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' l J I m ut Dot hot & ; tytac rIDe tying mY5eU myself yfU eawa down do . to toa i * a s ranch rftach- rftach rAncb rftachcnArrEnxn . . . - " CllAPTER CHAPTER cnArrEnxn cnArrEnxnStev XII XIISteve Stev Steve Arnold Arnold . , , puffed up by hla his hlanewly hisnewly hlinewly newly acquired . wealth and 1rnpor Impor Impor-t Impor t . - tance nce , , swaggered about like Uke many manyother manyother manyother other idle rich ricb ; young men . , , who whothink whothink whothink think themselves abov above common commonwork commonwork commonwork work Thay They flashed ashed In a big bllr way fora for a littia little while whUe . , those riders of thewild the thewild thawild wild bunch You couldn't couldnt couIdn't couIdnt ' blama blame a s aboy sboy aboy boy who d bean been held down co so long longIt long1f loafIf It 1f he h didn't didnt dIdn.t ' . know S Steve Stcva7 ve ' ' better be becould becould b bcould could let it co go at that . . But Steve Stevetalked Stevetalked Stevtalked talked the loudest when be he wax was was.cared wasscared waxc .cared cared scared . c Ted Ha He always had . . . Tha The slow grazing pa paca pace e with Ume time timedragging Umedragging timadraeeing dragging let him think it out In ell cir cirdes cirflea ' c des les which brought him back hi In the theend theend thaend end to wbera where ha he be had started Steve Stevewas Stevwas I Iwas was a . rattlehead , . maybe , . but no noI nofool nofool nofool I fool It was hard to put two thinga things thingatogether thingstogether thinetogether * together . , , bil his exaggerated Impor impor- importance Importance Importance - - tance of owninc owning tba the Cros CrOSI Cross T and andthis andthis andthis this talk of beinx being through with cows cowwithout , , without getting only on one answer answerYou answerYou nawerYou You can't cant ' ' maka make any good plan for forthe forthe torthe the futura future if Sf you re ccared scared . of your yourpast yourpast yourpast yourpastlie past pastlIe lie iaw saw Stava Steve ride with Clay much muchof muchof muchof of tha that t afternoon and knew the theshowdown theshowdown tbattiowdown showdown wasn't wasnt ' ' settledEarly settledEarly settled settledEarly Early in the evening they crosseda crosied crossed a . small mall creek and wat watered red there theretraihne . , , trailmg trailing on a mile mUe afterward to camp campon campon campon on open ground . . Ha He bedded tha the long- long longhorns long-horns long horns - . horns in closa close , . hobbled some of the thehorses thehorses thahorse horses * so o the herd wouldn't wouldnt ' Itrayand strayend atray Itray stray atraynd and end nd swung a ropa rope corral between betweenthe betweenthe betweentha the wagons wa&r'ms warms & ' for tba the n1 night-guard night guard nightguardmounts night-guardmount night guardmount bt-guard bt guard btguardmounts - - , mounts * Hones Horses wara were like 11ke .cented cented scented scentedbait . scentedbait .centedbait bait to Indlani Indians . Thera There bad had been no Indian sIgn sIgneIther signeither signeither eIther alone along the creek or over overagainst overagainst overagainst against tha the black Wichita ranee range It Itwas Itwas Itwa was as lonely a country .s s as a . * ha he had.ver hadever had hadver .ver ver ever . ver icen aeen seen . . . With Wlth Moonlight Bailey and Jim JimlIope Jimhope JimHope lIope hope ridlne riding guard until tha the first firstwa firstwatch firstwatch wa watch tch went out out . , all the other men menwere menwere menwera were in camp washing up at Owl- Owl OwlHead OwlHead Owl-Head Owl Head - Head a s water keg It was not quite quitedark quitedark quitadark dark that moment of shadow like a athick athick athick thick layer across tba the land with with . the thesky thesky tbatky sky still blue Ha He finished flnished at the thekeg thekeg thekeg keg himself picked up a flour our sack sacktowel sacktowel sacktowel towel and turned to look south . . . Ten Tenar Tenor Tenor ar or fifteen vacua vague mounted figures figureswere figureswere figureswere were coming from the creekHe creekHe creek creekHa Ha He swung back and spoke quickly quicklyto to Joy near tha the campflre campfire Get inJ inJII in in-'s in 's s - ' ' II s de ' ha he said . . . ' Pull down the theflaps theflaps thaCaps ' ' flaps What Whats s tha the matter matter"He matterHe ? " He nodded south She saw then thenHer thenHer thenHer Her face tace went whiteAround white - Around the water keg tha the men menwere menwere menwera were hurriedly drying their hands handsSomeone hands6omeone handsEomeona Someone 6omeone Joked , Guesa 'Guess Guess ' the party partyopens partyopens partyopens opens Boys watch your hairl halrl hair ! 'They They ' . They pulled their Springfield AlIlos Allies AlIlosfrom Alliesfrom AUinsfrom from saddia saddle scabbards propped proppedagainst proppedagainst gamst against their bedrollsBut bedrollsBut bedrolls bedrollsBut But then then . , , watching tha the riders take takeshape takeshape takeshape shape . , , be he knew it wax was not a war warparty warparty warparty party Indians out for trouble would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not coma come on like this bunched and andat andat at t a slow Blow walk They l'bey lbey ' ; d spread and andmake andmake andmake make a running rwmmg runnmg ; charge charite and haul up upshort upshort upthort short just before hitting hittin&r hittinr & camp That Thatwould Thatwould Thatwould would be to show their strength and andlee andsee andsee lee see how tha the white man men took it IL ILHe itHe itHa Ha He could count tham them now four fourteen fourteen tourteen teen and tha the men around him had hadstarted hadstarted hadstarted started to grin at the way thesa these In Indans Ind Ind dans d ana wera were dressed Soma Some wore worepanla worepants worapants panla pants but wera were naked from trom tha the waist waistup waistup waistup up Others wora wore brown reservation reservationshirts reservationshirts reservationthirts shirts with only a loincloth under underlhe underthe underthe lhe the lone long tails taUs A few had on aId old aIdfelt oldfelt oldfelt felt hats bats with tha the tops of tba the crown crowns crownscut crownscut . cut out But mostly they were bare bare- bareheaded bareheaded bareheaded - - headed their black hair hanging haniting in indouble indouble indouble double braidsHe braidsHe braids braidsHa Ha He had missed ona one of tha the group groupwho groupwho groupwho who wora wore both shirt and pants pantsWhen pantsWhen pantsWhen When tha the littia little party baited halted off fty fifty fiftyyards fiftyyards 'ards ards yards ) ' from trom camp a black and-white and white andwhitepatched andwhitepatched and-wbitpatched and wbitpatched - * patched pinto came on on , , , carrying carry1n , thisbroad this thisbroad thisbroad broad heavy shapa IIhape shape of a man man . , . old oldand oldand oldand and tat faL fat Halfway Ha1fway In . , , ha be he reached reachedthe reachedthe reachedtha the firelights fireUght firelight a . brighter circle circlestopped . , , IItopped stopped and lifted his left band hand He Hewas Hewas Hewas was W1armedLew unarmedLew unarmed W1armed unarmedLew Lew gav itave gave his rifla rifle to Rebel John Johnsayine . , , uying saying . ' ' I'll Ill I'n In ' ' go " Ha He walked slowly slowlyforward slowlyforward slowlyforward forward halved tha the distance that thatremained thatremained thatremained remained and halted . . Ha He said brief brief- briefly briefly - . ly Iy Friend ! ' ! ! ' ' and atretched stretched both botharms botharms botharms arms in front of him . , , palms upFor upFor up upFor For his afe age and weight the Indm Indian Indmcame Indiancame Indduicame ! came to tha the ground ( round with surprisin surprising surprisingease , ease He too exactly halved balved the thelittle thelittle thelittle little distance atill aun still left , left , waiting then thentor thenfor thenfor tor for the white whit * man to flnisb tlnish finish tha the ap- ap approach approach ap approach . - - proach proachIt It was a ritual that Lew under understood underatood understood stood atood He might stand rooted .nd nd and andmake . andmaka .ndmake make tba the Indian coma come to him It Itshowed Itshowed Itthowed showed in a way one a s supremacy supremacyover supremacyover supremacyover over tha the other That didn t matter matternow matternow matternow now Ha He closed the gap and saw aaw the theblack theblack theblack black eyes faintly fainUy indicate that thatknowledge thatknowledge thatknowledge thatknowledgeHe knowledge knowledgeHe He waited , , sayine saying nothing while whilethe whilethe whilethe the black eyes . , , deep In their folds foldsof foldsof foldsof of dark skin . , . gave him nun a long ap- ap appraisaL * - p-praisaL p praisaL - praisaL Then in perfect school Eng EngUsh Englash Enelish Ush lash the old man aaid saId I J am look lookLng looktog lookIng Lng tog for Lew Burnet . . Tell him Spot Spotted Spotted Spotted . ted Horse is La . - hen 1-ere 1 ere bore " ' I J ra m Bumet Burnet . , ' ' ha he said saJd raid and sad bad had a asudden asudden asudden sudden quaer queer feeling Spotted Bor.e Bore Horse Bor.eHere Horseliars BoreKara . Here liars OQ em on these 1Ie * plains and far . couth .outh outh south . ; .p.1 p.1 p1 . . ' ' \ Into intOTexeia lntoiTxaa lTexaa.l lTexaal lTexaa.lm ? * . m . mon en oiled their heir tlelr ) gunsWhen guns gun . , . Wbcn When beQ they e1 ' beard bear heard " that ? $ p potfed pOUed Hor.e Hore Horse Hor.e'fl Horsewas Hor . awas 'fl fl ' was . leading lead.b1g leadb1g . his bid ht . Comanchea Comancbes Comanches aialn again again.Now againNow . . . Now be b * ftac faced d that dreaded chief chlef a afat afat afat fat old man with wSth a quiet . , kindly kindlyvoiee kindlyVoice kindlyvole voiee Voice * voieeSpotted VoiceSpotted Spottad Spotted Horsa Hor.e Hore horse . nodded "Good Good " . . I Ihave Ihave Ihav have corne come corn * to talk . . Your friend friend.X-opt friend.Xopt friend.X friendX opt . , LopS Long - Ri Rifle e , . Is my friend triend Man Who- Who - WhoWalks'Alone WhoWalks.Alone Who-Walks-Alone Who Walks Alone - - Walks.Alone WalksAlone Walks'Alone - . ' . , , " . be he added , living arIvlne giving both bothof bothof bathof of Willy Nickle's Nickles ' Indian nama names namesIt namesIt It waa wail wad about tima time ha be he knew where whereotd whereold wheraold otd old Willy WUy ! was . "I I " .1 1 . T am glad to btar bear btaryou bearyou hearyou you cpeak speak of my friend . , . " ha he laid said said"We aald"We aaldWe 'We We "We . " ' bava bave have mea meat In camp You and andyOU1 andyour andyour yOU1 your " men ara are welcome wetcome " . Ha He turned turnedand turnedand turnedand and saw law , i hi his . craw crew grouped clearly clearlyIn clearlyIn clearlyfax In the firelight reUght , , , standing standine In front of ofthe ofthe oftha the chut shut ' ' . . . flapa ftaps flaps of Joy Joy's Joys . wagon But Spotted Horsa Horse shook his head"No head "No No . " No 'No ' Talk TaUt I is . bettar better here I will willhave willhave willhave have one man coma come to m ua us . , , you have haveone haveone havaone . . one . , , to keep ua us aven even " "All All "AU AU " right rigbt . , . " . Lew aaid said and turnedagain turnedagain turned [ again and tried to point at Quarter- Quarter Quarternight Quarternight Quarter-night Quarter night - night . , beckoning beckonb1g But It waa was Clay ClayManning ClayManning ClayManning Manning ; who came cam * out ouL Spotted SpottedHorse SpottedHorse SpotfdHorsa Horse had Ukawlsa Ukewise likewise mada made a signal signalThe signalThe signal.Tha signalTha . The one who rode forward , . he b * saw sawinstantly sawinstantly sawinstantly instantly , . was not the th * same sort lort as asthis asthis asthis this old Comancha Comanche chiefHe chiefHe chief chiefHe He was a young yOJlrtg , buck , . thorouchb thoroughly thoroughlysavage thoroughlysavage ' savage with the thin sharp face and andlong andlong andlong long bony nose , , humped bumped in 1n the th * mid middle . ' dle die , . of the th * northern Chayenne Cheyenne He Hekicked Hekicked Hakicked kicked frea free of the rawhid rawhide * loops loops.dropped loopsdropped . , dropped lightly Ughtly to tha the ground and andstood andstood andstood stood thera there with bi bis his . roached coached head headup headup headup up high . , , looking at no one"HowdY one"Howdy one one"Howdy "Howdy Howdy " . , , " Lew Low said and got no noanswer noanswer noanswer answer Two vermilion verm1Uon spots of su sumach sumach sumacb mach juica juice we were wer * smeared .meared meared . on the thesharp thesharp tbasharp sharp cheekbones A yellow ere cresi cres cresSpotted . i ! , r rIt h Ith It . H \ b \ t . 4 , a w wu u 1 1Spotted Spotted liars Done Horse * nodded naaaea . . "Gaa Gaa "Gooe Gooe "Good Good " ! * I Ihave Ihave IkaT have eome come cam * to t * talk " cent curved around the ball baU of his hischin hischin hischin chin . ' He cannot talk English " " Spot Spotted Spotted Spotted ted Horsa Horse explained . . . "I I " will talk talkfor talkfor talkfor for him . . He H * is Crazy Bear . , , Dakota DakotaCheyenne DakotaCheyenne DakotaCheyenne . ' ' Cheyenne . ' ' I see Crazy Crary Bear must be one oneof oneof oneof of tha the younger chiefs chlefs then sturing stirring sturingup stirringup stirringup up the reservation Cheyennes now nowthat nowthat nowthat that their wiser head head . . Red Cloud Cloudbad . , , had gona gone to WashingtonClay WashingtonClay Washington |