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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSYILLE. UTAH Jug could bold no more S.issor revealed the dimes of the medlcme teaching the medicine man how b, t work gently la Inserting th deep enough to remain la PiMce and yet to prevent any ir pressure the mouth; only he said nothing about pressure, as the Indian would r,.t have understood. Sorrel noma simply understood the manipulation of the stopper was the nakan way of domg It Had bn been told to plug the Jug while On hand was hrld high shore bU bead his 'faith would hare been t groat end the mystery ne more profound. "Now lift it by the handle." said Scissors, r The band of Sorrel Horse shook con vuldvely and he could eearceiv hie fingers about the handle, lie grip wa oa the threshold of eouquerlng t!,r greetesd mystery he had ever attempt cd. To have Tunk.&n break a Jug in his hands had been astounding. But te b permitted by the Horn, gid irt break a Jug and then fill It with water and then to break tt e secoud time aur. passed his wildest dreams of w heard Even Sitting Bull, himself, could 1J not do He lifted on the handle and the Jug rose from the ground and remained In tact. The medicine man stood holding It his smalt ejes protruding, ths breath coming In gasps and the sweat oozing from his copper forehead as he felt Ih dove presence of the gods Scissors explained the wakan way was always ts place the Jug on a smooth, level spot Under his directions the medidn man lowered the Jug to the ground. Bdssors took his paper and scissors and cut out two ponies, each having n white rider, and laid the plrturea on the ground and solemnly directed: "Now If your heart Is dean, now if you will do as you hate said by the white men, Tunkan will hear you Break th Jug by taking out the stopper." Of course the Jug collapsed and the water escaped once the plug was removed. Scissors advised : "Have the little water-gir- l help you bold the jug when you fill it Be sure level place. If a jug tt stands on breaks In more than two pieces do not try te fill It Such e Jug Is weak and does not please Tunkan. Two Knives Talking goes to look after hi sick Plainly disconcerted by - this bold skepticism Crary Horae withdrew. To add to the tremendous excitement earned by the medicine IUB avowal young men rmle into the village short!- - after the noon hour, returning t rom a scout between the Grand and Heart rhers. They brought with them tumble tropblea la the shape of Pd feet tied to their lances. Ihe.r arriral was greeted with the f.r.rg of guns' and much yeUlag and how ling. The three ponies wore feath- era lu their tails and manes te show they bad ably abetted thetr masters. The lances were pae-c- d over te the kjuaws to ddnee heft.r being struck u; before the Strong Heart lodge to stpr ree f HUGH fendexter cw W TM CHAPTER XI 12 i - Th teociu) BJorolnf Shtw-Dow- n. fwr Dlos-- . of mtrtotnanahlp d W from jumped jitiWtloa ' I 01 today. rP waiting U ended... I am and I know the wait-7- , tjuUsi. y. Get p and ,x n ended Xing fcj Tfc w hattr ?iwy ftr 8fk t da Cndkit ij'ranx to his foot, , pie something to tf I bad boon In thl , minion year. What kw crying: It cursed shall I do. ,! ifc? I it t your broakfaat. Tbo girt It now. I muat aoo Sorrel Tt. tag finish our trad," Boo do yon happen to know no furiously naked about Injun a the girl had placed pa! after had deported. and robe a o food pt Turrit with Sioux boya when I waa I became waken I forgot Im td thing, but what I learned ileit Indians aeema to have remained Bar r I find myself Sometime me, of their old aooga. aongt I thought Of for years." , short work of the meat, nude jVy said : ' "Stick by the mt Scissor HI finish my talk with Sorrel Bw very quick." , iod yo aald there waa work to I (rumbled Dlnadalc ftlfre spent our laat night hero If mn aver to aee Deadwood Cltj (ill, assured Scissors. At these wrfi Dinsdale became nervously alert ome g g-:- l-- it brother." Dinsdale waa uervousty walking about th lodge, snapping his fingers, his flushed face betraying his highly strung nerves. 11 whs surprised to nd met. have Scissor abruptly command : Th Inmates of the village no longer "Lie down end be sick." . folded Sdssor. or pretended not to "What th devil I exploded M kla; but he knew there wee only a mas In the "You have eaten too much meat village who did not lh t aae him writhing under the and wild cherries. You are very sick. Ppiala knives. He walked almleae-- Lie down." among the lodges and approached "Youre crazy." the lodge of Sorrel Horae In a casual "You muat pretend to he sick," Scisnuuwr. On reaching It Scissors halt sors elucidated "Sorrel Horae will I Is latch Sorrel Horse go through show bis medicine to the village this kb owning custom of hanging hie afternoon. VY cannot be there. One nrdldne hag to the medicine pole oat white min alck ; on white man watchMt th entrance. ing over him." "It la time," mumbled Sorrel Horae "We're lighting out this afternoon?" vlthout looking at the while men. "The hoarsely whispered Dinsdale, clutching Plr art ready. Twe Knives Talk-- h Scissors hand and hurting It Why pay for them nowT couldnt you say that at the start?" Dt coroe to Dot the medipay. say It now. Some time this afterum will not work until be ha reached noon. I would Ilk to wait until evo 1 am wakan, '.totyooica." , ting, but I do not dare. Horae gfel led him Into the lodge and ! can hear the pounding of a l dropped the "flap, and aald: ponys hoofs. Some ooe is riding to lb young white man will be very this village." hfB you go hack to him. "Darned" If I know wlen to take lie ill k alck from eating too much meat you seriously," muttered Dinsdale. Knives Talking ullj stay by him " youll get me to bearing and seeing e rnshw him well He cannot Have things next But If I'm sick, here h lrk brother te watch Shanm-lvt- a on the goes." And be flojiped down tell k Jugs on the suffer I while pleas "Now open place. outalde robes. AH the Ogilala will want me what youve been np to." vil" ,b w medicine. While they "Before I srend time talking the f white men will go among lage must know youre sick, said kluffa gnd follow the pony trail Scissors. He ran out the lodge snd otk liter they will find ponies hob-- railed to one of the akadta and asked cor ! wlI feeding. Two guns ere there that th roots of g boo11 sing he so might him ef dried meat Now Ice be brought 15n the whit th bear tong ver his sick friend and toYn Mated array of Jug. cure him. wveral lettlea filled with water, - The roots were quickly brought pro acuwra picked up a Jug and found surasbly obtained from the medicine g ! within a few Inches of the hag of Sorrel Horwe; and word was He examined the to spread throughout the village that one ure ft would exclude stopper a lit There wevy all air and of the prisoners handed It te Sorrel Horae Sorrel Horse declare and those who ' ror't ,h J ,n1 break It was recovering his medicine and was Bat h efper with his fist killing th whit mans medicine. ,,or nervously Scissor that understood followed when It wss and waa merh east , down was using llcorb-e- . th nted.rine the ,hf BMng happened. bear digs up, and was ln!n la because douM much was no you have medicine betir song- there " explained to the ellicacy of Sorrel Horae magic. r yu e medicine." The t increas the tension Swrri n'moTl the stopper and Horse Instructed the akaelta .to anWbm lb Mrth- - n n th lodges that after Llt to ky and nounce t dewn th west be started the aim b" river slope '1 Oil'd would break n Jug tu fc..V,er ,mn kftl, a favorit of was be verflowlng and gently in and prove that Tunkan still that snd stone vd " the worked through him, ! s -to comma uded. He has stolen the wblt man what H does toTlmi ,, They really say 'wag, and this time Joyously shouted rewarded his be tells If to - Dlna-dale- k U1 " r d ht Z't I - Rrior. ln.rin t " "" wt HZ"' - fck 7 brfht ,n toffifT W TV.y r2 7 paUe fat. Wed: to ,JT!r4 lt stopper curt'y ' th,, JlT aujP name. brMk Jar." kin auspiciously and ndber Jog. only half fihwruj! . . a, mtn fc8Bjt M k ktVf,"T, alwTPntmef Sciwmet fe. O !.. ft .er A 2? Dl work If I reom the "arare 1rj? nta M ut 1'1 I Alarmed died j itvuts out by 1 the noise Scissor 1 de to Inveetlgstw Soon he hii fsie looking pal t .nil stckly Some poor devil of a soldier who si's.'evl stol gut lost, or who w aliens ff tuvr.ttni." he told "Butch 1 1, ett'si,e is crary. It makes I had fir uv Tley've tasted blood 1 hey won't l sstisUet! until theyve "If Uv brought out" In their dinner wss too Tbe loud outcry at the north eud of e street, quickly woilea to a deafen- d re whs one soldier ther most be umre behind him," said Dinsdale hej-- fully "He w;ii n a. idler They brought In enough ,,f jlis clothes to prove that Crory Horse u in to lodge trying to figure out tinw mnj more there mi) he, snd whore lley msji he. I believe It menus t.oreral Cr'Kik has struck the little Miv-ouri- . or even tle head Of the Heart I knew something would hapten todav It's lucky for us that the scouts sw nothing of Crazy Horse's messenger to the Short Mcdl cine Iol hills But theyll be coming hark any time now When things be gin to break thev come with a rush." It ws some time before th village quiet el down sufficiently for public Interest to revert to Sorrel Hors and hi tx.ast. l he medicine man, when he could gain a hearing, proudly proclaimed It was his new medicine that had enabled the young warriors to make their kill. The young girl nho 1 y over- questions. At fit at iHiiadale refused to eat. but Scissors Insisted until h swallowed some meat. Scissors would not let hlin leave the couch for fesr some rurlotta savage would spy on them and discover the truth. After the shouting and dancing had ceased, the skaclta began parading through the village and crying "Shun-rluta will make a new medicine, they say. Hlyu po! (Come on!) Illy pol" As the camp police passed lodge It was a signal for the tnmatea to come out snd fall In behind them. Crazy Horse took his place and as the procession retched the prisoner' lodge he halted and looked Inside and asked Scissors to come and witness the new medicine. Continuing to fan Dinsdale, the picture man ceased his chanting enough to reply. "He has had an evil dream. The ghosta are fooling him. brother need th lear My whit a bg aong." And he pointed down to the patient, who groaned and tossed shout. The skaclta went their way, calling on all the people to follow and do Korrel Horse due honor; th two lines of Including Crazy eager spectators. -- Whan the Indian Warant Loking. malned indoors. Ran Juan Jo rushed from his tent, rlfla In hand. The front ranks broke and erupted to each aid and allowed Rrisaors and Dinsdale te stand revealed. With th yell of aa Apache Ran Juan dropped bis rifle and ran forward to shake bands with th two men. Old Pyrites was soother who fought bis wsy through tb mob to sdd congratulation. Tb proreksinn cam to a halt for tb street ahead was filling with men sod women and children. - A man with mighty lungs climbed to tl top of a freight wagon snd bellowed: "Pete DInodale and Scissors who W lloree, mad for th prasay sloje. Scissor w strived their departure through the opening, and then mads sure the adjacent lodge were empty. Darting back t tb lodge he pulled away the bundle of antelope skins and made a peep bole mtth his sets sort. Only two lodge stood between theta and th bluffs, and neither showed any signs of life. "Now we are reedy," be w hie per ed to Dinsdale. Dinsdale cam te bit feet aud started for the opening, but Scissor drew him back and dosed the flap, and Mid: . "Opt the back end will be better He dropp'd o0 bis knees and had pulled a bide te on aid when both were startled at the ound of a step a ketby the eutfanc. SMtchlng up motlon-for d he tb glri tle left by Dinsdale te gala tbe couch. But Dlnsdnle rould get In proper posiposhed back and ne tion tb flap In hie bead lie slock skaclta of tb bad noted the cessation of the sick mans mooning, lie blinked hi eyes to get rid of the sunlight and bet rid Dined sle stealing toward the conch. He opened Ml mouth to emit a jvtl, when the kettks struck him on b back of tbe bead, smashing the skull. As the man fell forward on bis fee, half Inside the lodge. Dinsdale seized hit shoulder and dragged him rone nnd Scissor droned the pletely Ran Away wo all reckoned had cashed ft trttw es- bo-twe- e r tiger The cheers wer given; twor gun wer Mayor Farnum made Ms wsy to the escaped prisoners snd shook each by the haoj. dlfc-borge- I, deut " " e. -- kla." - - i - ew,-4- e e pfowr go la on this. I ll do InslJ work sad big risk but alwavs provtib In the other men ar all right. Wb tn Juas Joe ctilurted Dlswltle te take the th rear room, snd after roiul.ug a hoy for a tray of drinks and making sur Ms guest wss roinfortatdy seated h exclaimed : Well, this knocks tue! Can't make It real. When Pyrites came back without you and said you'd already started for here with Scissors, I knew When he something bad haptene-- l told shout you making a big killing at card and described the fellow I decided the agents had got you Knocked htm off hi pins when be arrived aud found you badn t shown up. Now give me the story." First tell me atout Jim Omaha. Ha he been here?" To b I with Jim Omaha I Havent seen anyone that rould be bltu. Give me the yarn Dinsdale told of hi meeting the man Easy and winning his money; how lie and Scissors ran sway from Kasys gang only to fall Into the hands of the Indians at Bear butte. After sketching bia experience among tba Indians be dolefully added : "And that little pleasure trip rof me four thousand dollars and leave me without even grubstake." "Four thousand ts Bribing" scoffed Ran Juan. "Ther ts n Mg gam watting for you. A very big gam. Yon didn't lose your nerve nt Klin butter "Not my gun nerve." grimly retorted Dlnsvlals. "And what I wont first of I brought all la two Colt n new Winchester forty-fou- r fntn th Butt. Bat I feel undressed without my hand guns." "You shall buy good n brace as ther Is In 1 tend wood City. That means, as good as any In th world. Yon did mighty well to pull old out of tho fire." "Now get this right II pulled m out Rah ? He's on entirety different man among injuns. I belle? he's until bs's mors red than whits. Not only knows their lingo Ilk n book but b knows thslr different songs and secret societies. Ha says b used ts llvs near on of tbelr big villages snd played with red' youngsters when bs was n boy. That waa be for Ms mind went back on him. In hero bs's halfwitted. Matching wits against Rorrel llorso, tbs medicine man, bs's as smart as n Yankee peddler." "I knew from pictures bs cut out that bo knew a lot about thetr village Ilfs, , Th'F caught him early this summer and ha. wss with them quits a see they?" " ilurmliie liiHhte with you a Just how? s , 1 I i Dm-dul- e. "Youll know everything one wvo got the stuff Even Horseshoe Webb or Roach doesn't know Number One, the leader." Ih.n't like It. Never did like going It blind When I tie up with a man to do risky work I want to know his face, his heart. I want to know him down to th ground," firmly demurred DtnS-dsl- e. "But you know me. If I vouch for the chief that ought to bo good enough for you. Webb and Roach know m. I'm Number Two In tho partnership. I give them their order. But theyr Ignorant dogs. They might talk too much when drunk. Say they did and I got Into a pick la. Tb rblof, known, U left free to get mo dear. Tou'r different, of couroo. If youd corn from Rapid City when tent for, th chief would bov been willing, perhaps, for you to know him befor w work It Rut Its too tats now. After wu'v forraled tbo gold yoaTl know him end Ilk Mm. Hinsdale, that's tb way tb gams leys snd youll hsvo to fek It or leovq It Fm sorry, but 1 cant tell yoa toy mors. If It wss for ms to droid Fd put sll th cords down fees up. Tbs chief will b ther end will bold th rihhons. You'll meet him Immediately after weve got th stuff." Dlnadal swallowed bis drink end Finally pursed bis Bps thoughtfully. bs slapped his head recklessly oa tbo table snd decided. All right 1 drop. Ill go It blind, banking oa you. Fm broke and haven't say c hoi ca. But Its tb last Urn I work without knowing every ms a whos sitting In. Bafsst wsy Is to gft b a tbe gome," and b leaned serosa tb table and lowered his Vole to a whisper. "Keveral business mes In this town believe the bills are beginning to play out except for those who locate and develop quart! mines. They agre with m Itll t easy to hold up one of IToflt. two hunthe treasure-roschedred thousand and upward. Thera! Now you know Fas a bad man. Hla black eye bored Into Dtpadale'e to observe bw ho received tba startling confidence, Hnsdalc's far reHe tasted bis mained ipre1onlea. drink end aald: "If. tbe ropes are tigged It ought t be simple snd easy. I rould get tit stuff aton. getting away might b s. harder." "Harder than tb Ogalala Job?" queried Saa Juan, and b grinned wickedly, TM Isnt any confeyalotsal," eoldly retorted Dinsdale, bia eyes half cl owing "But every on knows, or ought te. that Its easier t bold up a stage tbs a a train. A at age la boy's play If I bad my wad I'd gambla y I could 7 tagc d!p os o ariask and bold xp oa the line with tw corncobs for gun of course," pasaettger-fuiHe- , "I believe you," softly cried Ran Juan. yor dnt d oatis-factlo- i a tbo ebb will work "I don't rro.kon hed been In any dan It a Ion. "Good!" cried tbo gambler. "IH ger at all If I hadn't been nlong. But around and make everything circulate to get bnck to my present trouble. Tm tomorrow algbt I ought to By rowdy. broke" tfot while I have an nunc. And know drflnltely when tb roach la to ths tables havs been doing mighty start Well bop Itll b fat "They may bold It back till th solwell, thank you. Little off now, but I -diers rotne." . dont car, aald Ran Juan. "If they could b sure ths soldiers "IH tak enough for eats and drinka 1 will can makt some real money. until get her ahead of ths reds. As What'! th big game p nv been brag- It Is, IStrlck A Raulsbury srs threatging about! Your meaaaga to Bapld ening to pun off their stages unless they can have an escort of troops. City mad mo curious." San Juan Jo studied tba reckless If tt looks Ilk th Indians will bp fac In alienee for n full minute, then buzzing around this gulch theyll stazt tresur-coscat or. Depend gilded to tb door and opened It quick- ths tbs chanres nr. a think what they ly to make sur there waa no eave to find out" I'm whst That's going tb to ha table, dropper. Returning and from desk bis to He tarned out two and drinks, demanded; poured "If you dont car to alt in will you behind a drawer pulled out a largo g of dust and loosed It oa tb table, promts never t tell whst Im about port to tell you?" Sorry tt Isnt "Spending money. "Think Id spoil good aportr hotly O. K. Fll yoa it th asked Dinsdale. "If I dont alt la IU greenbacks. oa L O. D.a If can so tables yoa It to play soul." never breath living settl after Well want action. yoa me. la This for "That good enough po-vr- j VS What ore w to d1 tA(ln," curtly demanded Dinsdale, "Hv'a hired as one of th guard You'll le hired as soother. Titer wRI tw teu other We've planned tt guarvla you two, working with the throe ol U. who will he la amtnifcti, can tak care of th ten guards and nri shed a drop of Mood That's all right. Now who are tt others?" I make the third man. Bud Bosch froiu Crook City Is the fourth. 1 cant tell you who the fifth man Is Then It's all off and Ill forget all shout U, Jut as I promised," declared "Of courae yowv got all tb peers aary Information?" "A, B, C," sawed th gambler 1 "There will b fir of . and be on' of the two to work on the Inside. Doe that scar you?" "I roar." growled Dlndt beginnlrg t kxk gy. Trying to tad ti std ether hit of make ouro P gri my nrv ? Indian village life. These were eager- ask Is to have my chsne to get clesr, only one man I don't want p as oouverlrs by men There ly rr-pe:. CA cri know whether my face Jim Oroha.' wer ffudylsf they ffa Jusa Jo laughed la deep ta be vtriln of Teton cruriry or the , O wtlcocao Crock. And each nsro rrise Pt - th In, caped from th Isjuns and bov cam back. They say Crook and bis soldiers are on Heart river, that tta a race him and Crszy Horse to see whether whits or red gits hero first Sitting Bull Is expected to Join 'em with flvs thousand bucks. Our two citizens wer chased from flllm Butte to the Bello Fourrhe by a email band of Ogalali. .They killed tbelr hones In th race and cam the rest of the way on foot Three cheers snJ rtert e.x Dim-dal- Whlls." dr rrs hs Bris-oor- "W supposed yo were dead." he aid. "All the credit for our being alive belongs to Scissors, said Dinsdale. flap. more about Injuns than -tter how "He knows Now w must go, no Horse does." Crazy msav are outride." muttered Rrisst-r- . wakan," "In spoke ap Rrizwors. They erawled under the back flap Rioux village year "Used la ta play w and tvending low, ran by the W hat I did was nothing. But If ago. gula lodges snd began ascending dry on Crook make this gulch ahead ly. They reached the pin growth th wsnt Infected to by f the wss proper for Hors Ogslalyoa the Indiana Crazy. top of the Mff" Juri trouble of lot esUed Drw-dalsnd dtement on tbe atop began yetting loudly. talk uh "Make room so they can ret ta lodge after bating a Ms believed Borret Horae bad l"lde h"d stock h somewhere and rest." cried Raw Jnas Horse. When with bis Jug medicine. dosed, fttnsdsle. eyes behold Rttrt nog to rould wss cheering. but not so bolsteron-tIt insisted tb medicine rots Trow Md ! besd now If that Rrisaors had glren his bis he even noon, no towing reach the rilmax the crowd parted and Ihe medMne warning, the rouhtNlrg incoherently. , hint""f ifh that forgt the warning beside him snd f.nnei gambler led the two men Into the tent not work nleaa the prisoner would sad toward th bidden entrance of bia fan of eagle feather sad time t reech the pontes. r had -- wne one meat have returned t house. But Rrisaors at once reapood the feathers he softly MB jl drod d to Ms environment and wlfb pwper a ad discovered the --The young ms Is sick 7 esked the village and oriaoor ready begs them of a nearebinj couple guard. rrobaMy customer. for be wa." nervooriy watch Crszy Horse. to left 1 h,n It aerified to Dinsdale that a mask "He 1 very sick, but repHM two sleeps. weO after terrace f.sd bln dropped over Rrifavors fare tb They scrambled op anther ' I Jhrfwors. ruwolng trait faint a le got back among the table; to came sad after t breaks "Yhuncs-lut- a tloo never did he d rocb ev el and flow, trade ns the from south, th Mat nt4-down now. Instead of profiles he cut ut heavily woodedfhey rould bwtf ns tbow-aan- d forty-four- come with excitement to aniwer any bo-for- "You're my wn klad." he aald. "ItU net us at the lmst an even forty ap roe. If any of eor notuhet cariica !n, Ms share wm be evenly divided. And it's likely there will he more than two hundred thousand on the coach. Why. tuan! with your metal to back me 1 eta find games better even than the treasure coach I I'm through running a gambling place, Keno Frank's been cutting Into my trade, if tt wasn't for tb big game ld have to clean bln pwltk card oe guns. But now 1 caa see half a million apiece before w finish." "Not so fast," quietly cautioned ec. you. d l! . chaser demanded more Information a to how the two czsnsged to "Aiwa) a could do tt," Scissor atrttty cried. "I'm wakan mitshasba.' We run away when the Indiana weren't locking. American 11 or ne? Yea, w saw him w bon be came te lead his braves to .the IIesrt. Crazy Horse? the big man; stack Certainly, him up against red or white end h'e blta. Why werent we Mg. Four killed offhand? Why, I'm wakaa. I tell you. Used to live In their village. Then there waa with emue very pretty revolver magi. He's a cool one. Med Crazy Horwe bun out "" tie eyes.- ing chorus of jell and punctuated hy discharge of hand gun, caused more thso one citizen of Iead-wooOty to fear that Oraiy Horse and Sitting Bull were tasking their threats and wee sweeping into iwn t the head of their coper-col-orehorvlv-s- . But at the clatuor reached Kilty the Schemer's place, swept on by Kano 1'rank's gsmhllng ail, and was added to by thoe In frnt of Sun Juan Joe's big tent, tt took on' a rude rbjthin snd at Intervals burst into a reszstfring staccato of wild cheering. Then the tents sad buildings farther south knew tome thing momentous bad bspvened. but that no danger was tuimlneut. Ihe soldiers are coining I The soldiers are coming!" shrieked a woman from the second-storwindow of a store and tenement structure, Thl whs accepted as the truth for a minute, s the womans coign of vantage was much uerior to thou mining around In th street. No aoldleral Two nten!" howled a bov from the top of a pine. Then a solid mass of exclamatory humanity ram Into th view, (wallowing disorganized group aa faat aa reaching them, and only th til r- - erl wied , rdd Sn-P talk, tit Tht rni the vitcrc i&d the rsnnot break Jugs." wss now known was escape their on tbe slope. "After be tries snd fs! . proved hy tbe Indian 4 with hi. head waa h'n mass daorirg tMip.ew' Tbe entire ones ude W arms. Wthand wavlog 1st wDdly. at, nkr" outing ma told remember whst the whit Then Brianors mad out noa new to 74. rnkea Jr j." the two piece WV th do I 7! Sew TT'1 t told the anedlotne away wn U'r t ' y lBTTfn,ls he . struck the remtlaed intact. Aa tff hicb 1 teetr"' e . new hare Win ba-n;a- a med-Mne- flaw of triumph ei landed and rtt rivals, a amall band of warriora. AH of these except th leader had As Scissors stared at th mounted w arrlor he cried : American Horse! A.mertcsn Ilorse hss returned. Look! lie to the north, snd brandishing his ride. Now they're breaking to run back' to the lodges. By heavens! The ponies re beln brought up! It can mean on'jr one thing! Crook's soldiers bavo reached th head of Heart liver. Crxy Horse pex to stop him from making the Black bills. They don't even wait for Shunca luta to prove bis medidn I Here's th trail Now let's we jour dividing th gold." Just a word mors. Bandy Allen! Tbo man I killed. Wis bo on of tbo gang!" Ran Joan langhed la deep amassment. We'd never trust a loose-togued dog llkd that II stack ap somo stages, 1 reckon, but he worked km, or with tho Rapid City outfit "I knew bo wasnt getting Mo dost by working. I tried to get away from tbo poor fool But It was bias or me" Trench Curly and Big Georg riled him op by telling blot yoa bad blnffed him la tb Bed Rock. II thought ho mart get yoa to get back bto repute-ttoYoa did good tans for tb ntstak for m to1 town. It was send yoa away. iMtead of being fired up over It tbo prop! know after a few hours that you weren't to biamo Why, ooroo even Diked of putting you ta as marshal Wild Blit was picked for that 6. but McCall stopped Mm." "If Wild BUI wss marsh) now wouldn't want any of this treanrs gam. And If Jim Omaha Mows ta. and I know It. you neednl bother to bunt for me. HI b goo tor good." "Bump! Omaha la overrated. Railroad man. No rood up hero oft this klad of work. That word 1 got must fslro trail." bavo been TO bb coVTiivcao n a. - Sincerity Remember thl Htm rule for aoc-Lyur every act to bfrom u doc, sincere Interest In the tMrg dcrire t lirpro never from th with year persons"' T, Tl motives ere th firm found Mor which actual bulll Ccnceltcd mettves re snd upon which fzCitr to k.'lt.' JowcU FUlnro. rt rrt wr t?-- e 6i n ft-t- sg |