Gunnison news-champion., 1913-09-19

-. 90 tuis asL hal x.s bre . IN
-D'o soEsar a ~ar-cns.sf Anyhox -
hnsU shat he'd 49, 10 pas. az 30 vs
ua1dosl sataersd ~ oar isaS .norps
- GDDre ca east shar shey uoaisn Z
- n1Dsd We asa1t git ell the eru-
- sesnaHd ~. a. ~e aus ia Q
AsUv- az they aus seassared some
'osuss of hard winter SO I come
bech yeFe 10 round 40 the rest O.
thar osnoh~
-As1 brand a fox essssa.rs.-
- Einaed
~n1n1br wasn't over, ,psrs,eulss
- snyhoz ] sos . shousana hesS
saOsen8 By the lest o Jsae. an hk
~ 0uA Ei:h 'snL Then he'll sure
esuhD eDose Fose wes got tA~s
hun1o o cattle twenty mile spxp
- Ctosrron ue vus rounded " ~
. GnaG . Cheyenne lHj.ns. headed hy
- GsDery koieta. and every hoes a
- 0B0se % Thar want no a~Sf.
- - backs just laughed ct ~. e.
~ - Oittin' shas cut on the ps~astD
They haeged hosses an oil"
NJ wigad his face. and spas int
The nrs. while hamlin sat ssleut. gun
u haad.
Il sechou nox as hew LIE Fevre put
al koleta wise to thai game. but !
wss papn Innocent then" he went On
resresfuAis Wall. we.--thar wus
sour o. ss.--hoofed II east till ws
srrsck some raRchers on Cow Crick
ard Sot the loan o some ponies. Then
! ssrvch egt 10 locate the main herd.
VI didn't take me long stranger. 10
discover thar want no herd TO locate.
Hut ] Struck their trail. whar lie
eevre Aad driven EN- up into Missouri
and easAsd In fer 9 pot o. money
rhsa the damn cuss just match ally
saRisAe1 ! plugged bout Ter two or
three months hopin' ter ketch up with
sim, but ] never did heerd tell o.
aim onet or twice. an caught on he
wss traveliR under 'Butber name
soDe durn French eontraction--but
shets - much as ever did find out
gina11y. ~ in Independence I wus 30
1urn near broke reckoned Id better
out whst he'd left In . grub stake,
an erfft back we're. I hgeered thet
uaybs ] could pick up some o. those
injua cattle again and maybe some
mavericks. an so start 'nuther herd.
ANYHOW I could lie low fer . while.
believin lie Fevre was sure ter come
back sooa as he thought the coast
was cleer. knew then he an koleta
IVES In cahoots an he be headin this
way after the stock. 50 ! come 1own
yers astst. an laid fer hin 70 sAev
up"
"WAaG them"
"Nuthin' much. tin YESTERDAY. IOst
tergstAsr some cows. herdeA d0wn
river . ways. out o. sight in the blsRs.
but hev hsd ter keep mighty astst
YER save NJ hair. Then Cheyennes sso
sure pissa this ysaf. IN raisin' GAIA
Devef So 'O0 - saDbAn0tiouo
sasss. Bot I hsnG On ysse, hi1in' out.
oesse ! Didn't hev Rowhsr else ter -.
An Yesterday. tsst ahead o. the Bills
sara. q kiowa buck arifted In yers.
Slipped down the bluR, an caught me
fore ever | saw him. Never laid eyes
on the red afOse but he was friendly
'hough, materially mistakin' me fer
one o. lie Fevre's herders His name
ives Black Smoke, an he couldn't
talk no English worth mentionin'. but
we made out to understan' each other
In MeH. lie wus too darn hungry and
tired to talk much anyhow. But I got
what wanted to know out o. him"
We'll go On, Hughes, you are max,
ing long story out of it,"
The rest 10 short 'nough. 1t seems
he an oil Koleta. an a young Chey-
enne buck, had been hangin' round
across the river from Dodge fer quite
while waitin' fer lie Fevre to pull
% some sorter stunt Maybe / didn't
get just the straight o. II, but anyhow
they held up a paymaster. er some
thing like that. fer big Doodle. They
expected to do it quiet like, hold the
OF Ger a day er 30 out in the desert,
an then turn him loose to howl. But
them plans didn't just exactly work
The fellows daughter was with aim,
when the pinch was made, an they
he'd to take her long too. Then the
officer man got ugly. an had to be
shot, an LIE Fevre quarrelled with the
other white man in the outfit, an
killed him. That left the gal on their
hands, an them all in a hell of fix
if they wus ever caught The young
Injuns wanted to kill the gal too, an
shet her mouth. but somehow lie
Feyre an Koleta wouldn't hear to it
said she'd be worth more alive than
dead, an that they could hide her
whar she'd never be heard of ag'in
unless her friends put up money to
buy her back"
Hanlin was leaning forward. watch
ing the speaker intently, and it seem
ed TO him bis heart had stopped beat
ing. This story had the semblance
OF truth: il vas the truth. So Dupont
and lie Few were one and the same.
He could believe this now. could per-
ceive the rUsemblance, although the
man had grown older. taken on flesh.
and disguised himself wonderfully by
growing that black beard. Yet, at the
moment, b. scarcely considered the