The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-08
The Manu- I6HT
HALhERT E.SMITH1
ZYRuS T1WNSEND GRADY
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where the outlaws had headed and |
late train that night carried them II
pursuit, determined at any cost to re
cover the five pieces Of the 'river
flag" and secure the two missin,
pieces
Thirty-slx hours later Scarface ant
his three companions left the train al
Ysleta, on the edge Of the desert. Ap
preaching native, he asked where
Red Cloud lived and was told:
"Red Cloud has a pueblo through
Hermit Pass. 1t is about three days
Of hard travel over dangerous trail.
Impatient as they were over this
delay there was no help for it. Red
Cloud must be sought out and his
piece of bunting obtained by some
means, and the only way this could
be done was to go to him. Scarface
turned to his companions.
~ have got little scheme that
think will work with that Injun," he
grinned. "But IL 1t don't-well there
Is more than one way to skin cat
or man either for that matter. II
Red Cloud is obstinate l think / have
a little MEDICINE that will be too
strong even for an Indian. So let's
get hustle on us, men, and be On our
way" With their hopes once more
raised high they followed closely
upon his tracks
The outlaws wasted no time, but
bought complete outfit, including a
horse for each and a pack train Of
burros, and headed across the desert
for Hermit Pass. Their journey was
uneventful, and on the afternoon Of
the third day they came to the pueblo
made Of adobe brick and surrounded
by Indians cultivating grain and by
grazing flocks. Leaving the others,
scarface and Screweye made their way
to the big, common room In which
Tomas Terrible, son of the old chief,
who was member Of the original
Ransome expedition, was holding
council. Greetings were exchanged
and Scarface said:
I'VE are sent by Great Father at
Washington to get pieces of flag from
Red Cloud
Tomas nodded and replied:
my father, Red Cloud. He dead"
The outlaws started in disappoint-
ment and began to say that the flag
must be somewhere around, when the
indian leader interrupted:
~ have seen flag. 1t Is buried with
Red Cloud, my father"
Scarface frightened at this and told
Tomas 1t would be worth his while to
produce the flag, offering money and
TASKS of whisky, but Tomas stopped
him and with quiet dignity said:
me Christian Indian. Eternal
sleep Of Red Cloud must not be dis.
With that Tomas turned upon his
heel, and gathering his blankets about
him stalked away leaving the gang
staring after him with black scowls.
Screweye was for enticing him to
some out-of-the-way place and there
prisoner out Of him, hoping
to force him to do their will by threats
OF torture, but Scarface would not
listen to 1t.
I'VE will save that for a last re-
sort. Meanwhile we will hang around
here and get little acquainted with
the rest Of them, and maybe we can
lind out what we want to know in an
easier way. 1t is pretty hard to bluff
an Indian and the better game is to
walt our chance and then outwit him.
Unless | am very much mistaken we
will be able to find that burial place
before another twenty-four hours has
passed, and when we do old Red
Clouds eternal rest will be suddenly
interrupted, Tomas or no Tomas. II
he comes foollng around us after we
get started to dig he will find out what