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He had scarcely straight ened up when Bankers s rifle barrel fell across his feathered head, and he dropped like a beef. The schoolma am uttered a faint scream, and that was the last sound that came from her corner for some time. The Sioux never moved a finger, and Bankers, having removed the war rior s firearms and ammunition, gave the gun over to his wife, and then covered the dead Sioux with straw. Already the little frame cottage had burned to the ground, and the rain had nearly quenched th...e fire. Every attempt made by the band to fire the station had ended 76 A U lLD NIGHT AT H OOD RIVER in failure, and the Sioux were now preparing to storm the fort. It was hard for Bankers to keep quiet in the car while the agent sold his life so bravely and so dearly to the Sioux, but there were his wife and baby and the helpless school- ma am, who had been persuaded by the Bank- erses to come to this wild region, and he felt it his duty to protect them as best he could. Presently Bankers felt the stock car vibrate per ceptibly, as though it were being rolled slowly along the rail.
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