The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-26


A detachment OF The Eighteenth In
1antrT from Fort Bethune trapped BY
Indians IN a narrow <orse Amoug l1sm
g q stranger who introduces himself hy
the name Of Hampton, also ellis the
post tradcr. and his daughter. ellis and
q majority OF the soldiers are killed our.
ing q three days siege. Hampton and
TIE girl only escape from the indian
They fan exhausted on the plains. a
company ot ne seyenth caNaff Leu.
Hrant In command, md them Hampton
and the girl stop at the Miners Home lu
Clrnraid. Mrs. Duhy, propuetresS hamR
ton talks the future over win MISS ".
Ns-the Kid. She shows him her moth
cr's picture and tells him what she can
Of her percentage and life They aeciqe
the kid-runs away from Mrs hcrndou 9
and reioias Hampton. He Induces her 20
60 back, ana 10 have uuttlng more 20 az
with him. Hampton plays his iast senas
~ cards. He 20 hsed SEtFlh
that he has quit. and then leaves Glen
cFtd- Mss Phoebe Spencer arrives ~
Sleucai2 to teach its FIRST schooi Miss
Spencer meets Nadia. Rev Wynkoop'
etc She boards az Airs. Herndon.s
Mazda and Aieut Brant again meet win
hins OF the coming Bachelor club bali IA
honor 81 Miss Spencer. Lieut.. Brant
meets silent Murphy. Clusters scout re
reports trouble brewing Gfnong the sioux.
social dihculues arise at the Bachelor
etuh's ball among the admirers OF MISS
Spencer. Lieut. Grant meets Miss opeA
Ger hui she is not his acquaint4nce o. tuS
day before. She tells him OF NADIA ana
he accidentally meets her again as he Is
returning TO the ballroom with ian I9r
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Nai9A
home from the dance on tho way she
informs him as 90 Whn she Is, ana ilat
she Is TO meet Hampton brant sn4
Hampton meet. Hampton informs me
lieutenant that his attentions 90 Nalda
must cease. and proClalms an authority
over her that Justines the statement
Hrlnt tells Hampton OF the presence or
silent Murphy, and OF the fact that Eed
Elavin receives government messages tor
him Miss Spencer called on Bob Tramp
ton Tells him Of q rci-fdeed range
mistaking her Tor MAZDA. brant inter-
Nicua Red Slcvin- Finds that lie Be- an eN-
trooper Ia the Seventh cavalry. II was
$lavins and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had convicted
ltnfssrt Nolan. then a captain PSI the Set-
enth, OF the murder y MAJ 1870
Hampton attempts to force a conLession
from Siayin. SlaVin Insists IL b. Murphy
he wants. and Murphy had left In a
srufle Slaviu Is killed by a knlfe thrust
marshal. MOI attempts To capture nun;
Mason and his prisoner escape 10 q hti
70 burn them out Brant tells Nadia that
nc loves her. She tells him there d an
insurmountablc barrier etweeu them
but that She does not fully understand
and Mason from the fires set BY the
moh Bramt carries the unconscious
gambler through the ines Of FIRE. Hamp-
ton is taken 60 the hotA' and Nnidn comes
10 nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts the
hearf and hand Of Rev. Mynkoop- brani
IS ordered 20 a the field. Before he
EUscs Nadia tells him she loves him, but
cannot become his wife or offer an cN-
riauafi0n. He insists he VIII return 10
her Hampton goes on the trail Of silent
MURPHY, then az Cheyenne as Tie one
man Who can clear apt Nolan Of Ahe
charge Of murder OF MAJ Brant IS years
before. Hampton arrives az Cheyenne
after Murphy had left with dispatches
Tor Custer. He follows the scout. deter
mined 70 wiring from him a confession.
UAnmma nHHHnHn aHnHaH 81 mnnmmLn ar HAn
edge OF the Indian country. Murphy
practically confesses 90 the killing OF
MAJ Brant for which Capt Nolan was
cpuricred and sentenced 20 dismissal from
the army and ten years in the peuitcE-
uary. Murphy goes insane. Bramts
troop guarding Clusters pack train on
1dftie Big Horn rescucs Hampton and
Murphy. Hampton insists ou going on q
Join Custer and deliver the dispatches
Tells Brant MAZDA Is daughter OF Capt
Nolan who was convicted Of numbering
his father.