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Part 1 - Chapter 1. Julyman Tells Of The "Sleeper" Indians
_ PART I CHAPTER I. JULYMAN TELLS OF THE "SLEEPER" INDIANS
Steve Allenwood raked the fire together. A shower of sparks flew up and cascaded in the still air of the summer night. A moment later his smiling eyes were peering through the thin veil of smoke at the two dusky figures beyond the fire. They were Indian figures, huddled down on their haunches, with their moccasined feet in dangerous proximity to the live cinders strewn upon the ground.
"Oh, yes?" he said. "And you guess they sleep all the time?"
The tone of his voice was incredulous.
"Sure, boss," one of the Indians returned, quite unaffected by the tone. The other Indian remained silent. He was in that happy condition between sleep and waking which is the very essence of enjoyment to his kind.
Inspector Allenwood picked up a live coal in his bare fingers. He dropped it into the bowl of his pipe. Then, after a deep inhalation or two, he knocked i
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