The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09

Indian girl, trembling with fear and
exhaustion, had toppled from the sad
die and clasped the old traders hand.
Good God! Lizette," he cried, you
again? What is wrong?" for her head
was dropping, her knees giving way
beneath her. as the poor child whisper
ed her answer:
Sioux coming-plenty braves! Hide
quckr'
And Folsom bore her in his arms
within.
CHAPTER XIV.
Never unless sure of its ground and the
-eakness of the adversary does the modern
| Shdian band attack at night. Folsom and his
people well knew that Yet not five minutes
after the Indian girl, faint with exhaustion
and dread. was carried within doors, the big
mast1f challenged again. The dogs charged
furiously out to the northeast and would not
be recalled. For nearly half an hour they
Kept up their angry clamor. Time and again
during the night. suspicious and excited, they
dashed out again and again, and once one of
them, venturing further than his fellows
Broke suddenly into loud cries of mingled
pain and rage, and when at last he came
whining pteously back to the ranch it was
found that he was bleeding from a cash along
I'M tne nank; where an Indian arrow had scared
nim only by fits and starts did any man
| sleep. Hour after hour Folsom's little garri-
son was on the alert The women had all
Deen moved to the deep. dry cellar Mrs.
Hal moaning over her baby utterly unneryed
Jessie silent, but white and tremulous: the
herdsman,s wife. an Amazon. demanded the
[lght 10 have gun and fight by her hus-
bands side: LiZette, the Indian girl faint
and starved. asked nothing but to be allowed
to crouch at the door of the room where Hal
bert lay, fevered and unconscious. and Pap
poose. scorning danger, fitted from her broth
ers bedside to her fathers log barricade
at the east porch. In dread anxiety the hours
S e1aSseu by, ana at last Lannion reached
tto.Sh MS nand and pulled the shirtsleeye of
ms comrade Jake. halfdozing at his side In
an instant the latter was kneeling at his
post. What is it," he queried. and I,annion
pointing to the first faint pallid CLEAN in
up, man. It's coming
For half an hour, except for the rushing
I Iad the laramie. silence almost unearthly
nad Drooded over the prairie and even the
dogs seemed lulled to sleep. But now az the
cold light crept slowly over the distant range
ana SOFT flush began to overspread the nal.
i,g Oh she dawn far cut over the valley the
geIp OF coyote began again and all men
strained their ears and listened, while strong
Iianas grabbed the growing dogs and pinned
the cr 70 EARN FOR beginning at the east
som ranch seemed beleaguered by the
saunt. haif-famished wolves of the upland
P Rown into LOCK tp to your sights, now men
iEisom. kindling with fierce excitement I've
Deen the friend of all that tribe for thirty
years yea put when they break faith with me
gpht
anu al make every shot count" he cautioned
as ne maze the rounds of the little shelters
thrown up during the past two DAYS. eve
Keep your grit" ''u oniS
again the clamor of coyotes ceased II
80, on!y the Indian signal Ready" and
every ever ranchman knew that with the rising
sun. IL not before. the swoop would Come
Asaln as the light broadened the dogs were
r ooseu ana presently were CHALLENGING ali
was on every hand. o" LUG
ferched as it was on a little rico Tho
Ianch STOOD forth conspicuous over the VOL
icy. .ey. AZ me foot Of the slope to the south law
tue corral and some of the hujIdingS ahnut
lVo YARDS away. where the Shallow Iarannte
CURED and Tapped beneath their walls and
t t,uW tne dogs seemed to concentrate their at
was isI Ine on mat SIDE Folsom. rifle in hand
THn hisee4lhg on the porch listening intentIy
7 wo on the hands were with him. lake and
t aJ1innion, experienced and reliable had been
given Independent rests on the otber foet
and just as objects c-rtd b. dimIv r ,sott,
nIzeo along the flats there burst unon tba
ears OF tne little garrison a sudden chorus
unward foy Ills. tongue of flame Ieaped
up Sp"aru from beyond tie huts lately occunied
Wy tne r&nchmen. The half-usnd bsvstacLs
IuSnt aIlu neld ore moment the fiery mos
the go snt ~ tueh broad glare that Redeemed
o1 "a nood CT the Laramie for miles and light
ca up the ranch like a suunburst gave forth
a. a n np column of blaze and smoke that could
o ond seen em Iar over the Black Hills of Wyoming
anu az the valley seemed to sprinp to in :
SUM- ne On every side arose the stirring
warcry of the Sioux the swift beat ~ no ,rS
nOots' tne ring OF rifle, and brave John Fol
a splt heart sank within him as he realized
mat mere was no mere maraudjne marty hTt
d powerful band organized for deiibera re- ven
9e eatna Inc Laramie plains were alive with
about the ranch hemmipg n in cuttin E,iii =
off from the world - ' cutting IL
me Inc bullets came whlstllng through the
logs. scattering the chinking, SMASHING n ne,a
aIter pane Some of the dogs came howIinU
anu %sFnining back for shelter. though the
and bounding DING s she,r ground erceIy barking
t ta from the beselged who sought tn save
me thein TO the Last but not once as vet had
cellar ian wa aepL led, with shot. Down in the
Ueiiar women chung together or cIasDed Their
%Ianins cnlldren and listened fearfullv to tha
oIaaoi' III HAIRS room the fevered sufferer
rGe st IRON MS ~ stupor and demanding his
J dneae John FOLSOM found Pappoose. pale and
brotb n,ineu ; bending over her weakened
o op0Iaer and holding him down almost as She
Couia nave overpowered a child Lifting his
oi III ms strong arms no bore him to the
cellar and laid him upon a couch NJ bUrroIo
as he c1o wa.sh MIN here my child" he said,
% ne cIasped her in his arms one moment
But on no account let any enc show obnno
+ Vualu now. There are more of them than
HON dnoq is yet there is hope for us. Some
founding up the steps the veteran v..
Almost back at his post upon the norcb
give en the mere IRE came ne sound that seemed to
hat
the nope that had risen in his braast rs the
sudden rumble and thunder of at Least ono
no tne charging yell of an Indian hand
me Sputter and bang Of rifles close at hand
anu tnen rush of feet, as. with faces
ds UHized WIN fear. three of the men came
HIia an 9 within TITS all up! There's MIL
m mon faoian ISL they cried Two of the de-
t thLolallzeo Fellows plunged into the massage
"a; t-iaI Ieu 10 the cellar. One burst into chiI6
iS ", walllng and chung to Folsom's knees.
g., E LOT CO. you coward" yelled the old man
!,
What q Do Uiab!'g out upon the porch. Cod
49, 49, d slsht! sweeping up the gentle sIone
Drandlshing rifles and lances and war ciIbs
RACING Ior their hapless prey came fftv Og.J
idilas, burning Star among the leaders Rui
Lets could not stop them now The two men
T wiio naa STOOD to their posts knelt grim and
9eot We ana Lannon's last shot took eff
iece- within fifty yards Of the walls Burn
ing Stars rushing pony went down IN hi,
nose and In the fury of his pace turned
suuuen ana complete somersault crushing his
req Tider under him, and stretching him
senseless on the turf An inspiration alnnoat
uou SVEN seemed to flash upon the old trad
eT at the instant. Bareheaded in his shirt
sleeves, throwing upward and forward bis
empty hands. he sprang out as though To
meet and rebuke his assailants ''HoJdrr he
cried In the tongue he knew so well Care
my brothers crazed? Look, am no enemy
~ ~ IS your friend! 1t Is old Johnr' And even
IN the rage of their charge many Indians at
sight of him veered to right and left: many
refined up short within ten PAGES Of the nm.
armed man: two sprang from their Monies
ana Threw themselves between him and their
brethren, shouting to be heard. And then
IN the midst of furious discussion, some IN
dams crying out for the blood of all at tbe
ranch In revenge for Chaska. some demandine
instant surrender of every woman there In
eXpiaton for LiZette, some urging that old