Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-26
CHAPTER xXXlV.
Anain II the Cabin.

They were two weary days rcacS
Ing Carson City. travelling along the
open trail yet meeting with no one,
net even a mail coach passing them.
Evidently tho Indians were so troy
blesomc as to interrupt all traffic WITH
Santa Re and the more western forts.
The slowrcss OF their pfoeress was
ON account Of tho General, whose con.
dition became worse in spite Of Fair
baln's as iduou8 attentions with no
medicine the doctor could 90 hut little
to relieve the sufferings Of the older
man, although ne declared that his
would Yield quickly to proper medical
treatment. They constructed a rude
travois from limbs Of the cottonwood
and securely sire ped him thereon
one man leading the horse, while the
doctor tramped behind.
Keith, frettins more and more over
this necessary delay. and now Oh
sessed with the thought that Hawlcv
must have rejOined his party on the
Arkansas and gone south with them.
finally broke away from the others
and rode ahead, to gather together tho
necessary horses and supplies in ad
vance Of their arrival. He could not
drive from BIS mind The remembrance
of The gamblers attempted Familiarity
with Hope. when he had her, as he
then supposed. safe in his power once
before in that lonely cabin on the Salt
Fork. Now, angry with haflled ambi
ton, and victim o. her trickery.
there vas no guessing to what ey~
tremes the desperate might resort
The possibilities Of such situation
made the slightest delay in rescue an
agony almost unhearable Reaching
Carson City, and perfectly reckless as
to his own safety there from arrest,
the pleiDsmGn lost no time in perfect
ing ARRANGEMENTS for pushing for
ward. Horses and provisions were pro
cured. and he very fortunately discov-
cred In town two cowboys belonging
to the Bar y" outfit. their work there
accomplished and about ready 70 re-
turn to tue ranch on the Canadian,
who gladly allied themselves with his
party, looking forward to the posi-
"''''-o' "a " Hs'' we" heei "h''''pa'
,"n N'!,H was more ''i"'i o'ei ue
when. on the final arrival of the 9TH
ers, the extra man brought from Sher-
iian announced that he had had
a,oroL ord v,o, ao,ro - rorooI,,
tboro W. osorts ,,,ado ro,.oorad apv
u,oo.lo1oo or rIou.1o,.,,. rr,.so,oo In
Carson Civ. either he had not been
there. or else his friends we're very
carefully conceaiing the feet The nj.
Ter absence Of any truce. however led
Keith to believe tina. the Gambler had
gone leevhere-urobablv to Fort
Iarned-[or his new outfit and this
belief left him mora fully convinced
than ever Of the fellows efforts m
conceal his trail
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TWO COWBOYS OF lhe har ~ rough
Why fellow, accustomed 70 expo
sure and peril II was emphaticaliy a
emergency.
7bov followea the cattle trail south
+ou,.r6 tbo Colt 1ro.,, &C tbi. co,-so
,,o,,ld oTord tbo,,, d o,p,r a, tive CrI,,
v,otorhola in all that viGa desert ~.
tho tot,,aen win this certointv ~
n.otor tbov vontr.ed ~ nress thotr
arir,ole "a eu,trtar nara ALTHOUGH tho
eand mazda travelling beavv and IN.
+rou itself WAC scarcely discernth,e
II was hard wearisoue ride hour
after hour through the same dull
drearv landscane of dasolation. the
hot ren7orzelcss sun heating down
.uncn them rejecting I'M into their
blistered faces from the hot surface OF
sand. There WAS scarcely breath OF
air. and the bodies Of men and horses
were bathed in perspirntion. Not a
cloud hung in the blue sky; no wing
of a bird broke the monotony OF dis