harm. As the party rode along over the prairie, such a depth of

attachment was professed for Comstock and Grover that,

notwithstanding all the experience of their past lives, they were

thoroughly deceived, and in the midst of a friendly conversation some

of the young warriors fell suddenly to the rear and treacherously

At the volley Comstock fell from his horse instantly killed. Grover,

badly wounded in the shoulder, also fell to the ground near Comstock

Seeing his comrade was dead,Grover made use of his friend's body to