The Delta independent., 1898-10-28
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cred his portable nest aud on one of tho
qpartermaSter' best horses had left the
post within tae half hour Of Riggs
coming. NO man knew for what point
after once he crossed the ford. Hoof
tracks by the hundred crisscrossed and
sigzaRged over the southward mesa.
Thick darkness had settled down. Full
ier's people swore 10 signs Of him had
been seen. aud. though patrols kept on
all night, poor Winn came back do
spairing an hour before the dawn to
face his fate. Even At noon he hal
hardly begun to realize the extent cf
his overwhelming loss
"Go home and try to sleep. said tho
colonel sadly to the dumb und stricken
man. lyon eau do no good hers I'll
send the doctor to you"
But Winn started up aid shook the
old fellow q kindly hsnd. II cannot &C.
Ny God. must know the whole bui-
nessr" he cried. II cannot sleep or eat
. morscl."
whatever You do. don't drink"
said Riggs, in not unkindly warning.
"Go aud sec your wife. anyhow. for Al
hour or 30. She has sent three times "
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empty because they knew poor Winn
had not soul in the world to whom to
look for help Kin to hulf dozen oil
army names. It helped him not whit.
for no one OF them was blessed with
means beyond the monthly pay. and
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