An Indian Story.
BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.
Chapter XXVIII.
olores's suggestion that he should purchase Rita from the Indian chief had made a great impression upon Murray's mind. Steve's advice also helped him to the conclusion that the plan was the best that could be devised.
Many Bears had taken a great fancy both to Send Warning and to Knotted Cord. The chief had indeed proposed more than once that his pale-face friends should remain among the Apache band, and cast in their lots with them. Meanwhile Murray held many an anxious consultation with Steve over their plan.
"It's an idea, Steve; it's a good one," he said, finally, "and I'm going to try and carry it out."
Still, it was a delicate piece of business, and Murray went at it very carefully.
That afternoon, as they were riding along, Many Bears again remarked to him that he would be better off among his Apache friends than anywhere else. "Have lodge. Have squaw. Be chief a little. Be great brave."
"Got good lodge now."