Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-05

TO the first small indian camp. The
Indians met Marie and Vandervyn
with friendly greetings, but looked at
Hardy with a Stoid concealment OF
Ill feeling that. according to Dupont,
bodied i'll for the new agents recep-
tion in the larger camps. Hardy set
his jaw, and ordered the party to start
ON into the mountains.
Noon found the party over twenty
miles from the agency by trail, though
less than half that distance in an air
line They had come upon no more In
dian camps and had seen no more In
dams. Late afternoon found them far
i'm among the mountains. with snowy
peaks on every side. Yet they were
still a long ten miles by trail from
their destination. Upon learning from
Dupont that there was no desirable
composite nearer than the mine, Hardy
asked his companion to ride forward
ami urge all To faster pace.
The rest of the party had rounded a
heap OF rock that lowered up like n
ruined castle at the ridge summit. and
Naudervyn WAS about To follow them
out OF sight, when the thoroughbred
came TO full stop thirty Yards down
the trail, ut the foot of the Steepest
part of the climb. Considerable of tbe
fact that his tall mount was mt n dis
advantage in such Il situation rs COM
pared with the lower-Set ponies. Hardy
cid not ur-r the mare to carry him up
THE ascent
tie paused "a moment, waiting to see
ID She would make the ATTEMPT volun-
jar.y. She stood motionlesS. He NAT
''4 her urek and dropped down our
OF The saddle. The Suddeuness Of the
"''rm'H. alone saved him from the
'...'. 'aai p.n1ed down the mountain
- passed above the saddle pre-
~ where au instant before had
been his m-lhody
A"' report vt The rifle had vet TO
reach Hariy~ ear when he peered over
me mares W.rhers in search of tho
smoke of the shot. Bur though ba saw
.' smoke, j" did not look in vain.
''''e q ho".ier. high up in a cleft
tie perceived "a deviliSh painted face
>ufnounJeG by war bonnet He
-.''',,''' >.A'"ayS mp the ridge slope
%' 'aud'rvyn. The young man had
Matted his pony on the ridge crest and
was staring back down nj HARDY
iaruy waved To him imperativelv.
TO on, he shouted "Cuard Lt,ss
Dupont. May be more of them, Send
me police around to flank"
l""dervyn'S pinto Ieaped ont of
S.~",. \ shot SraZed the mara'S with
..N; IN flash he fun up his rifle
"'' aTed az Che down-peering deviusb
lace, l' vanished as he pressed the
>"d' SIS puma. he Sprapc aronnd
'.'' mare $ head and dashed IN The
.''. @e'pnS 81 large bowlder in line
'."'en himself and his enemv A bnl-
IT,, >aa.e pUSinS down over the howl
''' "ao passed under his upraisad
-- \ lew seconds more aud. safe
D.. .'' , '1e Huse stone, he slowly edged
...S nat above the top. The ancient
49, crew grey, shot. Instantly he scram-
80 .''l- oo- luely upward towards another
1. r~ '.'eF' 1t WAS desperate move. A
' s-..g' Sraze1 his thigh as he flung
$50. S',' 'eA.nd the bushes beside the
''" '"N-uer. Hardy waited
n, '"'dShJ was fast fading. Still
,' -! wanted. his gaze scanning the
,. '' ,''" Tue rocks on either side. II
,, '.> ,'''e Tor the police 10 come creep
- around ON the flank of the aSsaS-
S.l' y little more and the dusk wo,,Id
,hs Cl'Se shooting difficult. Yet
Z. - I.s'.ClS moments slipped by, and