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catching up tile the horses I 1 lou ou have far to go miss agillon he said bald OR iia he stood beside her smiling dow dowd into be her face and sonny bonny a and n it I 1 must be careful not net to work a hard bard i on oa you or you might not come I 1 again got I 1 lie he ride back down little blue we was gulet 1 I A thousand indr lim were molline un happily happi 1 1 ID N 11 mind fail luer her eye felt 4 brows we a little battle kept pulling at her lips comer and act 0 jo o wholly inexperienced we waa the she tie the dill not net know what magic had ben been at work in the A green adle adlener nev of the circle and it grey spring it only when he fair pulled we hoew horw w p up atiat be nearly tumbled on him heels beat that she mile cune came out of her he abstraction he vat bat rigid in hla his addle one hand extended in warning gating straight tra ight ahead to where little blue opened in into blue stone slon she looked head ahead and ad under i it at stood it A horse horseman ans jug jiant coming into agh feht at the right ad edge of the opening a big red inner ateer was just voillA vanishing bleg it at ili left III and aed ili the man was kate cotha Cot hm rider slid 86 P provine me he be rode code straight acme and did not tie glance can up the cut car and tile the matthem in 11 ili the shadow bad knew in they wei were unobserved 1 for a long time they sat in tense tene a 1 I lence bar after he had passed waiting listening but nothing ratio followed 0 cd nod ad pren presently atly fair turned and looked at her his lips were ere tightly met bet and ad hla him far face was grave brave mi alsa AIR he uld mid regretfully that 8 the th first bum human I 1 ve been in blue bine stone canyon beside yourself jour self and it means something to we me it we means that bar sonny evil and I 1 am 1 1 move I at once he ant theire moment hen raised hla him eyes eye to her hers again get 1 I bell believe if TOU ine will trust oat us 01 a if little tile conj longer if you can keep him hid bid dan 1 that I 1 will take you up give you A bonn sway lor for a m bile I 1 feel guilty 1 in it dolog of A ao 1 tor r I 1 know knew im how heavily S burdened or do red you u are Is ready already but some come day clay I 1 limit make it right with you a as hands handsomely antly I 1 right BB as imm possible allide will im ile he be too much tran trouble life e trouble tried cried N nan re her f face thin radl to inc are him to we this minute he anda and bhe held out her arms armi broad brand turned and looked dew don at un the boy smiling manding again how about that kid bid he asked Coo cookies kles find and miss mine allison lap in stead lead of the cold conye canyon and lonesome nesa she aghy old timer clover what khath the met mattery er he pulled the child around bit to se scan him in more I 1 the little face we was milk 11 white the brown eyes ride you yar gag to to rive give ne away bran brand a said sonny with that curious am of maturity which sometimes fell upon him 1 1 I should nay my not hot 0 he mid or 1 angly gly I 1 in only going to in let you yea stay awhile with MN mis allison so our ene mies ailes wont find you when table I 1 im in cone norm nance leaned forward enemies En eades she be said ald sharply ene el ell ade mies you yea bayl my A olin figure R of speech salles fair but just net the bame we due don I 1 wool want may any 4 A hordeman Hor ht feman was jut just coming into sight g at the th right ed edge of th on open ing A big rod red steer t W was as just I 1 a at t the left one as beside y ioui belf to knew about us and by tile the way my notes name la Is smith at cordova and boon bonny docent exist I 1 I 1 tee ace amid the girl slow slowly or iry rather other I 1 don I 1 see gee but as am I 1 bald lid to be fore it does I 1 matter you years re a wonderful estomin sot I 1 one in a million would ar art accept t us Is as ame done blosl ragged L g hiding h lit 9 tn 1 dlan till I 1 think y your tied klail lived lou III re Is old rahl fashioned blessedly I 1 old it fashioned vi chy by did you accept us MY mv manory mammy save there t ellila el lilg in a we wom in a a heart that sete alie lion dam M on in a nina men fur for food or bad a seventh geme eie I 1 know knew there 1 is A woman oman feel feela t to trust or net oo 00 to 1 trust t F fair r nodded added that it il he bald hinitt instinct t tolt bul he day y ou all duj am uuie lo 10 cef feel it hr has betrayed ye lo you binim lu our c my cal cutai I 1 me an I 1 H flat I 1 look her liend head it who wont amr sir pall fair mile lie replied th the roan giglie ii and gulf god alro be ti as sad d 1 it hope not and go but let get eee oa ft a getting is pall rode to the me cae by tile liw pool poof 1 ID silence thee lie he doen it and it b I 1 ought lt from the blankets blanket ell door DOIT bit of 1 us b 1 9 d 1 to tile lie child rolled tied the ilicia to in handle bundle and ad ravorn the them oo on he hadcox daril len I 1 in diony they am re 10 a he be apol jirld it due I 1 matter said old nan e M my has hai tuft stuff that lint van LUD be mude made over we well it fix liim idea up fair mounted moun teil ai go in and rode mile with per ter to the hie month of r in blue 1 I 1 tile there he halted and ad lifted b bonny y I 1 to buck back skin a rump camp the n little tile fellow whimpered ered a bit and it lung dune to ilk lir neck heck while ualle tile lie man patted palled his hl sony bony little shoulder there ther there ith kid be h bald due dont jons love ulu miles 7 yea walled t lt bat but I 1 last just lor goe you brand 1 I 1 1 I ve TO put I 1 in two pretty try 1 years for sonny barry a sake make be sets ald softly but they re v been beat worth while addle miss allison ison the service of love 1 Is always worth while alle said mid nance its ita the boggon thing 1 in this world and bow w ald fair ft ff you II 11 buck back up and be a man sonny I 1 it promise 1 to come a fight loom down to IS the homestead so t 4 ith T borne a right night I 1 oon an and wee bee yi you it miu allison vm V m let mv me something surged Is io the girl garti br breast n t hite a meant tide it f yon ran dealt welt 11 man been you she ehe said bald then fair kissed filmed the be bor mounted diamond and bat at with hand baud cr creased ed on his pommel while buckskin carried P hla Is d anibe ds ln ibe S I 1 hud burden I 1 across the lit little a BE flici I 1 and ad through the bell deep a flood oil of sam 1 whispering whimpering on he it run riffle 0 on athe the other side bide N nance an and it sonny turned to is ware a bond band and ad went fot for ward lot into new mv I 1 life at t IS the cabin lit door bud flared md with IR open mouth when they rode rod up but S at mrs W aikson who th lie lied d b been 1 I watching the them conat come ig along the flat far dew dona and who had bad va vaguely guell understood came icv forward it with up uplifted arma IRA a liffe impe 1 I figured it it too I 1 be HO an long be fore you yea 1 brought aught him home forat she vid mid 6 a child 1 a what ado e do need in this here cabin 11 harat lint one fine little maul mant an BUpp erB all hot an af firl I 1 knew you d understand mammy all said it the girl paternity gratefully yue youve got the A ath sense all 11 right light and ad one or two mom no wonder tender our peppy loved vou va all 11 his him life and BO it was that S sonny y fair came late into the warmth and comfort of if alra fir and lamplight lamp light of chair chabra and tables and beds with deep huck tick and to the loving arms of womankind after two years or of thing riding on 00 the big black i a rump of sleeping Ble on the earth beside a campfire campf lre and the long lonely days day of waiting and f faithful itaf as 1 hla him shadow bad dirk an the mine collie set sat on tile the store atone that formed the doorstep and refused to budge un on fit both nance and sonny convinced him that all was well and that this wea was home when nance set bat to her melons gracious hour hear with it the Scrip tur that night 19 1 it fremed a very coincidence inel denew that the book should fall open at the maw mas I 1 ter a tender words suffer little chu chit dren I 1 to come unto more me for of much I 1 la the kingdom of beav heaven a CHAPTER XI the ashes of hope it if was dark of the moon and ad sheriff price selwood met bat OR on his in hi roe me a little distance fron from mckane Mc Kanen store at t cor car dova do his him hot bat pulled over 1 hill hi press becova tits his bond on his big saddle addle horn both inside the lighted store four fear liable were going A bunch of cattlemen lemr from the upper country were ware to a and most of the cathrew men were down from I 1 aay I 1 y line lie the nine dine or ten bona ode el timis of card cordova we arre t at also and ad me mc kane kah 1 nas I in high fettle th the tr lew h bouses ouse of the town were dark for it t was an fairly ay iy late all these theme things th sheriff noted in the quarter hour b be sat at patiently watch watching g NN aben ben tie be to ana mail satisfied ire it that all the to ailleo were cepres represented elit it maid inside that the down dors of the place placelia were 0 ere settled settle d to a inaction and that no DO one me was wa likely to 0 o leave the die store for far several hours at 1 least I ibe he did H peculiar thin thing el he tied his horse to a tree free bear where herb it blood and went forward alti on ma foot feet tapping stopping at the rock rack where hie file alb cathrew horses be stood in A a row raw they were good stack green coale cattle kate hale would have nothing else at sky line selwood took plenty of time patting shoulder h ader here her stroking a A nose ili there and finally ly topp I 1 d in bett between bentert ert a b big 9 in mare eid mil the e con rany a gray my gelil lug sud sad plon P lon olaine rode he fondled tile uland for a raw few mo ments cut the then Is ran hie h hand ad dew down tile the ahk left foreleg and picked pie up the hoof it 11 was shod shed hol goibe f fashion adden he placed place the toot feet between hla his knees very ry much after ill the manner at of it a cry C ir ir lack th and taking a him n coarse our dio fill bioni lit ills it pm proceeded dd to file i notch tell 1 in tile the shoe be 1 ihen I ben he lint the tile file a away my gave the gray a lust frien friendie div slap got hla his own horse and rode mile any anny ile he intended to have a good rights s sleep micro several dv dais lot inter mate hot cathrew came d down on 1 to cecil cordon a and ad held an private conversation corn ersaline ers alinn with ft etli M kane alel she or old alio a at gives ve you uni the he hc aliat It trade 1 in this him mail s toun A wl fr you do sold bald promptly far and ad away my rIl evidently itly sheriff selwood will know knew in the tracks track of 1 sud Pro vinet gray when ho he move tham next who when and ad cheret ban it iro a BB C i am I 1 |