CHAPTER 13 NOW WHAT?

WITH THE BLAST OF THE SHOT GUN. THE SERGEANT LAY THERE WITH NO HEAD. JACK LOOK

RELIEVE THAT HIS QUEST IS OVER. HE HAD BEEN AT THIS 4 HARD YEARS TRYING TO REVENGE HIS DAUGHTER DEATH. JACK JUST TOSS HIS SHOT GUN ON THE BODY, AND SET DOWN ON A LOG. LIZZIE JANE CAME RIDING UP AS HARD HER PONY WOULD BRING HER.

LIZZIE JACK, JACK, ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

BILL HE OK,JUST A MOUNTAIN BEEN LIFTED OF HIS SHOULDERS.

CAPTAIN WHAT WE GOING TO DO NOW?

BILL WE KNOW THEY HAD IT COMING, JACK WAS DRIVEN BY RAGE AND BLIND HATE.

LIZZIE HE A GOOD MAN, I AM GLAD HE KILL THEM. WHAT HE TOLD ME "HE DID RIGHT"

CAPTAIN WELL THE SERGEANT SAME SIZE AS JACK. WE PUT JACK JACKET ON THE SERGEANT

TAKE THE RED LEGGINGS OFF. LAY THAT SHOTGUN ON HIM. YOU COULD NOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE, "WITH NO HEAD."

BILL WE COULD SAY THE GRAY RIDER KILL HIM SELF THAN BE CAPTURED. CAPTAIN YA. PUT THE BODY ON A TRAVIS. PULL BY THAT BIG GRAY HIS ;THEY BUY THAT. THE SHARPS RIFLE WITH J. J. ON THE STOCK WOULD HELP SELL THE STORY.

BILL I TURN IN BODY AND SPLIT THE REWARD WITH YOU CAPTAIN, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS

WRITE A LETTER SAYING JUST WHAT WE SAID.

CAPTAIN YA , THAT GET THE HEAT OF JACK "HE NOW DEAD". HE START NEW LIFE. YOU AND I OWE HIM OUR LIVES.

BILL I OWE HIM MY LIFE SERIAL TIMES.

CAPTAIN WE SAY JACK KILL THE CORPORAL AND THE SERGEANT. WHICH NO LIE, AND WE BURY THEM OUT HERE.

LIZZIE JACK JUST SETTING THERE ALMOST IN SHOCK. I GET SAM AND BRING HIM BACK

SO YOU CAN FIX IT RIGHT.

CAPTAIN YES WE SWAP HORSES HE CAN RIDE THE SERGEANT HORSE WHEN HE PULL OUT .

LIZZIE RIDES OFF TO WHERE SHE GOT THE PACK HORSES TIED OUT AT. WHEN SHE GET THERE SHE TAKES TWO COLT 44 OF THE SADDLE, AND SADDLE BAGS. THE SADDLE BAGS WAS HEAVY [FULL GOLD COIN] .SHE MANAGE TO GET THEM ON THE PACK HORSE. SHE BRING ALL BACK TO THE CAMP. THEN SHE BRING SAM TO THE CAMP.

BILL HELPS LIZZIE UNPACK THE PACK HORSES AND HE LOOKS AT LIZZIE WHEN HE GRAB HOLD THE SADDLE BAGS ,LIZZIE SMILES AND SAID THERE JACKS ,, BILL KIND OF PEEKS AND HAS BIG SMILE, AND SAID HE GOT GOOD START ON LIFE.

CAPTAIN WAS HAPPY TO SEE A COFFEE POT NOT FULL HOLES. THEY HAD GOOD MEAL THAT NIGHT ,AND COFFEE. CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT RED BEAR SHOW UP. BILL TOLD RED BEAR WHAT HAPPEN ,AND WHAT THEY GOING TO DO. AND TAKE JACK AND LIZZIE TO HIS VILLAGE UNTIL JACK PULL OUT IT. JACK SETTING THERE RELIVING THE LAST 4 YEARS IN HIS HEAD.

RED BEAR TO LIZZIE YOU JACK WOMAN?

LIZZIE THREW BILL , YES I AM'

LIZZIE TO RED BEAR THREW BILL JACK HAS BEEN FIGHTING AND KILLING THE ONE THAT KILL HIS DAUGHTER FOR 4 YEARS. HE JUST FINISH THE TASK TO NIGHT AND WENT INTO SHOCK.

RED BEAR I SEEN THAT LOOK BEFORE, WHEN A BRAVE BEEN IN A LONG FIGHT, AND IT IS OVER.

LIZZIE WHEN HE COMES BACK, WILL YOU MAKE US MAN AND WOMAN.

RED BEAR SMILES HUUUM JACK MAKE GOOD CATCH I SEE. YES I WILL. MY BROTHER HAS DONE WELL.

RED BEAR NOT EVER DAY WHITE EYES AND INDIANS AND BLUE BELLIES SHARE SAME CAMP IN PIECE.

CAPTAIN STAND UP AND BILL SIGN, IM CAPTAIN RICHERSON,FROM FORT RALLY KANSAS.

I WAS SENT TO BRING JACK FOR TRAIL, I LEARN THAT MEN I WAS WITH, DID THIS TO JACK. I WILL TELL MY CHIEF THE TRUTH ,BUT TO ALL ELSE, HATS JACK THERE.

POINTED TO BODY WITH NO HEAD.

RED BEAR JACK CAN START NEW LIFE AS NEW MAN NOW. HE STAYS WITH US UNTIL HE READY TO LIVE LIFE.

LIZZIE TAKES A PENCIL AND PAPER AND WRITES A NOTE. THEN GETS OUT 600 DOLLARS IN GOLD COIN. PUT IT IN A SMALL BAG. ASK BILL WHERE GOOD PLACE OUT WEST TO LIVE.

BILL ME AND JACK LOOK AT SOME NICE COUNTRY JUST SOUTH THE ROGUE RIVER IN OREGON.

LIZZIE THAT'S WHERE WE GOING. WE BE KNOWN AS LIZZIE AND JACK MC-MEND. THERE A 100

DOLLARS IN HERE TAKE IT BUY SAM BACK. JOIN US THERE. GIVE THIS NOTE TO HIS UNCLE. THERE 500 FOR HIM, TO COME AND JOIN US TOO. WITH MY SON,JIMMIE,DIRECTION IN THIS NOTE.

BILL IT TIME I RETIRED,AND HAVE A LIFE,I JUST DO THAT LIZZIE.BRING UNCLE AND SON TOO.

LIZZIE JACK SPOKE WELL OF YOU, I AM SURE HE LIKE HAVE YOU WITH US. TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES. WHEN KNOW BODY AROUND TO HEAR.

IT WAS GETTING DAY LIGHT. BEEN A LONG NIGHT LOT HAD BEEN DECIDED. CAPTAIN AND BILL TOOK SAM WITH THE BODY ON A TRAVIS AND HEADED NORTH BY EAST. MORE NORTH FOR WHILE STAY AWAY FROM PAWNEE, LIZZIE GOT JACK ON THE SERGEANT HORSE WITH RED BEAR HELP.LIZZIE TOOK PACK HORSES RED BEAR TOOK RAINS OF JACK HORSE AND THEY ALL WENT SOUTH WEST TO THE INDIAN CAMP. SOON ALL 100 COMANCHE JOIN THEM. JACK HAD A SMILE AS HE SEEN RED BEAR TO DAY, MAYBE HE COMING AROUND.