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py a PGS ERA ty) een ae uA Cg Ss aa it ay Nac MS A hai 216 The Pr eciers a the Rive. grassy shore that brought them parallel with the swim- mer, who was now within six feet of the opposite bank, and almost directly across from Linn. ‘Then half a dozen rifles flashed and cracked, and Bruce vanished under the foaming current. Linn gritted his teeth with impotent rage as he watched vainly for the lad to reappear. but he did not come up again. Evidently the bullets had done their deadly work, and the current was rolling Bruce’s body over the pebbly bottom of the stream. | With triumphant cries the Indians gathered on the bank for a moment, gazing at the spot where their victim had. disappeared. Then two braves plunged into the water and struck out for the further shore. An instant later, in Obedience to an imperative summons from Deerfoot, the rest of the band turned back up the slope, and sped away in the direction of the catnp. “I know what that means,” muttered Linn. ‘They want to settle scores with me now, and when they find that | have escaped they will be after me full cry. I dare not stay here a second, and I couldn’t do any good if ! did stay. Poor Bruce is dead—there’s no doubt about that. Well, I did my best to save him, and if I ever get the chance I'll settle scores with his murderers. And now to warn the soldiers. ‘There are ten miles of hostile country between me and Major Dallas’ column, and a de- _.tour will add three or four more to it. I’ve got a hard task ahead of me, and one that requires both cunning and speed.” On hands and knees Linn crept forward through the bushes until he was twenty yards below the two Indians ‘who were searching zealously along the opposite bank of the river for Bruce’s body. Then, being now clear of EB the valley’s mouth, he rose to his feet and settled into a h. brisk trot, heading southwestward over the open country. : a Yl ; ‘et . ty. ; i i: a SAE Mey , 7 ad \ = Oe a ae