The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-05

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A detachment Of the Eighteenth in
ranirg from Fort Bethune trapped BY
Indians IN o narrow gorge. Among them
& 2 stranger who introduces hmsett ay
The anne OF Hampton. also ellis the
pusi trader. and his daughter. ellis and
q majority OF the soldiers are killed dur
ipg g three days siege mpt M
the giri only escape from the Indians
They fall exhausted or the plains, A
company OF the Seventh cavalry, Lieut.
Brant in command. md them Hampton
and the girl stop at the Miners Home IN
Glencald. Mrs. Duffy, proprietress. Hamp-
ton talks the future over with Miss Gill
lis~the Kid. h shows him her moth
ers picture and tells him what she can
OF her ~parentage and life. They decide
she shall live with Mrs Hernd0n. MAZDA
The kid-runs away from Mrs Herndons
and nehoins Hampton. He induces her TO
20 back. and to haye nothing more 10 40
with nina. Hampton plays his last same
q cards. He to tted SlaFlh
that he has quit. and then leaves Glen
caid Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives IN
Glcncaid TO teach is first school. MISS
Spencer meets Mazda, Rev. Wynko0p'
Nadia and Lieut.. Brant again meet with
out his knowing who she IS. She informs
him % the coming Bachelor Club BAL IN
honor 81 Miss Spencer. Lieut., brant
meets Silent Murphy. Clusters scout. He
report trouble brewing among The sioux
Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor
clubs ball among the admirers OF Miss
Spencer. Lieut.. Brant meets Miss Spen-
Ger but she is not his acquaintance OF the
Gay before. She tells him OF Nadia, and
he accidentally meets her again as he IS
returning 20 the ballroom with a fan for
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Mazda
hou4e from the dance On the way she
Informs him as to who she Is, and that
she Is 70 meet Hampton. Brant and
Hampton meet. Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his attentions 10 Nadia
must cease, and proclaims an authority
over her that iustihes the statement
Braat tells Hampton Of the presence OF
Silent Murphy. and OF the fact that Hed
SlaVin receives government messages Tor
him. Miss Spencer called on Bob Hamp-
ton, Tells him OF a red-faCed stranger
installing her for Nadia Brant inter
views Red Slavin. Finds that he is an cN-
trooper in the seventh cavalry. II was
Siavin's and Murphy's testimony that
mora than ten years before had convicted
enth. OF the murder Of Maj BranL ST
Hampton attempts TO force a confession
from SlaVin. Slavin insists il Is Murphy
he wants. and Murphy had left. In a
Hampton surrenders to Buck Mason,
marshal. Mob attempts TO capture him.
Mason and his prisoner escape. % a hiii
and defend themselves. Mob lights fire
10 burn them out. Brunt tells Nadia that
he loves her. She tells him there Is an
t"nsurmOuntabie barrier between them,
but that she does not fully understand
It. Brant and his troop rescues Hampton
Mason from the fires set by the
mob Brant carries the unconscious
gambler through the lines OF fire, Hamp-
ton is taken 10 the hotel and Nadia comes
10 nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts the
heart and band Of Rev. Wynsoop Brant
Is ordered 10 take the field, Before he
goes Nadia tells him she loves him., but
cannot become his wife or oder an ex-
~pianauon. lie insists De viii return 10
her. Hampton goes on the trail Of silent
MurpTY. then at Cheyenne. as the one
man Wild can clear Capt. Nolan OF the
charge Of murder OF MaJ. Braut y years
before. Hampton arrives al cheyenne
after Murphy "a left With dispatches
foF Custer.