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returned selwood cd 1 i give me afi the cards 1 1 I 1 f Par daloe I 1 banded n dedde the ch chilly i ili I 1 gambler gi tabler Y I 1 1 I 1 the greasy I 1 carda and I 1 withdrew 1 i I tracys talk gradually Irti dually subsided f ho be I 1 iw was boon asleep in ili thle uneven play li of light front 0 O the hearth selwood the p j blau blanket ket spread before him I 1 1 4 t I 1 shuffled cards A A horned anil and ril allet lent be h held eld the 1 i 1 patk in din 1118 1 oft left 1 mind hind impassively I 1 1 I clipped ped the ahe diio bv one to his I 1 7 1 right and thecil slowly nn i c blanket pausing at intervals to 4 I 1 V I 1 their beque seque sequence and 04 to read in it the answer to the question he kept I 1 i 1 ap I 1 11 if i I 1 I 1 i y I 1 Par daloe cai came jd in with a handful q of 1 I 1 avy I ar wood wy od I 1 ripped rl ppe A from a wi window windlow nilow sh shutter itier q I 1 dw and to iff g 14 if fand skillfully at i Bel wooda farei when I 1 the blaze blaic suit salt I 1 1 I 1 I 1 ad be turfie on 66 hla his hinges to t read ren d the story the cards twe were retell I 1 tenting ing lie hd kept kep 1 sll I encell selwood wood had pit in A k 1 1 shad dead dea man tonight j I 1 i 40 hr I 1 iasi lie said iid in an ande undertone rione A dead man responded respond id selwood aw i f 0 o c composedly composed om posed I 1 y and a added d ded f 1 this last 11 ll tt alme me theres to something in athing news new bill 11 ll 11 I 1 chiy A dead woman I 1 1 I 1 I 1 10 Par daloe bis gr grizzly azz ly neck it at the surprising bent Ms his if heady beady eyes I 1 close down I 1 on the fate fated I 1 i bearing i earing sequence he stared fori a I 1 moment ment then without words he be dr drew r tt b back ack his bla fiend bead t the he dead woman was I 1 4 ther I 1 t tracy TAO slept only a little wetle long ong f T oer er Par Pard daloe aloa had gone gon e 10 to the wagon wago n and 4 selwood felt presently that his ahli I 1 1 partner rif was wake awake a and that very probably he be toy lay watching him but it selwood himself had bid no desire to io tp v I 1 hieak the tracy did noi not lie ile it ta 30 1 quiet 1 long I 1 I 1 what you jou doing there Joh johnoie john nObe I 1 he t 4 t asked at length with something of 1 1 I 1 1 I a A growl ivI rit ait looks to me ine as if one I 1 I 1 I 1 i i N afas of I 1 us t anyway ought to tobe be to in sleepy i I 1 cat ca a night like ilke this oils everything kv y weve got up there inalie in the world Is tit at I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 ik alake 0 A 1 it I 1 y J 0 vs everything icv erv thing pt got up there 1 t dikke amended ed xe selwood iw youre a tz ielne 1 in I 1 ll 11 e 1 now nowr 1 im ni just plain gim garo I 1 1 t bler remember 4 that wilt will y you ou 71 he I 1 I A thi the last two words with a touch 1 of add i sharpness lest that did not often I 1 crespi creep ay into 16 wa his tone tracy in it an invitation to quit ive been I 1 I 1 back up tto there tonight since I 1 brought I 1 you down volunteered selwood to I 1 1 ibrek 1 break the brusqueness of his earlier tone the vigilantes are holding our part of the ahe town and add they changed their minds somehow about ia burning us uk abe cole told me me we hii 1 j were safe of course the other fel 0 t lows Is might try tryst it but baitt I 1 lost just imagine most of the bunch on I 1 the a telegraph feli graph poles polea by morning it if 1 got enough poles dove dave selwood aed the question in llis his accustomed cus tomed fashion youve I 1 IV played the thao cards cajas a good while y youl PU ro I 1 ever since 1 I was big bid enough to ti IM set et up in play euchre with ay iy dad goto nigh on forty year grumbled grumbl grum blea ej the old man appeased in turn by the r t friendlier tone of tits his I 1 do Db you believe in ili em am dave 11 I 1 belleve in the cards answered I 1 tracy meditatively all the time I 1 I 1 believe to in dois dogs most 0 the time not no many men I 1 believe in ary time do you believe in dead men davenp dave asked selwood dont talc tak foolishness retorted 1 tracy and lie he added with deeper deepa pessimism 1 I dont believe in no a 0 admed none c 0 the time Par daloe stuck his head in through the shack door just I 1 in n time to hear tracys words right for once partner he halt bellowed if f right ight r every word aril right I 1 f astwood showed sho wed impatience lm wake I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 bob b ho he said ali a to Par Pard daloe alje shortly i up the horses well vell be pulli g I 1 L II 11 ing lag out of here pretty qu quick lck 11 I 1 ll 11 s W I 1 I 1 which way aj you 1 g f trig tracy ns as Par daloe disappeared disappear A ills his a at J A f I 1 01 I 1 i tow tone was irritating aa and the question 4 I 1 1 V 0 i I 1 f 0 and selwood irritable liable 1 11 I dont k now ial Z f X land i arit etire much he atil ja j 11 A woj ej v m N 4 indifferently it idlor e 1 kiil T 4 wms aa 1 sucu i y 61 lt IU ill tell you remarked ar if I 1 1 e e i 1 1 I ar 1 ai 4 w to 01 take me back to t 11 1 i P i bat oblige me iii T R I 1 ove me out othere 0 there tbell then 0 sitoa yi A I 1 j Toa De hway ia to there i too to il 1 i i f 1 1 nt I I 1 jt 1 aaa ut 1 Idon I 1 dont tAlks like tt it 1 ii 4 ym I 1 I 1 1 f selwood to ti pass iiii it oft off ila he I 1 pi Wf 59 1 fw with hal wt langhi and la the itt T f 4 r D alm lawler vw 1 at AN artner I 1 i mft 41 W 1 11 SWA I 1 alil 1 ak V N 50 at sy i W I 1 0 t ill A 4 4 ft o V 0 it 0 s I 1 take 4 it eq 11 hard 71 jr dave t idad did what I 1 thong 1 h tw 7 I 1 fea bat IV wu f iby sorry sony I 1 I 1 I 1 bothe bothered iiii 1 you T ou it wont happen I 1 agan again I 1 shant be bothering anybody 1 very e 1 long 14 tracy tincy threw a ap shar a 11 r p k tit I 1 him v what d you tan bytha by tha fool i r t fc 4 t I 1 i I 1 a 1 I la Is there I 1 any particulars objection to my iny Me meaning exactly I 1 wi aa calv q VA the retort w waa as too 0 pas unnoticed tracy wasa 4 0 I 1 v at moment li ille nt when cited he h e B D oko fhe ll 11 i adle 61 f gruff comp 1 J 1 jwia a ever t iyoub cef athance Vt hance y you like roe hard d dont 0 yon I 1 isay r q 4 I 1 selwood I 1 suppressed faselle fas mlle 1 j 1 I aw aint thinking yai j dive I 1 dont you know hman a man can feel bis bb games begins to look that fa way Y ta ti limi 7 shucks kal t jo ij 0 i 10 coughs u g 4 B turied started nj again aln shia aua tho tha i mutter W with etli jl I 1 at t you 1 4 4 i selwood released a hard little laughs laugh coughs dont doni both bother amp me 1 ive i I 1 bia been acau acquainted 1 with datoo ein dm too agh long 9 I 1 a asked 4 you a while whid aja ago whether you believed I 1 in n d eadie men h lasta 1 dreamed I 1 siw at an frank ganger 86 M I 1 1 I thought I 1 was walking down river julver street st reet la in cau A as if it was duk dusk evening or early morn ing 1 looked s jo across ross the streets ati p etl I 1 weri there waa yepi pra prank i si ganger anger w the inta other r sw 16 looking oking over a at tj ta me a looked 7 n e did that night we I 1 af t 1 ir i i r toes but fits file mustache I 1 was wao beaV beache he ile he had on a que queer looking itina ai at 1 I tried tr I 1 ed to reach hf for or rox lux gun I 1 move ahnger a an ange nger r all of a il sudden de n lie he arted I 1 across the strict street toward I 1 me pis ill eyes eye i were as askuig bag as teacups tea cups and a alt th etline I 1 knew he was dead ad II 11 r tried to cry 0 outa aft 1 must h have mad roada iome boine kind oi 0 a nole noise for or ame something 0 t alg woke no me up fl I 1 gr grabbed 1 my aygun gun out from under I 1 was sure e he fie was Soine somewhere where in room arid there I 1 lay in a cold awe sweaty 41 11 dead ead nen neg dont daa e walls the arp syla tracy stir up thit fire fir e 1 1 what you iou there in the dark dar it foit I 1 theres Tb eres U iAO io a dream man inan V I 1 I 1 ta I 1 selwood made po no move its in the cards too davo dave 1 ive tried lem cm three thice times it always cones comes the pipine same way thare death in this deck for or somebody I 1 gues sUta full fall time for or me to cash in anyway and and remember everything bei between weeti you od and me Is fixed c you Y 0 u own tha mine I 1 iown own the I 1 hall h I 1 I 1 light the lantern dash it burst out tracy with I 1 a deepening growl dreams dont mean any anything thin i gi it if theres anything wrong rong with the I 1 cards its because the 0 r o banging me mea A in sleepy cat without if a word w ord selwood rose S fe frit aj ford for datch dt a match and striking stroking it ioui looked for I 1 the lail lantern tern tracy kept up ga a a nervous net otis I 1 jg alre of talk f una punctuated at times by i abrupt pauses 4 but persistent Seln bod holding the lantern in his hand bond slipped the globe down over th the lighted wick then he paused and as he stood listened doubtful at first offis of his sense bense of hear bear ing the faint regular sound of hoot hoof bents beats soon fell unmistakably 06 on his ears cara selwood extinguishing by a short drop the flame of the lantern and bidding tracy lie ile still picked up the box bor and set it over the flie stepped through the half open door and stood for a a moment just rutilde putilde put pu tilde elde ile he no not t been mistaken a horseman n was nearing the cluster of evil huts buts known as Cala calabasas basas standing expectant in the full bight of a late ati rising nj moon moon selwood el i ws 19 joined by the silent indian who waiting calito valito only to get his orders stole forward under cover toward the main I 1 road I 1 ric ile reached a point of vantage tage at the moment the horseman slackened his pace scott Nall allowed owed him t tj nd ad vance ance and turn and rein about in indecision deci blon only long enough to make him out Par daloe in the interval tenal In had bad joined selwood and had motel uli 1 him biro from he be door which they allf th left hanging banging awry on its one hinge litolf latt the shadow there they stood when reining aaning about after s speaking peaking low to scott who had hailed balled librn I 1 the rider spurred again down the draw and halted before tracys shack for gods sake he muttered tel ed swinging swin gini from his saddle I 1 where Is everybody selwood delwo 0 d the voice and the ille figure at the same instant and ste stepping aping out but into the moonlight spoke ke to me mcalpin the stout hensted li little barn bois s staggered sta gOed stiffly into the shack 1 after I 1 selwood salv oad the two other men crowd c ing in behind bilm Par daloe lighted he lantern lacter n scott lifted the box that selwood had chucked bottom up at over the smoking fire and selwood pointed stool 11 neither he be nor scott mittle mada any etto efto fort yorito hurry the foreman it twits enough corthern for them thern to I 1 study bt his blood shot joei eyes until he be should be ready to exair explain 1 I a w what b at was vas v for itis his peculiar mental mel condition conditto ion ditto ll 11 and his unexpected d appearance he be sat rol ona lithe the box fingering at and ft aing X with hl bl I 1 e ft if about T ir t af 0 1 Z mv 1 I 1 1 1 m 4 f 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 MI A 3 vp 1 I 1 4 f 1 I yi vf yi V L I 1 11 1 i E 11 1 h 4 1 ia 64 t v 44 f t 11 A I 1 ill 11 ll 0 U v I 1 k v fa aji awl I 1 diw x 1 1 1 att l i i 1 y il fm Par daloe and scott 1 who 40 1 bijl had I 1 I 1 0 elli from the hearth while S set 1 I 1 wood I 1 with his bassto back baSk to tire alre stud studying yink mcalpin bil by its light and 1 ebi of the lantern on the th tible table bori wn 1 I 1 dorini i whether mcalpin cou coald I 1 id be I 1 wounded lind and how badly or whether hi he was running aage bluff I 1 john lf exclaimed the biri barn boss i darting alg 11 bloomil bloodshot 8 fiat glop e e ati acl woo wood ha y got any g selwood Hn answered I 1 only after ca a pause I 1 I 1 atiq and then t h en I 1 impassively A few fe aim ja 4 1 I Ilig holding iding ills its left fore arro and hand pretty well up sp ake 0 scott cott bob prea ha e said 11 tikey take jour 0 air ki alfer kand ait silt j that sleeve up 60 a bl bit t IM i the win 1 toi john but 18 lt naught carpy hound bound it for fo me john theres plenty in sleepy cat 0 o Haveit be i oung hung anybody I 1 snap snapped 11 led tr fracy bicy 11 fler fiercely I 1 vely 1 I hanged H anat aill echoed bleab pt if tu turning i rd tracy on od the cot 1 I 1 I want t tell VI viade y Aye I 1 the altet alt I 1 1 1 4 t I 1 k 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 ft I 1 II I 1 L it I 1 1 e 1 11 11 I 1 1 1 I 11 1 A 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 j I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 7 I 1 I 1 4 P e 0 i I 1 I 1 it I 1 4 1 f I 1 r tove sneaked me M out 0 1 there V ita 4 I 1 to a sleepy I 1 anybody I 1 hanged I 1 there the night be 1 contes lan tea I 1 t 1 1 R lwood alone made na no tiac he stood quiet with tits his eyes fixed op on the wounded courier what do you mean jim ven t aured ul red scott patiently 1 I mean exclaimed the gamblers gamble ii are ott on topi turned the tables rallied hell bent 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