. The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. ^ -I ^#^. The Far WesV Races with Death rousing the sleeping town. It was like the night thatConcord was startled from slumber by the hoof-beatsof Paul Reveres horse, galloping down the elm-shadowedstreets on his mission of warning. Men ran from theirhouses half-dressed and disheveled, in every directionlights flashed at the windows. The first men routedfrom their beds were C. A. Lounsberry, the editor ofthe Bismarck Tribune, and J. M. Carnahan, the tele-graph operator. They, together with Capt
. The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. ^ -I ^#^. The Far WesV Races with Death rousing the sleeping town. It was like the night thatConcord was startled from slumber by the hoof-beatsof Paul Reveres horse, galloping down the elm-shadowedstreets on his mission of warning. Men ran from theirhouses half-dressed and disheveled, in every directionlights flashed at the windows. The first men routedfrom their beds were C. A. Lounsberry, the editor ofthe Bismarck Tribune, and J. M. Carnahan, the tele-graph operator. They, together with Captain Marsh,Doctor Porter, Captain Smith, and a number of othersfrom the boat, hurried to the telegraph office and Carna-han took his seat at the key, from which he scarcelyraised himself for twenty-two hours. Editor Lounsberry, who was also the accredited cor-respondent of the New York Herald, prepared copy,handing it over to Carnahan as fast as the latter couldsend it.* None of them thought of tiring, for it wasthe most thrilling work they had ever done. The wordsthey were sending would soon be flashing a
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