Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-10

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MY children. there is nothing left but to
! submit"
! idle He rode apart from his men, his
! head bowed and the reins dangling
from the neck of his horse He had the
habit peculiar to men who live much in
solitude of thinking aloud, and on this
! occasion his thoughts ran something
after this fashion:
''The Kyles and the Weldons are one
| There can be no doubt about that. If
this dog, Sim Bliss, told me the truth
and think he did-the Kyles are the
heirs to that estate, and if they put i'll
an appearance the Blanchards would be
nowhere. If Henry and Louis Kyle We're
both dead, that estate would belong to
their sister Nora and her husband, if she
had one, l am supposing now that Val
entine Kyle remains in exile, and he
will if he's wise The two Blanchard
girls are pretty as pictures, but so is
Nora The man that gets Nora Kyle for
wife will strike the biggest kind of II
bonanza | think | see the gentleman.
think l see my way as straight as Il
string and clear as a trout stream. "
Mr.. Bouton Strengthened up in the
saddle, drew in the reins and urged his
horse TO that part of the line where
Henry Kyle was riding, evidently in
very low spirits
"A penny for your thoughts, laughed
Bouton. refining in and playfully slap
ping Henry on the back
Henry Kyle half turned and asked:
what do you propose to do with DIR
Blanchards daughters?''
Il haven't thought about them. be-
lieve the Bliss brothers are enough in
terested in their welfare to see that no
harm comes to them.
1.-THE Bliss brothers are natural born
protectors, sneered Henry Kyle
"f you don't think they can fill the
bill, why don't you go in and give
them your services? Here you are in the
sulks instead of being delighted at our
success-at the success of your own
plans y
II am so delighted at the success OF
my own plans that feel like cutting
my throat
Don't do that. But why the feel
ing?"
81 didn't join this outfit to make war
on women and children. If this doctor
and his son are prisoners and thieves,
let the Blisses pay us for our services
and take them away, though, to be
frank, l think it put up job. and you
think the same thing"
I'VE never had any doubt about that
But the young ladies-what would you
do with them?"
Il can take them to place where
they will be safe and well cared for. ?"
Where is that?"
MY fathers house
II thought you were never going
back there again. "
"Then you thought wrong. My moth
er lives, and so long as she lives she
will receive me, and / will seek her
out -
but supposing your brother falls in
love with the girl who has now your
hearth" Bouton chuckled and looked
out between the horses ears
been in the habit Of considering the eff
feet Of my conduct My being here is
the best proof Of that Excepting your
self and few men of the same cast the
members of this gang are creatures Of
impulse. We act, then think -
Bouton bowed with q mock courtesy
and rode to the rear of the line, where
Font Robb and Patch had charge of the
pack mules He gave them some orders,
then galloped to the head of the line,
where the young Shoshone, Black Eagle,
had command Of the scouts He remain
ed with the indians till the sun set
By this time they had reached IN
open valley, thr 1uRh which wound "A
broad, shallow l,am, the banks lined
with cottonwood and the grassy expanse
broken here and there by clumps of cedar
and mountain oaks Bouton's trained
eye at once fell on the proper position
for camp. and he dismountcd from his
horse. He sent number Cf tho Indians
into the Surrounding hills to act MS
vedettes and wat Dr Blanchard
came up with 4 cu / Clara He
would have helped '., 1ny ladies to
dismount had they pated him
and sprung from til -;'.I...&
"You will permit me, l.o aid, with
u profound bow. Ito be you humble
servant 80 far as to take charge OF your
horses"
He took the brides, and when all the
party was up he instructed one OF his
men to stake the horses in peninsula
formed by bend i'll the river, the long
rawhide ropes giving ample space for
grazing. Huge fires were built, and
from the packs provisions were taken
for the evening meal
DR. Blanchard gave no thought to
himself Anxiety for his beautiful
daughters rent his heart, and for the
time unnamed him II he could have
had assurances OF their safety, no would
have willingly given up has own life.
but such assurances could not be
had. There was not in all tho party
man to whom he could look for help.
Once as he saw Henry Kyle passing,
the impulse came - him 10 call to the
young man and invoke his aid. Henry
KYLE looked to bc so different from the
others that the doctor imagined he
might be better, until he recalled that
it was Henry Kyle who Ind come as
spy 10 their camp on the plains and had
sftcryvard betrayed them While he was
thinking this over Clara laid her hand
on his shoulder and whispered to him.
as if she read his thoughts:
Might We not appeal TO Henry
Kylc?''
From the first the handsome, graceful
youth had made an impression on CLARA,
which she would blush TO acknowledge
TO herself, but do what she would she