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THE MOUNTED INDIANS came skimming back to the Rocky Mountain Fur Co. pack train in the afternoon, signaling that they'd spotted a heap of white men. Little Foolish Bear made the signs for three hundred horses. "Much dust. One sleep away." He had overestimated the size of the pack train. Mordecai Price knew. but it couldn't be anybody but the American Fur Co. outfit. Big Nose Yenzer and Mordecai looked at each other. They couldn't go one step faster than they were going at the moment. In fact. they both knew they couldn't even hope to keep up their present speed. They watched their own pack train moving past. The rest had benefited some of the original animals, but it hadn't been enough rest. Mules with backs rubbed raw when they were badly over- loaded on the Platte trail were trying to hold back now. Some of the lame ones weren't going to last two davs more. Some of the packers slogging by, a few of them nigh barefooted. looked re- sentfully at the mounted Indians. "Go back." Mordecai told Bea- ver Tails and the other Snakes Watch. See if they come faster." The Indians had nothing better to do. It was interesting work, without risk, and they were get- ting paid for it. They went away happy enough. "Know any short cuts?" Big Nose asked Mordecal shook his head. They were raising camp when the Snakes came in to report three men coming on from the American pack train. Emil Fred- erick. the clerk. was one of them. Grim as an insulted Crow, he was, with dust thickly overlaying the burned redness of his features. He came rding in like he meant business. instead of just coming on a pretended visit to gloat over the condition of Roc'ky Mountain's outfit. He alwavs rode with a tomahawk tied at his saddle horn and it was said he could throw it better nor he could shoot a rfle at close range. "Where's Jim Shandy?" he demanded, "Ie ain't with us." Big Nose said "What d'you want ? Frederck looked around the camp. He took an insulting long time in answering. "Three horses Shandy stole 'em " "Ie ain't with us." Mordecai said. "His two men ain't with us any longer, either. Have we got any of Frederick's horses, Big Nose?" "Maybe one. You can have it back at the rendezvous, Freder. ick" "I sce that one." Frederick said "It an't the one I'm most inter. est ed in. My buffalo horse . . You say that's the one Shandy's got?" From the novel publlohed by The 26-Year-Old Man Pleads Guilty On Assault Charge A plea of guilty to an assault to murder charge in Superior Court Friday brought a five to ten-year sentence to the aneged assailant of the commander of a newly open- ed veterans post. Homer Avcock, 26. plead guilty to shooting a man identified as Willie Armour. 30, 111 Scott St., N.W.. after allegedly failing to pay his share of a liquor bill incurred by a party of people he had been drinking with. Armour. who is commander of the veterans post where the inci- dent occurred and also a deputy sheriff for Fulton County. was shot at a very critical point when he followed the sentenced man out- side the club and reminded the al- leged assailant that his presence at the club was no longer welcomed if he failed to pay his share of the bill, police said. Gammon Official Speaks At Annual Vocational Meet Dean M. J. Wynn of Gammon Theological Seminary was the speaker for the 5th Annual Re- ligious Emphasis Week of Missis- sippi Vocational College. Itta Bena. Miss. March 23-26. The Re- ligious Emphasls Week was spon- sored by the Religious Life Com- mittee, the Reverend Fred D Matthews, chairman and the fol- lowing student Religious Organi- zations; YMCA, YWCA, Vesper Club, Westmingter Fellowship, Allen-Wesleyan Club, Baptist Stu- dent Union. Christian Endeavor, Newman Club, Church of God and Seventh Day Adventist stu- dent groups and the Campus Sun- dav Schools Professor Wynn spoke at the 11 O'clock chapel service daily. using the following themes; Help- ing God at His job, What do you think of Christ, Our Faith in Prayer. To whom the Future be- longs There was also a ques'jon and answer period and Mr. Wynn found his davs were filled with many student conferences Lonn Cancer Increases TOKYO UPI - Japan's death rate from lung cancer increased five times during the 10 years be- tween 1947 and 1957, Japanese doctors reported Wednesday A group of doctors blamed contam- inated air as a possible factor,

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