The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-07-03


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ard Fstoins Hampton. Ito iullces nor ~
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&c, shs board. al Mis- Hefndon,s
out his knowins who nho IL. sho informs
him OF tho coming bachelor CLUB BAN W
honor % Mis-. Spencer Lieut. n'Iuns
reports trouble brewing among THO sioux.
Social difficulties arise at tho baci,siot
ss,se,s ball smonE ~. namh,', M,,s sp@n.
cor but She II not his acquaintence OF IN.
day before. She tells him OF Nadia. ana
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returning to the ballroom with a ian t9t
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Nhlne
home from the dance, On tho way s sn,
Informs him as To who shc w. ana tnht
she In to meet Hampton. Brant ano
Hampton meet. Hampton informs, we
lieutenant that his attentions 10 ,s SaldS
over her that ~justihcs tho statement;
Brant tells Hampton OF the presence OF
si,cgf Mnspny S snSef q, ,es ' messages sage for
him. Miss Spencer called on Bob fihnlp-
ton. Tells him of a rcd-faced stranger
mlstnklng her for Nadia, Brant inter
Views lied Slavin. Finds that he is nm cx-
trooper in the Seventh cavalry. III was
Slavin's and Murphy's testimony .nai
more han ten years before had convicted
Robert Nolan. then IA captain in the sev-
NTH. OF tho murder OF Maj. Brant. Sr:
Hampton at'eWpts 70 , sGrse i, 4 is MurpSy
he wants. and Murphy had left. In a
scunie Slavin IL killed by u knife tnrust'
Hampton surrenders to Buck Mason
Mason and his prisoner escape TO a mn
and defend themselves. Mob lights hre
he loves her. She tells him there an
i~nsurmountable barrier between them,
but that sho does not fully understand
1t, Brant and his troop rescues Hampton
and Mason from the fires set by me
mob. Brant carries the UNCONSCIOUS
gambler through the lines Of Gre, H io,nps
to'nurso him. Miss Spencer accepts tie
heart and hand OF Rev. Wynkoop,, Brhnt
u OTutTtu 70 take Nlt lltAus ~ ~
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 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 n confession,
Comes within sight OF Murphy on the
edge of the Indian country. Murphy
practically confesses to the killing OF
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,
Tolls Brant Nadia Is daughter of Capt.
Nolan who was convicted of numbering
his father. Murphy. now insane could
clear Capt. Nolan Of charge IL he recov-
ers his mind. Leaves package of papers
bearing on the subject with Brant wher
he goes to join Custer. Tho story. of the
first days fighting on the Little Big
Horn. Brant's troop in charge of pack
train and not engaged.