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Atd Atdthen Ai then a grunt nunt from the old marjerked man mar manjerked Jerked his bls eyea eyes around He lie hall balf hail balfrose hailrose hallrose held there aud cud cuddenly . - rose In his stirrups , . denly den17 rigid by the horrible beaut3of heauQ beaut3 ' ol of that charge cbarge cbargeIt chargeIt chargeIt It came like a tossing ; wave wiVa with withevery withevery every hone borse horse thrown forward in the the8ame thesame same 8ame Instant . . The Cheyennes rodefiat rodeflat rode rodeflat fiat flat , , their black heada heads hardly abovetheir lbove above lbovetheir ( ' " A drum drumming . . their animal anlmala animals * mane manes * ming mlng on the earth ran ahead 01 of 01them ofthem them nothing more They didn'tyell dldn.t dldnt didn't didnt dldn.tyell dldn'1yell dldn1yell ' ' . yell . , . end and It was that unexpected unexpecteddeadly unexpecteddeadly unexpecteddeadly deadly aUence sUence silence that made hi his * . bloodrun blood bloodrun run coldEven coldEven cold Even with Quartemlgbt Quartemlght Quarternigbt s a calm cairn calmvoice cairnvoice calmvoice voice warning him , . ' ' Take 'Take It easy easy"he easyhe , " ; , " ' be he dropped In bls his hi * saddle caddie and swuoa swung swuoaup swungup up the 10ng long lon barrel of his hlB gun eun Beknew Be He HeImew knew Imew what Quarternlght Quarternlgbt Quarternight was wa . countmg count- count countIng counting - - Ing mg on . . . This Thi * was wa * the moment of theIndiana theIndiana the theIndiana Indiana ' greatect greatest advantage Whythey Whythey Why they muat moat must strike with this fterce fierce fterce.trength fiercestrength . atrength .trength trength strength , then always stop .top top atop . and andboast andboast andboait boast before they fought foueht , , . he be dldn didn't didnt didn'tknow didn'tknow didntknow ' ' " know But thia this one time maybethey maybethey maybe maybethey they wouldn't wouldnt ' . ' The 'lbe lbe wave WaS.weeplng wassweeping waa WaS . sweeping .weeplng weeplng oo on within three bundred hundred bundredyards hundredyards yards He lie lined limed l1 ed his rifle ride . sights .Ights Ights . and then bis bla his eyes ca caught upt no signal .lgnaL lgnaL . .lgnaLEvery . . Every man was suddenly upright , . , with the horsea borses horses thrown back ontheir ontheir on their hindquarters , rearing andplunglne andplunging and andplunging plunging plunglne to a halt Their armsflew arms armsfiew arm * flew fiew up Bines RUles Rifles that had been bidden hidden hid bid den beneath the naked bodies glinted glinted glints glint- glint - - ed in the sun . . , . They sat in an unbroken line motionless motionless mo- mo motionless - - - tionless until untU one rider started outat out outat at a walk from the others Off Oft two twobundred twohundred twohundred bundred hundred yards he stopped and andcrooKed andcrooked andcrooked crooKed his arm and shouted some some- something something something - - thing He had only a strip of blan blanket blanket blanket ket cloth around his hi * waist and between be between between tween bis his legs legsLew legsLew legsLew Lew yelled across to him blm . , 'No No 'Nosavvyl ' No Noawyl Nosavvy awyl savvyl savvy ! " The Cheyenne yelled back backsomething backsomething omething something ( that sounded bad . . . Hewasn Hewash He wasn wash t Crazy BearQuarternight BearQuartemlght Bear BearQuarternight Quarter-night Quarter night Quartemlght Quarternight - raised his rifleBoy rlfie'Boy rifle rlfie rifleBoy Boy 'Boy ' , ' he be said "first first 'first " ' licks lick shall shallI shallthe a half halfthe halfthe the battle Might aa as weU well show him himwbat himwhat himI I what wbat We've Weve ' got ot ' He squeezed the theI thetdgger thetrigger thetrigger I tdgger trigger once ' The lJ'he lJhe horse wheeledand wheeled wheeledand wheeledand and . stumbled .tumbled tumbled , , bolting back laito IIIto into the theline theline theline line , . The old man s a whiskers part parted parted parted ed in a . wicked grin "There There 'There " ' ' nowWatch nowWatch now nowWatcb Watcb Watch out out , . , they'll theyll they'n theyn ' make a run I ! ' ' They were yelling now high andgobbling and andgobblin andCobbling gobbling gobblin like Uke a flock of turkeysSuddenly turkeys turkeysSuddenly turkeySuddenly Suddenly their horses pivoted pivotedand pivotedand pivotedand and they were , lying Jyfng flat Oat again . , . racbig rac racIng racIng Ing big In a . circle around his h1s herdHe berdHe herd berd herdHe He slapped his bis buckskin with his hisbeels hisheels bisheels beels heels riding with both bands hands free freeThe freeThe treeThe The men strung out from him blm needed needed need needd ed d no order , there were old Indianfighters Indian Indianftghters Indianfighters ftghters fighters in this crew Swinging oftfrom oft oftfrom offfrom from flie tthd cattle catUe , . they rode their theirown theirown theirown own smaller maller amal1er , circle abreastof abreast of the theCbey theCheyennes theCheyennes Cheyennes Cbey nnes . ' runnlne I'UIlD1Jtg IUIlD1Jtg running ' line But he hehad hebad hehad had bad to yell at , ypune ypung Jtm Jim Jlm Hope Rope to tomake tomake tomake make him bttn stay with the horse herd herdHe herdHe herdHe He .aw aw sew . saw Clay start from 3aT Joy's Joys ' ' wag wagon wagon wagon on on . . , turn and < go 0 back . . . Little black puffs pWfs of smoke began be began be- be beIan - - gan Ian to rise and drift above the Indians InI Indl In , dl dians ns wild shooting a at t too long a aran.e arange arange I ran.e rane range . for their old fashioned eons guns eonsHe gunsHe gunsHe He kept an eye on Quarternightlint Quarternlght Quarternight Quarternlght11ust Quarternlghtjust lint abeadThey aheadThey ahead abead aheadThey 11ust They were halt hall half around the herdwhen herd herdwben herdwhen wben when the old man threw up his hisarm hisarm biaarm arm Hold In , , boys 1 ! Here theycomet they theycomel theycornel comel comet " He let out bla bls his rebel yell yell-Lew yell Lew . - . Lew swung hi his . buckskin with hi his hisknee hisknee . knee and baited halted , , facing out . . Some Someinstinct Someinstinct Someinstinct instinct out of Quarternlght'aApache QuarternlghtaApache Quart Quarternight's Quarternights Quarternight'sApache rnlgbt ' . , Apache days had let him blm time the themoment themoment themoment moment of ot a charge For the Chey Chey- Cheyennes Chey-ennea Chey ennea - . ennes had pivoted again They Theycame Theytame Theycame came tame on in m a . solid running front . . I Iennes The blast of Springfield Allin AUins Allins . was waslike waslike waslike like the rattle of beans in ! n a gourd gourdI gourdBeyond gourdbeyond , Beyond his own sights he be saw agap agap a I ' gap break wide open . . . It was a aI awithering awithering awithering I withering fire Horses went down downHe downHe downHe He saw the way the Cheyennesplunged Cheyennes Cheyennesplunged Cbeyennesplunged plunged with them unable to kick kickfree kickree kickfree free ; ree of the rawhide loops that held heldtheir heldtheir heldtheir their legs He felt cool and a littlesick littlesickThe little littlesick littlerick sick rick sickThe rickThe The charge broke and scatteTed scattered scatteTedHe scatteredHe scatteredHe He called , . , ' That 'That s enough " andtdmired and and.dmired andadmired .dmired dmired tdmired . the stolid stoUd courage thatDrought that thatbrought thatbrought brought Drought some of the red reel men back backto backpick backto to pick up the wounded . . Then Th n offat oft off oftat offit at it a distance out of ot range a-8nge a 8nge - the rag rac rag- raged ragged . - ged ed line Une continued conUnued its ilJ iW circle elrcle Buthet But Butthat Butthat that : het blast bl.st blst . had bad taught them some .ome- .ome . something .omethin - . thin thing king ; . : . At three quarters around aroundthe aroundhe aroundthe the he herd they Uier , pulled in and bunched bunchedup bunchedsp bunchedvy up sp close elos ' together He lie could seetaeir .ee ee see seetheir . .eetheir their arms makin making , sign signs * and bear hear hearlie bearthe hearthe the lie gobble-talk gobble talk eobble-talk eobble - - . . He Be fed a handful of shell then shells . * Into Intothe intoie Intothe the ie . fide .Ide Ide side of bI his . rifle rUle and said toZuarternight to toQuarternJgbt toQuarternlght QuarternJgbt Zuarternight . , . "That That "Tbat Tbat " II n ti make snake 'em em 'empowwow 'cmpowwow cmpowwow ' m mpowwow powwow .ome ome some . ome All AU we need Is Ismte , Itime * . . " . . time , mte It was past noon Any momentsught moment momentollght momentought ollght sught to bring Joe Wheat and theavalry the thecavalry thecavalry cavalry avalry ; up over the edge of thedata the theplain thepinto plain data With his h1s gun filled ftllecS be he took a a10nl acog alone 10nl cog look off southeast aoutheast beyond thesunrhsd the thebmched thebunched bmched sunrhsd Cheyenne Qtsyennes C1 enn * and thought thOuP1 'f f ' 7 r " ' * " Ii " q'f qf ' * f fonce once there/ there therewa there , / wa wan , } , < tomeU4ng ome ometb4xs _ i but bui buicouldn't , couldn't couldnt u1M't u1Mt ' be ha h " ' . " wf Me sue # , . , 1 1I I : . ( Yt Ytr ( ! \I I \ r | ' , # Th Thgzcbeiennep The . 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North beyond U1 lhelong lhelong'Sarah the .1ona- .1ona . .1onahoma loothoma - homa 'Sarah Sarah ' a/1cme a 1cme a / lone Ione mounted mowd * Indian .Jncnan Jncnan . barfrisen b4 b4rlaep bad * rlaep R . , from trcnn the ground gromd } . A blanket blanketbided blanketwhirled blankelwhirled whirled _ bided above aboa ; h1I his hi * bead head . . He lie wa wad wadalong waalex . along alex a10 t * for tor an Instant lnatant . 1henhe : then 1hen yea th \ \he he tht heearth thtearth thearth < earth femed .eemed eemed leetncd . ) to open behind . hbn btnt . btntpouring himpouring , poudn pouring men.t'l'bIncs . up tip hones bone horses . and brown brcrtm cneo meat meatThings men.t ment . . Thini 'l'bIncs lbIncs Things ' * have bave bete way w . , of bappening bappeningswift happeningawlft ht . p , ; - , IW1tt swift In fn the action acUon " yet "et et t to tormentfngi > rtttndngh rtttndnghslow ent1n11Y ent1n11Yalow } alow slow low to the quick flashing 1Iash1n1 ofman's of f . man'a mana man's mans man ' ' , mind mtnd Lew Low felt telt himllelf himaeb himllelfm"e himaebmove huniellmr-v huniellmr v ! m"e me move . - " But It wa was . like Uke those dreams dreamsIn dreamsin dreamiIn In which wblcb he struggled .trullIed trullIed . . against , am.t amt . an anunseen as asUnseen anunseen unseen force torce : that held him bade.He badeHe back backHe . . He . saw .aw aw fortor forty fort- fort , - or fifty fty Cheyenne Cheyennes Cheyennespout Cheyenneipour . Pour pout up and strike atrlke toward the herd herd.t herdat herdat .t t at . Its ItJ farther rim rimQuarternlght rimQuarternight run runQuarternlght Quarternlght Quarternight yeled yened yeIed ) . . , . "Let Let 'Let " " ' 'em em ' col gal galWatch colWatcb golWatch Watcb Watch berel herel " From the south a I bunched rutswas runwas nm ruts nmwas was coming omin , on again . . He pivotedback pivoted pivotedback pivotedback back : and . steadied .teadled teadled hi his . horse and andemptied andemptied andemptied emptied the magazine of hi his . rUle rifle rifleOnce rUleOnce rifleOnce Once more those ranks brokeOff brokeOR broke brokeOff Off OR across the herd berd the Indians Indianshad Indianshad Indianhad * had struck In 10 a flying ftyUtc wedgeTheir wedce wedge wedceTheir wedgeTheir Their terrific terrlftc Impact . sent .ent ent |