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he her quarry now a but bat found evereth H eom coming dg to meet set b her or peering around this tin boulder blider watching from that vantage polar point V hen ell she held out tier her arms to the child these I 1 last UA two timea has he had bad ebebe come leaping e into a them he t to A cm cling g to her neck aca in delirious del itu gladness cimine a while the milan collie fast ill friend h bv this his timi ic i C and traitor to his hia charge fawned on her knee ile bui or on I 1 the he fifth bolden day trouble vas ae in the at alpher atmosphere Pher sonny came tin lib drooping head and ad a pucker of if borrow or 1 in his small it brows baw 11 hy by what a the h A matter it e with my fib man said id the gl girl 1 gasoline kneel lne and d holding him afta off if to scan mim him searchingly r idaly tell nan nance e study sonny what ib tt V and so I 1 in test tear up upon the v altot instant hiding biding his face in near bances nances neck ck 1 I 1 I ha be he tt t to t to tell brand a lie A lawful list lie and B brand d he be INIC a liar he a found yo your r hone a tracks track down the convan md and tie ha naked asked me a it if I 1 baw nav any Y one strange wept op the child nunie name sat down dan and took talk the boy bay in her lap the thing 1 11 was aig 1 to a tewa waddi she he was meddling d as with it b oni eone s private brad Usim of that she was ciet sure eure both fr from her orto A rem reasoning mg an and her other mother 8 warning mad and usvia mabbe it he hd no a acht to do so eo but her neet mouth lar tt itself into itne as e she ehe fell to amoo till this the little liitle head dump with it A ill the ardon do of DI its ou cere at remorse SC atop cry bryin ho honey ehe A wheedled nicu and ad let you like his blie talk tucked her best under ader hei be thighs and holding hot a the child in 1 c tamable lap imp thaia 1 f jonm d btty to ba aj ma all away he her adv bal k and it forth f tor all the world rid As it if rhe me sat eat in a CuA cushioned lAmus maer ft ill aliat liat t 19 1 there about abbat a talking rocking worn n an n with ith a child a head on he her limits to ahe a the of at the world ine e swaying an miton alit up sow amm checked 80 sonni a mobs and she he fell to singing t ti him A adding he her voice b to I 1 the matri 1 at r ous s volane of the canyon in 11 the lilt alli and fall of er old camp meet in ft asta lan ight a orth i IS fro from her memories a 0 aft A or an and it Jame presently amly when itt IN pell had bad the I 1 tumult it he farra aim up and fed him cookie daer de for the a bugary amry brlan ir ver there her ai one dirk it too wa not a st to lid this all hame ful I 1 aab bm me hla pal pule a eye ey f clow in e with dealt desler Z 1 I 1 me goi konev A raid it none do boef brand it it is itsik A for far yav voul sure 0 said the child sure or he does docs but he be s gone all ail day and we get at awty we hungry fore he comes at night 1 I should think ao an thought fine nance I 1 grimly two too meals vinyl day I 1 when a title little child should eat whenever its if hungry to grow arms I 1 this precious brand la a about abou t due for or an investigation aloud aimed slie h old anid sonny I 1 in going to stay bray with you yen all d day and I 1 im in going gain to wait and ad see are brand blood the boy was almost aghast at this statement suit and it ft we ana plot plain fr from the their distress he showed allowed that it was ced ce dented eted if you do he be said raid miserably relm bil mallm heard brand will take mk me e aw easy ay again and ad and d III never ever bee M A you any A more but nance had bad other plans and she shook back her he head that was vas a lovely dav it was warm er than usual since bince summer was sap alep plug ping down the slopes slope of the lomeli hlll hill and ad the angol arted assort or ted ci ill trio 1 in blue bill stone dmn cannon enjoyed it to the toll full chev explored explore far up the burro narrow defile the ell child lid hold holding ing to the girl A hand and skipping happily the collie paving pacing bes beside I 1 its them astep a step to the left U two steps to the rear mar chev watcher the trout waving in the ille a sunlit pools plot at IA noon anal ad faded in a this 1 to slid ban bar nidea tinder der rocks that no nance might hon sonny th the e tin crea turca which built such a w wonder a der rid ful little house of 1 ticks and mortar but as the sun dropped over one toward the west and the deepened in t the be great gorge nance began to fe feel I 1 the lo loneliness nellmA the cold silence the oppression of the wll will de berness 1 8 T the A e voters voices seemed to raise Is their tones late to become became mrs menacing achig more and ad more she die realized realised reali sed what hot it must mean to a chilli it left alone in the ann bad and a deep old and rising indignation swelled led within wit hIbe hen this brand fellow now he must be old cold blooded as they th made to d them emel cruel no DO sonny soan loved ad efm lie could old not artly be exactly C that bat what hat sort of a f man could he be she held the child close in her warm arms n as she rocked again and pondered d the IS problem she he did not am know it new what shot she be intended to say or to him once she tend faced him but of one me thing she a the newcomer did not speak but bat stood holding the bit of A H hand am some huge blank black H horse so as certain b be would old know in no n no certain laid terms ladled but a mon mand abramo thing it us vaa to leabo a a child hit alone in blue stone canyon alone tu to licten to its al mysterious y I 1 to in feel its I 1 ch chill it and it sl Us A menace of shod sha shadowy dowa a wa IN hy by it n as a w vonder onder thou ilia little mind led did our 1 crak ak with team strain the it small oil henrt break oath reset fear ehe he hugged bugged sonni bonn ank making as of her body as n it ure a iuda bulwark rak him and all leval harm to challenge th the world for or it his posse lob it 11 7 as aa how a uie the child had bad creot ill into her heart la in ethehe h few fes short uffia h hunell ly y her be armes hail bad closed U him salie bile laid made ads hla it lauw a her own high A hill handeli han dedi perhaps without reabun I 1 she maa 8 thinking of these things when she the collie colles blead sharply and loped leaped ann in 1 ilelle nance flung a awarded glance pier her maridee Bli and ad got 91 to her feet sliding sli divit the boy down beside her ber an arm in still hlll about his ragged shoulders A anim stood at the corner an a r at a th J jut t AMA of at stone ne bond b nd the pool pall lie he was a tell tall lonie where around six f fact a horseman hor Imis cren born barn by his build bond I 1 narrow of h hip ap and flat of thigh led clad to in 9 carmenia gar menia ad almost as much t lip 11 norbie or for far we wear as nonoi a tam blut illier and coa corduroy duroy tucked rocked lot inta but bat nance naw law in that 01 ursi 1 alft ift X glance I 1 e that list thence imbi habiliment lluent were re afi different f from am times of their ilk illde a union MCK sold slid in ill cordova that seemed made tor for the man who wore a them 10 perfectly had bad they fitted him a one under a praised peaked sam sombrero bror ith A hill strap run in a hone bone slide a pair of at eves bored into no nance a 9 HD 9 A very dark face almost ID 1 titan dion in ID clean cut feature and contour contact with aped rp sed ed lips and thin nostrils marrih completed it the picture the newcomer mer did not speak peak but bin stood holding the bit of a ban Imd dEome Bome hupe huge black horse home I 1 called the th boy oh ob B brand ad c at that oame name nales fiance alleson found her water tongue ave V been waiting string for you she be said aid calmly 1 I in in glad youve come lest acs he be said la singularly sing deep A sweet voice A is T that t voice valm di disconcerted averted nance upon the e instant stole mole some same of her fire BO 11 to speak she had bad been kieen ready mady 1 to tackle him on the same issue at once con to tight fight if MIA a flood of rea me am sons and protests agi finst hill treat ment blent of sonny fow suddenly she he felt am n e of having intruded of meddling als smothers another s affairs but she bile was not one a to bulk back down from any right bous eons stand mand and sonny a causa was in aery tenae sense it ft seemed rd to her so mi she rated guard steadily t dlly into the direct dark odes and ad nodded decidedly yei ye yei I 1 am she Is repeated 1 I 1 want nt to to talk it to you th the ON man dropped the rein min over the black blacks head and ad came a forward A lap or two quite a rare experience he ha aid smiling amiling as he be removed his hat old and ran his bla brown fingers through the thick black halt hair that stood mood up fr from his sweated rated forehead its it s t been sell a 1 long g time since any n woman A it has A a wo wanted led to t talk to A us eh bonev B zeb but ld oh she me talks talk sweet brand cried cr I 1 oil the child ch lid eagerly and it she holda hold me on an her lap ic at the profound awe in the sandi voice the man a fuce face grew quickly gra grave e we roust must be far gone B ni vagabonds adaIs I 1 he said that makes mi me think what hat a woman a in luve a must at me mean to a child you have been a gift of god dropped out of the blue to son san nv AT miss mis allason and I 1 ought might to thank you ca vou v know who she I 1 mor am cried the girl gill astounded certainly and I 1 know how long lone daly you in ve ab been e coming here to the CO can yon yen I 1 know achere you live too down on the flats by the river his slon amused smile at her evl ead dent discomfiture mas as engaging it abar sit nince made list her feet feel more than ever an intruder I 1 know what A lost waife waifs M vou van must aa aze think us and d TOU are partle p aktiv right tte lie are ie watched vou all and sonny twits twice and I 1 no 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