Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-30

~See here, Mt. Arthur" he said, 81
cannot 60 shooting with you this morn
ing. It appears that the natives in the
village over yonder hill have got into
row about white fellow they captured
nearly mouth ago, and who has been
doing a turn at the paddle of war
canoe, for some atrocious crime against
the community; for, though patient and
far-enduring, these simple people viii
turn to avenge themselves at last"
ST hardly understand you. Capt
Archer. Do you mean that you are
anxious about the white mans safety?"
ssNot bit! He was caught red
handed in crime-the brutal murder Of
native boatman- Through my inter
vention, they committed the. sentence
of death to term at the canoes, and
now he has escaped and I am afraid it
will entail trouble on me-"
SLOW SOP"
"Well, do you not see that if it had
not been for my interposition, he would
have paid the penalty of his crime
but, cannot waste words of explana-
ton. The man is gone now, and I
must go and help to find him"
81 can be of no use, of course" Dun
bar said, coldly.
swell, yes. indeed, you might do me
a great service. should like to take
Bradley with me, and if You would
only look after my invalid friend while
am gone, I should be immensely
grateful"
''Oh. that can do with pleasure,
Arthur replied, not too eagerly.
HE will be of little trouble to you
just simply see that he does not wander
away, and, above everything, do not
contradict him. If he declares that he
is King Solomon, humor the freak of
his imagination"
'.I viii. How long will you be gomez
II do not know, but as the fellow has
got a good start, it will be near night
lrobably before we return I am
sorry to appear so inhospitable, but we
are living here in very strained posi-
ton with regard to our neighbors, and
I cannot afford to appear Indifferent in
case like this"
Arthur Dunbar witnessed the depar-
ture of his host and his villainous satel-
lite with the keenest satisfaction.
Hardly We're their backs turned than he
was by the side Of the baronet, who
was sitting in his usual fashion on the
broad verandah, with the dog, which
never left him now, lying at his feet.
''Sir Harry Grahame,~ Dunbar said,
plunging at once IN medals res, ''try and
rouse yourself. have come from Eng
land to your assistance to rescue you
from the tolls of your false friend,
Archer
The invalid simply glanced at the
tone:
s'Archer: Yes, Archer-capita1 fell
low, Frank ArcherI''
He is your deadliest enemy-oh, do
try and rouse yourself, Sir Harry"
''But Bradley is beast, a drunken
brute; he is very rough with Frank
mean to kill Bradley, but don't say 1
told you so.''
There was look of pitiful imbecility
in the mans face. The truth flashed
across Dunbar's brain-he was the vic
tim of some noxious drug, doubtless adj
ministered day by day, which Slapped
his intellect and left him in this chronic
state of stupor. He resolved on max
ing one more appeal to the baronet'S
powers of memory
kate, your adopted daughter, Kate,
sent me here to rescue you She is
breaking her heart with sorrow, for
they told her that you were dead-''
''Ah, Kate! Pretty, bonnie Katei
Kate with the golden hair. 1 always
said the sunlight never left those soft
tresses," he said, in a mild, dreamy
manner, with a far-away look in his
eyes. Suddenly his appearance under
went a complete change. In an instant
the vacant expression left his face, his
eyes beamed with a fierce. savage fury,
as he cried: .'Eh! What Kate Ora
hame in danger! Dead, did you say?
Speak! My brain is in whirl, Kate,
my little Kate, in danger, and I not by
her side. Speak, or I will"
But before Dunbar's lips could frame
the words, an incident occurred, which
produced such shock on his nerves
that for the moment Sir Harry and his
troub les were forgotten-the figure Of a
half-naked man, with limbs torn and
bleeding, sprang from the side of the
bungalow to the veranda and grasped
him by the arm