The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-01-18

l over kIltW lllbN lll.' w NlNAE NVh - /
simply wonderful. lis. nabbed three of /
the Birdsall gang and Is away now after |
Tho noVs from Folsom s ranch |
is mere rcassuriE5 Hal was shot by horse /
thieves who were running off stock, and |
was found and taken care Of by friendly /
Indians, but Mrs Hal had an awful scare /
and sent for the old man, VINO went, of /
young ladies going with him. |
They were miles away before we knew of
Il at the fort. ] tried to persuade old Peck ]
sniff thet he ought to let me go with twenty
troopers to guard the ranch and scout the
Laramie. and ho threatened TO put me in
arrest or all the double-dashed pig-hcnd-
II old idiots he's the worst / don't want
people at the rancn to be scared, but IL
the Sioux only would make some demon
stration this way that would give me a
chance, I'd try to earn little of the rep
utadon that you're winning, old boy, and
no man knows better how much you de-
serve it than
your friend and classmate, HANK L."
~. Storing took ten of the troop into
the Black Hills to beat up Bureigh, but
lac said If they struck Indian sign ne meant
to make for Folsoms ranch. Now if we
could only meet therc!
The sun was well down at the
west. The days march had been long
and tedious, as only cavalry marches
are when long wagon trains have to
be escorted. Dean had not vet fully
recovered strength, but anxiety lent
him energy.
If Mr., Folsom says there is need
of cavalry guard az the Laramie, it
is because he breads another Indian
visit, colonel / have nine men in
good shape Our horses are fresh. or
will be after few hours rest. May
| push on to-light?"
And to the young soldiers surprise
the elder placed Il trembling hand
upon lis shoulder and looked him
earnestly into the eyes. Dean, my
boy, it's my belief you cannot start
too soon. Do you know who Lii
lette is?'
I've heard the story" said Mar
shall, briefly. she must have been
lowering about there for some time"
YES, and now her people know it,
and it will rellindle their hatred. The
moment | heard of this | sent old
Bat to watch the crossing at La
Bonte. Not an hour ago this came in
by the hand of his boy" and the
colonel held out a scrap of paper.
II was rude Photograph, rough
sketch, map-like, Of "A winding river
another and smaller one separated
from the first by chain of noun
tains. The larger one was decorated
by a ilag-poe with stars and stripes
At the top and figure with musket
and hayonet at the bottom. The
smaller one by little house, with
smoke issuing from the chimney, and
woman beside H. Above all, its
head over the mountains pointing to-
ward the house, its tail extending
north of the bigger stream, was a
comet the "totem" or sign of the
Ogallalla lover of Lizette. The story
was told at glance Burning Star
was already south of the Platte and
lurking in the mountains near Fol-
SONS ranch
That night. toward ten o'clock, an
anxious council was held. IIaIbert
Folsom. ferercd by his severe wound,
was lying half-unconscious on his he'd
his unhappy wife wandering aimlessly
about at times, wringing her hands
ard weeping. evidently unbalanced by
the tcrrors that had beset her of
late and the tidings of that awful
Indian revenge along the Big Horn.
Silent. helpful, almost commanding.
Elinor spent the hours sometimes al
her brothers bedside. then mt that
of her sistcr-in-luw when the poor
creature could be induced to lie still
a moment The hurly little son and
heir, long since sound asleep in his
cradle. was watched over by Jessie,
whose heart tluttered in dread she
dare not say of what. Twice that
afternoon she had seen whispered con
ferences between old Folsom and Lam
MON. She knew that for some bet
ter reason than that he was over
persuaded by Pappoose, Mr.. Folsom
had not carried out his project of
sending them back to Gate City. She
saw that he made frequent visits TO
the cellar and had changed the ar
rangement of the air ports. She
noted that the few ranch hands hung
about the premises al day their
| rifles ever within reach aud that
| often MIR. Fo,som too the glasses and
searched the 70 d to Frayne. She saw
that earth was being heaped up in
| places against the ranch where the
walls were thl1 or made OF boarding
she saw that water and provisions
were being stored in the cellar, and
she knew that II could all mean only
que thing-that the Indians were
again in force in the neighborhood,
and that an Indian siege was immi-
nent,
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