The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-04-02

4 detachment OF the Eighteenth in
iautry from Fort Bethune trapped BY
Indians Ia n marrow gorge. Among them
Is q stranger who Introduces himself by
the name OF Hampton, also ellis the
posi- trader. and his ~daughter. Giliis and
ing q three days' Siege. Hampton and
TIE girl only escape from the Indians
They TAI exhausted on the plains. =
company OF tho Seventh cavalry Lent
Brant in command. @ them. hampton
ana the girl stop at the Miners Home m
Slcncaid Mrs Duty, proprietress lamp
ton talks the future over Win MISS 1lt~
lis-the Kid. Sine shows him her moth
ers picture and tells him what ane csh
she shall live With Mrs Hcrnoo1 Nal9e
tne kiu-runs away from Mrs herndoh :
ans refoins Hampton He induces het 20
60 back and 70 have nothing more q lo
with him Hampton plays his last sAi
ut cards. He 70 hed olaflh
that ne has quit. and then leaves glen
Giencatd 10 teach its first school Mss
Spencer meets Nadia. Rev MFnkoop,
etc She boards at Mrs Herndon.s
Nadia and Lieut. Rrant again meet with
put his knowing who she Is. she INFORMS
nm OF the coming Bachelor club uail hl
honor Of Miss Spencer. Lieut. bfent
reports trouble evil among the SIOUX
Social difficulties arise AZ the Bachelor
Ciuhs ball among the admirers OF MISS
spencer Lieut. Brant meets Miss spen-
Ger but she Is not his Acquaintance o. Ale
day before. She tells him OF Nadia, ana
he accidentally meets her again as he Is
returning 90 the ballroom with a Fan Tor
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies MAZDA
hofne from the dance. or the way she
INFORMS him as to who she IS ana thAs
she is 10 meet Hampton branl ana
Hampton meet. Hampton informs lne
that his attentions 70 Nadia
must cease, ana proClaims an ~aNlnotlLl
oyer her that 1ustlnes the statement
hrant tells Hampton Of the presence %
silent Murphy and Of the fact that heo
stlNiu receives government messages tef
him- Miss Spencer called on Bob hanp-
her for Nadia Brant inter
Red SiGVln- Finds mat ne Is an eA-
uooper IN the Seventh aFalFa ~
Slavin's and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had convicted
Robert Nolan. then a captain In the sew
snth. OF the murder q MAJ BranI ~.
Hampton attempts 10 force a confession
from Slavin. Slavin Insists It Is Murphy
he wants, and Murphy had left In a
scushe Siavin Is killed By a knife thrust
Hampton surrenuers TO Buck Mason
Mob attempts 20 capture MN;
Mason and his prisoner escape % a nlh
and defend themselves. Mob hghts nre
10 burn them out. Brant tells Nadia mat
loves her. She tells him there Is an
i"nsurmountable barrier between them,
hut that she does not fully understand
H. hrant and his troop rescues Hampton
and Mason from the fires set BY the
mob. Rrant carries the unconscious
gambler through the lines Of IRE. Hamp-
HH ~ n " w - 49, ~H -
20 nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts the
heart and hand Of Rev. Wynkoop- Brant
ls ordered 70 take the meld. Before he
goes Nadia tells him she loves him, but
cannot become his wife or 0uer an eN-
PLANTATION. He insists he viii return 10
her. Hampton goes on the trail Of silent
Murpry, then az Cheyenne, as the one
man who can clear Capt Nolan OF the
charge q murder OF Mas Brant Is years
before. Hampton arrives At Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
Tor Custer. He follows the scout. deter
mined 90 wiring from him a confession
Comes within sight OF Murphy on the
edge Of the Indian country. Murphy
practically confesses 10 the killing OF
MAJ Brant Tor which Capt Nolan was
convicted and sentenced 10 dismissal from
the army aud ten years ia the peniten-
uary- Murphy goes insane. Brant
troop guarding Clusters pack train on
IAttie Big Horn rescucs Hampton and
Murphy. Hampton insists on going on to
lQin Custer and deliver the dispatches.
Tells Braut Nadia Is daughter Of capt
Netan who was convicted OF numbering
his father. Murphy, now insane could
clear Capt Nolan Of charge if be- recov-
crs Ills mind Leaves package % papers
bearing on the subject with Brant when
De goes to Join Custer. The story OF the
first days fighting on the LAttle Big
Horn. Brants troop in charge OF pack
train and not engaged.