Show terrace b r rac miller er white e afi ass t an YOU 80 8 0 pa gatet hark n k an fn 1 the a silent willi tit city 1 tir etU ement near kjeu fork polly uv I 1 with tier low X ainther 2 mall it jerry ry and ad lon kd old id woman G granny it hope od an farm oe I ot farmer IH ft he la so married rim to B evelyn bm m Kober uon pd anoy wealthy girl art of at 1 he neighborhood d Is marcar c MIC a ken ho be dwir ith ahe 11 ground it ill tin abatt occupy eveen 1 their dt deter enemy pol polly o oraen raen n ens coon between alaene Ala KnE sea and a 1 11 in 11 which in tile former vow lit hi it ot if law it 11 6 cl int lo 10 from hi land th the an baian fer we lint win the be ile and efern po ly gratitude evelyn L y roberton Rober fon in c rs to trani he her mothr th that they y re out not it rici but V uvula living on an in the count of a robert ivo in poly beart rom evelyn that in tm I 1 it pat percival evelyn evely im polly poll with wall a menase to bennatt I 1 telling ena N hani J I 1 can a hlin no anco 1 I slie to loedy already bitterly call cal L regret to noi 91 to not is a vc A I 1 polly uy her er ant acar ov 0 Us Us he ini an ei elm meet zt 1 hernan h m hat polly las be cef father fand it lo 10 larry moon blah op A squatter spilt lir lake an oath ith 1 la d do U mac Iti kentle ollas no injury E evelyn I 1 coBB tully tre to ret money from alm hl ucb ra her aaita with which to buy oft seso bennett and ad buu induce a him 1 to 0 o le leave th 11 try ne her her she on and d avow IA their I 1 love at I 1 ah the I 1 arranged alit 11 lit B bennett itt do evelyn ith in u aoe sh ahe love him os to polly niceta U reb I P FT alval Is and a they A arc la i ritually attracted en pol polly u he being ah adorn a ton oscar A tills polly a jmie A and ad P farcical hat thrasha oacar I 1 CHAPTER vil VII C continued a trued 7 A sound bound of bo boots to moliki iii oin on an boards I 1 hla his only answer polly ning cou glied bed lusciously nen boualy now ow this la Is what I 1 Us boug to I 1 offer went seat on lime Kenle no one co can make roe me raise the price one cont cent ril ill she gle ion on men twenty five fie doll collais apiece you sign over ever to me ine I 1 lour squatter c a m r than ihen talie take lour our sona en u and it kids kd ad a go eo 11 chere re was as not at u word in anetter iwer to 0 athla ik only ft ee jerry felt diddy hop chib D clasp him tighter real ring that the stony silence that net met hs his offer was practically a re Is aid mackenzie got to lits ilia feet lo 10 lou ean can to take e lt it or oo or go E to h I 1 jor for all 11 I 1 ram care fi he c let at d 1 he turned toward tit the dor door and thin collop got back her br breath e nth and whit while m the squatter or men an watched abc atc b ed out eul lenly islay she he P p oil in treat front of him inure A do M in w wrong mister she bald you re d d generous gene roua int t Y you I 1 twenty five dollars wouldn t take w Art ai where dece a an allen would old we gc 0 anyhow 7 this AID flint I 1 bovin day in th the silent city Ye alive made bour mar talk now coot at along lease homes fixed her with beet angry beyond her own blared back at him a ai ih he pointed toward the door bs scoot cant out alie Is repeated a an don I 1 be 1 colln I game again mackanzie s le lifted his riding whip lit th threateningly and ad every my man with social growl at started e tied to ard but Us ar ft the whip fell fall back to his bis aide they sank bank down do again gl then it w was A that he shifted the file will to ia hla left h hand am d bud and took from fresh his bis pocket a shining pistol and although polly whitened she be held her ground and you you impudent ho huzzy hosy SY napped alifi MaL ile henle le what hole have you tot got to do with it itt ahat hat are you all say any wo wbk r in I 1 n spite of the deadly thing held in the m him hite strong lingers polly hollys pollys head ident sot up a bit ell im tit alie linuart array in um w world lorld fihe are maid bald simply imply 1 1 I ro at buchany to this L hull 11 settlement an all us squat tera to toy in I 1 the ch silent city seel the pistol pato came up with a click and e ent raged bed control tro truck A YD two stinging blows blow with tit the lit As whip ship then he a trade out at into ch alie e open and he holding tho high the weapon V passed ras ted through gt III alie frowning eming flat a a ato A Inge bonim ome he gave the them but a a flashing fla ahing disdainful glance giants and ad mien hall he be to turned rated carmand around polly hopkins was waa land ling I 1 la te door motioning the women in tuntg to the be h fi he co to a difatt halt and shouted at her ni never eve off offer 11 booey cy again but a out you fee 11 fill 11 go 90 othave it T have to be burn your iuta hurt about your our hana A As it if ahad he had not ant spoken polly gave him alm no mf heed head but bat ushered d woman no after douan into the it shanty 11 4 rather he il 6 U abit tynt we me th thai spy any a one of lanno inui he ald 14 hr bar flesh I 1 line A with fill pat pain I 1 if yom yield on I 1 am dad daddy it r or you larry bed he d a vown ed one ot or you yon delta deai now new listak to ni me TI ten uie 6 told basis that robert pon pei ad rival sol haa boa said bald the lh should atay toy in the ut camul ha cuir aid ld she he bad hd bad K V rest I 1 ram al wan san it amt better than old marc fare that he would fit bet help p the them and the thus she he brought braught eidl smiles s ura to the faces of he her miserable friends friend and na 6 they went away aay inch each n III hissed ed her bar and tan each in dmn me ermal y placed his hand bond on 00 her bar curly hand 1 tn blessing CHAPTER VIII then came the doss through file band of the ahe silent city iti with ith nothing to cord comfort tan ilia them bul bit polly hopkins its scarcely rosly nn but liona parsed without st strangers strands w walking alog a OUT I 1 I 1 lie roi all ili road read through the settle settlement and eveir one knew that these them men so curlus curious and III et so to speak even to a good day I 1 were doing bonice sen ice fur for mareua mackenzie MacKe nale at lat one day crushed with up HP and despair Jre adall 11 hopkins that flat 11 one of at abron should go to robert perot perch A al to aate lit hs his aid in los keeping the settlement to g geaber br polly was BO a sure he 11 wont ill keep ep hla his word to tier her now they would III give him the the chance a it 8 a choice it I 1 of the three ot of you etts poll said lit L li his braeger iou U A or Y your dadila or larry ra bishop shop he duldt list to me gaail I 1 akka md mettle he would to lou in 1 ducco but debbe before the girls girl a min mind flashed the fare face of robert and she hid her er red cheeks check batyst file speaker cicroe nee oh ob I 1 reald t never ever go to 1 am I dall dadd it gonei site she murmured burrou red alc plc please daddy ada we As star ain t got a chance without so some onea help poll insisted ross brae ger you yon go along a an do bour d dest or the squatters I 1 bahe alt it rig right lit I 1 I 1 y ye she managed to an III go biter atter jerry a in bed an a the file sup suppers p at a a 01 er at so it came to pass that nightfall found polly hopkins struggling straggling up the hill hall to the railroad rail rond tracks cracks fine elbe turned south muth on the file boulevard ond and stole state cau call along the edge of ch the I 1 road ad joe laid no na desire to me meet told old marc or eel evelyn A ax she he went an ton on she nine exir aured to herself bome a of the IS love words granny hope had planted lo in her memory and when she turned into the carnage carriaga waT nav loading leading to the rob nob eloway home she held her head a little higher and ad walk walked with less nervous ness around and ad round around the bouse beacco she crept until with trepidation she mounted the steps leading to the front vo imrch I 1 ch and tiptoed to a long friench window it was wan partly open and there seated before a table was the man she he sought bought polly knocked DC once but the sound ad was so faint wl t stobert did not hear it hist eblet came me from between pollys hollys lip alpa and the young man gin glanced ced up of at the sight of her bar he got to his hi feet then thea polly showed the if win dow opert open a a oracle crack and squeezed d law into the room comm A a strange range t mixture of conflicting ex p pres slona pt oer or big to face hut bit plea suie at the sight of her bated led the them all 11 Poll pollyl Poll top ll he 11 exclaimed 11 aimed polly H oell what s the ile matter old marc atom a go A to turn us all out but mister she abe whispered huskily search ing his ram an daddy sent me to ask you yen to help 0 robert drew one hand across his brow helplessly im I 1 vc said mid everything I 1 could to ta make him film andere tand the crime of it all he spot apologized gazed I 1 no ne a like a cray C man IN I 1 I 1 ran can t see me how he can think of such a thing eon eien though your peo pie IC were willing to go polly tt 11 e aint fint ia n e can t go she replied quivering 1 1 I I here ln in t place piece in the he world tor far Nuat squatters tera but the silent city 1 I know it I 1 he returned gloomily and ran can I 1 I 1 ove ile do to fur us usa implored hopland the girl granni hope flare says mys lt it me can an I 1 once I 1 1 heard you my bay t tw its as the the just at that moment the ilia sound of footsteps opt was heard it outside 1 in the robert thrust threat out at his hia head hand crisped polly by the should hold nt ts and ad in another annum moment she found faced I 1 eiselt elf behind the I 1 curt art alTi a hanging 1 in cicely told folds over mea of bank which job rose ram to the I telling ceding the door opened and percival spun pon around ad to meet steven marcus he crushed crashed dia down A his and ami offered his visitor halt evel avelin A sent bent me for a book back mar liar ous cus explained pardon mordo me for ms dis to curbing you old chun chan aft it down rowl bibart reputed with a a air effort IN ill hank tife lit head blind 1 I 1 cant he replied eve bv and 4 1 or are 9 over something I 1 told her I 1 A get a book and come cause right back he beem chavent movement art to walk to ard it ft book back MCI shrive but bob bolwa I 1 at hint you ve got fit to sit 11 II do down he said aid gruffly 1 I want lit to talk tal to you 1 I in a minute A then returned me mar en cua ei d go get tl the book bank first CRA very lacy white lit robert walked liked before to the bookcase then with tit one weep of 0 his HI n he de moved it da lile ft the curtain mirtia still nil with it polly pally H old um 11 he could old ford fl be beneath mill the material the len dhir quit quivering ering body A and it there them As a ilia 1 two men dpn aoa land facing fari g the ch aielt Ii elt catlen adow arlia the he of 1 ber world rid and ad was tola blow eye ye up aad oil down ruben robed felt that first wonder vender fill toto to protective to im ithai je umfra to dan when he 1 riding a woman llelyn Bl elyn III it was here observed 11 1 ale carelessly lat we nie most A 13 C herts D it ought might to be on an this she f ile he read aloud allied tle ales names of the hooks banks it under d his hia eye while st belll it the I 1 hand of bla bill companion low held up the c artam and the ai serl pule ea ah here her it it came in C emr it alon there them chanka rohl now J all 11 alt 11 do down ou minute landle he e walked anch to the table ft bm and pe stat ed d in jh d 1 carefully dropped p t the h arp ecle keeping lila it eie a on an ch the other the bums bk back lie he ran on his fingers ncr mor tit the curtain let until im he caroe me to the curly head of at poll iolli hopkins T two 1 let put fell upon it 1 hen he be to too crossed to the file center of the room anum lou re a hospitable ch chap up bob marcua heigh ho but bet to quy I 1 no ili bien en am soine banci bus III bet you A quarter of a dollar it won a t be three them months before I 1 get every off hat shore the fact of it Is I 1 e only got ot to catch hopkins and the rest reil 11 he be eals IN ile he a a bud bell actor and that orl of ills his Is a saucy baggage she a a very good girl robert in n 1 in deer deep tones team und and very pret I 1 ty too a the hool beat nor drap draperies eriel moved ever eier BO an little poll polly II elmost t burst with joy when me bhe heard th those tha a worda igind pretty enough uh I 1 suppose PP lanu C conceded in call it but lot hot good she s like ill th ohp rest land bad of clean through lima ties the curtains moved a little more mom and robert caught the way away of them out ant or of the ile tall of his ee cia lie he felt that if AC mackenzie Xane did not at go soon lie he would throw ill him out cut ahat the girl would do if marc at started cited a tirade against her father robert did aid not dare contain plate late look here marc are he burst forth alvra you an re all wrong about those people all 11 1 daiil d wrong they don I 1 harm ham any ally one BS as I 1 can see tt NN by can I 1 you live unit and let lived live his bia eyes as flashing stood up no liar no harm ham you AD a he d 0 ared aliv ile they steel steal everything even everi thing in s sight 1 and 1 in a few more yearb year there won abe t be a fio left in the lake there them 11 I 1 11 robert drew does one hand acres his HJ brow brea eipl ly wont be an thing to catch 1 in aragon a or on out t it the lef ator keep up chet lufe infernal net reaching poaching hunting and fili ing 9 are am tor for gentlemen gentleman my dear bob I 1 I 1 don dent t forget that gentlemen be di do d J cut i robert and th then A the curtains cartall buoy 1 10 so ao that he be got to his ht feet and ad started toward the door he continued perhaps perli apa we w cant agree oto on this matter at all ALI but I 1 really do went want a heart toh 1 earl talk tek with you about it ft B but I 1 not a now T the too fact Is I 1 1 was it busy us Y when nu in came in lug ling up a few more pie plead tor far the eur afir the otter oilier man teased well old fellow just main her tats IK a got at ir iffat a went five men watching everything ill clial scamp of 11 1 cl doe cles es and ad when I 1 get it mant something I 1 on A him t there won t two I 1 four fear boom nour bw that tUC two and ud ills DI arrest it robert D almost ed 1 be I speaker in lor on out of the door but marcus only may chile chuckled kird good y as n he be went or away diw lien rob robert t oni the ker 1 in the lock lack he be amilte a nine still a I 1 car brantli ath ing hard froland Fb oland the caral polly thrust out her head her binell taie art I 1 khod and aad team stand I 1 o her eyes an 1 I n a go gf alt after or that P pup P an aers wi him bhe he biased Y he if lies m when b he aaa iny amid daddy a itcaina lifted a pre I 1 hold hand i not foi tuo not landus loud he warned core come here abie he went at slowly lowly forward be her I 1 head hanging begins but sh when he be held out on elem bit 1 bands she tie snatch snatched ud them and bent beat bet chilt acuity hod eve over ft the nom irvng linke anra and mail the ama poor little girt pur p ur mile little polly folly co urmand robert brokenly then 9 she he isaid 3 d toward 01 alm tit liln went ons kalmal ft her bud ad for far mckim nt be 1 11 sed her head hanat at his hot breast at polly be pared AN in tab he her halt hair ech oh god it if I 1 owned that lake propel prope ty IF I 1 di d 4 I it A cl aa it deep I 1 I 1 in his voice im brou brought t up colip foll jopa head wind fir 0 ti saw ID hla eves nn set that 11 eljan run a ie be hw si irv rugsle 1 from his anna fitting to the porch patch window she wai saw goti gone before robert maid could at mop p b hw a 0 a bob a queer fab free lons died Mai KenTle UK no he hanif am into the music room come them E eveh 1 n was waiting for far him it t I 1 kept kepi my temper jut now I 1 should 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