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36 RED PLUME, | \ a notion to hang onto: this hoss, she and her folks will hey’ to, wait for presents till I git ready to give’em, I know how to manage the critters, for I’ve been hitched afore, to a: gal what these’ yere,uns wasn’t a gopher-hide to her beaver-skin.» -I hed to leave her once, bein’ I was goin’ into a kentry as was: dan- gerous-like, and Iwas gone so long, that she “lowed Td: been rubbed out, and hitched herself to another chap. But that’s neither yere nor thar’, I-don’t want one of these,’ere Nepercy gals, ’cause the, Nepercys are-blamed cowards; ’cordin’ to my way of thinkin’, and I, don’t mean to ‘hey’ none of that. sort hangin’ about. me. The fact is, Cap’n. Steele, ’m) goin’ to light out in the mornin’, and I mean to hunt a Blackfeet camp: somewhar’, and pick mea good gal outen nee lot; a gal what ‘don’t come of a‘Sneakin stock.” “A Blackfeet camp !’ exclaimed the dia tees “You had better be careful what you do, or you may get yourself into trouble, for the Blackfeet won't let-a white man, nice nowadays, if they can get his scalp.” They won’t be apt to. seare this hoss, cap’ * and L hain’t no call to be afeard of ’em, ‘cause I know thar’ ways, and they. know me too well to try to lift my ha’r. Besides, they’ll jest. jump at the chance of gettin’ one of thar’ gals slung along- side of Bill Bush, who’s as good a hunter and trapper as thar’ is in these parts.” “Very well, Bill; you know your own business ey niaih af will not pretend to ailvise you. I ean only wish you good luck, and hope that we may see you safe back again,” : Captain Steele wondered that Frank did not return, but he was not uneasy about him, as the young man was/experienced in life in the wilds, and had often been absent from the camp. for days at a time. Before daylight, however, the remnant of Nathan Carver’s party, led by Black Beaver, arrived .at the camp; and told.the tale of the night attack of the Blackfeet, in which Ellen Carver and Frank Steele had been prio. and carried. off. Captain Steele was. highly ‘indignant, woe Miter ec with anxiety, for he knew that the savages would show no mercy to his son, especially if they discovered who he was. He, wished. to forma party. immediately, to go in pursuitiof. the marauders; but his men and their new friends had not yet COmicbOoks.Comnyl