The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-03

Certainly, Hampton" he said. as
that all?"
All except what l am going to tell
o now regarding Murphy. There is
no use my attempting to explain ex-
actly how CHANGED to find out all
these things, for they game to me little
by little during several years. l knew
Nolan. and I knew your father, and 1
had reason to doubt the guilt of the
captain, in spite of the verdict oil the
jury that condemned him. In fact, 1
knew at the time, although it was not
In my power to prove it, that the two
principal witnesses against Nolan lied.
1 thought could guess why, but we
drifted apart, and finally I lost all
track of every one connected with the
AFFAIR. Then l happened to pick up
that girl down in the canyon beyond
the Bear Water, and pulled her out
alive just because she CHANGED to be
OF that sex, and l couldn't stand to see
her fall into indian clutches. I didn't
feel any special interest in her at the
time, ~supposing she belonged to Old
ellis, but she somehow grew on me
she's that kind, you know; and
when l discovered, purely by accident,
SAdt ouC was 0dpI+ NOldn s RIrI, DuI
that it all had been kept from her, 1
just naturally made up my mind I'd
dig out the truth If 1 possibly could,
Tor her sake. The fact is, 1 began tt
think a lot about her-not the way
you do, o understand; I'm getting
too old for that, and have known too
nuch about women.-but maybe some
what as a father might feel. Anyhow.
uronF4I - -
square deal. so that she wouldn't be
ashamed of her own name if ever she
found out what it was.
About that time fell foul of Muir
ply and Slavin there in G~lencaid. 1
never got my eyes on Murphy, you
know. Inc Slavin was SO changed by
that big red beard that 1 failed to rec
ognize him. But their actions aroused
my suspicious, and l went after them
good and hard. 1 wanted to find out
what they knew, and why those lies
were told on Nolan at the trial. l had
an idea they could tell me. So, for a
starter 1 tackled Slav1n, supposing we
were alone. M l was pumping the
facts out of him successfully by hold
ing a gun under his nose, and occa-
sionally jogging his memory when
luAo iSIlOW huIpHN got excited, ana
chasseed into the game, but happened
to nip his partner instead of me. In
the course of our little scuf1e 1
CHANGED to catch a glimpse of the fell
lows right hand, and it had a scar on
the back of it that looked mighty ia
miliar. 1 had seen it before, and
wanted to see it again. So, when 1
got out of that scrape, and the doctor
haI 1,x- %,o,- I-ITA -
anatomy, there didn't seem to be any
one left for me to chase excepting
Murphy. for Slavin was dead. 1 wasn't
exactly sure he was the owner of that
scar. but 1 had my suspicious and
wanted to verify them. Having struck
his trail, l reached Cheyenne Just
about four hours after he left there
with these dispatches for the Big Horn.
I caught up with the fellow on the
south bank of the Belle Fourche, and
being well aware that no threat or
gun play would ever force him to con-
fess the truth, I undertook to brighten
him by trickery. 1 brought along
some drawing-paper and drew your ia
theirs picture in phosphorus and gave
him the benefit in the dark. That
caught Murphy all right, and every
lIAAS was CO11AAS Ihy way ne lnI0W
up his hands and even agreed to come
in here with me and tell the whole
story, but the poor fellows brain
couldn't stand the strain of the scare
l had given him. He went raving mad
or the Powder: he jumped on me
while I was asleep, and since then
every mile has been a little hell.
That's the Whole of it to date"
rrh-- rr4-4 ~ with 4hz -n-l- %-os-
by now, and the c~avalrymen gazed
with interest at the new arrivals.
Several among them seemed to recog-
nize Murphy, and crowded about his
horse with rough expressions of SYM
pathy. Brant scarcely glanced at
them, his grave eyes On Hampton's
stern face.
And what is it you wish me to do?"
Take care of Murphy. Don't let
him remain alone for a minute. If he
has any return of reason, compel him
TO talk. He knows you, and will be as
greatly frightened at your presence
and knowledge as at mine. Besides,
you have fully as much at stake as
anyone. for in no other way can the
existing barrier between Nadia and
yourself be broken down."
Insisting that now he felt perfectly
ut for any service, the impatient
Hampton was quickly supplied with
the necessary foo and clothing, while
Murphy, grown violently abusive, was
strapped on a litter between two
mules. a guard on either side. Brant
rode with the civilian on a sharp trot
D lar as the head Of the ~packtrata.
endeavoring to the very last to Per.
suade the wearied man to relinquish
this work to another.
Foster" he said to the sergeant In
command oSSthe advance, did you
chance to notice just what coulee u
ter turned Into when his column
swung to the right2"
7 think it must ave been the sec