NO-HEAR WAS A LITTLE INDIAN, DEAF AS SHE COULD BE; IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, SHE STRAYED FROM HER TEE-PEE. NO-HEAR. THE POOR LITTLE THING WAS NEARLY SIX; AND ALREADY LEARNED TO READ LIPS. THE CHEYENNE NATION: MANY A DAYS: SEARCHED THROUGH THE PLAINES; TRYING TO FINE THE MISSING CHILD, THEIR HEARTS HEAVILY PAINED. NO-HEAR! HER NAME WAS CRIED FROM EVERY TEE-PEE; "WHERE OUT THERE COULD SHE BE?!" POOR LITTLE NO-HEAR, LOST FROM HER HOME; POOR LITTLE NO-HEAR, OUT THERE ALL ALONE. WOULD SURE BE A MIRACLE, IF SHE SURVIVES; "NO-HEAR, HOPE YOU ARE ALIVE!" NO-HEAR WAS NEARLY DEAD, WHEN A BOUNTY-HUNTER ONE NIGHT; TOOK HER IN AS HIS OWN AND TOUGHT HER TO READ AND WRITE. NO-HEAR, READ EVERY BOOK SHE COULD FINE; LEARNED SHE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC MIND. NO-HEAR STRAYED A DOZEN YEARS, THERE IN WICHITA; SHE LEARNED TO SPEAK IN SEVEN TONGUES, AND MEMORIZED THE LAW. NO-HEAR, DREAMED SHE'D BE A LAWYER IN L. A. BUT HER STEP-DADDY VANISHED ONE DAY. THEN THE LITTLE INDIAN, LEFT WICHITA; PACKED HER BELONGING'S AND WENT LOOKING FOR HER PA. SOMEWHERE 'TWEEN DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS; NO-HEAR, WAS DANG NEAR HOME AGAIN. 'TWAS THEN SHE STUMBLED UPON, SOME MEN AND THEY WERE BAD; HAD JUST ROBBED THE DENVER TRAIN, HAD A HOSTAGE THAT WAS TIED. NO-HEAR, MARBLED THAT THE GIRL WAS SO BRAVE; AND KNEW THAT SHE HAD TO BE SAVED. NO-READ READ THE LADY'S LIPS, COLEEN WAS HER NAME; HER MOTHER, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, WOULD BE SEARCHING THE PLAINES. NO-HEAR. KNEW THE FAMILY WOULD NEVER FINE HER ALIVE; AND TO ATTACK COULD BE SUICIDE. POOR GIRL, NO-HEAR; NEVER FOUGHT BEFORE; POOR GIRL, NO-HEAR; COULD SHE SAVE THAT GIRL. WOULD HAVE TO WORK QUICKLY THAT WAS A NATUAL FACT. NO-HEAR, JUST COULDN'T TURN HER BACK. NO-HEAR KNEW SOME MARSHAL ARTS, WITH A KNIFE, ROPE AND GUN; NO-HEAR LURED THOSE MEN APART, AND TOOK THEM OUT ONE BY ONE. NO-HEAR. (WITH THE GIRL FREED AND UNTIED); SIGNALED "HELP!" WITH SMOKE IN THE SKY. NO-HEAR'S MIND RECOLLECTED AS COLEEN EXPLAINED; CLOUD DANCING'S "FLOWER BLOSSOM" VANISHED IN THE PLAINES. NO-HEAR. WAS AS NERVIOUS AS A LITTLE SCARED PUP; WHEN THE PARTY WITH CLOUD DANCING RODE UP. NOW THE GIRL NO-HEAR IS BACK WITH HER REAL DAD; NOW THE GIRL NO-HEAR; SHE'S HAPPY BUT SHE'S SAD. WHILE OUT WITTING SOLDIERS THROUGH HER KNOWLEGE OF LAW; NO-HEAR, SEARCHES FOR HER WHITE PA.
