The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-12-29
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Cf4A lack keith, Q TYPICAL 49,
Ter plainsman, 10 riding along the Santa
!. trail on the lookout for roaming VA
parties OF savages. Keith had won h1o
Ipurs a. captain in q Virginia regiment
Dervice to ind his old southern homs .
ashes. his friends scattered, and the fAs-
cinatioE Of wild western life had allure1
him. - neuces 2 camp nre ct 2 Sis-
. WACO and - sull gallop pursued ~
men on poniea
CHAPTER TI-when Keith reaches
the wagon the raiders have massacre
two men,. shot the horses and departed
tns sea iachss the ths victims iindinE 49,
resolves to hunt dow the murderssAl
CHAPTER III-Keith reaches CarDoo
City and IL arrested there charged with
numbering and robbing the two travelled
His accuser II given - Black Bart, .
notorious rufaan.
CHAPTER Iv.-They can readily swsas
the crime on Keith. The latter goes -
jail fully realizing the peril Of swift Dor
negro. who tells him he IL Neb and that
be KNEW the Keith family back In W.
CHAPTER v-Neb knows about u
two murdered men from the description
~. Keith other a Hs az, VIM one w. Vas John s,Sl:y:
officer in the Confederate army.
CHAPTER .vI-The plainsman and hi
CHAPTER vII-rhs two fugitvss -
come lost In the sand desert.
CHAPTER vIII-They come upon Q
cabin and find its lone occupant 70 BE-
her as a singer he saw ut Carson City.
CHAPTER Ix-The girl explains that
she came there In search Of . brother
who had deserted from the army. She
bad met = MI. Hawiey VIII had induced
70 locate her brother.
CHAPTER x-Hawiey appears. and
Keith In hiding recognizes Al as the
notorious Black Bart. Hawley tries 70
make love to the girl.
CHAPTER xI-Thers IL . terrific bas-
Gle In the darkened room In which Keith
~propriated. and the girl who says that
her name II Hope. joins In the escape.
CHAPTER xII-Keith explains his sit
uation AZ Q fugitive from Justice.
CHAPTER xIII-The fugitives make
for the ford of the Arkansas aiming to
reach Fort Larned
CHAPTER xIv-Here the girl IN hft
In charge Of the hotel landlady.
CHAPTER xv-Keith 10 riding Black
Bart's horse, and in the saddle-bags dis
covers q letter bearing the name of Chris
tie Maclaire and he believes Miss Hope
Miss Hope tells the landlady that she =
the daughter of General Waite.
CHAPTER xvI-The sugitives Keith
and Neb drift into Sheridan. Here Keith
meets an old friend named Fairbain, .
d0cfor. The plainsman speaks OF the
murder of General Wtite, but Fairbain
insists that he saw the general alive in
Sheridan only the day previous.
CHAPTER xvII-At the tavern Keith
. disturbed by the talk OF two men in
In adjoining apartment. One of them
peaks of trying to find Black Bart. He
ealls his companion, Fred W~illoughby,
Of Hope Waite. When the other man
gone. Keith enters the room.
CHAPTER xvIII-wirlouxhby acknowi-
dyes hat Hope is his sister, but II eva
I've about Christie Maclaire.
CHAPTER KHAN overheard conver-
alton convinces Keith that Hope Waite
not the stage singer Christie Maclaire,
ut that Black Bart has some plot In
Fogress involving the two girls and the
rotiigate brother.
CHAPTER xx-Hope, getting a ciew
the fact that General Waite Is -
heridan. starts for that town.
CHAPTER xxI-Hope Waite is mis-
ken for Christie Maclaire at Sheridan.
CHAPTER xxII-Keith meets the real
hristie Maclaire and finds that Black
art has convinced her that there 10 .
ystery In her life which he IL going to
I'm to her advantage.
CHAPTER xxIII-The plainsman calls
BON Hope Waite and tells OF her re-
mblance to Christie Maclaire. They de-
De that Fred Willoughby may hold the
v to the situation.