The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-12-03

impatiently. We're wasting words"
no said. roughly. "There Is but the
two alternatives. In one OF EN-. and
Red Kimball is the other. It's simply
a question of which gets which. l
tries to make it plain, for there's no
going back. Now are you with me or
not? II not I'll fight It out along as
always done in times past and gone
and bedinged to 'em. I'm sorry my
days was as they was, and for
Lahoma's sake I'd cut of this right
ARM he held it out, rigidly-"if that'd
change the past. But the past-and
bedinged to %it!-can't be changed"
Lahoma's next letter came in a few
davs conirmatory Of his worst fears.
"Just read it aloud. Wilfred." said
Brick. as all gathered about the lantern
in the retreat at the mountain top:
Dear Brick and Bill-An exciting affair
has happened. l was sitting. at my win
dow because l couldn sleep. not that l
expected to see anything unusual. There's
a big summer house at the far end Of the
lawn, all covered with vines. and there's
q walk between dense shrubbery. leading
to it from the house. The first thing ]
saw was Red Kimball come out and slip
through a little side gate and hurry along
the country road. AS soon as l saw him
guessed that he and Mr.. Gledware had
been conspiring in the summer house.
But it seemed no use to go down after
Red Kimball had left. II Mr.. Gledware
was still in the summer house, I knew he
was alone, and II he'd returned to the
house all was over for the night. I was
wondering what new plot they had FORM
ed and how I wal to find out about 1t.
when my eye was caught by a move
ment in the hedge that run Town to the
side gate. The movement was as slight
as possible. but as there wasn't any
breeze it made me shiver a little. for l
knew somebody was skulking there. Pretty
soon something passed through the gate.
quick and stealthily. In the flash of
moonlight I saw it was our old friend
Red Feather.
Almost as soon as l recognized him he
had disappeared behind a large lilac bush,
but l had seen what he held in the hand
behind his back-it was q long, unsheath-
ed knife. The lilac bush stood close to
the summer house. He fell fiat to the
ground and wriggled his way around the
bush. You would have been ashamed Of
me for a minute or two. for I kept sitting
beside the window as II l had been turn
ed to a statue of ice.
But maybe I didn't stay there as long
as 1t seemed. First thing l knew. l was
running downstairs as lightly and swift
~ as l could and out through. the door
at the end of the side hall that had been
left wide open. and I was at the summer
house door like a flash. There was a
wide path of moonlight across the con-
crete floor and right in that glare was a
sight never to be f~orgotten-Red Feather
about to stab Mr.. Gledware to the heart!
He held Mr.. Gledware by the throat with
one hand, apd his other hand held tho
knife up for the blow. Mr.. Gledware lay
on his back. and Red Feather had one
knee pressed upon his breast.
When l reached the doorway ! blotted
out most of the moonlight. and I drew
back so Red Feather could see who l was.
He looked up and let go of Mr.. Gledware's
throat, but didn't move otherwise. RED
Feather" I said. give me that knife!"
Mr.. Gledware, recognizing my voice,
tried to entreat me to a him, but he
was half strangled. n only made sounds
that turned me faint, to know that the
Red Feather told me that If I came any
nearer. or If ! cried for help, he would
murder that man n escape. but that II l
would step into the shadow and listen
he'd give his reason for doing it before
it was done. So I went across the room
from him to save time. hoping l could
persuade him to change his mind. I beg
ged for Mr.. Gledware's life.
Red Feather shook his head. No, he
said. l could not save him. for he YOU
be dead In two or three minutes. And
then he bent over Mr.. Gledware. who all
this time was afraid to move or to make a
l hurried to remind him that he
told me his reason for wanting to
kill the man.
Then Red Feather said that when that
man rode with me among the Indians
Red Feathers daughter had taken a fam
cy to him. and Mr.. Gledware had mar
ried her. and l had been kept away from
him 10 he'd forget me and not turn his
thoughts toward his own people; and they
had taught me that my name va Wilcox.
because they were going to take mo to
you. Brick. Isn't 1t wonderful? That day
you ound the deserted wagon and buried
mother Red Feather was watching you
from the mountain, and he wouldn't kill
you because you made that grave and
knelt down to talk to the Great Spirit.
Afterward. when he rode home and found
that his daughter and Mr.. Gledware were
to be married, he made up his mind that
II you succeeded in keeping hidden from
Red Kimball and his and you would be
the one to take care Of me-. And when
two years had passed and you were still
safe he brought me to you! What a glad
day that was!
When Red Feathers daughter wanted
Mr.. Gledware's life saved 1t was so. And
Red Feather gave them a great stretch
Of land. and Mr.. Gledware got to be i'm
portant in the tribe; he made himself one
Of them. and they thought him greater
than their own chief. At the end OF a
few years there was the great agitation
over the boomers coming to the Oklahoma
country and much talk Of the land being
thrown open. The Indians didn't want 1t
done, and they Joined together to send
some one to Warrington to address con-
gress on the subject. Mr.. Gledware wa
such an orator that they thought him ir-
resisttbls. 20 they selected him And. for
his fee. they collected over 10000. Think
OF It!
OF course he didn't 20 near Washing
ton. It was the time Of Kansas City's
great boom. He went there aud bought
up city lots and sold out at the right
time. and that's why he's rich today. IN
the meantime. the Indians didn't know
whot had hAcOnl0 Of him and Rad Eeath.