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made no response but stood
gazing thoughtfully past him.
"Have you heard anything lately,
Bob. about the Seventh?" she asked
finally. "Since—since N troop left
here?"
He answered with well-simulated
carelessness. "No: hut it is most like
ly they are well into the game by this
time. C'vook's column, I have just
heard, was overwhelmingly attac! e-i
cm the Rosebud, and forced to f:i:l
hs"k. T'nat leaves the Seventh to
take rhe brunt of it, and thee ir~ ec'ne
to be he up north presently, cr I've
forarotton all I ever knew about In
dian Hut come, little girl, as I s-: '. !,
I'm 'pute likely to lie off before niglit,
I i-vided I am fortunate enough to
il-' a f'revh trail. Under S'lrh co'idi
.ions vim won't mind my ki.ssin you
out here, will veu?"
She held up her lips and he touched
them softly with his own. Her eyes
were tear-dimmed. "Oh, Bob. I hate
so to let you go," she sobbed, cling-
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"Donald, I Love You."
ing to him. "No one could have been
more to me than you have been, and
you are all I have left in the world.
Everything I care for goes away from
vie. Life is so hard, so hard!"
"Yes, little girl, I know," and the
man stroked her hair tenderly, his
own voice faltering. "It's all hard I
learned
sad lesson long ago, but
I've tried to make it a little bit easier
for you since we first came together.
Still, I don't see how I can possibly
help this. I've been hunting after that
fellow a long while now, a matter of
15 years over a mighty dim trail, and
It would be a mortal sin to permit him
to get away scot-free. Besides, if this
affair only manages to turn out right,
I can promise to make you the hap
piest girl in America. But, Naida,
dear, don't cling to me so it is not at
all like you to break down in this fash
ion," and he gently unclasped her
hands, holding her away from him
while he continued to gaze hungrily
into fier troubled face.
'•'Sometimes I feel just like a cow
ard, I Sob. It's the woman of it yet
truly I wish to do whatever you be
lieve to be best. But, Bob, I need you
so much, and you will come back*,
won't you? I shall be so lonely "here,"
for—for you are truly all I have in the
world."
With one quick, impulsive motion
he pressed her to him, passionately
kissing the tears from her lowered
lashes, unable longer to conceal the
tremor that shook his own voice.
"Never, never doubt it, lassie. It will
not take me long, and if I live I come
straight back."
He watched her slender, white
robed figure as it passed slowly down
the deserted street. Once only she
paused and waved back to him and he
returned instant response, although
scarcely realizing the act.
"Poor little lonely girl! Perhaps I
ought to have told her the whole in
fernal story, but I simply haven't got
the nerve, the way it reads now. If
I can only get it straightened out, it'll
be different."
Mechanically he thrust an unlighted
cigar between his teeth and descend
ed the steps, to all outward appear
ance the same reckless, audaciou3
Hampton as of old.
The military telegraph occupied one
half of the small tent next the Miners'
Retreat, and the youthful operator in
stantly recognized his debonair visi
tor.
"Well, Billy," was Hampton's friend
ly greeting, "are they keeping you fair
ly .busy with 'wars and rumors oi
wars' these days?"
"Nuthin* doin.' just now," was the
cheerful reply. "Everything goin* ter
Cheyenne. The Injuns are gittin'
themselves bottled up in the Big Horn
country."
"Oh, that's it? Then maybe yon
might manage to rush a message
through for me to Fort A. Lincoln
without discommoding Uncle Sam?"
and Hampton placed a coin upon the
rough table.
"Sure write it out."
"Here it is now get it oil early, my
lad, and bring the answer to me over
at the hotel. There'll be another yel
low boy waiting when you come."
The reply arrived some two hours
later.
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Fort A. Lincoln, June 17, 1S75.
Hampton. Glencaid:
Seventh gone west: probably Yellow
stone. Brant with them. Murphy, gov
ernment scout, at Cheyenne waiting or
ders. BITTON, Commanding.
He crushed the paper in his hand,
thinking—thinking of the past, the
present, the future. He had borne
much in these last years, much mis«
representation, much loneliness of
soul. To run this Murphy to cover
remained his final hope for retrieving
those dead, dark years. Ay, and there
was Naida! Her future, scarcely less
than his own, hung trembling in the
balance. The sudden flashing of that
name into his brain was like an eleo
trie shock. He cursed his inactivity. I
Great God! had he become a child
again, to tremble before imagined evil,
a mere hobgoblin of the mind? He!
had already wasted time enough now!
he must wring from the lips of that
misshapen savage the last vestige of I
his secret.
He dressed for the road,
for
hard,
exacting service, buckling his loaded
cartridge belt outside his rough coat
and testing his revolvers with unusual
care. He spoke a few parting word3
of instruction to Mrs. Guffy and went
quietly oiit. Ten minutes later he was
in the saddle, galloping down the dusty
stage road toward Cheyenne.
CHAPTER XXVII.
The Trail of Silent Murphy.
The young infantryman who had
been detailed for the important serv
ice of telegraph operator sat in the
Cheyenne office, his feet on the rude
table, his face buried behind a news
paper.
"Could you inform me where I
might find Silent Murphy, a govern
ment scout?"
The voice had the unmistakable ring
of military authority, and the soldier
operator instinctively, dropped his feet
to the floor.
"Well, my lad, you are not dumb,
are you?"
The telegrapher's momentary hesi
tation vanished his ambition to be
come a martyr to the strict laws of
service secrecy was not sufficiently
strong to cause him to take the doubt
ful chances of a lie. "He was here,
but has gone."
"Where?"
"The devil knows. He rode north,
carrying dispatches for Custer."
"When?"
"Oh, three or four hours ago."
Hasapton swore softly but fervent
ly, behind his clinched teeth.
"Where is Custer?"
"Don't know exactly. Supposed to
be with Terry and Gibbons, some
where near the mouth of the Powder,
although he may have left there by
this time, moving down the Yellow
stone. Murphy's orders were to inter
cept his column somewhere between
the Rosebud and the Big Horn. No
other scout along this border would
/take such a detail. But that old devil
of a Murphy just enjoys such a trip.
He started off as happy as' ever I see
him."
"How far will he have to ride?"
1
"Oh, 'bout 300 miles as .the crow
flies, a. little west of north, and tlie
better part of the distance, they tell
me, it's almighty rough country for
night work. But then Murphy, he
knows the way all right. Sorry you
didn't come along a little earlier," he
said, genially. "Do you know Mur
phy?"
"I'm not quite certain. Did you
happen to notice a peculiar black scar
on the back of his right hand?"
"Sure: looks like the half of a pear.
He said it was powder under the skin."
A new look of reviving determine*
tion swept into Hampton's gloomy
eyes—beyond doubt this must be his
man.
"How many horses did he have??"
"Two."
"Did you overhear him say anything
definite about his plans for the trip?"
"What, him? He never talks, that
fellow. He can't do nothing but sput
ter if he tries. But I wrote out his or
ders, and they give him to the 25th to
make the Big Horn. You wasn't plan
ning.. to strike out after him, was
you?"
"I might risk it if I only thought I
could overtake him within two days
my business is of some importance."
"Well, stranger, I should reckon you
might do that with a dog-gone good
outfit. Murphy's sure to take things
pretty easy to-day, and he's almost
certain to follow the old mining trail
as far as the ford over the Belle
Fourche, and that's plain enough to
travel. Beyond that point the devil,
only knows where he will go, for then
is when his hard ridin' begins."'
The moment the operator mentioned
that odd scar on Murphy's hand, every
vestige of hesitation varnished. Be
yond any possibility of doubt he was
on the right scent this time. Murphy
was riding north upon a mission as
desperate as ever man was called
upon to perform. The chance of liis
coming forth alive from that Indian
haunted land was, as .the operator
truthfully said, barely one out of a
hundred. To the end, to the geath if
need were, he woul$ follow?
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I The memory of his olci plain craft
would not permit any neglect of the
few necessaries for the trip. He
bought without haggling over prices,
but insisted on the best. So it was
four in the afternoon when he finally
struck irtto the trail leading north
ward. He rode a mettlesome, half
broken brcr.cc, a wicked-eyed brute,
which requiied to be conquered twice
within the first hour of travel a sec
ond and more quiet animal trailed be
hind at the end of a lariat, bearing the
necessary equipment.
He had, by persistent questioning,
acquired considerable information, dur
ing that busy hour spent in Cheyenne,
regarding the untracked regions lying
before him, as well as the character
and disposition of the man he pur
sued. Both by instinct and training
he was able to comprehend those brief
hints that must prove of vast benefit
in the pathless wilderness.
The night was already dark, but
stars were gleaming brilliantly over
head, and the trail remained easily
traceable. It became terribly lonely
on that wilderness stretching away
for unknown leagues in every direc
tion, yet Hampton scarcely noted this,
so watchful was he lest he miss the
trail. To his judgment, Murphy would
not be likely to ride during the night,
until after he had crossed the Fourche.
There was no reason to suspect that
there were any hostile Indians south
of that stream, and probably therefore
the old scout would endeavor to con
serve his own strength and that of his
horses, for the more perilous travel
beyond.
About midnight, the trail becoming
obscure, the rider made camp, confi
dent he must have already gained
heavily on the man he pursued. He
lariated his horses and flinging him
self down on some soft turf, almost
immediately dropped asleep. He was
up again before daylight, and, after
a hasty meal, pressed on. The naturc
of the country had changed consider
ably, becoming more broken, the view
circumscribed by towering cliffs and
deep ravines.
Late in the afternoon he reined up
his horse and gazed forward into a
broad valley, bounded with precipi
tous bluffs. The trail led directly
down toward where a considerable
stream of water shone silvery in the
sun, half concealed behind a fringe of
willows. And yonder, close in against
those distant willows, some black dots
were moving. Hampton glued his
anxious eyes to the glass. The leveled
tubes clearly revealed a man on horse
back, leading another horse. The ani
mals were walking. There could be
little doubt that this .was Silent Mur
phy.
Hampton lariated his tired horses
behind the bluff and returned to the
summit, lying flat upon the ground,
with tlie field-glass at his eyes. The
distant figures passed slowly forward
into the midst of the willows, and fcr
half an hour the patient watcher
scanned the surface* of the stream be
yond, but there was no sign of at
tempted passage. The sun sank lower
and finally disappeared behind those
desolate ridges to the westward.
Hampton's knowledge of plainscraft
rendered Murphy's actions sufficiently
clear. This was the Fourche beyond
those waters lay the terrible peril of
Indian raiders. Further advance must
be made by swift, secret night riding,
and never-ceasing vigilance. This was
what Murphy had been saving himself
and his horses for. Beyond conjec
ture, he was resting now within the
shadows of those willows, studying
the opposite shore and making ready
for the dash northward. Hampton be
lieved he would linger thus for some
time after dark, to see if Indian fires
would al'ford any guidance. Confident
of this, he passed back to his horses,
rubbed them down with grass, and
then ate his lonely supper, not ventur
ing to light a fire, certain that Mur
phy's eyes were scanning, every inch'
of skyline.
Darkness came rapidiy,'wHile Hamp
ton sat planning again the details of
his night's "work.1 Then*: the two
animals trailing cautiously behind, he
felt his
"slow way on foot down the
steep "bluff, into the denser- blackness
of the valley.
,.
CHAPTER XXVIII,
The Haunting of a Crime.
Itfurphy restted pn hlsbaqk iiji the
mid^ of a thicket of willows, wide
awakevlyet not .Quite ready toford the
Foui*chev.aiid i&lunise Into the: devise
8hadp,w^^TOJ^|^ -Ut|C^ptt^rn shore.
Grouched behind a log, iie had so far
unto temptation as to light his
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Murphy had been amid just such
unpleasant environments many.times
before, and the experience had grown
somewhat prosaic. Even Indian-scout-
ing degenerates into a commonplace
at last. So Murphy puffed contentedly
at his old pipe.
But suddenly there was the faint
crackle of a branch to his left, and
one hand instantly closed over his pipe
bowl, the other grasping the heavy re
volver at his hip. There came a plain,
undisguised rustling in the grass,—
some prowling coyote, probably then
his tense muscles immediately re
laxed, and he cursed himself for being
so startled, yet he continued to grasp
the "45" in his right hand, his eyes
alert.
"Murphy!"
That single word, hurled thus unex-
"Hampton Glued His Anxious Eyes to
the Glass."
pectedly out of the black night, startled
him more than wouid a volley of rifles.
He sprang half erect, then as swiftly
crouched behind a willow, utterly un
able to articulate. For the instant his
very blood ran cold he appeared to
shrivel up.
"Oh, come, Murphy speak up, man
I know you're in here."
That terror of the unknown instant
ly vanished. This was the familiar
language of the world, and, however
the fellow came to be there, it was
assuredly a man who spoke.
"Who—the hell—are ye?" he blurt
ed out.
The visitor laughed, the bushes
rustling as he pushed toward the
sound of the voice. "It's all right, old
boy. Gave ye quite a scare, I reckon."
Murphy could now dimly perceive
the other advancing through the inter
vening willows, and his Colt shot, up
to the level. "Stop!—ye take another
—step an' I'll—let drive. Ye tell me
—first—who ye be."
The invader paused, but he realized
the nervous finger pressing the trigger
and made haste to answer. "It's all
right, I tell ye. I'm one o' Terry's
scouts."
"Ye are? Jist the same—I've heard
—yer voice—afore."
"Likely 'nough. I saw service in the
Seventh."
Murphy was still a trifle suspicious.
"How'd ye git yere? How'd ye come
ter .know—whar wus?"
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