The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-07-04
CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXI.
A week went by at Fort Emory, and
not word came back from Dean. The
furious storm that swept the hills and
swelled the rivers was the talk Of every
army post within two hundred miles,
while in the gambling hells and saloons
of Laramie, Cheyenne and Gate City
men spoke of IL in low tones and with
bated breath. II ever the bolts OF
Heaven were launched to defeat foul
crime Il was right there at Canyon
Springs, for the story was all over
Wyoming by this time how the worst
gang of cutthroats that ever invested
the wide west had galloped in strong
force to that wild, sequestered nook to
murder Dean and his whole party. OF
the hated "blue bellies" II need be.
but at all hazr ~ds to get the precious
package in hiy charge. Fifty thousand
dollars in government greenbacks 1t
contained II Hank Birdsall, their chos.
en- leader. could be believed, and hith.
erto he had never led them astray. He
swore that he had the straight tip"
and that every man who took an hon.
est part in the fight, that was sure to
ensue, should have his square one
thousand dollars. Thirty to ten, sur.
rounding the soldiers along the bluffs
on every side. they counted on easy
victory. But the warning thunder
had been enough for the young troop
leader, and prompted him to break
camp and get out of the gorge. They
were starting when Birdsalls scouts
peered over the bank and The outlaw
| ordered instant pursuit, just IN time TO
meet the fury of the food and to see
some of his fellows drowned like rats
| in n sewer.
But who betrayed the secret? What
officer or government employe re-
with so much treasure ?--and what
could have been his object? Birdsnll
had taken to the mountains and was
beyond pursuit. shorty" one OF his
men. rescued from drowning by the
mail carrier and escort coming down
from Frayne. confessed the plot, ant
the general was now at Emory investi
1 MIL. "
his bed. Capt. Newhall was reported
gone TO Denver. Old John Folsom Ia,
with bandaged head and blinded eye,
in n darkened room, assiduously nurset
by Pappoose and Jessie. who In turn
were devotedly attended by Mrs
Fletcher. Possessed of some strange
nervous excitement, this energetic
/ To- hAr aT IN a.
of use. Minus ten OF their very best
&C" troop still campcd at Emory, th,
general holding IL for public escor
duty, and, TO his huge delight, younl
Loomis was assigned to command !
until Dean should return. There cam,
q day when the news arrived fron
Frayne that the Laramie column hat
crossed the Platte and marched on fo
the big Horn, and then John FOLSOM
began TO mend and was allowed to sit
up. and told the doctor he had need I,
see Mai. Burleigh without delay, bu
Burleigh could not leave his bed, sai'
the physician in attendance--a yer!
different practitioner from Folsom
and the old man began TO fret AM
fume, and asked for writing materials
lie wrote Burleigh note, and the doe
tor forbade his patients reading any
thing. Mai. Burleigh, said he, was
very sick man, and in a wretchedl
nervous condition. Serious conse
ouences were feared unless utter quie
could be assured.
Then Folsom was pronounced we
. enough to be taken out for drive, an
he and Pappoose had the back seat tc
gether. while Jessie, with Harry Loon
is TO drive, sat in front, and Jess wa
shy and happy, for Loomis had plain
/ lost his heart to his comrades prett
! sister. Marshall had now been gon
: nine DAYS and could soon be expecte
? home, said every body, for with bi
: force going up there the Indians woul
, scatter and "the boys" would have n
4 trouble coming back. And SO this bv,
I iy summer afternoon everyone SCENE