The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
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stones. The white man was MT. Gled- | ware. After Red Kimbalrs gang cap | tured the wagon train Mir. GledwaFe( escaped, married Red Feathers daugh- | ter and lived with the Indians. He'd i married immediately to save his life, | and the tribe suspected he meant to i leave Indian Territory at the first chance. Mr. Gledware, great coward, | was terrified night and day lest the | suspicious of the Indians might finally | cost him his life.
 st'It wasn't ten days after the massa- i ere of the emigrants till he decided to give proof of good faith. Too great | coward to try to get away and caring too much for his wifes rich lands to want to leave. he told about the pearl l and onyx pin. He said he wanted to give it to Red Flower. A pretty good Indian Red Feather was-true friend of mine. He wouldn't rob graves! But 1 he said he'd take MT. GIedware to the place, and if he got that pin they'd all i know he meant to live among them forever. That's why the band was standing there when Brick Willock looked from the mountain top. MT. Gledware dug up the body after the Indians had rolled away the stones the body. of his wife-my mother-the body whose face Brick Willock { wouldn't look at in it's helplessness of death. MT. Gledware is the principal witness against Brick. If you don't feel what kind of man he is from what I've said nobody could explain it to you.''
 l From several of the intent listeners burst iny2Iuntary denunciations of f Gleawaree while on the faces of others showed a momentary glearn of horror. Red Kimball's tsonfederate spoke loudly, harshly, fsBut who killed Red KimbaI and his pard and the stage i driver if it wasn't Brick Willock?'' i .I think ity was Red Feathers band. ! i'm witness to the fact that Kimball { agreed to bring MT. t4ledware the pearl | and onyx pin on condition that MT. Giedware appear against Brick. After Mr. Gledware deserted Red Flower, or, rather, after her. death. Red Feather { carried that pin hbout him. MT. G1ed- ware knew he'd never give it3up alive. ! He was always afraid the Indian would find him, and at last he did find him. i But Red Kimban got the pin. Could ( that mean anything except that Kim ball discovered the Indians hiding place and killed him? But for that, I'd think it Red Feather who attacked the stage and killed Red Kfmba1l. As it ' is, believe it must have been his l friends.i'
 ..Now you've said somethingl'' cried Mizzoo. Boys, don't you think it's. a reasonable explanation ?"
 Some of them did, evidently. for the grim resolution on their faces softened. | Others, however, we're unconyinced-l I A stern voice was raised: t.Eet Brick Willock come do his own explaining Bill Atkins knows where he's hiding i out-and we got to know. We've start ed in to be a law abiding county, and that there warrant against Willock has l got the right of way.'
 l You've no warrant against Bill i cried Wilfred, stepping to the edge of the platform, etherefore you've violated I the law in locking him up.'s
 That's SOL exclaimed Red KimbalI's 1 former comrade. Well, turn i'm loose, that's what we ask-let him go-open the jail door.''
 He's locked up for his own safety, ? l shouted NIizzoo. You fellows agree tos leave him alone, and I'll turn. him out quick enough. You talk about the law--what you want to do to Bill ain't overly lawful, take it.''
 If he gives up his secret we ain't going to handle him rough was the I quick retort
 Lahoma found that the softening in- T nuence. she had exerted was already fast dissipating. They bore with her merely because of her youth and sex. She cried out desperately
 Is there nothing can say to move 1 your hearts? Has my story of that pearl and onyx pin been lost on you? Couldn't you understand, after all 2 Are you western men and yet unable | A<. z-.I 4I@<.- IT. --G-
 Brick? How he clothed me and shel-
 tered me when the man who should
 have supported the child left in his care neglected her. How he taught me and was always tender and gentle never cross word-a man like that!
 And you think he could kill! I don't
 know whether Bill was told his hiding
 place or not. But if I knew it. do you think I'd tell? And if Bill betrayed him but Bill wouldn't do it. Thank God
 I've been raised with real men, men
 that know how to stand by each other l and be true to the death You want
 Bill to turn traitor. say, what kind of
 men are you?'
 She turned to Wilfred, blinded by hot
 tears. "Oh; say something to themr'
 she gasped, c--nging to his arm. 1 "Go on," murmured Wilfred. s.I
 couldn't reach lem, and you made a point that time. Go on-don't give 'em
 a chance to think
 "But I can't-I've said all had to
 say'H-
 Don't stop, dear, for Gods sake the case is desperatei You'll have to do
 it-for Bi1I.''
 @And that isn't a1l,'' Lahoma called
 in a broken, pathetic voice, as she turn
 ed her pale face upon the curious crowd. '"That isn't all. You know Brick and Bill have been all hadz-alI in this I world. You know they couldn't have
 been sweetcr to me if they'd been the nearest of kin-they were more like