Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-30

supeiVsned. In the GSSE that followed
that hapieis holiday Ellis hovered on
the toruyria..u TWIN life and death.
and no n.an ,oald say tha. the fatal
thrlstmastidc mlgLC not claim still an
ether III the FaIraIs
And that week was one % wee To Ioor
Jacl. Ormshy'.' He haunted, the neighbar.
hood of the rairar>: lc hung about the
gateway. lnror,uning the doctor, tie
colonel. Kitty, VIII. nybody. for It'd
Ings Of the eirl he loved His fine, ;.lcrt,
inteillg' ut face was clouded with the
dread and scrrow that cyorcanp him
He could not see Mrs Fa-rar-she rare
" moved from her stricken daughters
sid"-bu: IwIc" he SAW ard talked with
Helen. and once. with lIcr. walked out
~ visit the T"w made grave. All that
week tn" shadows east 10y the glare of
the ynardhousc flames seemed to WraD
Fort trayE" III ;,iCom. and people g;..od
upon the black ruins only with IL shud.
der.
Tie Indians, ever superStitious, had
pCfcssCd To- Sc the hand IF the Great
spirit III the clouds. pointing rcncrse-
lcsSiv ut the spot and wailin. them Of
further wrath TO come as u consequence
81 the unavcngrd murder Of - chief
ta!n's son. Cow Boys and hustlers. I'll
g1Ted against the garrison because IL
had InterrCscd between them and their
ruT'posod punishment of Big Reads
band, saw hcrr u capital Opportunity of
"mhro,iing lie red men with their
white defenders. BY dc2cLs. in sl.ivcr-
M silence. wrapped III their blankets
inh .ga:C, on their scracgy IGlies, the
Warriors had loohod on at the solemn
little ceremony. and within another day
by scores Tie cowboys and settlers we've
| pradinS the story that the white
| thief had buried Tom Graic" with all
'h" h"norS of war. despite has crime. and
miSdemoanors, simply because J." had
| KILLED The son If an Indian chiof-thc
l son wi the chief Whose people killed the
| colonel # TIE Twelfth when ic attack
ri the fleeing village on the Mini Pusa
| three long years before II WIS the
wiuic soldiers v'uy Of i.:uut rig the red
man II WIS prcof of lis real feeling
toward the Indian
| ''Lool. out Ter yourself. Big Road!'
/ -aid these ustutr. frontier statesmen
! Chief Fcnion ard his soldiers have
{ '.ly luIvd N"u h,rc W,ihin range of
/ 'i'!s walls ti.t LEY Lay the more
readily sweep upon you some bitter
morning and pa, ycu and your war
| riors, your women AMI children to tie
| sword In the intense cold Of the three
day dat succeeded the blizzard. III, n
I ,e
>pC",: between tie fCrt ana tine Indian
| village. tut the smi-s.rIcs Of Ben
! Thorpe had been lusily at work Big
Road aud his warriors had been hidden
IN attend the stately funeral of their
kirsnan and friend. Crow Knife. OH TIE
morning after Christmas. and had flock
rd to the svpne and lifted up their
muurnful chant when the yollevS flash
cd and the crowd Of attendant soldiers
bowed their heads IN mingled homage
and sorrow. That WAS Is it should he,
hut what did II mean that his slayer
should then be accorded equal hono:s-
BYE. that more ctiicvrs--chicfs-wc
present at Graicc's grave than when the
son ct Il Brulc warrior WAS laid Ia Yes, ::
This they could Hrr f.thnm. and this.
despite the strained relations that had
resulted III the death ri Laramie PETE.
the cowboy cmissaries proved eager TO
explain IN their own way and To explain
L. attentive cars.
Old Fenton thought he'd done me
when lie moved that bloody band m
here 10 the font. said the cow hoy king
to his adEiring audience over at the
saloon across the Platte. If don 1 pav
HIM of with compound interest within
the month and make him wish he haln t
monkeycd with my business call me
u COYOTE. lie and the stuck uu gang he
heads Will wish IL God they left those
Indians where they were
And five days after Christmas Colonel
Fcniun heard IT goingS on within the
Village that gave him cause to summon
his adlutant dnd officer Of the dav, To
double his scntri,s on every front ami
{" realize how mach in these few years
hc had learned 10 lean for counsel ami
support on Malcolm LeaIa; for now the
colonel was forbidden. is was every bc.ly
else. To see HIM even for moment.
Not only had the flash Of the explosion
grave reason To fear that he had inhaled
the flame. Captain Lcaic was suffering
torment, yet bearing his burden withou,
a moan.
\ troubled man was the veteran nos,
surgeon all thar woeful week. Eli.
Fairar. dclirious III burning fever. Nal.
colin Lcale PROSTATE on bed of pain.
blind and breathing only in agonizedl
gasps. Mrs. Farrar looking 50 fragile
and weak thar II seemed IS though a
breath might blow away the feeble
flicker Of her life. others Of the women
more or less overcome and shocked hy
the events of the last few DAYS, ana now.
right in the midst Of IL all. came indi.
cations Of trouble III the Indian village
mp the stream-powwowing speech
making and dancing 10y night, runners
fitting Ia and from the Big HorrI. mes.
sengers darting IN from other tribes
and when Fenton sent for Big Road 10
come into the Office and explain the
chief tsmporized. expressed himself as
suspicious Of some plot TO separate him
from his people and TO hold him as
host ACE a fha fort