The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-09-26

-" '"e oehch into MS pocket, walked
over. m picked up the gun.
Now. Hughes" he said quietly.
III talk, and you listen. In my judg-
ment you are a miserable sneaking
cur, n / am going to trust you lust
30 lar as can watch you. | suppose
ought to shoot you where you are.
n have done with it. You killed one
OF the best men who ever live d. a
friend OF mine. Sam Wasson-"
, Who" |
sam WATSON, a government scout"
hughes dropped his face into his
hands.
Good Lord! | knew him!"
The Sergeant drew a deep breath
and into his face there came a look
almost of sympathy.
Then you begin to realize the sort
OF fool you are" he went on soberly.
They don't make better men out here:
MS little finger was worth more than
your whole body. But killing you
won't bring Sam back, and besides I
reckon you've told me the straight
story. an his shooting was an acct
dent in a a Then you're more use
fui to me just now alive than you
would be dead. My name is Hamlin,
sergeant Seventh Cavalry. and | am
here after that man lie Fevre We
trailed his outfit from Dodge until the
storm struck us. and then came
straight through travelling by COM
pass. l did not know the mans name
was lie Fevre until you told me: up
in Kansas he is known as Dupont"
That's it; that's the name he took
when he sold the cattle
The officer robbed and killed was
Major Mcdonald, and 1t is his daugh-
ter they hold. The fellow Dupont
quarreled with and shot was a desert
er named Connors. We found the
body. Now where do you suppose lie
Fevre ISL"
Hughes stared into the fire, nervous
ly pulling his beard.
Wall, I'd say in west yere some
whar along the Cinarron. 'Tain't like
ly he had a compass, an the wind
/, NUS from the nor'east. Best they
could do, the ponies would drift. The
, Injuns would keep the gineral direc-
, ton, O. course, storm 'er no storm, an
, Gene is some plainsman himself, bat
, tibet blizzard would sheer EN- off all
/, the anne. ! reckon they're under the
banks ten mile. er more, up thar. An
soon as there's a change in weather
they'll ride fer Black Kettles camp
A Thet's my guess, mister
; Hamlin turned the situation ovel
), deliberately in his mind, satisfied thai
Hughes had reviewed the possibilities
= correctly. If lie Fevre's party had got
through at all, then that was the mos
likely spot for them to be hiding in
. They would have drifted beyond
; doubt. farther than Hughes supposed
probably, as he had been sheltered
3, from the real violence of the wind a:
it ragged on the open plain. The!
. might be fifteen, even twenty miles
= away, and so completely drifted in al
to be undiscoverable except through
l. accident. What course her was bes
, to pursue? The storm was likely t
Il continue violent for a day. perhap
&c two days longer. His horses were ex
hausted. and Carroll helpless.
1t might not even be safe to leave tn
" latter alone. Yet il the frozen ma
could be left in the hut to take car
II OF himself and the ponies. would Their
u be any hope Of success in an effort t
Il proceed up the river on foot? II
81 could make Hughes go-that WASH
~ the dificulty-but probably the
III couldn't cover five miles a day throug
&c the snowdrifts. And. even if the
W did succeed in getting through in tim
H. to intercept the fugitives. the other
H. would possess every advantage-bot
liz position for defense, and horses O
Sc which to escape. Hughes, lighting hi
II pipe, confident now in his own min
! that he was personally safe, SCENE
to sense the problem troubling til
gu Sergeant.
's' Il reckon | know this kentry we
ot 'nough," he said lazily. ter give yer
e. pointer er two. I've rounded up Ion
horns west O. yere. Them fellel
ny amt goin' to strike out fer the Can
Or, dian till after the storm quits. l
op tibet time yer ponies is rested up
mt better shape thar theirs will be. al
so we kin strike cross to the sou'wes
1t We're bound either to hit 'em, or rit
-er cross thar trail
But the woman" protested Hal
at lin, striding across h floor. "Wh
re- may happen to her in the meanwhile
art She is an Eastern girl unaccu
APP toned to this life-a-a lady"
re- Yer don't need worry none DO
ice tibet. IF she's the right kind she
ng. stan more'n a man when she has
,er reckon Il won't be zone too pleasa