The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-09-03
SYNOPSIS.

A detachment OF The Eighteenth In
fsntry from Fort Bethune trapped oy
Indians In a narrow gorge Among them m,
the name OF Hampton, also ellis the
post trader. and his daughter. ellis and
2 majority OF the soldiers are killed 1 nnd
They fall exhausted on the plains; A
s rant IN Command 20 ms md md them. Hampton
and the girl stop at the Miners Home IN
Glencald. Mrs. DUFFY. proprietress. HamP-
isnthe "i KID S,' She shows oS him her moth
er's picture and tells him what she San
of her parentage and life. They DECIDE
she shall live With Mrs. Herndon. MAZDA
the Kid-runs away from Mrs. Herndon's
and rejolns Hampton. He induces her 20
20 back. and TO have nothing more 70 90
n cards He announces to Red slavin
that he has quit. and then leaves Sieh-
caid Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives , IN
Spencer meets Nadia. Rev Wynkoop'
etc. She boards at Mrs Herndon,s.
MAZDA and Lieut. Brant again meet NIL
him of the coming Bachelor club ball IN
honor of Miss Spencer. Lieut.. bFant
meets Silent Murphy. Clusters scout lie
reports trouble brewing among tie sioux.
Social difficulties arise at the Racneior
riub's ball among the admirers OF Mss
pep bt sba no, g bis scaSsintSncs Of the
gay before. ghe tells him OF Nadia, and
he accidentally meets her again 50 he IN
returning 60 tho ballroom with fan for
home from the dance. On the way she
Informs him as to who she Is, and that
she r. TO meet Hampton. Brant ana
Hampton meet. Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his attentions TO Nadia
must cease. and proclaims an authority
Brant tells Hampton OF the presence OF
Silent Murphy. and of the fact that Red
Blavin receives government messages Tor
him. Miss Spencer called on Bob Hanlp-
ION Tells him of a red-faced stranger
installing her for Nadia. Brant inter-
tiews Red Slavin. Finds that he Is an eN-
6iavln's and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had convicted
Robert Nolan, then captain IN the Sew
Hampton attempts TO force confession
from SlRvin. Slavin insists II Is Murphy
he wants. and Murphy had left. In a
tcuffie Slavin is killed by knife thrut.
Hampton surrenders TO Buck Masen.
marshal. Mob attempts to capture him.
Mason and his prisoner escape TO hill
70 burn them out. Brant tells Nadia that
be loves her. She tells him there Is an
insurmountable barrier between them;
but that she does not fully understand
II. Brant and his troop rescues Hampton
and Mason from the fires set by the
mob. Brant carries the UNCONSCIOUS
gambler through the lines OF fire. Hamp-
ton IL taken TO the hotel and MAZDA comes
to nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts the
heart and hand OF Rev. Wynkoop. Brant
Is ordered 10 take the field. Before he
goes Nadia tells him she loves him. but
cannot become his wife. or offer an ex-
PLANTATION. He insists he will return to
her. Hampton goes on the trail OF Silent
Murphy. then at Cheyenne, as the one
man who can clear Capt. Nolan OF the
charge OF murder of Maj. Brant Is years
before Hampton arrives at Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
Tor Custer. lie follows the scout, deter
mined 10 wiring from him a confession.
Comes within sight OF Murphy on the
edge OF the Indian country. Murphy
Maj. Brant for which Capt. Nolan was
convicted and sentenced to dismissal from
the army and ten years in the peniten-
tiary Murphy goes insane