The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-24
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PIOw Woman
By ELEANOR GATES. .
Author of The Biography OF
Prairie Girl ,
Copyright, 1906. By Mcclure, Philips & !
Company
(Continusdl


you are sure? I wish your father
had asked my advice. / feel as If I
had come short in my duty"
Please don't" she enreated. you
see, we thought we could tend to it
long s we knew who 1t was"
He turned astonished eyes upon her.
Knew" he exclaimed We'll, for
heavens sake out with 1t Them
''Matthews-he wanted the land"
"The interpreter! But last nights
tracks were made by mocassins.
There's one Indian free
She let him go no further. "Its NOT
ChaEIey." she declared. Matthews
meant US to think It was Indians.
Moccasins are easy to get"
That's true" He frowned "H'mf
Well, I shall inquire into his where
abouts during the last two davs." And
the captain fell to studying the figures
on the Navajos
Outside Lieutenant Fraser was pass
Ing the shack. He rode on to the corn
field, where he flung himself off his
horse
"Marylyn, Marylyn"' he said trem-
blingly You poor girl I'm so sorry.
What can say? It's my fault"
She lifted a scared face to his. NO.
It's mine" she answered. IF I'd told
Dallas about you we'd never "a gone
to Clark's''-
Thank goodness you did! But If
your father had known about me-if |
could have come to the house. must
after this. Wen tell your sister about
US now. Come GA"
She shrank back In sudden fright.
mo, no. Don't you see? Shed think
1t was awful l didn't say something
yesterday
why didn't you. MarylynY
She looked down. You don't know
Dallas. She don't like soldiers any
more'n pa. She said so, and she'd
"Oh, l think she does" he argued.
Now, let's try her-lets make clean
breast of it."
Her hands came out in Wild implor-
Ing. You won't. you won't, you
won't" she begged. Don't you under
stand? My keeping still was Just as if
I'd killed pa! oh, it was! So l can't
tell-nowv
''Marylyn"-
@ul 'romise you won't; oh, promise you
hit" And she went down, crum-
ps1ss into little, miserable heap.
~ "lkly he lifted her We'll. we |
won sNtell her, then; not If You don't
want to, but Wen have to some day"
Some day-maybe- not now"
'All right, then-not now" He led
her from garden to coulee and back
again, trying to comfort her all the |
while as best he could
you see, Marylyn," be said, you're |
wrong about its being your fault. It's |
mine. l promised Lounsbury I'd look
after you folks"
She stopped short Did you tell
him about you and me?"
No"
"Ohr She was relieved. You
mustn't. either Not him or any one"
II don't see how l can ever look
Lounsbury in the face again." he said
bitterly.
Whereupon she straightway began
to comfort him.
At the shack Oliver ard Dallas had
arrived at the question of future safe
ty.
Il must insist" the captain was say
Ing, upon your coming to live at the
fort. | cannot spare a permanent
guard for this side of the rivera
scouting party up and down once
day is about the best | could do. We
have our hands full already"
Live at the FORT Her lips tight
ened little. She got up to walk
She was thinking of the cold stares.
the Abs" the "Ohs and the laughter
Of the post ladies in their bowling am
bulance; the nudges and the grins of
the passing musicians, and there's
anus room ut the fort when there's
good lookin' gals in the family"
She shook her head.
You love Your sister" he reminded.
Think Of her"
Il am thinking Of her. I'd 90 TO the
tort II there was danger But-an-
swer me honest outside Of what's
happened here, do you think there's
really any danger"
From Indians. you mean9 We'll
I'll tell youths was comnla+a sur-
prise, shock to me Because " far
we haven't seen sign Of the bostiIes
beyond that signal in the spring. North
Of here, at Lincoln, they've shown
themselves. But they're largely con
centrated in the northwest to meet the
troops
Then there's no danger from In
dians?
Still, there might be. ana l want
you to come. Frankly. I've omitted 70
tell you Of one disquieting report that
has reached us. After the recent bat
tie on the Rosebud one of the war
riors of Crazy Horse was captured by /
General Crook. The prisoner said that j
within q days ride TO the west Of here
your@aged friend
She stopped him. lifting her hands 10