The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-11-03

Ise<oeS : fAea.- - other snapped Win
EoUe show q tndignafiOn. Mr. hands
aow ciasped On the table. one stnbby
~fors1nssr pointed. . Ne leaned for
wara -Dont ten rae-rya zen .
s0mewAere-no. NOT . word-a0n1
even tel me your name1Tm going to
think Of IT
Keith nmiled, o unwilling to humor
- mans sccentricity. ana returned 70
: meal. with only m occasional in
4uiring glance scrcss the table. The
other u and stared NJ him. his
heavy eyebrows wrinkied as he strug<
gaed to awakeA memory The younger
man had begun on his pie when the
face opposite suddenly cleared
Damn me. I've got it-hell. res,
hospital NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I'm
bedded under third rib-ordinary case
that's why I forgot-clear rs mud
ncw-get the name In 4 minute-Cap-
tain-Captain Keith-thats tt-shake
hands.
Puzzled at the unexpected reccgni
ton, yet realizing the friendliness OF
ne man. Keith grasped the pudey nm
gers extended with some cordiaity.
Don't remember me I s.pose-dont
think you ever saw me-delirious
when came - hate to tell you
what you was talking about-gave
you h~ypodermic first thing-behaved
wen enough though when dug on
the lead-Minie bullet, badly blunted
hitting the nb-thought you might
die with blood poison-couldn't stay
to seo-to damn much to do-evident-
" didn't though-rememher me now,
NO. only from what you say. You
must have been ct General Waiteis
headquarten.s
That's it-harge Of StcnewalI's
neld hospital-tust happened / o ride
into waits's camp that ~night-damn
lucky for you / did-young snip there
wanted to saw the boneI stopped
that-liked o face-imagined you
might b worth saviEg-ain't 10 sure
Of 4 now. or you wouldn't be out in
this God forsaken country. eating
such grub-my names Fatrbain-Jo-
seph Wright Fairbain. NJ. D.-contract
surgeon for the raiiroad-wcrking on
the liner
Keith shook his head. feeling awak-
ening interest In his peculiar com
panion.
mo; Just lrffted in here from down
on the Arkansas," he explained brief
". Did you know General Waite
was deaAYs
The doctoras rudy lace whitened.
"Deadf-willis Waite dead." he re-
peated. what do you mean. sir. Are
you suref Whenr"
II ought - be sure; I buried him
just this side the Cimmaron Crossing
out n the Santa Fe trail"
But % Won know It was General
Waiter the mans insistent tone full
OF doubt
Il have NO question about IT. re-
turned Keith. ~conclusively. The man
wal Waite's sire and general appear
ance. with gray beard, similar to the
one I remember he wore during the
W0A- IN - OSc4 8C8tREUs anu uf4
face beaten beyond recognition. but
papers u Nh pockets were suficient
to provs M identity. Besides. he and
his companioa- young fellow named
Siblsy-wsre known to have pulled ont
two days before from Carson City,
when Wna thisy'
Ten days ago"
Fairbainas lips smiled. the rudy
colorfng sweeping back into his
cheek.
Damn ne. Keith. you came near
giving mo . shock he said, terkiiy.
shouldn't be Sc careless-not sure
my hearts just right-tendency to
ap0plcxy. toO-got 10 be guarded
against Now. let me tell you some
thing-mayhe yon buried some poor
devil out 1t Cimmaron Crossing-but
1t wasn't Willis Waite. How do I
know. Because I saw him. and talked
with him yesserday-damn ms. II I
didn't. right here In this town..