The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-12-22
Copyright 4. c. McClurs q Co. MAJ
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CHAPTER IJsck Keith, . typical 49,
Der plainsman. II riding along the Santa
Fs trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties of savages Keith had won hle
during the civil war. He had left the
service to md his old southern home u
ashes, his friends scattered, and the fas-
hin He notices q camp IRE at q dis
lance and then sees q team attached -
. wagon and - Sull gallop pursued ~
men on poniee.
CHAPTER H-When Keith reaches
the wagon the raiders have massacrs1
two men. shot the horses and departed.
He searches the victims finding papeso
and Q locket with Q romans portrait. He
resolves to hunt down the murderer.
CHAPTER III-Keith reaches Carsoo
City and IL arrested there charged with
numbering and robbing tho two travelegA
Ills accuser Il given - Black Bari. .
notorious ruf1an.
y CHAPTER Iv.-They can readily swsas
jan fully reaiizing the peril Of swift bor-
der Justice. A companion in his cell 10 .
negro, who tells him he IL Neb and that
he knew the Keith family back In W.
ginia.
CHAPTER v-Neb knows about IL
the other Gen. Wins waite. formerly FORM i Z:
officer in the Confederate army.
CHAPTER v1-rhe plainsman and his
humble friend escape from the cell.
CHAPTER vII-Ths two fusitives -
come lost in the sand desert.
CHAPTER vIII-They come upon Q
cabin and find Its lone occupant to be Q
~beautful young girl. Keith, recognises
her as q singer he saw at Carson City.
CHAPTER Ix-The girl explains that
she cam there In search OF brother
her to come to the cabin while he sought
to locate her brother.
CHAPTER x-Hawley appears, and
Keith Essalton In hiSlnE s~sscGsni 8. v him E: the
make love to the girl.
CHAPTER xI-There IL a terrific bas-
lie in the darkened room in which Keith
Overcomes Black Bart. Horses are ap-
propriated. and the girl who says that
her name II Hope. joins In the escape.
CHAPTER xn-Keith explains his sit
uation as q fugitive from Justice.
CHAPTER xIII-Ths fugitives make
for the ford of the Arkansas aiming to
reach Fort Larned.
CHAPTER xIv-Here the girl IL lsft
In charge of the hotel landlady.
CHAPTER xv-Keith is riding Black
~Aho ~ NLS oL0-
covers a letter bearing the name Of Chris.
tie Maclaire and he believes Miss Hope
deceived him In disclaiming that name.
Mss Hope tells the landlady that she II
the daughter of General Waite.
CHAPTER .xvI-rhe fugitives Keith
and Neb drift into Sheridan. Here Keith
meets an old friend named Fairbain, .
doctor. The p~lainsman speaks of the
murder of General White, but Fairbain
Insists that he saw the general alive In
Sheridan only the day previous.
CHAPTER xVII-At the tavern Keith
Is disturbed by tho talk of two men in
an adjoining apartment. One of them
speaks of trying to find Black Bart. He
calls his companion, Fred Willoughby.
which is the assumed name Of the broth
of Hope Waite. When the other man
Ia gone. Keith enters the room.
CHAPTER xvIII-wIIoughby acknowi-
edges hat Hope is his sister. but is eva
sive about Christie Maclaire.
CHAPTER KHAN overheard CONVEX
eation ~convinces Keith that Hope Waite
q not the stage singer Christie Maclaire,
but that Black Bart has some plot in
progress involving the two girls and the
profiigate brother.
CHAPTER xx-Hope, getting q clew
to the fact that General Waite Is q
Sheridan. starts for that own.
CHAPTER xxI-Hope Waite is mis-
CHAPTER xxII-Keith meets the real
Christie Maclaire and finds that Black
Bart has convinced her that there is q
mystery In her life which he 10 going to
turn to her advantage.
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