The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-04-03
SYNOPSIS.


A detachment of the Eighteenth In
fantry from Fort Bethune trapped by
Indians in a narrow gorge. Among them
Is a stranger who introduces himself by
post trader. and his daughter. ellis and
a ma jority OF the soldiers are killed dur
ing three days siege. Hampton ana
They fall exhausted on the plains: A
company OF the Seventh cavalry, Lieut..
Brant in command find them Hampton
and the girl stop at the Miners Home IN
Glencaid, Mrs. Dufry. proprietress; HamP-
ton talks the future over with Miss Oil
lis-the Kid. She shows him her moth-
er's picture and tells him what she can
she shall live with Mrs. Herndon. Nhlua
the Kid-runs away from Mrs Hernuon
go back. and TO have nothing more TO do
with him. Hampton plays his last gaIne
OF cards. He announces to Red SIavlh
that he has quit, and then leaves Glen
Glencaid to teach its first school MISS
Spencer meets Nadia, Rev. Wynkoop'
etc She boards at Mrs; I merhI wIth q
out his knowing who she Is. She INFORMS
him OF the coming Bachelor club Dali IN
honor OF Miss spencer: Lieut. o,, lie
reports trouble brewing among the SIOUX.
Social difficulties arise at the Bacheior
clubs ball among the admirers oil MISS
Spencer. Lieut.. Brant meets Miss Spen-
Ger but she is not his acquaintance OF the
day before She tells him of Nadia, and
he accidentally meets her again as ne ~
returning to the ballroom with ran lot
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Nalua
home from the dance. On the way Sne
informs him as TO who she Is, ana thas
she Is TO meet Hampton. Brant anu
Hampton meet. Hampton informs tne
lieutenant that his attentions 10 Naiua
must cease, and proclaims an authority
over her that justifies the statement:
Brant tells Hampton of the presence OF
Silent Murphy. and of the fact that keo
Slavln> receives government nessaS1s III
him. Miss Spencer called on BOD Ramp
ton. Tells him of a red-faced stranger
installing her for Nadia. Brant inter
views Red SlGvin. Finds that he rs an eN-
trooper i'm the Seventh cavalry. IL was
Slavin's and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had convicted
Robert Nolan, then "a captain IN the sew
enth, of the murder of Maj. Brant OF.
Hampton attempts to force confession
from Slavin. SlaVin insists IL is Murphy
he wants, and Murphy had left. In
sseuffie Slavin Is killed by knlle vllus,
Hampton surrenders TO Buck Mason
marshal. Mob attempts TO capture MN;
Mason and his prisoner escape TO mn
and defend themselves, MOD nghts IRE
to burn them out. Brant tells MAZDA that
he loves her. She tells him there Is an
insurmountable barrier between them;
but that she does not fully UNDERSTAND
1t. 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 lamp
to nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts the
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 offer an eN-
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 10 years
before. Hampton arrives at Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
for Custer. He follows the scout deter
mined TO wiring from him confession
Comes within sight of Murphy on the
edge of the Indian country. Murphy
practically confesses to the killing or
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. Brants
troop guarding Clusters pack train on
Little 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. Murphy, now insane could
clear Capt. Nolan of charge If he recov-
ers his mind. Leaves package of papers
bearing on the subject with Brant when
he goes to join Custer. The story of the
first days fighting on the Little Big
Horn. Brant's troop in charge of pack
train and not engaged.