Troops
had been summoned to the reservation, however, and were expected to reach
Helena that evening. They were ordered to stay in the town overnight, and
press on for the reservation the following morning.
"It begins to look like business now, all right," said Bert, after he and
his friends had digested this information.
"It sure does," agreed Dick, "but likely as not it will all blow over
before anything really serious happens."
"Oh, of course, there's always that chance," said Bert, "but let's go
outside and find out what the opinion of the townspeople is. They must
understand the situation pretty thoroughly, and we can soon find out
whether or not they regard this as a false alarm. But it looks to me as
though real trouble were brewing."
Bert's opinion seemed to be shared almost unanimously by the citizens.
Everywhere men were getting out and overhauling their firearms, and there
was a run on the ammunition stores.
"I'm glad we brought our revolvers," remarked Tom; "there seems to be a
chance of our having use for them by and by."
"I'm mighty glad we did," acquiesced Bert, "and I brought something
beside my revolver, too.
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