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refused to rsspoad. kennedy broke In
impatisntly.
TT takes thet boy bout an hour fsa
ter tell enythinS. Cap" he explained
gru1ay. RI reckon he's skeered half
ter death In The furst place. an then
thar's sumthin' wrong with him eny'
bow. Howsumsvsf. It's whut he seed
an hssrd, Cap, thst sounds mighty
queer ter me. He ~ thar wus more'n
nfty bucks tn thst party. an that Of
Black Hawk wss thar hisself. . leadin'
'sm-As dose saw him"
turned, surprised at this statement,
to STARE into The boys faes. He halt
srinnsd back at ne, vaeantiy.
'Black Hawki He could scarcely b
down here; what did hs look liksT
"Bout ok fest high, I reckon. With
Q big hooked nose. an the blacklist
pair o mean eyes ever - saw. ]
reckon he didn't hav' no eyebrows. an
h. wore bunch o eagle feathers. an
red blanket. Gosh. mister. but the
devil cudn't look no woese'n he did"
"Wus thet him, Capt" burst In Tim.
anxiously.
IT'S not Q bad description" admit
ted. yet not convinced. n can't be-
lisve he would be here With 4 raiding
party. II he was, there must be some
important object in view. II that all r
mo. faint: the boy swsars thar was
q white man long with 'em, . Teller
with q short mustache. an dressed in
store clothes. He want NO prisoner
nuther. but he'd 4 gun. an talked ter
Black Hawk. most like he wus Q chief
hisself. After the KILN wus all over.
hs wus the one whut got EN- ter 90 OF
thar to the south, the whole kit an
kaboodle."
Il don't doubt that. There have al
ways been white rsnsgades among the
Sacs and plenty Of half-breeds. II
Black Hawk. and this other fellow are
leading this band. thsy are after big
game somewhere. and ~ had bstter
keep out Of their way. I favor sad
ding up Immediately. and travelling all
night."
"So do l." and Tim flung half-nlled
bag from his shoulder to the ground.
But vote We eat furst. "Tain't much.
only . few scraps I found out thar
hut It's . way better then nuthin'.
Here you. Hall. give me . hand. an
then we1l 70 out, an round up them
ho&ses."
II the party Of raidinG Indians,
whose foul deed We had discovered
had departed In . ssuthsriy direction,
~ their trail would plainly seem to In
dictate. then our safest course would
seemingly b directed eastward up the
valley. This would Owe % the pro
tection Of the bluffs. and take NJ more
and more out OF the territory they
would b likely to cover. Within
twenty minutes We were ID saddle. de-
scending the steep hillside through the
darkness, Tim walking ahead with the
lad. his horse trailing behind, and the
long rlle across his shoulder.
I DO not recall feeling any special
fear. In the 6rst place was convinced
that w must already b. at the ex-
trems limit Of Black HAWKS radius.
and that. travelling o. We were east
ward. must before morning be well b.
yond any possible danger OF falling
into the hands Of bis warriors. The
other pursuers had practically dis
missed from thought. Shortly after
midnight my horse strained . tendon.
and could NO longer uphold my weight.
o. foot. with the poor beast limpins
painfully behind me. ] pressed on BE-
side Elolss. both Of u silent. too at
terry wearied with the strain for any
attempt At speech.
Ths rising sun topped the summit
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