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observed a mud-bespattered horseman
making his way towards the barracks.
As the slouch-hatted figure drew
closer he recognized Napoleon Venne,
son of a half-breed rancher, whose
ranch lay 10 miles east of the One
Arrow reserve. Dismounting, Na-
poleon gave vent to a torrent of mixed
English, French and Cree, inter-
spersed with numerous Sacres! and
Mon Dieus! and the reiterated name
of Almighty Voice.

“I’m roun’ up de hosses yes’day wid
my brother, David,’ he explained,
“and I’m see de cattle mill aroun’ like
hell, tree, four mile away. ‘Sacre!’
I’m tell David, ‘some son of a beech
he’s chase de hell out o’ dem damn
cattle. Dere’s tree Injuns ridin’ de
hell out o’ dem steers—looks like dey
try for to steal one.’ We chase de
devil out o’ dem Injuns till one horse,
he step in a badger hole and t’row de
rider. It’s little Saulteaux, de cousin o’
dat Almighty Voice.” He wiped the
sweat from his forehead, ‘we ask him
de name of de odders dat got away.
One, he says, is Young Dust, Almighty
Voice’s brudder-in-law. But he’s too
all-fire scare to tell de neme of de
odder. I guess, sergeant, you can
figger it out for you’self!”

Back Again and Making Trouble

Bowridge had already guessed.
With a couple of quick strides he
entered the telegraph office and sent
an urgent message winging its way to

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Sergeant C. C. Colebrook, popular North
West Mounted Police officer, whose cold-
blooded killing set in motion a chain of
events that taxed the patience of the famous

force.
Inspector Wilson at Duck Lake.
Armed and desperate, Almighty

Voice was back again, evidently bent
on making trouble!

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A few hours brought Bowridge and
Napoleon to the circle of painted
tepees lined against the green foliage,
with ponies cropping the lush grass;
the very picture of peaceful calm. En-
tering the tepee of old Sounding Sky
unannounced, their reception was the
reverse of friendly. “Where’s your son,
Almighty Voice?” demanded Bow-
ridge. '

“Find him!” the wrinkled veteran
spat the words in his face. “Look for
him if you want him—but take care
atimo-Shimaganis, that no _ bullet
bores a hole in that red coat you
wear! ‘Dog of a half-breed’,” he turned
savagely on Venne, “leave this red-
coat or something bad will happen to
you.”

Surrounded by a sea of hawk-like
faces, they proceeded to make a sys-
tematic search of the tepees, disre-
garding the glinting eyes and looks
of savage hate. Nearby a band of
mounted bucks were noisily driving a
pony herd towards them. But beyond
it Bowridge had detected a swift and
furtive movement as two mounted
figures sped towards a bluff.

“Look, Venne!” he vaulted into the
saddle, “two Indians dived into that
bluff, take the right side... . I'll take
the left.”

Bowridge had almost reached the
right side of the bluff when the
ominous crack of a gunshot echoed
across the prairie. From Venne came

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