The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19

a detachment OF the Eighteenth In
fantry from Fort Bethune trapped BY
Indians IN a narrow gorge Among men
IS a stranger who introduces himself by
the name % Hampton. also Giliis the
post trader. and his daughter. ellis and
= majority Of the soldiers are killed dur.
ing a three dayE' siege. Hampton ana
the girl only escape from the Indians.
They fall Exhausted on the plains; a
company OF the seventh cayaifS Lses
Brane In command, md them Hanptqn
aud the girl stop at the Miners Home IN
Gl~lcaid, Mrs puny. propretress lamp
Is-the KID. She shows him her moth
srs picture and tells him what she can
Of her p%arentage and life. They eeci9e
she shall live with Mrs Herndon- NaluA
the Kid-runs away from Mrs Herndons
and retoins Hampton. Tie induces her 20
70 pack, and 70 have nothlnE more Io ~
with him. Hampton plays his iast f@9s
~ cards. He announces to Red sl8Nln
that he has Quit. and then leaves Glen
caid- MISS Phoebe Spencer arrives ~
Glencaid 40 teach its first school Miss
Spencer meets Nadia, Rev. Wynkoop'
etc. She boards at Mrs. Herndons
out his nowin who she Is. She informs
him OF the coming Bachelor CLUB pAN IN
honor Of MISS Spencer lieut. bF4ns
reports trouble brewing among the SIOUX,
Social difficulties arise al the bacnelor
sp~nser Lieut f-snt meets mss spen-
Ger but she Is not his acquaintance Or the
DAY before. She tells him OF MAZDA ana
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returning 20 the, ballroom with q ian for
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Naia4
home from the dance. On the way sue
informs him as 10 who she s, and mat
she a. TO meet Hampton. hrant ana
Hampton meet. Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his attentions 10 NaluA
must cease. and proclaims an authority
over her that iustines the statement.
Brant tells Hampton Of the presence OF
silent Murphy, and OF the fact that leo
Siavfn receives government messages Tor
him. Miss Spencer called on Bob hamp-
ton Tells him OF a red-taeed STRANGE
views Red Slavin. Finds that be Is an eN-
trooper tn the Seventh cavalry. X was
Siavin,s and Murpay's testimony thaS
more than ten years before had convicted
Robert Nolan. hen a captain in the Ses-
enth. Of the murder Of Maj Brant Sr-
from Slavin. slavin insists Il Is Murphy
he wauts and Murphy had left In a
scufie Slavin Is killed by a knife thrust
Hampton surrenders 20 Buck Mason
marshal. Mob attempts 60 capture him.
Mason and his prisoner escape TO a hil
and defend themselves Mob lights nre
20 burn them out Brnnt tells Nadia that
he loves her. She tells him there ts an
insurmounthble barrier between them.
but that she does not fully understand
A. Brant and his troop rescues Hampton
and Mason from the fires set by the
mob. Brant carries the unconscious
gamble through the lines OF FIRE. Hamp-
tau IS taken TO the hotel and Nadia comes
40 nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts Nhe
heart and hand Of Rev. Wynkoop. Brant
- hANNIE4 ~ AaAE nc NNAAs AHANAA W.
goes Mazda tells him she loves him. but
cannot become his wife. or oner an eX-
plantation He insists be viii return TO
her Hampton goes on the trail OF silent
Murphy. then az Cheyenne, as the one
man who can clear Capt Nolan OF the
charge 81 murder Of Maj. Brant Is years
before. Hampton arrives at Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
for Custer. He follow. the scout, deter
mined 90 wiring from him a confession.
Comes within sight Of Murphy on the
edge % the Indian country. Murphy
practically confcsses to the killing Of
convicted and sentenced 10 dismissal from
thc army and ten years In the pcniren-
Gary. Murphy goes insane.