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It was the summer of 1868, and the place the very heart of the Indian cauntry, with every separate tribe "aging between the Yellowstone and the Brazos, either restless or openly on the war-path. Rumors of atrocities were being retold the length and hreadth of the border, and every re- port drifting in to either fort or set- tlement only added to the alarm. For once at least the Plains Indians had discovered a common cause, tribal dit- terences had been adjusted in war agdinst the white invaders, and E210- was, Comanches, Arapahoes, Chey- mes and Sioux had become welded (“ether in savage brotherhood. To oppose them were the scattered and “organized settlers lining the more “I reckon we’re still alone, old girl,” he said quietly. a bit of Southern draw] in the voice. “We’ll try for the trail. and take it easy.” shout in the saddle. sweeping his eyes. inch by inch, along the line of the horizon, until the entire circuit had been completed. Then his com- ressed lips smiled slightly, his hand unconsciously patting the horse's -AA‘- Where he. rode was the very west- ern extreme of the prairie country, billowed liizc the sea, and from off the crest of its higher ridges, the wide level sweep of the plains was visible, extending We a vast brown ocean to the foothifls' of the faraway moun- tains. 1c e actual commencement of that (fir-”‘1'. barren expanse was fully ten rules istant, while all about where he rode the conformation was irregrlzn'. (omprising narrow val- yleys and swelling mounds, with here 'and there a sharp ravine, riven from 'the rock and invisible until one drew up startled at its very brink. The general trend of depression was un- doubtedly southward leading toward the valley of the Arkansas, yet irregu- lar ridges occasionally cut across, adding to the confusion. The entire surrounding landscape presented the name aspect, with no special object upon which the eye could rest for guidanceâ€"no tree, no upheaval of rock, no peculiarity of summit, no snake-like trailâ€"all about extended the same dull, dead monotony of brown, sun-baked hills, with slightly greener depressions lying between, interspersed by patches of sand or the 3 white gleam of alkali. It was a dreary, deserted land, parched under the hot summer sun, brightened by no vegetation. excepting sparse bunches 0f buffalo grass or an occasional stunted sage bush, and disclosing no- where the slightest sign of human habitation dress was t1 at of rough service, plain leather “chz-t. :Ms. showing marks of hard usage, a gray woolen shirt turn- ed low at the neck. with a kerchief knotted loo 5 ely about the sinewy bronzed thzomt At one hip dangled (he holster of a “forty-f z,ve” on the other hung a canvas- covered canteen. His was figure and face to be noted anywhere, a man from whom you would expect both thought and action, and one who seemed to exactly fit Into his w; 1d environment. The Plainsman. The man was riding just below the summit of the ridge, occasionally up- lifting his head so as to gaze across the crest, shading his eyes with one hand, to thus better concentrate his vision. Both horse and rider plainly exhibited signs of weariness, but every movement of the latter showed ceaseless vigilance, his glance roam- ing the barren ridges, a brown Win- chester lying cocked across the saddle pommei, his left hand taut on the rein. Yet the horse he bestrode Namely required restraint, advancing slowly, with head hanging low, and only occasit'rzaiiy breaki.1g into a brief trot under the impetus of the spur. slowly turne'd his bohy saddle. sweeping his inch, along the line of (Copyright, A. C. McClurg Co.. 7717910.) CHAPTER L I DatrOI wandoran 1 zs a man approaching 1t slender and long of essing broad, squared .3. a deep chest, sitting 11y in plainsman fash- : erectness of carriage ed military training. the wide brim of the leash hat was clean- He had honestly endeavored to re main there, to face the future and work it out alone; he persuaded him- self to feel that this was his para- mount duty to the state, to the mem- After all, this was indeed the very sort of experience which appealed to him, and always hadâ€"~this life of peril in the open, under the stars and the sky. He had constantly ex;:‘-e:'i~ enced it for so long now. eight years. as to make it seem merely natural. While he ploughed steadily forward through the shifting sand of the cou- lee, his thought drifted idly back over those years, and sometimes he smiled and occasimtaily frowned, as various incidents returned to memory. it hid been a rough life. yet one not unusual to those of his generation. Born of excellent family in tidewater Virginia. his father a successful planter. his mother had died while he was still in early boyhood, and he had grown up cut 03 from all womanly influence. He had barely attained his majority. a senior at William and Mary’s College. when the Civil War came; and one month after Virginia cast in her lot 1 with the South, he became a sergeant in a cavalry regiment commanded by his father. He had enjoyed that life and won his spurs, yet it had cost. There was much not over-pleasant to remember, and those strenuous years of almost ceaseless fighting of long ' night marches, of swift merciless raiding, of lonely scouting within the enemy’s lines, of severe wounds. hardship and suffering, had left their marks on both body and soul. His father had fallen on the field at Antie~ tam, and left him utterly alone in the world, but he had fought on grimly to the end, until the last flag of the Confederacy had been furled. By that time, upon the collar of his tattered gray jacket appeared the tarnished in- signia of a captain. The quick tears dimmed his eyes even now as he re- called anew that final parting follow- ing Appomattox, the battle-worn faces of his men, and his own painful jour- ney homeward, defeated, wounded and penniless. It was no home when he got there, only a heap of ashes and a few weed-grown acres. No familiar face greeted him; not even a slave he had slept three hours at Cairnes, and as his nerves were like steel, the thought of danger gave him slight concern. He was thoroughly tired, and it rested him to get out of the saddle, while the freshness of the morning air was a tonic, the very breath of which made him forgetful of fatigue. patrol wandered roaming war parties, attacking travelers on the trails, raid- ing exposed settlements, and occa- sionally venturing to try open battle with the small squads of armed men. In this stress of sudden emergency-â€" every available soldier on active duty â€"â€"civilians had been pressed into serv‘ ice, and hastily despatched to warn exposed settlers, guide wagon trains, or carry despatches between outposts. And thus our rider, Jack Keith, who knew every foot of 'the plains lying between the Republican and the Can- adian rivers, was one of these thus suddenly requisitioned. merely be- cause he charmed to be discovered un- employed by the harassed commander of a cantonment just without the en- virons 01’ Carson City. Twenty min- utes later he was riding swiftly into the northwest. bearing important news to General Sheridan, commander ; of the Department, who happened at that moment to be at Fort Cairnes. To Keith this had been merely anoth- er page in a career of adventure; for him to take his life in his hands had long ago become an old story. He had quietly performed the special duty allotted him, watched a squad- ‘ mm of troopers trot forth down the I valley of the Republican, reached the hasty thanks oi’ the peppery little gen- eral, and then. having nothing better to do, traded his horse in at the gov- ernment corral for a fresh mount and started back again for Carson City. For the greater portion of two nights and a day he had been in the saddle. but he was accustomed to this. for he had driven more than one bunch of longhorns up the Texas trail; and as fi__ .uv â€"Iw-I‘ ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEARBORH MELVILL' I‘III'II‘I INSIS 9. 7? .1:>JU< 01 41m 003:. .ffmz {Fomnzmwm {>0 320.31.: mu: or THE PLAINS RANDALL DADDI$H~ THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. He perceived the picture in all its grewsome details-.â€"the two mule- drawn wagons moving slowly along the trail in the early morning; the band of hostile Indians suddenly swooping out from some obscure hid- ing place in the bluffs; the discovery of their presence; the desperate econ 1t escape; the swerving from the "en trail in vain hope of reaching -~~’-'or and. finding protection un. peared the marks of a ga110ping horse. A few rods farther along Keith came to a confused blur of pony tracks. sweeping in from the east, and the whole story of the chase was revealed as though he had witnessed it with his own eyes. They must have been crazy, or else impelled by some grave necessity, to venture along this trail in so small a party. And they were traveling westâ€"west! Keith drew a deep breath, and swore to himself, “01 all the blame fools!” Slender Spirals of Blue Smoke Were Visible. wagon train having deserted the beat--; en track, and turned south. The trail itself, dustless and packed hard. re- vealed nothing, but some five hundred yards beyond the ravine he discovered what he so:.:ght--here two wagons had turned sharply to the left. their wheels cutting deeply enough into the prairie sod to show them heavily laden. With the experience of the! border'he was able to determine that ! these wagons were drawn by mules“; two span of each, their small hoofs ‘ clearly defined on the turf, and that they were being driven rapidly, on a sharp trot as they turned. and then. a hundred feet further, at a slashing . gallop. (Inst outside their trail ap-I could he tell they were advancing westward toward the ford. Decidsdly puzzled by all this, yet determined to solve the mystery and unwilling to remain hidden there un- til night, Keith led his horse along the slant of the ridge, until he attained a sharp break through the bluff leading down into the valley. It was a rug- ged gash, nearly impassable, but a half hour of toil won them the lower prairie, the winding path preventing the slightest view of what might be meanwhile transpiring below. Once safely out in the valley the river could no longer be seen, while barely a hundred yards away, winding along like a great serpent, ran the deeply rutted trail to Santa Fe. In neither direction appeared any sign of human ‘ life. As near as he could determine from those distant cottonwoods out- lined against the sky, for the smoke spirals wereteo thin by then to be ob- served, the spot sought must be con- siderably to the right of where he had emerged. With this idea in mind he advanced cautiously, his every sense alert, searching anxiously for fresh signs of passage or evidence of a wagon train having deserted the beat-- ing black (I so far awe. whether n1: his e3 decide ing b1: a, fire in small (:0: chances at the moment his eyes swept across from bluff to blut‘f without thought except for its wild beauty. Then be perceived something which instantly startled him into attentionâ€"yonder. close beside the river, just beyond that ragged bunch of cottonwoods‘ slender spirals of blue smoke were visible. That would hardly be a camp of freighters at this hour of the day. and besides. the Santa Fe trail alonr: here ran close in against the bluff, coming down to the river at the ford two miles further wmt T‘Cn hart-v M plainsme The narrow valley along which he was traveling suddenly changed its direction. compelling him to climb the rise of the ridge. Slightly below the summit he halted. In front extended the wide expanse of the Arkansas valley, 9. scene of splendor under the golden rays of the sun, "ith vivid contrast of colors, the g1 1; of rocks the yellow of sand, the brown of dis- tant hills, the green of ve getation and the 511'. er sheen of he stream half hidden behind the fringe of cot~ tonwoods lining its banks This was a si "ht Keith had often 1051‘ ed upon but always with appreciation and for man’s eyes hardened, his lips set flun- ly, as ttis truth came crushing home. A pretty life story surely, one to be proud of, and with probably no better ending than an Indian bullet, or the flash of a revolver in some barroom fight cm a long while, shading ith both hands, unable to {3 were three or four mov- >ts higher up the river, but ' he could not distinguish n, or animals.'0nly as out- :t the yellow sand dunes (:11 they were advancing ward the ford. puzzled by all this, yet to solve the mystery and =0 certain. in a long ‘ :11 both ha: a- were thre ts higher up he could I: 3. or animals :1; the who ll in against the bluff, the river at the ford r west. No party of ever venture to build osed a spot, and no would take the rail. But surely that the flap of a canvas 9 to the right of the ' be a camp of the day. trail along: : the bluff, at the ford (0 party of '1?n+nk‘ ,1 1V yet Reg. 8c 1 and un- _ . the 12c an 9d a 120 Finn: 1333 15c Shirt Reg. 12c . Death from violence had long since become almost a commonplace occur- rence to Keith, yet now he shrank for Pan instant as his eyes perceived the figure of a man lying motionless across the broken wagon tongue. The grizzled hair and beard were streaked with blood, the face almost unrecog- nizable, while the hands yet grasped a bent and shattered rifle. Evidently the man had died fighting, beaten down by overwhelming numbers after expending his last shot. Then. those and" had scalped and left him where Continued on page 7. a pile of boxes smoking grimly. The remaining mules were gone, and no semblance of life remained anywhere. Keith dropped his reins over his horse's head, and, with Winchester cocked and ready, advanced cauâ€" .tiously. in on itself, two dead mules still in the traces, the vehicle stripped of con- tents and charred by fire. A hundred feet further along was the other wagon, its tongue broken, the canvas top ripped open, while between the two were scattered odds and ends of wearing apparel and provisions, with . distance or 3:: milesâ€"I'rom lVIontrea Confident that no hostiles would be more than half-way to Quebec. left behind to observe his movements. The 12,500 freight cars woulc I Keith pressed steadily forward. lead- make up 250 trains‘ and would haw ' ing his horse. He had thus traversed a carrying capacity of 40 tons or fully half a mile before coming upon the average, a total CRDIICit." 0‘ - ~ - halt a million tons. The motiw any ev1dence of a hghtâ€"-â€"here the pur . . . . . suers had apparently come up with D0“ 91 Of “19,300 new locomotn 8: the wagons. and circled out upon aggregates 400,000 horsepower. ..-__ __ -___._._.__...-._ either side. From their ponies’ tracks PREDICT THAT SCOTT there must have been a dozen in the HAS REACHED SOUTH POLE band. Perhaps a hundred yards furth- Two members, Cheetham and er along lay mo dead ponies. Keith . Clissold, of Commander Scott’s examined them closelyâ€"both hadlAntaIctic expedition, arrived at been ridden with saddles, the marks :Plymouth, England. on Wednesda:v of the cinches plainly visible. l'flvi-img'ht 01.134“ “99k. The men said they were confi- dently one Of. the wagon mules had ident their leader had reached the also dropped in the traces here, and South Pole and added that but for had been dragged along by his mates. the early formation of ice, Scott Just beyond came a sudden depression would have reached home this year. in the prairie down which the wagons They were greatly disappointed had plunged so heavily as to break to learn that Amundsen had first one of the axles; the wheel lay a few reached the 13019: hilt pomt out yards away, and, somewhat to the that fine weather and a good right, there lay the wreck of the wag- 1 5221;273:635: fififiagspeed factors in do except determine the fate of the untortunates, and give their bodies deâ€" cent burial. That any had escaped, or yet lived. was altogether unlikely, unless, perchance. women had been in the party, in which case they would have been borne away prisoners. The Scene of Tragedy. Whatever might be the nature of the tragedy it would be over with long before this, and those moving black Spots away yonder to the west, that he had discerned from the blufl, were undoubtedly the departing raiders. There was nothing left. for Keith to frenzy by the man on horseback; the pounding of the ponies’ hoofs, punc- tuated by the exultant yells of the pursuers. Again he swore: Summer \Vaists and? Shixts 12c Prints and \Vmpperettâ€"e 12c Flannel], a yard for. . . . 15c Shirting, “ Big reductions in all lines Goods. 1111 u 111111 ren ope soul at cost, and 7 prepared to rive to our cust..1111e1s the ever got before in order to cie :11 ti possible. No doubt everv person “ill from us in the next ten davs We articles with prices as space prevent all: es, Dress Goods, Dry (joc Also an assortment of Boot. and Children, to be sold at « Is our last day of business in left 10 days more to clear 0m large assortment of Men’s am Saturday, June 22nd “Of all the blame fools!” 80 Linen Towelling a yd for CHAPTER II Farmers Produce taken, also Cash for all lines of Die VC Don’t buy foed or confectionery that has been exposed ‘fo flies. Don’t eat Where flies have access. Flies in the home indicate care- less housekeeping.~ ‘ “The inorea'sâ€"evvih‘ufi'plhlgid.in the late summer months and the early fall is attributable, extent, to the house fly. This is also true of the various diarrhoeal diseases of infants and children in the summer months,” says the lat- est report on the fly. The M. H. O.’s list of “dont’s’? is as follows: Donft allow flies in your house- KILL THE FLY, OR IT WILL- KILL THE BABY, IS VERDICT. From The Toronto News. “Kill the fly before it kills your baby” is the latest warning of Dr. C. J. 0. Hastings, Medical Health Officer, who is now laying plans for a vigorous and far-reaching “swat the fly” campaign this sum- mer. The main argument is that the .fly may be eliminated by des- troyinghis breeding place. (INTI- ()9 08 10 ()5 hvv“ route were great speed factors in the horseman’s success. PREDICT THAT SCOTT HAS REACHED SOUTH POLE. Two members, Cheetham and Clissold, of Commander Scott’s Antalctic expedition, arrived at Plymouth, England. on Wednesday night of last Week. r9 l BUYS ’NINETY-TW’O MILES ! OF NEW BOX CARS. An expenditure of $19,000,000 has been authorized by the Board of the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany for the purchase of 12,500 additional freight cars and 300 more locomotives, and orders have been placed for the necessary ad- ditional equipment. The freight cars will cost $14,000,000 and the locomotives $5.000.000. The length of a freight car from buffer to buffer is 39 feet, its weight 37,000 pounds, and its carrying capacity 80,000 pounds. The length of these locomotives from pilot to buffer of the tender is about 69 feet and its weight, in working or- der. 175 tons. Each tender carries 5.000 gallons of water and 13 tons of coal. Each locomotive is of 15.- 000 horsepower and can haul on the level at least 75 cars. or on an average of 50 cars over the whole 'system. String these cars in one long line and they would reach a distance of 92 milesâ€"from Montreal more than half-way to Quebec. The 12,500 freight cars would make up 250 trains, and would ha\'e a carrying capacity of 40 tons on the average,a total capacity of hall a million tons. The motive power of the 300 new locomotives aggregates 450,000 horsepower. Bi M c n Regu M en’s 1'0 eductions in Me! underwear. LI‘ Ll O v June 20th, 1912. 000,000 and the .000. The leng th from buffer to its “eight 37.000 'arrying capacity Wool. p shirts and 1912 0f 9.98 00 I '9