Show 0 HA TO liff A r 7 K R 5 I 1 I 1 I 1 every has crossel ed what to be knOwn tas the greata desert embracing amb emb cing the plains fajt ahat i JIL he be teer atchason Atch lson kar era danter D Z colo basay thedrell th etrell ford or of the horth borth asnat iv st ai hawkeye batka nak I 1 tb e in in them arly early e aa di tra used ed to tip stop rt to 0 re fe atoe he if kheir butlers ba flera storm storey and where I 1 1 duay was sold by I 1 the glasa lasal i 1 the ranch nas iras kept by one jcck beeda I 1 I 1 literal teral type of 11 the adventurous iro iron 1 1 tiei an who bore the name of 11 k i I 1 E eye e from froia the he bla cid t of cf thosa afi i rith tich nature I 1 had widowed fea dowed hka back seed fea though furty allt years old at the time of 01 which I 1 write could s see farthur rover the pra crames Lides than the th best bast smut scout that eter squinted al lolk the barrel a rf s A rifle s no na oce e knows imo this nang mans history ira pre alous to the spring ot aw when wh M h 0 arrived mi and established himself la it t tha ford 0 of f tho ria ids aias ance sin ce come to be named nama ater him haere he jl adobe housa which from to time he strengthened a into a 4 bl t it 1 ture fort to protect V hemsell him sell and against agal t tho the hostile esq ays jackway JAc jack kwas wonderful nond erful shot abot and especio es especially at long range hll ex e sight 91 hloi him a ad I 1 vante TaA fige ge I 1 have ha ve alever seen but bno man his egnal as a ahti illi his sp specialty balty wa was J WA fiste so sometimes tj strangers jr d uld 1 top stop pt at the r randl and vt of their being good sho tr and perhaps challenge hawkeye hawk eye eie tacit jack to trial of skin skill he let them select their awn wn distance and target ihm han ahen they had fired he donld filing his rifle to his eye eael ith a rapid motion motion and CM instantly his ball aras v always alwa Ts t to 0 haaf cint entered ered the same g hols ola which 1119 ls opponents bullet bad madel made I 1 sour my marev he say lyl coolly I 1 tom toa bant see PM it hole that distance IL was wai frequently tie Wently the rejoinder 11 luty y dollars against twenty I 1 cover corer thet woi balls V by adoth er but the strangers found they yd d sot got a man manir arith th waona they could couff om 0 bet to lose and so they th acknowledged dg beat and went vent on their way ay several years ago I 1 was taking il a large surveying party darty to colorado co I 1 0 ii 15 and in d we ne made up P our oar tran tri oi nt atchison coni gitig tig of fourteen loell indic teams teams ha haa ins ing some iome heavy nia machinery haneit to trad sport in ahe wn affons ir gons it was ism lre 6 thedrol th iroil 1 horse had bad cross A that arld arid nule bi or a tau rall hia and beh been wd laid west of i kansas P awa we could not make maid ines iia than twenty fac nty nilles a day daj 6 la ibe 1 11 way ay of progress rallin nar teams at night and nar mah 1 49 AU all dT necessary essary arrangements against the roving ro indiana who were aba th lit eral of the plains As we hid bad broken b down dow with one ona 0 I 1 our I 1 fast about a couple of blk bellfo reaching hawkeye hawk mr k eye pod rd d r I 1 ordered m ed a halt for a whole dar to repack the wai wag ona and leave the ona on behind I 1 I 1 dorlag the P f roii of this duty iby by the men 11 I 1 1 mounted my sturdy uttie littie vill phlip to saddle horse and west well forward V d to ar visit jacks jah I 1 it happened haDDe Zed to lie be a i very quiet days day and there the was scarcely arcely t sa kew a soul about the pret ateSs Z save the family famil y itsell itself the ranch was fudy twelve miles arom irom any othar and it it WAS only when the man mail passed or an occasional lonni mule male train camped aar dear by that aay one on L caage 0 there at all ail new NG and then buffalo buff ilo or cantalopo anta lopo hIl liters 1166 apex in and two or three some miners w wb koi 0 trusting to theli their blenc spencer r r i wes and bifid good hor horses mox crossed atho th plains p sifi at escort alt I 1 4 rode ode up 10 h t I 1 heard tomb pistol sh shots rt and loos shed tny tn 7 thinking I 1 M I 1 it for self defussi I 1 rode iode round to the fhe rear of the dobe adobe a t to see ilhan th shots hot si 16 see sheldy oled l to be fired ahert and befall M a sight A ta riia wiry built ik laan w aras bj of 0 t a il young girl 4 hot bf be more than 0 var o or yi of ake age tha chaid for she die 15 W but baft little more ignore was iras sreng h ink itt a faank ark some tam thirty P 2 thith ath a bright navy L avy and Us its bening to th the criticisms and edons oni I 1 of the man by jjr side he E eid to S viard vi ard rae me and I 1 knevi anew in an by those large lame piercing black eyes eyed that it t was nias hawkeye hawk mawk ES eye jace ag friou gh I 1 hid had ever seen him becore I 1 do anette ail nette ahe he said mid t to thea child hu d t you on shoot as tl Tic ami jj I 1 athi b by and by 1 n 1 tiie airl see seemed in W pleased P 1 v ith the eom cam nad and left us as she tel to go ant tD t the lie adobe she was decidedly edd edly pretty P atti with her fathers erea ye bed aa a roand awn in a boyish style ret tn in no respect IL ici modestly mo deatly dad drei dreisel sed A se wiped th re r volve MY its as she walked w away iad returned it to tb the leather frojm dbent at her side yon yo it camped ped p just wow last lis t sight st stranger balig er said the mra mn mr a to mp m and baw jou coming up cism we ne have bate laid over for repairs walk la in and aird have cometh in strang era er 7 s j Tl sal said I 1 following ajl W mg liiri into ato the dwelling ry at my dredest red P t he prepared a 0 it feiy large mcge m 1 of ind and then taen accepting eccel ting one of troia the mst east wi we batand bat and smoked and aad c chatted very ery 9 sociably together er fora for a long while he 11 en enjoyed joyed the cigar as he said it betas beina of so to amchir bliler flavor than th anthe the weed which be used jn in his Q pipe ja tack ck banned ed up over the punch and toomb cS As of stories of frontier fife iwa and adden adventures alfi family hare you ati here I asked ed 0 I 1 1 Q 3 only find her old adv he sald abid 11 looked sharply nt at m me e WM a sort of 1 I think it ifould be lonely 3 but I 1 ditc itc flave an object iio he slid isid grimly to aimaka 11 manen r I 1 suppose laer the rast reg I 1 of f us is money 01 1 we wen yest yes I 1 do oradea trade a little 3 but thatis that is not cot my object ho he said with a stern expression what is it as C I 1 Veas eancer lie he replied th it a so savage and so hoarse a volca tha I 1 was startled I 1 on whom I 1 asked I 1 tiie me ave had finished el 1 our 0 r cigars and poncho and at ansy suggestion reme w etl a mr air host became more aad more communicative as 1 warm ed hl mi vel veins ani and the she tobacco ascended to at last ha h sald cascady jl y never N beeh alon RIME the he platte 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