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CHAPTER IX-(Continued)
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"What night I spent! The next day I saw had been indicted by the grand fury and was wanted man. From a distance I watched myself become an outlaw: watched the county put price upon my head. which Bennett dou- bied: watched public opinion rise to such heat that posses began to SCOUT the mountains. What noted In partic- ular was a statement in the paper that the sorrowing husband takes his be reavement with the quiet courage which marks a brave mani It hap i. pened, that the Mexican woman couldn't read and talked little. Still. I knew they'd find me soon-it couldn't be otherwise--so l made another run for 1t. swearing an oath. however. be fore 1 left that I'd come back and have that gambler's heart.
 Ut was lucky 1 went, for they un- covered my sign the next day, and the country where I'd hidden blazed like a field of dry grass. They were close on my heels. and they closed In from ev- cry quarter. But. pshaw. l know the woods like m Indian. and the wild , things were my friends again, which would have made 1t play If I'd been l alone, but girl child of three was harder to manage. So covered and skulked day after day like thief or the murderer they thought me, work. Ing always farther into the hidden places. trnveling by night with the lit tie one asleep on my bosom, by day playing with her in some leafy glen, l with my purSuers so close behind that for weeks l never slept, and my love for the child increased daily i'll 1t be- came almost an insanity.
 We hld close squeezes many times, but l finally won In spite of the fact that they tracked us clear to the edge ! of the desert. for l had Nit for the state line. knowing that Nevada was a wilderness and feeling that I'd surely lose them there. And did. But In doing 1t nearly lost Merridy. You see. the constant travel and hardship was too much for prattling baby. and she fell sick from the heat. the dust and thirst.
 Il was bound for the nearest ranch or camp where woman could be | found: but us luck would have 1t. went through without trying had I gone farther from men and things, however. than thought, and this re | turn pursuit was million times worse \ han ha pth | anl1Ifln'f tYn fo c | enough to shake Death. who ran with | his hand on my cantle or rode on my l horses trump. IL was then l found l Alluna. She was with q hunting party of Pah-Utes who knew nothing of me nor of the white mans affairs and cared less. and when saw the little squaw rode my horse up beside her laid the sick child in her arms. then tumbled out of the saddle. They had a harder Job to pull me through than they did to save Merridy.
 "The little one was playing around several days before l got back my req son. Meanwhile the party had moved north. taking US with them. and. ns Il happened. just missing a posse who were returning from the desert.
 "When was able to get about told Alluna that must be going. but as told her l watched her face and saw the sign wanted. The white girl hat clutched at her like she had at me. anf she couldn't give her up. so l made , dicker with her old man. IL took nl
 the money bad to buy that squaw
 but knew the kiddie must have ,
 woman's care. md the three of u'
 started out soon after alone and broke
 "Since then we three have never rest
 ed left them once in Idaho and wen
 back to Mesa. riding all the way. most
 ly by night. but Bennett was gone
 He'd run down mighty fast after Mer
 ridy died till he had a killing in hl
 place. Instead of stopping to face