The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-09-10
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A detachment of the Eighteenth I'm
fantry from Fort Bethuns trapped oy
Is o stranger who InfToduess himself hy
the name of Hampton. also Gillls the
post trader. and his daughter enllis ans
Ing a three days, siege HamptSn and
the Girl only escape from the Indians
They Tall exhausted 90 ths plains
Brant In command, md them Hampton
and the girl st1o at the Minerx' HONS IN
Slencaid. Mrs Du1y. proprte trsss- ttAnnk
iis-the KID. She shows him her moth
er's picture and tells him what shs S1n
OF her parentage and life They aeeiiSee
she shall live with Mrs. Herudon Naua
the Kid-runs away from MIS- Herndons
and reioins Hampton He Induces her 20
go back. and to have nothing fnorv tc W
o. cards He announces to Red Slavln
that he has quit, and then leaves Glen-
caid. Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives IN
Spencer meets Nadia, Rev. Mynkoop'
etc. She boards at Mrs. Herhootnt ,.
Mazda and Lieut.. Brant again meet Will
out his knowing who she Is. she ini s,, n,
him OF the coming Bachelor club oall 10
honor OF Miss Spencer Lieut.. brdnt
meets Silent Murphy, Clusters scout ne
reports trouble brewing among the SIOUX.
Social difficulties arise at the Baehsior
clubs ball among the admirers OF MISS
Spencer. Lieut.. Brant meets MISS Spshh.
Ger but she Is not his acquaintance OF the
DAY before. She tells him OF Nadia anu
he accidentally meets her again as he Is
returning TO the ballroom with ran L9s
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Nalna
home from the dance. On the way sne
informs him as 10 who she Is, ana thas
she is to meet Hampton. Brant aha
Hampton meet. Hampton informs tne
lieutenant that his attentions 10 Nalaa
must cease. and proclaims an authority
over her that Justifes the statemeh y,
Grant tells Hampton OF the presence OF
Bilent Murphy, and Of the fact that tted
Elayin receives government messages ior
him. Miss Spencer called on BOD lamp
ton Tells him of a red-faced stranger
pnistalking her for Nadia. Brant inter-
views Red Slavin- Finds That he 10 an eN-
trooper in the Seventh cavalry. II Ne
Eiavfn's and Murphys testimony that
more than ten years before mad conNlSleu
Robert Nolan. then captain IN the SeE-
enth, Of the murder OF MAJ. brant, ~,
Hampton attempts to force a confession
from Slavin. Slavin insists II Is murphy
he WAITS, and Murphy had left IN
scufiie Slavin is killed by knife t nrust'
Hampton surrenders TO Buck Mason
marshal Mob attempts TO capture Nun;
Mason and his prisoner escape 10 NH
and defend themselves. MOD nshts M, hae
10 burn them out Brant tells MAZDA thht
he loves her. She tells him there rs an
insurmtuntable barrier between tneni
but that she does not fully UNDERSTAND
g. Brant and his troop rescues Hampton
and Mason from the fires set by the
mob Brant carries the UNCONSCIOUS
gambler through the lines OF nre, lamp
ton Is taken 10 the hOte' and Nadia comes
90 nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts tho
heart and hand of Rev. Wynkoop- Brant
Is ordered to take the field. Before he
goes Nadia tells him she loves him, but
cannot become his wife or ofier an eN-
PLANTATION. lie insists he Will return 10
her. Hampton goes on the tran OF silent
MURPHY. then at Cheyenne, as the one
man who can clear Capt. Nolan OF the
charge Of murder of Mai. Brant Is years
before. Hampton arrives at Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
Sor Custer. He follows the scout, deter
mined 10 wiring from him a confession
Comes within sight OF Murphy on the
edge OF the Indian country. Murphy
practically confesses to the killing OF
Mai. Brant for which Capt. Nolan was
convicted and sentenced to dismissal from
the army and ten years In the peniten-
tiary. Murphy goes insane. Brants
troop guarding Clusters pack train on
Iittie Big Horn rescues Hampton and
Murphy. Hampton insists on going on to
Join Custer and deliver the dispatches.
Tells Brant Nadia is daughter OF Capt
Nolan who was convicted of numbering
his father.