The Washington times., 1905-03-12

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His long. yet black hair euried on his
/ sheu1de-s He had strong aasiiiisle
nose. and his eyes were piercing in
/ their intensity.
/ IT was Quanal1. the chief of the
Apaehes. Behind him, peeping throngi.
doors and windows. were his squaWs
and papooses.
He Inotioned to mis- guests to aIight
/ and enter.
The old chief spoke grave words OF
/ welcome in almost perfect English, and
waited for them 10 state their business.
81 am Mr. Hart. said the older man.
and this IS my secretary. Mr. Rawltrls
My legal representative was here TO see
/ Yes. answered ouanah graveIy. Mr..
Doak .
II have some papers wish you to
heok at. Mr.. RawIins. will you please
bring in the bag2'
| RawIins went to the stage. and re-
| turned with a leather satchei.
Can we not go In where we will De
alone2" asked Hart.
The old Indian bowed and arose, and
they followed him into the house. When
they had entered d room and closed the
door, Hart opened the bag and took out
bundle OF papers.
t He fnts.bled around. and brought
forth battIe of whisky and box Of
/ cigars.
You win parsion me-, he said but
| / always believe that men can talk
| business better after they have had a
social drink together. Now. If we had
a little water and some glasses, We
would be all right.
| Quanall opened the door and said.
something te the Apache tongue ana
| soon a sest1a, a replica Of his father,
brought lge sorne glasses and q pitcher
| of water .seeh and cold from spring
| on the rao.1atainside. Then he with
drew. ard the chief closed the door.
Hart passed the bottle TO Quanah, who
| shook his head and made gesture of
dissent
Come, now. said Hart, TRY some of
| It, eiliefIt's good stuff. and little
Won't Bssskvoai .
NO. replied ouannaa. Your whis-
| KY is not good for the Indian. do not
drink It.
Both men now urged the old Indian
te drink. They thought that If they
could persua lie him To dc so he would
fail an easter prey to them.
But upon his again refusing. they
| wisely sIesisted. and. having themselves
each taken drink. Hart opened a
bundle Of papers.
One he separated frem the rest and
read aloud Il was a franchise. grant
ling TO Michael Hart ct al. the sole
privilege OF building and operating a
railroad in the Kiowa. Comancfe. and
Apache reservation
| As the reading progressed, the chief
grew graver. When Hart had finished
reading, he took a pen and bottle of
| Ink from the bag. and passed them to
| Quanah.
There now, he said with airy cor
diaiity. just sign that. chief. and /
will pay you personal fee for your
trouble, and we viii be going
The old chief rose and said. slowly
and irnpressiveIy:
Il cannot sign that paper. I have all
ready given franchise TO railroad
company, and cannot give another. This
/ Is not what your lawyer. Mr.. Doak.
asked me to meet you for. He said you
wanted concession to dig for minerals.
That I PROMISED / would give when the
allied tribes were paid for the privilege
| Nov. see here, Chief said Hart.
with n angry glitter in his eyes.
didn't come away out here to be fooled
with When you were IN New Ysrk you
accepted money from me, and gave me
a receipt for it. That receipt shows that
| it was in consideration Of a railroad
franchise to be signed by you later.
Here is copy of it. / he original is IN
Washington.
But the receipt / signed was for an
advance on the mining concession pay
meTlt. TO convince the Indians that you
meant what you said, and had nothing
to do with the railroad franchise" re-
piled the chief eoldly.
- T.ar.a 10 in hIael< md zyl,f
persisted Hart.
The chief took the paper and read il
through carefully
II did not sign such a receipt" he
said
but your own man read 1t to you be-
fore you signed" urged Hart.
An Latrobe. Then he was traitor
exclaimed Quannah bitterly. NO" he
almost shouted. Il did not sign the one;
viii not sign the ether
Il would advise you to sign this paper
without dslay," said Hart cruelty IT
can ruin you with this and he shook
the copy of the receipt before ouannah.
Cor said Quannah. drawing himself
up to his full height and pointing to the
door. Go. or remain at your peril
Hart and Rawiins hastily replaced
their papers and the bottle In the bag,
went out and climbed into the stage, and
returned to Fort Sill
Hart was in 3 furious rage at the out
come of the Interview. He cursed GUAM
| nah and RawIins and everything in gem
era1.
I'll make that Indian wish he had
| never been BORN he said. He'll be
glad to sign that paper before I get
through with him.
AS they rode into the Fort Sill reser-
walton they met Raider and his party
riding slowly and painfully from the
other direction The men were battered
and bruise6, and their horses were ex-
| hausted.
Briefly. Raider related the adventure
OF the night before. and told how he
| had failed to capture Sanford. and OF
their repulse at the 'front.'
Hart grew purple with the violence
of his rage.
| That night. Hart Rawlins and Raider
sat in room OF the Indian traders
store
..I knew we couldn't win out Raid
| Ter was saying. I'VE had the laborers
I D ! the front on the run and had sfoDI,,.s7