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ad about desperately lor for to in ml cover the glorified face between its ita white abs unrig and and lug ing nothing but the tall fail in tarna Edt tiered an aerated which he fin spread pad or over the body the then n he ha faced hampden la in deadly q quiet 1 I 1 had meant prison he eald aid adov an I 1 in mean the electric c b air th the other to laughed mean an be tha damned tinned 1 be old bald 1 in ant you 11 II never color old me there 1 hid I burning has eyes yes w wore am covering the aluino ot of 1 I eros that held hill hie gun EVIH but sandry went over and picked it up lie he stood blood a moment considering A hot but wind wild was w whipping up the alps on every side ida a and A black bolt was w stepping anci uneasily silly pointing tod thug aatlo ears this way and that comenar had bad growled crawled to where here silat knelt weep ing with her bar hands bands over her face 11 he mo crouched ched low to the ground arland and laid his bis bavy be heavy muzzle against her hoot boot ehmig dalr dolorously ly suddenly in the mome momentary tery silence poppy ordway spoke her face we was flushed birdied like an april dawn chance and the courage of the last throw lent it the last fail touch of ravishing charm kismet she said eald 1 I am the only one no who be wins in this thia social game hamn den de you re of i ve v bought you yen zd with your own coin and let me tell to I 1 you hampden that you were disgust ugly bay the timber mn winced at the bru bro tal worda word his hia florid face darkened with rage go ali ah yea so you won his h love with our pretty detective work you U marry cry him an bettle I 1 a do down chebatt thus was the crucial moment P presented to poppy ordway ordwa Y all 11 end suddenly denly and it she it instantly it sent a chill cbill to her during daring heart then fired it with that tos love of chance that ability abille to met cast great stakes 0 on a afar dingle throw which in a better nature ai uld would have made her or great rl h 7 flab she felt fail with a flaak ot of her genius the A it diama I 1 of if th the A situation the to tense readiness ad I 1 of the moment meant tor for wild fantastic things A and d accepted cap ted it at once c A yes yea she cled ced yea I 1 oner offer sandry send ry you y u and myself mys fl with wi th a beautiful gesture rotor she stepped PP toward d bandry baldry and held out both hands her golden head up her blue ees ebes sensuous and black with excitement her whole ex As body a fur lure with the mighty abandon bond of her P passion I 1 red and her reck mck less 53 gift walter waiter she bhe said tremulously have said there la Is no law for a sent genius leae ro iniss fur I 1 eay it again go I 1 on can saie your 1 u tor I 1 give ou on myself long along with it ft bc b because c I 1 love real you ob ch I 1 you can an never know how I 1 love you I 1 her gold golden voice rose with the force oath of the arm emotion t ton that shook her bar brohead broke and f failed tied and she stood plot ing will you yen not take my hands wal ter fee she he almost walled ild I 1 have done it 1 all I tor or loia ill ot 11 yo you bands sandry his bus eyes yes upon I 1 her face as aa it if in fascination did not move more it was all aa a s it he be gould could not though every fiber in hla his jaded body answered it to her call for love breathed b poppy ord way for great go as t love il I l ar across her bar words there cut a shrill about c cry she film lies bad sprung to her feet both head hands feeling wildly in he her r empty blouse miss ordway swung heavily tow toward AM b her b hush bush ali she said aid warningly she slipped a hand load inside her own arst gown awn and showed A corner of the Z soiled allied pack packet et of proofs proof that I 1 siletz M had ad se 11 1 1 1 I 1 r 1 1 A slimed ferns 0 the guarded for or BO an many days the packet t bat at she h kw knew I 1 instinctively s t meant larm to in sandry dry that th a t must alb never go 80 east list it was wae then than that sandry we waa to b bo held old tho the tron iron in this creature of beltt it abass eca of at and of 0 jm with a cry us that chilled his blood in 1 its cavage wildness wIld neBB the girl eirl lea leaped P ed guru acroca the silent f term form ithe itha in he b b y habit abit tore sandry a gun from his bin bond and fired mile mice before be could 1 belze I her ier and wrest the weapon irom from her both shots wt went wild what w would quid you do dot be cried led aghast fought tor for the gun like A wild thing thine then than As aa he held beld it high above her reach mach sue he tell fall on her knees cIRs clasping Plug his bla limb lambe her t face no upturned rod and transfigured dmd trans figured with the lust lost to tor blood kill them the he panted Is G led deeper do 8 par tely kill 1111 the them both I 1 blood for or rr aches and bho he would ild ruin is you shoot them sandry about alfoot blem or zap give me the gun A id shuddering d ring sandry cov covered 4 her saiaiga ag eyes eye with fill hla his need baud their rever A merln Blon a sickened ad him but she 8 shook book him he loose cry crying g for or death hill the them both to tor r they will ruin you if they go tree free she shea got the packet kill her and got the packet what this ho he cried led hoarsely 4 th things she ahe has haa written about you a letter letter to a man by the none ot or Mulo mph eldorn I 1 slowly S sandry nd Is B fall face went 1111 white beneath its t grime te as a be h railed bod his eyes and looked at p poppy my ordway she sha returned hla his go gazo then true she aha said bald that 5 why I 1 wool went east I 1 I 1 cannot not lose you walter there was danger from that wild creature there them though you did out not know im w it and ad I 1 was determined to make ara fair means or foul I 1 must win and there a no law tor for a genius I 1 know and ou on know that you are am guilty he ha said throwing up hla his head bead then sandry baldry dropped his eyes to and spoke poke A fial it if he obeyed some rome cal compelling ling po power war so some in a urge to justify himself before h her go I 1 answer to the right law I 1 obeyed the ancient right law little S letz and I 1 have A no regrets I 1 I 1 know cried sita I 1 know G the smoke was so it dense a that hot the actors ctr in this din drama could d scarcely 1 ace I each other B faces hut but they took no note of it the climbing roar had bad shut them apart in a sound mad mada sl 1 term rod and the did not know it only hampden edging sidewise was alive to the P possibilities abilities of the tha moment ot he saw the gun hanging in sandry s hand band forgotten ho he saw bilatz do de life his face wit with h her blazing eyes eye of pai passion he ha saw hla his moment an and d took it with 1 one I great b bound d he flung him self it high gh in the ric air leaped the space ica betge between a n rod and came down with nith his bis 8 great weight upon tho the shoulders ot of the the other nor man clutching tor for back and throat drawl drawing X the one to him in a grip of joe iron A pushing the other away sandry went down like a reed and as his knees knee buckled under him there wag a G an ominous snap th the A bono a of his right leg newly bead healed A and ma fragile gave way under the strain As the two men fell both gurns guns the one in sandry a hand band and the one tn in his trousers bond band tumbled loosely apart siletz clinging still to san dry a it knees goes was home borne down with the them As they roiled boiled over r she he tore herself from under them A and nd with I 1 two aweda rep ol 01 1 b her or outspread lat ireal arma anna gathered the go guns tim then she he sprang up no drawing back a P pace all her eyes like fire fare and beliber de deliberately liber to ly sought tor for a chance to kill H hampden adin sandr she be cried lie flat fiat lie net flat from under older hampden Hamp dans a at arm that was waa choking the breath from his lungs lung the owner saw that slim blim fig ure ore of doom and strode to cry out at last be got his bis voice tor for a moment Si siletz latel he be rasped dout don t bahoot I 1 I 1 command you dont don t kill but the tha bark back of the sun gun drowned his words she was firing bring around them with the fire first t shot hampden r re mem bering tha suite gun that he ha had bad failed to get felt ills his flesh rise on his body and he to loosened ned his hold shook book off sandry and got to his teet feet panting f fighting mad his eya ayea red and awful with tb the a courage 0 ot t the a raging bull b he made ad straight tor for a ho he fired P point I 1 of blank at him he took the ball in his shoulder and spun halt half round th the girl pulled the trigger again got an empty snap threw thes tho the weapon way away and it raised I 1 the he other sileta atz shrieked sandry baldry from the ground tor for my ask sake stop step it was waa a command a cry of owner ship rod and it went art straight to that part of her nature which had obeyed obed tor for gen generations I 1 she sha hesitated holding gaa the man across acres the barrel A aa tor for hampden he be told stood wll waver ing it drunkenly run kenly chuckling in his throat three ath a thing ng of horror in his bis maj malevolence ovolon tt ell he rasped dryly I 1 guess goes it s last aa well 1 leave you yen to y aw pleasant limm dreams I 1 sail it ter far panama H hawaii haff aff the yukon I 1 in done he turned on his heel to stride away into the pall ot of smoke toward the no north rth in one moment clement he came ato rushing g back to run down to the west for the first if time the three people left together remembered the fires fire saw the thickened smoke link heard board the roar that had bad made ad them sere scream a their tragic worda word unconsciously to tor r the last halt half hour it was all around thorn them that hot pouring mass of smoke and it ft was black A as if the A ar fires war were near r hample hampden a huge figure tore past them toward the oar imer row rose point of the tha rids dg then than came lurching back a long red streamer staining his bis bedraggled g shirt hin my god he be shouted puerility hoarsely we re hemmed hammed I 1 in it a on every ever idol aide well burn burce like rata he be fees A tragic or arm to the dusky ith beahm poppy ordway ordwa gouid a be her voice sole she he darted forward and it pounced por him a again n w altti h that t abe rabe subtle suggestion at of tho le feline lin a race gripping his arm with finger angora of ajeet briod cr iod what do you mean alie cried beep 1 I 1 mean that wave we va ben our one own it little 0 be game out to it iab conclusion actual 0 A like feel while a bigger one be baa b ben an itself out were in a cup banin there was something el ld nister about that last at word thal who this thia damped damned wind led bucks unit up a little harder it 11 draw th fires area to gether an n wall we 11 meet alive if he closed ceased 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