am4 what to it yo wlah me to or
-Take care of Marphy. Dot let
hta revalm akwe for a abate. It he
has amy retara of
to talk. He kaowa yoa. aad will he
greatly frighteaea at
aad kaowledge as at
yoa hare felly as atach at stake aa
anyone, for ia ao other way caa the
existing barrier between NaMa aat
yoarself he broken aowa."
Iasistlag that now he felt perfectly
t for any aenrlee, the iainatleat
Hampton was eatckly saaallei with
the aecessary food aad clothing, while
rowa violently abaslTe, was
ea a litter hetweea two
stales, a guard oa either side. Brant
rode with the civilian oa a sharp trot
as far as the head of the pack-train,
endeavoring to the -wrj last to per
suade the wearied sua to relinquish
this work to another.
"Foster," he said to the sergeant fa
oommand of the advance, "did yoa
chance to notice Just what coulee Cas
ter turned Into wham his col
swaag to the rightr
1 think it must have beam the
oad yonder, sir; where yoa see that
bunch of trees. We was a loag'ways
hack, hat I could see the boys plain
enough as they come out oa the blot
ap there. Some of 'em waved their
hats hack at us. Is this nun gota
after them, air?"
"Yes, he has dispatches from Chey
enne." "Wen he ought ter have ao trouble
India the trail. It ought ter be 'bout
plain as a road back ia God's country,
air, far there were more than IN
and they'd leave a good mark
oa hard ground."
Brant held out his head. TO cer
tainly do all in my power, Hamptoa,
to bring this out right You caa rely
on that, and I will be faithful la the
little girl."
The two men clasped hands, their
eyes Hied with mutual confidence.
Then Hampton touched spurs to his
horse and galloped swiftly forward.
CHAPTER XXXII.
The Fight in the Valley.
Far below. In the heart of the sunny
depsesston bordering the left bank of
the Little Big Horn,- the stalwart
troopers under Reno's command gased
up the steep bluff to wave fareweU to
their comrades disappearing to the
right. Last of all. Caster halted his
horse an instant, silhouetted against
the blue sky, and swung his hat be
fore sparring out of sight.
The plan of battle was most simple
aad direct. It Involved a nearly sim
ultaneous attack upon the vast Indian
village from below aad above, success
depending altogether upon the prompt
cooperation of the separate detach
ments. Scarcely had Caster's slender
column of horsemen vanished
the summit before Reno's
advanced, trotting down the valley,
the Arlkara scouts la the leaaC They
had been chosen to strike the Mnt
blow, to force their way fato the lower
village, aad thus to draw the defend
ing warriors to their front, whUe Cas
ter's men were to charge upon the
A half-mile, a mfJe, Reno's troops
rode, with no sound breaking the si
lence but the pounding of hoofs, the
tinkle of accoutrements. Then, round
ing a sharp projection' of earth aad
rock, the scattered lodges of the In
dian village already partially revealed
to those in advance, the riders were
brought to sudden halt by a fierce
crackling of rises from rock aad ra
vine. Men feU cursing, and the fright
ened horses swerved, their riders
struggling madly with their mounts,
the column thrown into momentary
confusion. But the surprised cavalry
men, quailing beneath the hot fire
poured into them, rallied to the shouts
of their omcers, and swung Into a
slender battle front, stretching oat
their thin line from the bank of Ue
river to .the sharp uplift of the west-
era bluffs. Scarcely 16t white troop
ers waited to stem aa best they might
that fierce onrush of 2JM battle
erased braves.
For aa almost breathless space those
mingled hordes of Sioux aad Chey
ennes hesitated to drive straight home
their death-blow. They knew those
silent men in the blae shirts, knew
they died hard. Upon that alight
pause pivoted the fate of the day;
upoa it hung the Uves of those other
men riding boldly and trustfully across
the sunlit ridges above. "Audacity,
always audacity," that to the accepted
motto for a cavalryman. And be the
cause what It may, it was here that
Maj. Reao failed. In that supreme in
stant ha was guilty of hesitancy,
doubt, delay. He chose defease fa
preference to attack, dallied where he
should have acted. The observing
savages, gathering courage from his
apparent weakness, burst forth ia re
sistless torrent against the sleader,
unsupported Una, turned his fiank by
oaa fierce charge, aad hurled the
struggling troopers back with a rash
Into the narrow strip of timber border
lag the river.
The whole narrow valley seemed to
swarm with braves; they poured forth
from sheltering coulees aad shadowed
ravmes; they dashed dowa la count
less aumbers from the distant village.
Castor, bow far away behind the
Muffs, aad almost beyond sound of
the firing, was utterly Ignored. Every
savage chief knew exactly where that
column was, bat it could wait its tan.
Ia leaderlsss effort to break away
from that swift-gathering cordoa, be
fore the red. remorseless folds should
dose tighter aad crush them to death,
the troopers, half of .them already dis
mounted, burst from cover In aa en
deavor to attain' the shelter of the
bluffs. The deadly , Indian rises
named ia thehr faces, aad they ware
hurled back, a mere fiestas;, mob,
searching for nothing hi that moment
of terror bat a
the
tvideaeeof God. they
to strike the hanks at a'jpot
.the ladtoa bullets
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from off their woaaded, peat
aad fiuag fhsmiali ii fiat upon their
faces to sweep with hastily leveled
the river banks below. Ben-
troutac gallantly dowa the
valley to their aid. his troopers fresh
to be tarowa forward oa
aad ttke mniflsasd Boas, the rallied
aoMtors of the Seveata, cursing their
felly, turned to strike sad slay. -
A Mae of skirmishers was hastily
fhrowa forward along the edge of the
bluff, whUe volunteers, urged by the
ngontoed cries of the wounded, en
deavored vaialy to procure a supply
of water from the river. Again aad
again they made the effort, only to bo
driven back by the deadly Indian rifle
fire. By three o'clock, although the
majority of the savages had departed
dowa the river, enough remained to
keep up a gulling fire, aad hold Reao
strictly oa the defensive.
As the men lay exposed to the con
tinuous snipping fire, above the sur
rounding dm were borne to their ears
the. reports of asstaat guns. It came
distinctly from the aortaward." grow
ing heavier aad mora ooatiai
Nona among thorn doubted its
meaning, Caster was already
la hot actJoa at the right of the Indian
village. Way were they kept lying
there In' idleness? Why were they aot
pushed forwsxd to do their part? They
looked into each other's faces. God!
They were Mfi sow; they could sweep
aside like chaff that fringe of red
skirmishers it only they got the word!
Oflteer after ofitoer. unable to restrala
his impatience, strode back across the
bluff summit, amid whistling bullets,
sad personally begged the major to
speak the oaa word which should hart
thorn to the rescue. They cried like
women, they swore through clinched
teeth, they openly exhibited their coa
tempt for such a commander, yet the
discipline of army service msde active
dtoobedleace impossible. They went
reluctantly back, as helpless aa chil
dren. It was four o'clock, the shadows of
the western bluffs already darkening
the river bank. Suddenly a faint cheer
ran along the lines, sad the mea lifted
themselves to gaze up the river. Urg
ing the tired animals to a trot, the
strong haad of a trooper grasping
every hnlterstrnp, Brant was swing
ing his long peck-tram ap the smoke
wreathed vaUey. The outriding flank
ers exchanged constant shots with the
skulking savages hiding In every ra
vine and coulee. Pausing only to pro
tect their wounded, fighting their way
step by step, N troop ran the gantlet
and came charging Into the cheering
lines with every pound of their treas
ure safe. Weir of D. whose dismount
ed troopers held that portion of the
Uae. strode a pace forward -to greet
the leader, aad as the extended hands
of the edseers met. there echoed dowa
to them from the north the reports of
two heavy volleys, fired tn rapid sac
cesnlon. The sounds were dear, dis
tinctly audible even above the uproar
of the valley. The heavy eyes of the
two soldiers met, their duet-streaked
faces flushed.
"That was a slansl. Caster's signal
for help!" the younger man cried. Im
pulsively, his votes fun of agoay. "For
God's sake. Weir, what are yoa fal
lows waiting here for?"
The other uttered a groaa. his haad
flung la contempt hack toward the
bluff summit The. cowardly fool
wont move; he's whipped to death
now."
"Reno, you mean? Whipped? Tou
haven't lost 20 men. Is this the Sev
enth? skulking here under cover
while Custer begs help? Doesn't the
man know? Doesn't ke understand?
By heaven. 111 face him myself! Ill
make him act, even if I have to damn
him to .his face."
He swung his horse with a jerk to
the left, but even as the spurs touched.
Weir grasped the, taut rein firmly.
"If s ao use, Braat. It's been done;
we've nU been at him. He's simply
lost his head. Know? Of course he
knows. Martini struck us just below
here, as we were coming in, with n
message from Caster. It would have
stirred the blood of anyone but him
Oh, God! It's terrible."
"A message? What was it r
"Cook wrote H, aad addressed it to
It read: Comeoa. Big vfl-
Be quick. Bring packs.' And
than, T. 8. Bring packs.' That means
they wnnt ammunition badly; they're
fighting to the death out yonder, and
they aeed powder. Oh, the coward!"
Brant's eyes ran dowa the waiting
Uae of his owa men, sitting their sad
dles beside the halted pack animals.
rant Was twfeg leg Hie Pack-Tram
Up the tmeke-Wresthed Valley.
He leaacd over aad dropped oaa haad
heavfly oa Weir's shoulder. "The
rest of yoa eaa do as yoa please, but
N troop to goiag to take those anna
aithm packs to Caster If there's aay
posslsls way to get through, orders or
ao orders.' He straightened up in the
saddle, aad his voice sounded down
the -wearied Uae ttke the blast of a
"Attention! K troop! Sight face;
dress. Namher four hring forward
the ammunition pacha. No. leave the
others where they are; stove lively,
it"
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curreathto
oat ahove.tae uproar, and la a
the gaUaat troopers of N aad D.
oa foot, some la saddle, were rushing
up the face of the Muff, their omcers
leading, the preetoas amm
packs at the center. aH aUke
Ming for the summit, la spite of the
crachHag of Indian rifles from every
side. Panting, breathless from the
hard dims, their carbines splttlag Are
while the rapidly massing savages be
gaa drcUag their exposed positioa,
the little band fought their way for
ward a hundred yards. Then they
halted, blocked by the aumbers bar
ring their path, glancing hack anx
iously hi hope that their effort would
encourage others to join them. They
could do it; they eonld do it if only
the rest of the hoys would oaase. They
tn their volleys aad watted.
smove. Weir and
to hold ovary tech
on their faces heated every pro
jection af earth, aad saeirtlti the
ridge wKh flame. If they could aot
advance, they would aot
back. Messenger after
taktas We ia haad. was
lag dowa the Muff, to beg reinforce
ments to push oa for the rescue,
swearing It was possible. But It was
after Ave o'clock before Reao moved.
Then cautiously he advanced his col
umn toward where N aad D troops yet
held desperately to the exposed ridge.
He came too late. That distant firing
had ceased, aad an aeed for farther
advaaee had ended. Scarcely had re
inforcements attained the summit be
fore the torrent of savagery burst
screeching on their front. .
From point to point the grim strag
gle raged, till nightfall wrought par
tial cesaatloa. The wearied troopers
stretched oat their Uses so as to pro
tect the packs aad the field hospital,
threw themselves oa the ground, dig
ging rise-pits with halves aad tin
pans. Not until nine o'clock did the
Indian Are stockea. aad then the vil
lage became a scene of savage revel,
the wild yelling ptoialy audible to the
soldiers above.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The OM Reeiinent.
By the time Hamptoa swung up the
coulee, he had dlimlssed from ale at
tention everything hat the business
that had brought him there. He ex
perleaced ao fear, ao premonition of
coming disaster, yet the reawakened
plslusmsa la aim kept aim samdeat
ly waiy aad eaatloas. He possessed
n soldier's proud confluence tn his reg
iment the supposition that the eld
flghtlng Seventh could he defeated was
Impossible; the Indian did aot ride
those uplands who eonld do the deed!
Then there came to htm a asmwlsss
dread, that lastlacttva shrinking
which a proud, sensitive man must
ever feel at having to face his old
compaaJoas with the shadow of s
crime hetweea. Ia his memory he
saw once more a low-eelffnged room,
aavlag a table eateadlag dowa the
center, with grave-faced mea. dressed
ia the fall uniform of the service,
looking at him amid a silence ttke
unto death; aad at the head aat a
man with long fair hair and mus
tache, hla proud eyes never to be for
gottea. Now, after sUeat years, he
was goiag to look lato those accus
ing eyes again. He pressed his
haad against hla forehead, hla body
trembled; then ha braced himself for
the Interview, and the shuddering cow
ard In aim shrank hack.
Away to the left something waa
asoving, a dim, shapeless dash of
color. It might he Beateea, hat of
Reno's columns he could perceive
nothing, nor anything of Custer's ex
cepting that broad track across the
prairies marked by his horses hoofs.
This track Hamptoa followed, press
ing his fresh mount to Increased
speed, confluent that ao Indian spies
would he loitering ao closely ta the
rear of that body of cavalry, and be
coming fearful lest the uttuck should
occur before he could arrive.
. He dipped over a shsrp ridge aad
came suddenly upoa the rear guard
They were a little squad of dusty,
brown-faced troopers, who instantly
waeeiea into line at sound of ap
proaching hoofs, the barrels of their
lowered carbiaes glistening in the sua
With n swing of the haad aad a
hoarse shout of "Dispatches!" ho was
beyond them, bending low over his
ssddle pommel, his eyes oa the duet
cloud of the moving column. The
extended line of horsemen, riding in
columns of four, came to a sudden
halt, aad he raced oa. A little squad
of omcers, several of their number
dismounted, were out in front, stand
ing grouped Just beyond the summit
of a slight elevation, apparently look
ing off lato the valley through
deft in the Muff beyond.
amoag these, Hamptoa perceived the
loag fair hair, and the erect flgure
clad la the wen-known frontier cos
tame, of the assa ha sought the
proud, dashing leader of Tight cav
afar, that beau Ideal of the sabreur,
the oae he dreaded most, the one he
loved best Caster. The commander
stood, fleld-glissss la haad. pointing
dowa lato the valley, aad the dispatch
hearer, rdgnlng in his horse, his Hps
white hat resolute, trotted strsigat ap
the slope toward him. Caste wheel
ed, annoyed at the interruption, aad
Hamptoa swaag dowa from the sad
dle, hm reta ass across his srm, took
a single stop forward, lifting hla haad
la salute, aad held forth the sealed
"Dupstehes, str." he said, simply.
barely
Instantly tore
amid a
i
those Muffs
"Custer nmnmanss V
eosuuad the sack-tram.
svsath I
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taow. Uhe
moment
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30 Boars and 15 CiHs
5 Sows with litters by their side, four of Urn litters are sired by
ALLERTON CHIEF 29187, mj herd boar. He weighs
800 pounds ia breedinjr condition, sad is one of the beet breeofrg
boars ia the state of BIG 8MOOTH PIGS. The boars are the bast
lot that I have ever bad the pleasure to ofer to the public. They are
large aad groathy for their age. They have had the run of a posture
and will be offered ia jest aioe breediag condition.
There wUl be four mil boars sired by DELIGHTFUL 37610,
aad two of them are good enough to head a good Bare blood herd.
i There will be 26 spring boars sired
some herd headers among them.
The gilts are aot qaite as large as the boars, bat they are a aice
even lot aad will, naake iae brood sows. Parties that want bean
that bought law year, please briag pedigree with yoa.
riVftMvnaOoe year's
A fjriIIS 120.00 aad
gmag approved security.
Cattle Sale Dec. 12, 1907
O. E. WADE
COL. T. H. CALLAHAN, Auctioneer. '
RALPH STANLEY, Clerk.
hostUesTronting us 'epT(ere, Cooh;
hut the greater the -task, the greater
the glory. Ah, I thought as much. I
am advised by the department to
keep ta close touch with Terry and
Gibbons, and to hold off from making
n direct attack until infantry caa
arrive ta support. Rather late ta the
day. I take It. whea we are already
within easy rifle-shot. I see nothing
ta these orders to interfere with
present plans, nor any military
slty for playing hide and seek all
summer la these bills. That looks
tike n big village down yonder, hat I
have led the dandy Seventh Into oth
ers Just as large.'
He stopped speaking, aad glanced J
ap latutrtngly Into the face of the
silent messeager. apparently mistak
ing him for oae of his owa mea.
"Where did yoa get thJsr
"Cheyenne, sir."
"What! Do you mesa to aay yoa
brought H through from.therer
"fltleat Murphy carried It as far as
the Powder river. He went crasy
there, aad I was compelled to 'strap
him. I Brought K the rest of the
way.
"Where Is Murphy"
"Back with the pack tram, str. I
got aim through alive, but eatlrely
gone ta the head."
"Ran across away hostlles la that
region?"
"They were thick this side the Rose
bud; nil bucks sad traveling north.
"Slouxr
"Mostly, sir; but I. saw one bend
wearing Cheyenne war bonnets."
A punted look slowly crept Into
the stroag face of the abrupt ques
tioner, his stem, commanding eyes
studying the man standing motionless
before him, with freshly awakened in
terest. The gase of the other falter
ed, thee came bach courageously.
"I recognise you now," Custer said,
quietly. "Am I to understand yoa
are agate ta the service?"
"My presence here is purely acci
dental. Gen. Custer. The opportu
nity came to me to do this work, and
I very gladly accepted the priv
ilege.'' The communder hesitated, scarcely
knowing what he might be Justifled ta
saying to this man.
"It's s brave deed, well performed."
he said at last, with soldierly cordisl
lty. "although I can hardly offer you
a fltttag reward.
"There la little I desire. he re
plied, slowly, "end that is to he per
mitted to ride once more Into action
ta the ranks of the Seventh."
The true-hearted, impulsive, manly
soldier fronting aim reddened to
the roots of hla fair hair, hla proud
eyes softening
"Spoken like a true soldier." he ex
emlsMd. a aew warmth la his voice.
"Toe shafl have your wish. Take po
sttlOB ta Calhoun's troop yonder."
Hamptoa turned quietly away, lead
tag his horse, yet had scarcely ad
vanced three yards before Caster
halted him.
"I shall he pleased to talk with you
again after the flght," he Bald, briefly,
as though half doubting the propriety
of such words.
The other bowed, his face Instantly
brightening. "I thank you sincerely."
The perplexed commander- stood
motionless, gastag after the receding
flgure, hla face growa grave sad
thoughtful Then he turned to the
wondering ndjutnnt beside him.
"Tou never knew hiss, did yoa,
Cookr
"I think aot, sir; who Is her
"Capt NolanAyou have heard the
atorjp"
"Is that er he exclaimed, ta evi-
surprtee. "He has a amaly face.
'Ay, aad ha was as flue n soldier ss
declsred
devil. The
I wss ever called upon
to perform waa the day we broke him.
I wsalm a? Calhoun will recognise
friends
Caa mea: they were good
Be stepped spunking, aad for a
tmva lie fleidatmsssB were fastened
anon a smafl aseMea ef the Indian vfi
mgo aestled la Can groan valley.
there," ho eeemsenesd at met. "They
Mr have snap ap the river to mtor-
v - - $ -4-
SALS!
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by Allertoa Chief and than are
time will he gi
over at 7 per c
oa all
t interest,
asm of
cept Reno's advaaee, aad aT so, this
should he our time to strike. Return
to your commands, gentlemen, nnd
with the order ef march nee persoa
slly that your men move quietly. We
must strike quick sad hard, driving
the wedge home with a single blow.
That will he all at present, gentle
men; yoa win require ao farther ta
structloas until we deploy. Capt. Cal-
The captain thus directly
ed. a hsadeome. stalwart
die age. reined In his
of BSld-
waited.
"Captain, the meeseager who has,
Jest brought us emaatcaes from Chey-
Is a dvlHaa. hat has requested
to have a share ta this
comteg flght. I have ssstgaed him to
your troop."
Cslhoun hewed.
"I thought to spare yoa aay pos
sible emberrassssent by saying that
the maa la not eatmsly unki
you."
"May I ask bin neater
"Robert Nolan."
The strong. Uoa-Hke face
under Its tan, then quickly lit up with
n smile. "I thank yoa. Capt. Noma
will sot suffer at nay hands."
He rode straight toward hla troop,
his eyes searching the ranks until
they rested upoa the averted face of
Hampton.' He pressed forward, aad
leaned from the saddle; extending a
gauntleted hand. "Noma, old saaa
welcome bach to the Seveata!"
For aa instant their eyes
those' of the omeer flUed with
sympathy, the other's smestsaa
dim, his face like marble. Then the
two hands cmsped sad clung, hi a grip
more eloquent than worda. It waa
Cslhoun who spoke.
"I mesa It all. Nohm. from that
day to this I have believed ta
save held yoa friend."
For n moment the an
then, as though inspired by a
bora hope, he sat flrmty erect, and
lifted his haad ta salute. "Those are
words I have longed to
for IS years. They are
life to
May God help mo
worthy
Oa,
Cnlhoaa. Cal-
hoaa!"
For a brief
still aad sUeat. their
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