CHAPTER 15
Those who are curious about the period which followed during which the
title "Le Rouge" was forgotten and he became known only as "Red"
Pierre through all the mountain-desert, can hear the tales of his
doing from the analysts of the ranges. This story has to do only with
his struggle with McGurk.
The gap of six years which occurs here is due to the fact that during
that period McGurk vanished from the mountain-desert. He died away
from the eyes of men and in their minds he became that tradition which
lives still so vividly, the tradition of the pale face, the sneering,
bloodless lips, and the hand which never failed.
During this lapse of time there were many who claimed that he had
ridden off into some lonely haunt and died of the wound which he
received from Pierre's bullet. A great majority, however, would never
accept such a story, and even when the six years had rolled by they
still shook their heads. They awaited his return just as certain
stanch old Britons await the second coming of Arthur from the island
of Avalon.
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