Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

"oh, no. no. did you-eiid you ,wig
him. Jack" he gasped. Saw You
ever such a i?lincing pussin boots since
the Lord made YOU? All. ha. ha.'
The devil take your il-tilned
humor." cried. TIP With you, man.
and let us vanish while we may
BY this the camp was in q pretty fer
nent, as you would guess-our late
captive having had space enough to
tell his tale. Drunk or SOBER Falcon
net was afoot and alert. shouting his
orders to the F.lgiishnlen who We're
4 scramblng for their arms. and to the
Indians who came swurmins up from
the lodges
j Whilst we looked, the C'herokees
scattered like q company of trained gil
hes to beat us out of cover. and when
the hunt was fairly up, the baronet
captain set his men in marching order
to surround the wiSwam of The cap
tiNes.
rs yet there was time for a swift re-
treat up the valley. or at least for the
choosing of some battlefield of our own
where the enemy need not outnuinber
us twenty To one: and again l urged
Richard to bestir himself. but it was
the sight of l'aiconnets troopers de-
ploying TO surround the tepee lodge,
and not amy word of mine that broke
his merriment in the midst.
At a bound he was up and handing
me my sword.
'Goodby. Jack. go whilst You can.
You'll be like TO meet Eph and the
Catawba coming in: turn them back
and tell them To bide their time"
Blu, YOU would say.
My place is inside of that soldier
Gordon our friend is drawing about his
dove cote shall be at hand when she
needs me. rs l promised.
Aye, so YOU may he; hut not alone.
said l. and with that we fell to running
like Il pair of doubling foxes through
the wood on the deep sloNe behind the
lodge. striving With might and main
to gain the laurel thicllet whence we
had made our first Reconnaissance he
fore the converting lines "t the rc1.coat
Gordon should close and shut us out
We did 1t by The skin of our teeth. div
ing to cover through the closing gap
not second too soon. When we were
in and hngsiilss the bare ground under
the scantN leaiing Of the laurel. take
no shame in saving that would have
given Il kings ransom tn be III large
again. Had there been hut ono of us
the covert would have s,.cn craniped
enough; and was painiully conscious
that my borrowed coat OF scarlet WAS
but a poor thn. 10 hide in.
70 make ii worse. Falconnet. who
hearing fresh fuel ON, and this reNiving
of the blaze mad" the place as light as
day. With the nearest links i'm the rcd
coat chain no moro than n pixies ,cngtll
at our backs, We dared moi stir OF
breathe d word: and. all in an we
might have been IL ken like rats in a
trap had any one of the sentries on our
side of the circle CHANGED To look be
hind him
Having repaired the fire 10 his liking.
the trooi,-captain came up In pass Il
word on two With his lieutenant. THY
spoke guardcdlS'. but We could hear
could not help hearing
You have seen nothing, Go,don?"
Nothing, as yet"
Make the round again and tell The
men twill be ten gold ines and Il
double allowance of liquor To the man
who first claps eyes on any one of the
four
The subaltern went to carry out the
order, and Falconnet fell to pacing
back and forth before the little wig
VAN. could see his face al the turn
where the twilight fell upon him; twas
the face of a villain at his worst. name
~, villain half in liquor. There was a
lurking devil of passion peering out of
the sensuous eyes: and ever an anon he
stopped as il TO listen for some sound
within the captive's lodge.
When the lieutenant returned TO
MAKE ms report ne was given announcer
order to cap the first.
Your Inns is too close draw ang! too
conspicuous. SAID the captain. shortlN
Move the men out fifty PAGES in aid
vance and bid them take cover
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