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intellect he had ever possessed, now
refused to respond. Kennedy broke In
impatiently.
1T takes thet boy bout an hour fer
ter tell enythlng. Cap" he explained
gruffiy. Il reckon he's skeered half
ter death In the furst place, an then
thar's sumthin' wrong with him eny.
how. Howsumeyer, It's whut he seed
an heerd, Cap. thet sounds mighty
queer ter me. He sez thar wus more'n
fifty bucks In thet party. an that OIL
Black Hawk wus thar hisself. a leadin'
'em-he done saw him."
turned. surprised at this statement.
to stare into the boys face. He half
grinned back at me, vacantly. r
"Black Hawkl He could scarcely be
down here: what did he look liker
"'Bout six feet high. reckon. with
big hooked nose. an the blackest
pair o. mean eyes ever ye saw. !
reckon he didn't hav' no eyebrows. an
he wore bunch O. eagle feathers, an
red blanket. Gosh, mister, but the
devil cudn't look no worse'n he did"
"Wus thet him. Capt." burst In Tim.
anxiously.
TITS not a bad description" admit
ted. yet not convinced. II can't be
lleve he would be here with ralding
party. II he was. there must be some
important object In view. Is that ALI"
mo, 'taln't; the boy swears thar was
white man long with EN-. feller
with short mustache. an dressed In
store clothes. He want no prisoner
nuther, but he'd gun. an talked ter
Black Hawk. most like he wus chief
hlsself After the KILN wus all over,
he wus the one whut got 'em ter go of
thar to the south, the whole kit an
kaboodle."
Il don't doubt that. There have al
ways been white renegades among the
Saes and plenty Of half-breeds. II
Black Hawk. and this other fellow are
leading this band. they are after big
game somewhere. and we had better
keep out Of their way. favor sad
ding up Immediately. and travelling all
night"
$50 do l." and Tim flung a half-fllled
bag from his shoulder to the ground
But vote we eat furst. 'Tain't much.
only a few scraps found out thar !,
hut It's a way better then nuthin'.
Here you, Hall, give me hand. an
then we'll go out, an round up them
hosses."
II The party OF ralding Indians
whose foul deed We had discovered,
had departed in southerly direction.
us their trail would plainly seem to In
dlcate. then our safest course would
seemingly be directed eastward up the
valley. This would give US the pro-
lection of the bluffs, and take us more
and more out of the territory they
would be likely to cover. Within
twenty minutes we were In saddle. de-
scending the steep hillside through the
darkness. Tim walking ahead with the
lad, his horse trailing behind, and the
long rifle across his shoulder.
! do not recall feeling any special
fear. In the first place was convinced
that we must already be at the ex-
treme limit OF Black Hawks radius,
and that, travelling as We were east
ward. must before morning be well be-
yond any possible danger OF falling
into the hands OF his warriors. The
other pursuers l had practically dis
missed from thought. Shortly after
midnight my horse strained tendon.
and could no longer uphold my weight.
On foot. with the poor beast limping
painfully behind me, l pressed on be-
side Elolse. both Of us silent, too ut
terly wearled with the strain for any
attempt ut speech.
The rising sun topped the summit
Of the bluff. Its red rays seeming to
bridge with spans OF gossamer the lit
tie valley up which we toiled. | had
lost my interest, and was walking dog
gedly on. with eyes bent upon the
ground. when the girl beside me cried
out suddenly. new excitement In her
voice.
"Oh. there is a cabin! See! Over
yonder; just beyond that big oak,
where the blum turns"
Her eager face was aglow, her out
stretched hand pointing eagerly.
The logs Of which the little building
had been constructed. still In their na.
tive bark. blended so perfectly with
the drab hillside beyond. that for the
moment none Of US caught the distant
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