Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-08-21
CHAPTER xxx.
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Closing In.
To the morning The sun rose with q
WCuntain smile The storm had sScpt
the air iii the ranges shone blue and
the , lain sparkied under q cloudless
Shy. Bob Scott and Wickwire. riding
81 Cay hreak. picked up trail on the
Fence river road. A consultation was
hello az the bridge. and within half
an rour Whispering smith with un-
shaken patience. was in the saddle
ard following IT,
Win him were Kennedy aud Bob
Scott Sinclair had ridden into the
lines. and Whispering Smith. with his
best two men. meant 20 put IL up 10
him 90 ride out. They meant now TO
get him. with a trail or without. and
were putting horsenesh against horse
flesh and craft against craft
AT the forks OF the Fence they picked
up Wickwire. Kennedy taking him on
the up road. while Scott with Whisper.
ing Smith crossed 70 the Craving
Stone When Smith and Scott reached
the Frenchman they parted 10 cover ia
turn each OF the trails by which II is
possible 20 set out Of the river country
toward the Park and Williams Cache
BY four o'clock In the afternoon
they had all covered the ground so
well that the four were able 20 make
their rendezvous on the big Pence
divide. south OF Crawling Stone val
ley. They then found. TO their disap
pointment that. widely separated as
they bad been. both parties were FOL
lowing trails they believed TO be good
They shot a steer. tagged 10. ate din
ner and supper In one. and separated
under Whispering Smiths counsel
that both the trails be followed into
the next morninE-in the belief that
one OF them would run out or that
the two wouid run together Al noon
the next day Scott rode through the
hills from the Fence. and Kennedy
with Wickwire came through Two
Feather pass from the FrenchmAn
with the report that the game had left
their valleys
without rest they pushed on. At
the foot OF the Mission mountains
they picked up the tracks OF a party
of three horSemen. Twice within ten
following crossed the river Each
time their trail with some little dim
Guilty. was found again. Al little
ranch In the Mission foothills, Ken
nedy and Scott. leaving WickWire with
whispering Smith, took fresh horses
and pushed ahead as far a. they could
ride before dark, but they brought
back news. The trail had split again,
with one man riding alone TO the left,
while two had taken the hills to the
night. heading for Mission pass and
the Cache. With Gene Johnson and
Bob at the mouth OF the Cache there
was little fear for that outlet. The
turn 10 the left was the unexpected.
over the little fire In the ranch kitch.
en- where they ate supper. the four
men were IN conference 20 minutes.
IL was decided that Scott and Kennedy
should head for the Mission pass.
while Whispering Smith, with Wick
wire 20 trail with him, should under.
take to cut on, somewhere between
Fence river and the railroad, the man
who had gone south. the man believed
20 be Sinclair. II was a late moon,
and when Scott and Kennedy saddled
their horses Whispering Smith and
Wickwire were asleep
With the cowboy, Whispering Smith
started al daybreak. No one saw
them again for two days. During
those two days and nights they were
In the saddle almost continuously.
For every naile the man shead of them
rode they were forced TO ride two
miles and often three. Late in the
second night they crossed the railroad
and the first word from them came IN
long dispatches sent by WHISPERING
Smith TO Medicine Bend and instruc
tons to Kennedy and Scott in the
north. which were carried by hard
riders straight to Deep creek
On the morning OF the third day
Dicksie Cunning. who had gone home
from Medicine Bend and who had been
telephoning Marion and George Nc
Cloud two days for news, was tryins
10 get Medicine Bend again on the
telephone when Puss came in 70 say
That man at the kitchen door wanted
TO see her.
Who is 1t, Pussf"
Ono, Miss Dtcksie; deed, j never
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