The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06


Dillon was ~ a most felicitous frame
of mind. AT that time tho old Texan
had in his employ a half breed Cher
okee, Bill Hawk. This rascal hap!
pened to be present when Dillon reel
ccivcd q large sum OF money In bills.
which he saw the old man roll to-,
gether and put In his pocket. Tho
elated Texan, after taking several,
more toddies. decided To go out To O
pasture about ten miles from Chicka-,
sha, where he had a fno herd OF %cattial
that were being looked after by ONE
of his fayorito Texan cowboys, and he;
asked Hawk to hitch up a buggy ana
20 with him. The man was eager to,
NO. but his conduct did not rouse any
suspicion nj the time. Tho road to,
the pasture passed through a small In,
dian village. where Dillon had many
ac%auaintanCes. When tho old man
reached this place several Indians and
half. bloods gathered about his buggy
md begged him to stay over night TO-
attend a dance. He did 50 and enT
joyed himseli "a tho utmost until maj
" he succumbed to slumber, Late I'M
the night the old Texan felt something,
pulling his arm, aud when no opened
his ewes h, found that a little INDIAN
girl was trying to wake him. As soon
MS the child saw that his eyes were
opened che whispered: "Dillion, now
Won 60 putty quick. Hawk heap bad
man. Putty soon him come. Him got
big %knife-kill white man-take boss.
take heap money. Mo hear him taIh.
Him hear drunk. You 20 now" Tho,
child ran away. and Dillon slipped,
from under his blankets and rolledl
them together. After placing his hat,
ut one end of tho roll and his boots
nj the other he crawled away a shovt'
distance and lay down under a tree TO-
watch for further developments. Hs
did not wait Ions before he saw a
man cautiously approach tho pile OF
blankets. The drunken assassin was
deceived by the hat and boots. Ho
thought that his victim was ut his
mercy, and he drew u big knife from
his belt and drove ~ into the roll or
blankets with all his strength. The
next instant Hawk sprang into the air
with n wild yell and fell dead across
the blankets with a bullet In his
heart. Dillon had killed him.
The old Texan never afterward was
the same man He continued to attend
TO his business and mako money, but
Il was easy To zee that there was n
loud on his mind. He never suspected
his friend. Black Wolf, or any OF the
Indians OF the village OF having aided
or abetted the assassin. He became at
tached devotedly to the Indian CIR
who had saved his life, and no FINAL,
l. got the chiefs consent to let him edu
Re cate her and make her his heir. Sh'
3, was 10 be given to him when h be
l. came IA years old, but he died a shor
Ds time ago. and now the girls future an
h. fortune are In the hands OF importan
" persons. John Rogers. Of Preside, WIN
IL was in the millionaire's employ 10
al nearly a quarter Of a century. Is TN
a executor of his will, and he says tins
a the Indian girl will inherit a forum
,r. of 81, 00O. 600 In cash that Is with
lis safe deposit company In New Yorl
lie and besides this, When she Is OF leg
he age or when she marries she VIII con
'm into possession Of a fine ranch on u
Ia Rio Grande that Ia well stocked VIII
nd cattle, and one OF the prettlest haciel
does in old Mexico.