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tho ess!; The hGrizon grew larger; thore

him.. where liz had once mot the two mysteri;
GUS horsemcn. They had evidently reached
Aiittlo further on were a fow, groups Of sheds
and canvas tents I'M bare aud open SPACE. with
sneSmpmsat or the gathering Of a country
fair. AZ, Claronce rode down toward them
him. For the ilrst time he realized the possi.
but it was too late to ~retrace his steps. With
q glance at his holster. he rode boldly forward
near him. hut something in his quiet. deter.
mined manner held them nloot Gilroy; was
IN his shirt sleeves on the threshold. A single
look showed him that Clarence was alone. and
with q careless gesture Of his hand he warned
away his own followers:
in w iHMS You s sin't f %iSvit 81 ezra Gran T%y he S, s %f%SP Nith
Certain air % anpE!rovai. "dot it from your
" don't know. but I don't believe he ever
thought 1t necessary to warn twenty men OF
s same aH tons. 4 S Snf' no sf ,tms to u stand on IN rc 1so
mony. for have Just come from Hooker's
Gilroy smiled again and gazed abstractedly
know rs well as sill, ,Ho;" said Iaos G,larse ,Ss,
S ThSs You Il v 6avS w dSn 70 t hSIS w slsn h sEss to l SS Sn;
waymen. I've no iear for ifRstl Ssithsr do [
euro 10 huOW WIlul u ypuI III yin
4. butt can only tell you that it it was retnlia.
ton; alone was and stu am responsible Tor
Know Ho9Nt Just what what You 70 hi have done with hiim1snd
Il psssssary.,to tHk9 his place" T., vo,r
"and., as to legality. reckon we stand on The
same level with yourself lust here. BSsinnin.
where your, Jim Hooker is, and. as VIC amt
done sn,, n sny canIa to to hin him vS we ID d9 hIs n sxSstly II st ts
| orr mOtiyps. we'll. we've got n good deal to say
S SS4. tf his ki pSM # hi % Ish Tf ya stSis t aid : pei salt
us peaceful folks. and we thought it rather
worked .agin this new law and order
to tSs say notIin' or" OF It pSreeiHuniiciHn' quiet H settlers.
lie had too many rcvolvers for one man 70
ydn. TaS too a,s e. i ap H. danny lam Wan; s. ,h we pS Fl
OF us. and extorted him, We STAYED round
there two days and nights: takin' In turns.
sfss Dll sit! X AM ms t Hsn s as We % d RlSfte see a'% any S" %se
tho cold facts. Brnn,."- he added with a GER
tain convincing. Indifference that left no
F' s%. N ssF ' %"rSin' G aHa to SG the f first i pPinaip as
you laid downfall we'll have to undo what
we've donc-we don't agree with you, For
got it hero in black and white: we've got II bill
O. sale OF Rockers house and possession. and
tenants" lie req reGntered the shanty. TOOK a
piece Of paper from a soap boy on the shelf
f tna n nSir s ~ 1ne ID Ge n.nFBs rSnt. W 'srs ie hin him. 5 as 8
it says here. 4; hundred dollars for it. No hum:
hnggin', but the hard cash. by Jimminy! And
The rim: Of truth in the mans voice was as
unmistqkablc AS tho signature in Jim's own
hand; ho had sold out! Clarence turned
We don't know where he went" continued
Gilrpy griinly. but | reckon you amt over
nnNiDnS 10 SEQ MIN now. And KIN tell va
auire much 'pcisuadin'.' And Kin tel W
folk that don't pcrtcnd to give it. ho added,
with thu. same curious look of interest in his
face: You've done well to get shut Of him:
and il YOU got shut OF n tow more Of his kind
that YOU trust to you'd do better"
the young man. he rctntercJ the cabin and
uselessness Of further parley and rode away,
But Gilroy 8 Pnrthlan arrow ranked as he
rode. lilo was not greatly shocked Mt Jim's
detection. for he was Away fully conscious of
means certain that Jim's e~xtrayagnnce and
braggadocio; which he had found only anus
Gilroy had said. But like all sympathetic and
unselnsh, natures. he sought to lind some ey-
to bring poor jim on the iand. 10 subject His
such - life and such surroundings: he should
never have made use OF his services at the
E SanShG IN h ls Ill., iii.ad f"as him and 1" parh rathe se tHsn
attempts to help him: l have said that
Gilroy's narting warning 1ankled in his
not faint, or. corrupt tho pure, whole
in Gilroy's warnine: ho saw only his sliortcom-
inss; 4 strn II fatality I had H., marked d his lis
had brought No happiness to. Susy or Mrs.
to have aceented. Thinking over the mystic.
him possible that in sone obscure way his
presence. at the, rancho. had preci plated tho
more serious attack on reyton, If. as It had
heritunce from his. father. he seemed to have
made others share 1t with him. He was riding
his breast and his eyes fixed upon some vague
point between his horses sensitive ears. when
trIiiEent organs startled him. and an appari-
tion arose from the plain before him that
seemed to t sweep all other n sens AWAY, youn,
horseman. rs distracted as himself. but evil
dontly on better terms with his own personal:
blue ryed-the tyne Of the old Spanish Cali
fornian. \ Durnt-2nt cigarette was In Ms
FL. nI"u !any n Grace .e Of T" his s'n saes. I But what Mhatt'a arre Wtedd
person was the narrow. flexible. long coil Of
die bow. but whose knottcd ana silver-beaded
terminating lash h; WAS swirling idly IN his
aIlendngc, Of a gentleman rider, used forteth-
eiinc bis horse on lonely plains; and always
ture Of decoration and artistic skill. But he
was as suddenly filled with n blind. I'M
reasoning, sense OF .repplsion and fury.
approached. What the stranger, saw In CInr-
eDcc's blazing eyes no one but himself knew.
for, his own became. hxrd and staring; his
sallow cheek grow livid; his careless. iuunty
boaring o%tinenod into rightly. and swerying
his horse to one side. he. suddenly passed
Clarence at II furious gallon. The young
American whee'c quickly, and for an. instant
his knees cnnrul-i"cly ggippcl tn" NUnks "
his horse to follow. l:ut the next monent he
recalled himself. and with nm effort began to
collect his thoughts. What WAS he intending
to do and for what reason. lie had met hun
dreds Of such %horseu!nn before. cGparisoned
and ACQUIRED liz" this. oven to the RATA.
And he certainly was not dressed like either
OF the mysterious h"rsemcn whom he had
overheard that moonlight evening.
Hc looked bnck the STRANGER hud slackencd
his pace. and was slowly disappearing Clar-
ence turned and rode on his way.
CHAPTER TX.
Without realizing to the full extent Jim's de-
fectiun and desc! ton. I lHrence was able to
truthfu!ly assure the hopkins family OF his
...,n =, Iaty n - "A IN rnp,ipn tLnt IA, rn,I