HAMPTON RESOLVES
II THE TRAIL OF SILENT MURPHY
III THE HAUNTING OF A CRIME
IV THE VERGE OF CONFESSION
V ALONE WITH THE INSANE
VI ON THE LITTLE BIG HORN
VII THE FIGHT IN THE VALLEY
VIII THE OLD REGIMENT
IX THE LAST STAND
X THE CURTAIN FALLS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"I Read It in your Face," He Insisted. "It Told of Love" . . . . . .
_Frontispiece_
They Advanced Slowly, the Supported Blankets Swaying Gently to the
Measured Tread
"Mr. Slavin Appears to have Lost his Previous Sense of Humor," He
Remarked, Calmly
Together They Bore Him, now Unconscious, Slowly down below the First
Fire-Line
BOB HAMPTON OF PLACER
_PART I_
FROM OUT THE CANYON
CHAPTER I
HAMPTON, OF PLACER
It was not an uncommon tragedy of the West. If slightest chronicle of
it survive, it must be discovered among the musty and nearly forgotten
records of the Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry, yet it is extremely
probable that even there the details were never written down.
Sufficient if, following certain names on that long regimental roll,
there should be duly entered those cabalistic symbols signifying to the
initiated, "Killed in action.
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