Indian Scout
Fort Laramie · October 21, 1956 · 24 min · 2,589 words
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At the Caliph! Oh! Laramy, starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince,
specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier, the saga of fighting men who rode the Rim of Empire, and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry. How goin'?
A lot of little sounds, but not the mornin'. Might be his dead captain. Might be. This is where his horse came out, this clearing. He shouldn't be much further in, dead or not. You are hand to see in the dark, are you?
Not much, no. I can always light this lantern, you know. You want to be seen, do you? Well, if he's dead, he won't see no lanterns. If he isn't. I still can't see in the...
How's your hearing in the dark? I heard that all right. Just a head goes. You can light your lantern now. Hold it closer. Taught his face. He looks kind of young, Captain. Kind of wild, too.
He's full of pain, scared. Do you speak a tongue of white man? I speak. Our camp is backed by the river. We'll carry you there. You... you kill? No. Got a canteen, Gorse? Yes, Captain.
Give him a drink. You mind the lantern? I mind it. Oh. Can you lift your head up to it? Oh, no, no, no, no, drink. What's the matter with you? You shot up for fair.
You must be burning inside. You drink some of it, gores? Oh, you do. You see, engine? Good water. Now you drink. Oh, no, drink. Looks like his right leg, gores. A couple of nicks crosses belly.
What kind of show I gotta put on to make him drink? I'll drink some more. Captain, I swilled down three cups of coffee before he come riding through the camp. camp. I've got another swallow or two and I'll go ahead. Now then, engine, you got to make up your mind. Either it's good water or I got a taste for drinking poison.
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