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and Pettibone passed the second group,
Blkins hushed his discourse, and every
turned a glaring, eye in Guys direction.
Its very evident remarked Guy,
that I'm a prophet without honor in
my own town. Before long, however,
every one in Concord will see how
greatly he was mistaken" r-,
II hope they'll see that before they
do anything to be sorry for" muttered
Pettibone.
Guy did not hear this, and perhapsit
was just as we'll.
They had supper-a late supper. Of
the kind which Pedro Smith husbanded
for stragglers-and during the meal
and afterward as they sat smoking in
the office, the sheriff continually mani
tested the nervousness of his state of
mind. The slightest noise would
startle him. Once, at whirr of wheels
in the street, he sprang up and ran to-
the door, returning in few moments
pale and fdgety.
"What's the matter with you, Petit
bone?" inquired Guy,
I'm expecting something and am
afraid it's going to come"
what is it?"
"A delegation of citizens looking for
you" =
Guy laughed.
"That's giving you more concern
than it is me. Suppose we go to bed :?
If the delegation arrives after that I
hardly think they will dare to disturb
u.s."
The indignation committee, if such
it might be called, did not put in an ap-
| pearance that night, nor the next
morning. Late in the afternoon of the
| following day, however, as Guy was
seated at the writing table in the hotel
office, struggling with letter of ex-
PLANTATION which he designed sending
to Miss Betty, five representative cit
liens presented themselves.
! "Gee!" murmured Pettibone, despair
ingly; "here they are, Herbert"
Mr.. Pinney, the druggist, was one of
them; and Mr.. Leffngwell, proprietor
of the livery stable; and Mr.. Glimmer,
of the Emporium; and Mr.. Biggs, the
county reasurer-carrying tin box
and, last if not lea st, the red oubta bic
Colonel.
| The redoubtable Colonel had had "a
hours in which to recover his equipoise
| and he had succeeded admirably. To
look at him now, his white hat tipped
slightly over his right eye, the tip of
his cane planted firmly on the office
floor, one foot thrown over the other,
his frock coat caught together with the
| two lower buttons and his left hand
| thrust into his bosom-to look at him
| thus, he gave no suggestion of his wild
struggle and exhausting footrace Of
the preceding afternoon.
Guy minced into fine fragments the
dozenth sheet on which he had tried to
ba sket and turned upon the gentlemen
who were grouped beside him. He
noted their grim and determined looks
and there was portentous silence. ;
1.-THE VOLTS legs performed excellent
service yesterday afternoon" re-
marked Guy, by way of breaking the
| ice.
I'VE have not come here to discuss
that particular wolf, SIR" answered
the Colonel, with an uneasy side glance
in the direction of his friends. can
other wolf is the object of this call, a
wolf in sleeps clothing, sir! A wolf
with the outward guise Of loyal gen.
tleman, but with a heart Of
"Softly!" interrupted Guy. ''Don't
forget how I bumped you against the
partition the other day. If you made
me very angry, Colonel, I might do
more than that
The Coloners bosom began to heave.
1t was the wolf, proba bly,, seeking to
get out, and show it's white teeth, and
snap. But the wolf did no mort than
shake its chin, for the Colonel claimed
the brute after prodigious effort.
Sir" went on the Colonel, huskily.
you are young and I will bear with
you. am heading this delegation, this
righteously indignant delegation,
more in sorrow than in anger. eve