In Barracks and Wigwam — page 134: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XX. ° A MESSENGER FROM THE FRONT. During the short hour that followed the receipt of the thrilling news from the front, Colonel Bromley was the busiest and most deeply worried man in Fort Sandiman. Between brief intervals of consultation with his officers, he sent message after message in different directions, and kept the telegraph operator working at a tremendous pres- sure. _.What was happening at Red’ Rock agency could only be conjectured, but none doubted that the cutting of the wires had been done by the Sioux, and that the deed had - some sinister and treacherous motive. In all likelihood, an attack was contemplated on the agency itself, and that would mean the loss of the supplies and rations stored there, and possibly the slaughter of the agent, his family, and employees. Gray Fox was fully capable of going to extremes in his passion. The news from the Rosebud agency, which was some forty miles to the southwest of the fort, was readily to be _ understood and dealt with. Specified in detail, as the. i agent had wired, it was to the effect that Flying Thunder and about fifty of his braves were hovering around the agency, indulging in fiery speeches, drunken orgies and hostile demonstrations, and making themselves trouble- some and dangerous. More than that, they had cruelly killed a friendly Cheyenne in the employ of the agent. Colonel Bromley realized that prompt action was neces- Sg sary: “Much agaiuet: iis es he had held. off : : week kin P ’ ; ‘ ‘jag okes a" j e 7 . A r f 4 - - ore * ‘ fren a het ve 4 at ae 2 ee es) ON ey nm. me, ar pra ly tw ‘ is ‘ a am ae or " 3 ¥ ¢ " \o -