The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-04-04

ICY his daughter. Molly. III 10
F Fpn.saed Tor the post. An Indian outbreak
"A threatened.
CHAPTER discontinued.
.No, oh. Of course not. Nothing
Mt goes on out here ever drifts east
- The Missouri. Lord! We might az
Iii be serving . foreign country.
1.r listen: l was at Washita then.
ma had the story FIRST hand. Dugan
.,s A lieutenant in d Troop, out
18th his first independent command
scouting along the Canadian. He
snsv as much about Indians as q COW
.oes of music. One morning the
.ouns idiot left camp with only one
trooper along-Hamlin here-and he
~as a rookie to follow up what look
"A like a fresh trail. Two hours later
they rode slap into a war party. and
.he fracas was on. Dugan got a ball
through the body at the first fire that
paralyzed him. He was conscious, but
souldn't move. The rest vas up to
u.mlin. You ought to have heard
mgan tell 1t when he got 80 he could
sneak. Hamlin dragged the boy down
into a buffalo wallow, shot both
horses. and got behind them. 1t was
ali o n In the jerk Of a lambs tail.
They had two Henry rifles. and the
rookie kept them both hot. He got
some of the bucks. too, but OF course
We never knew how many. There
we're twenty In the party. and they
charged twice. riding their ponies al
most to the edge Of the wallow, but
Hamlin had fourteen shots without re
loading, and they couldn't quite make
II Dugan said there were nine deaf
ponies within q radium Of thirty feet
ANYHOW 1t was Ave hours before d
troop came up, and that's what the.
found when they got. there-Dugal
laid out, as good as dead. and Hamlil
shot twice, and only ten cartridge
left. He'll" he added disgustedly
~and you never even heard Of 1t cas-
Of the Missouri"
There was q flush Of color on tn
s~ergeant's cheeks, but he never mo-
ed.
There was nothing else to do bs
what | did" he explained simply. IAN
of the fellows would have done tn
same II they had been up against
the way l was. May l ask" his eye
first upon one and then the other
ouiringly. what 1t was you wants
of me?'
Mcdonald drew q long breath.
Certainly, sergeant. sit down-ye
take that chair"
He described the situation in a fe
words. and the trooper listened quit
Nv until he was done. Travers int
rupted once, his voice emerging fro
a cloud of smoke. AS the major &C
,cluded. Hamlin asked a question
two gravely.
How old is your daughter, sir?'
In her twentieth year"
Have you a picture of the you
LADY,"
The major crossed over to his
tigue coat hanging on the wall. a
extracted q small photograph from
inside pocket,
This was taken q year ago. ne
nlained and was considered Q &c
likeness then"
Hamlin took the card in his han
studied the face q moment. ana u
placed 1t upon the table.
You figure she ought to leave +
ay on the 18TH" he said slowly. III
I shall need to start at once to mi
Dodge In time"
You mean to go then? OF coul
you realize / have nc authority 70
der you on such private service
That's true. I'm q volunteer,
I'll ask you for a written order
the same in case my troop comma
.er should ever object, and I'll nee
fresh horse; l rode mine pretty d
coming up here"
You shall have the pick OF
stables. sergeant" interjected the
airy captain. knocking the az
from his pipe. Anything else! ID
you had rest enough"
-Four hours" and the sergs
stood up again. All l require VII
two days raticns. and q few more
volver cartridges. The sooner In
the better" :.
II he heard Travers' attempt
conversation - the two stumbled
,gether down the dark bill. ne
small attention. At the stables .
by q smoky lantern. he picked o
tough-looking buckskin mustang.
an evil eye; and, using his own q
and bride, he finally led the nall-s
an animal outside.
That buckskin's the devus =