The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-26
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A detachment of the Eighteenth In
Hnntry from Fort BethMne trapped by
indians in a a~rrostexerSe Among them
post trader. and his .%daGshter. ellis and
= Ar major,'y Of sRs.YS sIaSs 1 Hsm hllie1 q nmd
The SRI only. escape from, the Indians
They fall exhausted on the plains a
company of the seventh cavalry, Lieut..
dnd the gSr9 stbp at the Miners Htme IN
Glencaid. Mrs. Dufry. proprietress. Hamp-
ton nsnt fS6Ns K the sbe snS oxsr h Wn," her M'ST moth.
sr's picture and tells him what she can
q her parentags and life. They dssts,
and %rcjoins Hampisn N~Ifer1nduSss her; To-
so back. and to have nothing more TO DO
Of cards He, a~nHounces to Red siavin
said Miss PHOEBE spenfer arrives In
.S3pEeO'esg ,d meets S2sr6 Maids g Hey' TMySl Hgf2SeS
S ga las aR R1d 5itss I ,Rrsg sss Sf L. s RsSf ihf %lfs.
BIN of the coming Bachelor club oa!l II
ponor Of Miss Spencer. Lieut., Brdns
Social difficulties arise-at the B2Sb9iG
clubs bail among the admirers of MISS
Spencer Lieut.. Braut meets Miss Spen-
Ger but she is not his acQualntanGe 81 IN
day before. She tells him of Nadia. anu
be accidentally meets her again as ne Is
eeturning to the ballroom with n taa, i4r
Miss Spencer. Brant acConpaniesfN AID
dome from the dance. on the way She
ttniorNssAlnsassl9sA mo s--trsa ~ INA
Hampton meet. Hampton informs tne
lieutenant that his attentions TO Nalda
must cease, and proclaims, an authority
over. her that j~ustities the statefnenr:
Brant tells Hampton OF the, presence 81
Silent Murphy, and of the fact that iSsu
Slavin receives government messages tSr
bin Mice SrNanRa called on ROh H1nfH-
ton. Tolls him OF a redfaced stranger
mistnkins her for MAZDA. Brant inter
views lied slsvin. Siuds that he is,an OK
Sfatin's and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had conNicted
Robcrt Nolan, then a captain in the sex
Hampton attempts to force a CONFESSION
from SlaviR, SlaNin insists II is MURPHY
he wants, and Murphy had left. ms
Scuftie Siaviu is killed by 4.knife thrust
Hampton surrenders to Buck Mason
matshai Mob attempts to capture htn;
and defend themselves, Mob lights tffe
20 burn them out. Brant tells NalJa tf.at
he loves her She tells him there is AN
but that she does not fully understand
It Brani and his. troop rescles hampton
and Mason from the fires set by tne
mob Braus catries the UNCONSCIOUS
gambler through the lines of IRE. Hamp-
ION is taken 20 the hots' and Mazda comes
60 nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts the
is. ordered TO take the field. Before lie
goes Nadia tells him SHE loves him, but
cannot become his wife or offer an ex-
PLANTATION He insists he will return to
hsr. 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 Mai. Brant Is years
before. Hampton arrives al Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
FOR Custer. He follows the scout. deter
mined TO wiring from him a confession.
Comes within sight of Murphy on the
edge Of the Indian country. Murphy
practically COnfcsses TO the killing OF
MAJ. Braut. for which Capt. Nolan was
convicted and sentenced to dismissal from
Sbe army and ten years In the peniten-
tiary Murphy goes insane. Brant's
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 Braut Nadia is laughter OF Capt.
Nolan who was convicted Of numbering
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