Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 42, Hammond, Lake County, 6 August 1907 — Page 3

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(Coi. tlnut'. CHAPTER XXX. Alone with the Insane. Beneath the shad of uplifted arms Murphy's eyes remained unclosed. Whatever terrors may have dominated that diseased brain, the one purpose of revenue, and escape never deserted it. With patient cunning he could plan and wait, scheme and execute. He was all animal now, dreaming only of how to tear and kill. He was many minutes thoroughly satisfying himself that Hampton actually slept. Hi3 every movement was

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Faint Starlight as He Struck the Maniac. slow, crafty, cowardly, the savage in his perverted nature becoming more and more manifest. It was more beast than man that finally crept forward on all-fours, the eyes gleaming cruel as a cat's in the night. Within a yard of the peacefully slumbering man he rose up, crouching on his toes and bending stealthily forward, possibly feeling the close proximity of that horrible presence. Then the maniac took one more stealthy, slouching step nearer, and flung himself at the exposed throat, uttering a fierce snarl as his fingers clutched the soft flesh,. Hampton awoke, gasping and choking.

to find those mad eyes glaring into medley of cries, a glimpse of savage his own, those murderous hands throt- figures, and the two were tearing tling him with the strength of mad- down the rocks, the din of pursuit nss. I away behind them. The band were At first the stupefied, half-awakened . evidently all onfoot, yet Hampton conman struggled as if in delirium, scarce- j tinued to press his mount at a swift ly realizing the danger. He was Pace. taking turn after turn about the aware of suffering, of horror, of suf-! sharp hills, confident that the hard

expostulation seeking to calm the other's wild fancies and to curb his vio

lent speech. At dawn they were in a narrow gorge among the hills, a dark and gloomy hole, yet a peculiarly safe spot in which to hide, having steep, rocky

ledges on either side, with sufficient

grass for the horses. Leaving Murphy bound, Hampton clambered up the front of the rock to where he was able to look out. All was silent and his heart sank as he surveyed the brown sterile hills stretching to the horizon, having merely narrow gulches of rock and sand between, the sheer nakedness of the picture unrelieved by green shrub or any living thing. Then, almost despairing, he slid back, stretched himself out amid the soft grass, and sank into the slumber of exhaut. ion. his conscious memory the incoherent babbling of his insane companion. He awoke shortly after noon, feeling refreshed and renewed in both body and mind. Murphy was sleeping when he first turned to look at him, but he awoke in season to be fed, and accepted the proffered food with all the apparent delight of a child. While he rested, their remaining pack-animal had strayed, and Hampton was compelled to go on with only the two horses, strapping the depleted store of provisions behind his own saddle. Then he carefully hoisted Murphy into place and bound his feet beneath the animal's belly. Then he resumed the journey down one of those sandstrewn depressions pointing toward the Rosebud, pressing the refreshed ponies into a canter, confident now that their greatest measure of safety lay in audacity. It was already becoming dusk when they swept down into a little nest of green trees and grass. It appeared so suddenly and was such an unexpected oasis amid that surrounding wilderness, that Hampton gave vent to a sudden exclamation of delight. But that was all. Instantly he perceived numerous dark forms leaping from out the shrubbery, and he wheeled his horses to the left, lashing them into a rapid run.. It. was all over in a moment a sputtering of rifles, a wild

other staring apathetically at his rescuer. "My God! Can this be you, Hampton? What does it mean? Why are you here?" Hampton, leaning against the trembling horse to keep erect, slowly lifted his hand in a semblance of Military salute. "Dispatches from Cheyenne. This is Murphy went crazy out yonder. For God's sake water, food!" "Your canteen, Lane!" exclaimed Brant. "Now hold this cup," and he dashed into it a liberal supply of brandy from a pecket-flask. "Drink that all down, Hampton." The man did mechanically as he was ordered, his hand never relaxing its srasp of the rein. Then a gleam of reawakened intelligence appeared

in his eyes; he glanced up into the cring countenance of Murphy, and then back at those others. "Give me another for him." Brant handed to him the filled cup, noting as he did so the strange steadiness of the hand which accepted it. Hampton lifted the tin to the figure in

the saddle "Drink it," he commanded, curtly, "very drop!" For an instant the maniac glared back at him sullenly; then he appeared to shrink in terror, and drank swiftly. "We can make the rest of the way now," Hampton announced, quietly. "Lord, but this has been a trip!" Lane dismounted at Brant's order

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grasped tne rein of Murphy s horse, and the little party started toward where the pack-train was hidden in the vaMey. "Is Custer here?" said Hampton. "No; that is, not with my party. We are guarding the pack-train. The others are ahead, and Custer, with five troops, has moved to the right. He is somewhere among those ridges back of the bluff." The man turned and looked where the officer pointed, shading his eyes with his hand. "Can you give me a fresh horse, a

said at last, hi3 eyes lowered to the ground. "I will te'i you why. It was the father of Naida Gillis ' who was convicted of the murder of Maj. Brant." "Oh, my father? Is she Capt. Nolan's daughter? But you say 'convicted.' Was there ever any doubt? Do you question his being guilty?" Hampton pointed in silence to the hideous creature behind them. "That man could tell, but he has gone mad." Brant endeavored to speak, but the words would not come; his brain

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location. Then the brain flashed into life, and he grappled fiercely with his

dread antagonist. Murphy snapped

earth would leave no trace of their

passage. Then suddenly the horse he rode

like a mad dog, his lips snarling j sa"K line a log, but his tight grip upon curses; but Hampton fought silently, j the rpin of the othe- landed him on desneratelv. his brain clearing as he ! hls f?et. A stray Sioux bullet had

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from his lacerated throat, and forced his way up on to one knee. He worked his way, inch by inch, to his feet, his slender figure rigid as steel and closed ia upon the other, but Murphy writhed out of his grasp, as a snake might. The younger man realized now to the full his peril, and his hand slipped down to the gun upon his hip. There was a sudden glint in the faint starlight as he struck, and the stunned nraniac went down quivering, and lay motionless on the hard ground. With the quick decision of one long accustomed to meet emergencies, Hampton unbuckled the lariat from one of the led animals and bound Murphy's hand3 and limbs securely. As he worked he thought rapidly. He comprehended the extreme desperation of their present situation. While the revolver blow might possibly restore Murphy to a degree of sanity, it was far more probable that he would awaken violent. Yet he could

not deliberately leave this man to meet a fate of horror in the wilderness. That which would have been quickly decided had he been alone became a most serious problem when considered in connection with the insane, helpless scout. Then, there were the dispatches! They must be of vital importance to have required the sending of Murphy forth on so dangerous a ride; other lives, ay. the result of the entire campaign might depend upon their early delivery. Hampton had been a soldier, the spirit of the service was still with him, and that thought brought him to final decision. Unless they were halted by Sioux bullets, they would push on toward the Big Horn and Custer should have the papers. He knelt down beside Murphy, unbuckled the leather dispatch bag. and rebuekled it across his own shoulder. Then he set to work to revive the prostrate man. The eyes,when opened, stared up at him, wild and glaring; the ugly face bore the expression of abject fear. The man was no longer

vioieut: he had become a child, fright

ened at the dark. Securely strapping Murphy to his

saddle and packing all their remain

ing store of provisions upon one horse,

leaving the other to follow or remain

behind as it pleased, he advanced directly into the hills, steering by aid of the stars, his left hand ever on

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found its mark, but the gallant animal had struggled on until it dropped lifeless; and the brave man it had borne so long and so well bent down and stroked tenderly the unconscious head. Then he shifted the provisions to the back or the other horse, grasped the loose rein once more in his left hand, and started forward on foot.

CHAPTER XXXI. On the Little Big Horn. N troop, guarding, much to their emphatically expressed disgust, the more slowly moving pack-train, were following Custer's advancing column of horsemen down the right bank of the Little Big Horn. The troopers, carbines at knee, sitting erect in their saddles, their faces browned by the hot winds of the pta.ins, were riding steadily northward. Beside them, mounted upon a rangy chestnut, Brant kept his watchful eyes on those scattered flankers dotting the summit of the near-by bluff. Suddenly one of these waved his hand eagerly, and the lieutenant went dashing up the sharp ascent. "What is it, now, Lane?"

"Somethin" movin' out yonder, sir,"

and the trooper pointed into the south

east. "They're down in a coulee now, I reckon; but will be up on a ridge agin in a minute. I got sight of 'em twice afore I waved." The officer gazed earnestly in the direction indicated, and was almost immediately rewarded by the glimpse of some indistinct, dark figures dimly showing against the lighter background of sky. "Whke men." he announced, short

ly. "Come with me." At a brisk trot they rode out, the trooper lagging a pace to the rear, the watchful eyes of both men sweeping suspiciously across the prairie. The two parties met suddenly upon the summit of a sharp ridge and Brant irew in his horse with an exclamation of astonishment. It was a pathetic spectacle he stared at a horse scarcely able to stagger forward; cn his back, with feet strapped securely beneath and he-nds bound to the high pommel, the lips grinning ferociously, perched a misshapen creature clothed as a man. Beside these, hatless, his shoes barely holding together, a man of slender figure and sunburnt face held ihe bridle-rein. An instant th'ey gazed at each other, the young officer's eyes .filled with sympathetic horror, the

bite to eat, and a cup of coffee, down there?" he asked, anxiously. "You see I've got to go on." "Go on? Good God! man, do you realize what you are saying? Why, you can hardly sit the saddle! You carry dispatches, you say? Well, there are plenty of good men in my troop who will volunteer to take them on. You need rest." "Not much," said Hampton. "I'm fit tnoagh, or shall be as soon as I get food. Good Lord, boy, I am not done up yen, by a long way! It's the cursed loneliness out yonder," he swept his

hand toward the horizon, "and the

having to care for him that has broken

my heart. He went that way clear back on the Powder, and it's been a fight between us ever since. I'll be all right now if you lads will only look after him. This is going to reach Custer, and iyi take it!" He flung back his ragged coat, his hand on the dispatch-bag. "I've earned the right." Brant reached forth his hand cordially. "That's true; you have. What's more, if you're able to make the trip, there is no one here who will attempt to stop you. But now tell me how this thing happened. I want to know the story before we get in." For a moment Hampton remained silent, his thoughtful gaze on the -nearby videttes, his hands leaning heavily upon the saddle pommel. Perhaps he did not remember clearly; possibly he could not instantly decide just how much of that story to tell. Brant suspected this last to be his difficulty, and he spoke impulsively. "Hampton, there has been trouble and misunderstanding between us, but that's all past amd gone now. I sincerely believe in your purpose of right, and I ask you to trust me. Either of us would give his life if need were, to be of real service to a little girl back yonder in the hills. I don't know what you are to her; I don't ask. I know she has every confidence in you, and that is enough. Now, I want to do what is right with both of

you, and if you have a word to say to me regarding this matter, I'll treat it

confidentially. This trip with Murphy has some bearing upon Naida Gillis, has it not?" "Yes." "Will you tell me the story?" The thoughtful gray eyes looked at him long and searchingly. "Brant, do you love that girl?" Just as unwaveringly the blue eyes returned the look. "I do. I have asked her to become my wife." "And her answer?" "She said no; that a dead man was between us." "Is that all you know?" The younger man bent his head, his face grave and perplexed. "Practically all." Hampton wet his dry lips with his tongue, his breath quickening. "And ia that she was right," he

NDIANA STATE NEWS

Indianapolis, Aug:. G. Alonzo Grce:it Smith, one of the best-known member? of the Indianapolis bar, is dead at hi; home, ltlOO North Pennsylvania street. His death was due to the hardening of the arteries of the heart He had s'ifl'red from asthma and heart dis. ease. He left a widow and two children. He was lorn Sept. 6, 1S4S, on a

seemed paralyzed. Hampton held him- i farm in Meigs county, O., and came tc self under better control. j Iu-liana when H years old, settling it "I have confidence, Lieut. Brant, in i North Vernon, Jennings county, where your honesty," he began, gravely, "and j in ist,o, ho was admitted to the bar. I believe you will strive to do what- I5 eduoation was obtained In the ever is'best for her, if anything should , , , , , . ,rA !, common schools of Ohio, supplemented happen to me out yonder. But for the I . . ' , ,. possibility of my being knocked out, I j with a I)artial course at 1 rauklm co1' wouldn't talk about this, not even to i los? -

you. The affair 13 a long way from being straightened out so as to make a pleasant story, but I'll give you all you actually require to know in order to make it clear to her, provided I shouldn't come back. You see, she doesn't know very much more than you do only what I was obliged to tell to keep her from getting too closoly entangled with you. Maybe I ought to have given her the full story before I started on this trip. I've since wished I had, but you see, I never dreamed it was going to end here, on

the Big Horn; besides, I didn't have!

the nerve.

"You see, Brant, I feel that I simply

these dispatches a pride in giving

them to Custer myself, because of the trouble I've had in getting them here. But perhaps I may not come back, and in that case there wouldn't be anyone living to tell her the truth- It seems to me that there is going to be a big fight somewhere in these hills before long. So I want to leave these private papers with you until I come back. It will relieve my mind to know they are safe; if I don't come, then I want you to open them and do whatever you decide is best for the little girl. You will do that, won't you?" He handed over a long manila envelope securely sealed, and the younger man accepted it, noticing that it

was unaddressed before depositing it

safely in an inner pocket of his fatigue jacke. "Certainly, Hampton," he said. "Is that all?" "All except what I am going to tell you now regarding Murphy. There is no use my attempting to explain exactly how I chanced to find out all these things, for they came to me little by little during several years. I knew Nolan, and I knew your father, and I had roason to doubt the guilt of the captain, in spite of the verdict of the jury that condemned him. In fact, I knew at the time, although it was not in my power to prove it, that the two principal witnesses against Nolan lied. I thought I could tfuess why, but we drifted apart, and finally I lost all track of every one connected with the affair. Then I happened to pick up that girl down in the canyon beyond the Bear Water, and pulled her out alive just because she chanced to be of that sex, and I couldn't stand to see her fall into Indian clutches. I didn't feel any special interest in her at the time, supposing she belonged to Old Gillis, but she somehow grew on me she's that kind, you know; and when I discovered, purely by accident, that she was Capt. Nolan's girl, but that it all had been kept from her, I just naturally made up my mind I'd dig out the truth if I possibly could, for her sake. The fact Is, I began to think a lot about her not the way

you do, you understand; I'm getting too old foF that, and have known too

much about women, but maybe somewhat as a father might feel. Anyhow,

I wanted to give her a chance, a

square deal, so that she wouldn't be

ashamed of her own name if ever she

found out what it was. (To be continued.)

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Lawyer and Politician. He entered actively into the practice of law and also into polities, soon coming to be recognized as a leader of the Democracy of hi- county. In 1SS4 he was elected to the Indiana state senate from the counties of Jackson and Jennings and served in the sessions of 1SS5 and 1SS7, acting as president in the latter session. At the session of 1.V-9 he was elected secretary of the senate. In 1S'. he was elected attorney general of Indiana and served from Nov. 22 of that year to Nov. 21, 1S02. and in IS02 was re-elected for another term of two years. Influence in Tax Legislation. As attorney general Smith was largely instrumental m the passage of the tax law which put a just taxation upon railroads, telegraph and telephone companies and other corporations that

had before that time not borne their die share of taxation. The contest to Hiaintaiu this law was carried by Smith through all the courts, including the supreme court of the United States, and ws sustained. As a result of

this law Indiana is now paying off Its state debt. When He Ruled the Senate. One of the most exciting episodes In his career occurred in 1S87, when, by the resignation of Mahlon D. Manson, lieutenant governor, he became president of the senate. It was at this ses

sion that David Turpie, caucus nominee of the Democratic members, pit

ted against Benjamin Harrison, was fleeted to the United States senate, a result made possible in large measure by the coolness and dogged obstinacy of Smith, whose doorkeepers ejected

from the senate the late Colonel Rob

ertson, who had been elected lieutenant governor in the off year of ISSfi,

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Guilty and Pays a Fine Entire ly by Telegraph. Marion, Ind., Aug. 6. Conductor J. II. McMullen, in charge of a Clove Leaf freight train, was arrested In this city by Marshal Green, of Decatur, after a chase of forty miles. McMullen pleaded guilty by wire to blockading a street in Decatur, and paid his fine of .$20 and costs at a local telegraph office, the money being forwarded by wire to the Decatur magistrate who assessed the fine. McMuIlon's train had orders to await the arrival of another train at Deca

tur. It was sidetracked across a street crossing, and the train it was to pass being late, the crossing was blockaded

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Danger in Watercress.

So many cases of illness have followed the eating of watercress in Paris that an investigation has been made. The experts concluded that as cress often grows in swampy soil it harbors all sorts of dangerous germs and should not be eaten unless after scrupulous cleaning.

To Foretell Wet Months. Place 12 onions in a row on Christmas day, name each after a month and put salt on their tops. Those on which the salt is melted inside of 12 days will be wet months, according to Long Island weather science.

Learned the Fact Too Late.

Tincenues. Ind., Aug. 6. A minister's determination not to marry divorced persons was inadvertently shattered when Rev. John 1). Eldridge, of

the Methodist Episcopal church, performed the wedding ceremony of Rev. James YV. Gammon, a divorced Methodist minister of Flora, 111., and Miss

Myrtle Recker, of Iona, 111. Rev. Eldridge is a member of the ministerial

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Unnatural. There is something uncanny about the mother who admits that her boy may have been just as much to blame as her neighbor's child.

Incendiary Fire at Chrlsney.

Rockport. Ind.. Aug. G. Fire burned two-thirds of the business portion of

Chrisney. this county. The fire was of incendiary origin. The following

hrms suffering: Bays Bros., genera

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liuery store: J. S. York, confectionery

N. A. Rhodes, (rruggist; L. L. Taylor,

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Testinsr New Oil Field.

Rockport, Ind., Aug. G. W. J. Ross

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Nationality and Crime. Little more than one-half of the persons arrested for crimes in New York city were born outside of this country. According to numbers they stand: Italy, Russia, Germany, Ireland, Aus-; tria, England. j

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