The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-08-18
CHAPTER ".
The One Way.

The One Way.
seifE said nothing for some mo-
it, GEaring up at the light stealing
tIlr00gh the window grating, his
ID Gee again active. The eyes of
bzNnk man had the patient look
d0x as they watched; evidently
hGd cast aside all responsibility,
tEnf this other had come. Final
xezk6E spoke slowly:
M re in much the same position,
m0d the fate of one is liable to
thG tie of both. This Is my story"
ID lefty as possible, he ran over
Aclk91mstances which had brought
there, putting the situation clear
auE1 Tor the negro's understand
Wikhout wasting any time upon
81 Eeb followed his recital with
9ing Eyes, and an occasional excla-
tfons At the end he burst forth:
Yokmy dar was two oh dem white
d Ul~rdered--one an oil man wild a
I'd, an de odder bout thirty?
q, Massa Jack, an dey had To-
mules, an q runnin'- boss"
An Eow far out was it?"
Ahcl6t sixty miles,"
on, de good Lawd," and the negro
ew VI his hands dramatica,fy.aD Dat
tnIy nm my outfit. Dat am Massa
ite John Sibley."
Won mean the same men with
nm you came here from Indepen-
Ger"
reb nodded, overcome by the dis
cry.
But What caused them to run such
lskzE Keith insisted. Didn't they
" tie Indians were on the war
h1
3h0ss I heard EN- talkin' bout dat.
NG6ssa Waite was jest boun' fob
IN novin'. He didn't pear to be
Ia - no Injuns; reck'ned dey'd
b6r stop him, dat he knowed eb-
chef on de plains. / reck'n dat
i1id, 100"
8ut THAT was he SO anxious to get
yforg"
dunno, Massa, I done heerd 'em
o1Gne bout dey plans. an bout
ell dey wanted ter fin. but I
IL Ut no right sense to 1t. De
mi he was a might still man."
m General? Whom do you mean?
WEE"
I0Ilne Sibley done called him dat"
hen Keith remembered-just
misty thread at first, changing
~ into a clear recollection. He
riding with dispatches from Long
ct to -Stonewall Jackson, and had
s16t through the side. The
81 Jackson's troops he reached
brigade of North Caroiinians,
mm&ded by General Waite-Gen-
wills Waite. He had fallen from
NE at the outposts, was brought
to the Generals tent. and an
mt on with the papers. And
lite had dressed and bandaged
nd. That was where he had
Rt woman's face before. with
ting familiarity. He drew the
from beneath his shirt, and
II the countenance revealed.
intelligence. There could be
pt-it was the face Of her who
led for HIM SO tenderly in that
Manassas before the fever
md he had lost consciousness.
ut, then. was Willis Waite ly-
that shallow grave lear the
ION Crossing, and for whose
had been arrested. Twas a
world. and a small one. What
Able ending to a life like his
bn commander of the Army of
Virginia, q Lieutenant-Gov-
Of his state. What strange
Ation of circumstances could
we brought such a man to this
nd sent him forth across those
cgkdted plains? Surely nothing
And why should those bor
esperadoes have followed,
sixty miles OF desolation. to
I'm DOWN. II was not robbery,
in the ordinary sense. What
And how was BLACK Bart" in
Why should he be sufficient
ested to swear out a warrant,
assist in his arrest. There
something to all this not ap-
Rpon the surface-some object,
urpose shrouded In mystery.
GnaryaL no ordinary feud 70