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We hut. ..tlli-,1 Mr. Ilawley f.ir tin. present, and nuw muat Ural with hla gang" 9 "tin, what would I haw done It you ha, nut been here?" i.cl ii nut think about thai; we were lu re, anil now have a huay night before ua If we got awny safely. (Ilvv me the ron. flrnt. ()k).! Hiiro, Nob, you must know how to une thla not Iihi tight, but w II bout leaving any iay to the amin; toko the knife out of hla bll. Now (or the cloth, Mlaa Jdarlalre." "I'lcaac do aot rail me that!" "Hut you aald It dliln't maka any difference what I called vow.'-' -t ? "I Ihouaht It didn't taea, but It doe v BOW." "Oh, I see; we are already on a new footing. Yet I muat call )ou aiiuia-thlii.-' " Hhe healtated Juat kih enouxh (or o him to notice It. Kltln'r ahe hud no auballlute ready at hand, orelae doubt i ed Ihe advUahlllly of contldlnx her real iiaiue under prvaent rlrruinatanci-i 1 1 to one au uearly a atraimur. ! "Yuu may call ma !lnm." p "A name ei-rtulnly o( Hood omen," 2 he returned. "From Ihla moment I ahull furai t chrlailo Marlalre, and ri- 2 in.iiibiT only Mlaa lloie. All rlKlit. 5 Ni'li; now turn over a chair, and all S your man up axalnal It. lie will real 0 all the ennliT In that ij.ltlun until hla A sons arrlvea-" 9 He thruat hla head out of Ihe door. peerlnx tauiloualy (orth Into the nlKht. - and HalenlUK. A alligle horae, uMb ably the one Ilawley had been hdlim. waa tied lo dwarfed Cottonwood near the corner of the cabin. Nothing elae living waa vlalblo. "I am going to round up our burnea. and learn the condition o( llawley'i out lit," ba Aiiuounred In a low voice. "I may be gone (or fifteen or tweuty mlnutea, and, mean hllo, Mlaa Hope, get ready for a loug ride. Neb, atand here cloae bealde the door, and If any ono trlea to come lu brain hi m with your guu-alock. I'll rap three tlmea when I reiurn." He allppud out Into Ihe allent night, a and crept rauUuunly around the end l of the dark cablu. The dlntlncl change lo the glrl'a attitude of (rleudahlp to j ' ward him, bur every uvldeut dealre jj that he ahould think well o( her. lo- tt gether with the providential opiKirtu nlly for tacaiw, hud left him full of 'V? coiifldinra. The gambler bad played rt blindly Into their htuida, and Kulth waa quick enough to accept Ihe ad .(:' vantage. It waa a rlak to hlmaelf, lo 'fS be euro, thua turning acalu to the northward, yet the clear duly ha owed it the girl left eurh a choice almoat Im Iieruilve. Ho certainly could in it drag 'IN her along with him on hla (light Into t the wild Comajirhe country eileinl- a lug beyond the Canadian. Hhe mum. 'l- at the very luaat, be lira! rvlurued tu the protection o( the Heinl-clvlllxatlon ,J aloug the Arkanaaa. After thut hud been accompllahed, he would conalder fjb hla own aafi'ty. He wondered If llopo really wua Her name, und whether It A waa the family cognomen, or her given name. That Hhe waa t'hrlntlo Mnclulre he had no queallon, yet thut artlatic fV eiiibfilllahmeut waa prohatily uierelv aaaiiined for the work of the concert JL hull, llolh he and Huwley could acurcely he mlalaken au to her Ideiitl-tjS Ideiitl-tjS ty In thla reapei t. and, Indeed. he hml jfj never openly denied the fact. Yet ahe did lint m all aeem to be that kind. P ami Keith meulully conlranled her Jf( wllh numeroua othera whom he hud A aomewhat Inllmuiely known along the . border circuit. It waa dltllcult to on j Mf aoclutn her with (hut cluau; ahe niu.t i Vlf have come originally from Hume excel- I ij lent fiimlly Kaat. und been driven tu the life by necefatty; nhe wan more to Cfr be pliied llian blainrd Kellh held no ! J ii rl t mi li-ii I vlew a of life hla own ex perience!, hud been too rough and uY'iniKTiiiic for llmt -;et he clung le iinriinihly in un lib ul of womanhood which ruuld lint tie lowered. However llHen-Meil he might lilherwla.i feel. no Chrlntle Miiil.iire imil.l eter lln,l entruliee Into (he deepa of hla liear(, where dwell alone the memory of hla innl her He found the oilier horaea turned Into the corral, and waa able, from their reaileaa movemeuta, to decide Ihey numbered eight. A fire, uearly CTttugillalicl. glowed dully at the further comer of Ihe eneloaure. and he crawled cloae chough to dlatlnglllah the rernnibent fiirtna of men aleeplng admit Ii on the ground. Apparently no guard had been aet, the fellow a be lug worn out from their hug ride, and riihfldcht of aafetly In thla laoluted apot. Ilealdea, Ilawley hud probably aaauinod that d'Hy. and (old them to gel Whalever aleep they could. HoW' ever. Ihe gale of the corral opened he aide (heir fire, and Kellh dare nol venture iikhi roping any of their ponli-a, or leading them out pnat where (hey alepl. There might be rllppcra In the cabin with which he could cut Ihe wlroe. yet If one of the gang aw-oke, and dlacovered the herd abaenl. It would reault III an alarm, and lead lo early purault. It waa far aufi-r to uae their own (Miiilea. He would lead Hawley'a horae quietly through I ha water, and they could mount on the other ahore. Thla plan aettled, he went at It awlflly, riding the captured animal while rounding up the nt hem. und fualeulng (he three (o adintcd treea on the optamlto bunk. ICverylhlng within the cabin remained exactly aa ho hail left It, and he briefly explained the altuullon, exumlng Haw. ley'a bond" again carefully while doing do-ing eo. "He'll remain there all right until hla men find him," he declared, ioa. lively, "and that ought to give ua a good atx houru' aturt. Come, Mlaa llope, every minute counta now." He held her arm, not uneonacloua of Ita round ahapellneaa, aa he helped her down the rather ateep bank through the denae gloom. Thvn the two men Joined hauilH, iind carrying her he tween them, ttntnl the ahallow hi renin. The horaea, not yet aufnrient ly rented to be frlaky, accepted their burdeiia meekly enough, and, with acurcely a word apnken. the lire rode : uwuy allently Into the gloom of the j night. CHAPTER XII. Through the Night Shadowo. Keith hud very little lo mildii him. ua he could nol determine whether Ihla myaterloua cublu on the tiult Fork lay to eaat or weat of the uauul cattle i 1 1 nil leudlng down to the C'unudun. i tt he felt reuKonubly uaaured (hat 1 the general trend of the country lying hi-twccn the amuller atreum and the valley of the Arkanaaa would be alinl-; alinl-; tr to that with which he waa already , acquainted. It waa merely a wild Mretch of aandy denotation, aeroaa I which their borne, would leave aiarca ly nnv trail, nml even thai little would be quickly obliterated by Ihe llrnt puff of wind An they drew In townrd the river vult, y ihla plnln Koiibl change Into aainl iliinei.. Iiuilllng nml confua-lug. confua-lug. but nu mailer how hard Ihey preane.l tnrward. It must he daylight lung before I hey could hope to reach theae. and thla would Rive him opir-tniiltt opir-tniiltt to M' out aome familiar land ninrk which would guide Ihem to the fur l Meanwhile, he limit head aa ill reeily north aa poanlhle, truntlng the linraea to find fooling It waa plaliia Inntlnct. or lather long training In Ihe open, which enabled en-abled htm to retain nny true Bctiae of din i tlmi. for betond the narrow fringe of cotl.uiwooiln along the atream, nothing aim vlnlhlc, the eyea acurcely able even to dlailngulnh where earth and nky mel. They ad vnnced hi man a bare level, without elevation or dc prvaalon, ''l the and appeared aufhi leiitly aolld, ao that their hornea were forced Into a ewlng-Ing ewlng-Ing lope, and they aeemed lo fairly prena unlde the black curtain, which aa Inatnntly aw ting abut oncu more, and cloned them In. The iKiundlng hoofa iiine little nolne. and they preaaed ateadlly onward. cloaely bunched together, an aa not to loae each other, dim, apcctral ahadowe flit J The Eaiy Manner In Which She Roda Rclltvtd Him of Anxiety. ting through the night, a very part of that grim dcaolatloti aurroundliig them. No one of the three fell like peaking; the gloomy, hrood.ng due-en due-en opprcaaad them, their vngrunl thoughia anHumliig the tinge of their urrundlngn; their hope centered on cacupe. Kulth rode, gnuiplhg (he rein of Ihe womnn'a horae In bin left hand, and bending low In vain effort at picking pick-ing a path. He hud null, lug to aim toward, yet aturdy confidence In hla export plnliihcraft yielded him aufll clent keuae of dlrertlnli. He hud Holed the bark of the ciiIIoiikooiIb, the dlrec tlon or"tho wind, and nteered u cournc accordingly atrulght iiorthwurd, alert to avert any variation. The girl rode eually, although In a mana inddle, the ulrrupa much Iiki long Kellh glunced unldo with awlft approvul al the ere(tnei;n with which nhn nut. the loohcued rein In her bund, the nllghl Bwuvlng of her form. He could appreciate hurnemannhlp, and the eaay manner In which ahe rode relieved htm of one anxiety. It even canned hliu to break the allenen. "Yuu are evidently aceuntomed to rlillug. Minn Hope " Klie gb .1 in mwK at blm ihrough the duikucne, an iboui;h auddenly aui-prl.u-d Ironi Ihoughl, her worda not coming quickly. "I cannot rein.-niber when I firnt mounted u home; In carlleal child- hood, niirely. allhough I huve nol rld- . den much of late. Thla one la Uku a rocking chair " "lie belonged lo your frleud, Mr. i llawli-y. Kb drew a quick brijh, her fine again turned forward. "Whowho la thut ujuu? Do you know?" i 'I i ii- - a piialiu; aciri-iintnuie." ne aiit,.e,, uncertain vet tmw mini to I. II In r. I,iit t, n, ,1. 1 in reveal all ; lu t. ,.t ,,l I,, r rent cbaracier "Few .In : in I win. In,. ,,,i.. (i,,. K.in-.ia l.or- I ler I'n leu ii . ;in n la n lii'liirloualy b: il ilmr i, i. r '" I ' I I live never he.'lld of bin being J h' '! up n a nm.l, 'I to the Minna. Mlaa I nll-n llii . ' lie l. tnrileil mure niilierlv, i rulit Inced 11, ill -l e Irillv punKenne.l nil real knowledge re.-ai.iing the man. and wan nut mereiv pretending limn rellee " had never Ill-aid him culled Hnvvley befoie. nml, lliirifnre. failed lii recognize blm under Hint reaped. b e name Hut I knew hla video the j unt'ieiit h len d the cabin, mid real In I thai mitiie devilment wax nfiad Riery town along thin Inuitler ban hla record, nml lie met him maybe a (Inen Union lu Ihe pant three yenra He In known an 'lllack Hurt.' la a Minhlcr by pinfem-lnn. a di aperado by rtiuttitlini. und a cur bv lintiire Junl new I aunpei-1 hltr. of being even deep-er deep-er In Ihe mire (ban Ihln " He could tell by the quick cllinplng of her handn on the iHimmel of the Hl.lle the effeel of hla wnrdn. but Willed until (be nllelice compelled her to apeak. "Oh. I didn't know! You do not bu Have that I ever aunpei-ted audi a thing? That 1 ever met him there ufcb mtandlng who he wnn?" "No. I do not." he nnaw.-red. "What 1 verhenrd between you convliie-,l m you were the victim of deceit. Hut yixir going to that pluco alone waa a nat recklena act." Ihe lifted her hand to her eyea. her hmil dnaipliig forward. Uann't It what he told me the oigntatlon of a ranch?" ITO IIH I'liNTINTKIl ) |