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CHAPTER Xxx.
kora Coca 70 Aherldan,

for long In the hotel at Fort Larnod
The moro carefully che thought over
the story OF that murder at the Gin
nlaron Crossing. and Keith's tale OF
bow he had discovered ard buried the
mutilated bodies, the more assured
she became that that was where this
,locEet came from, and that tho slain
freighter must have been her own ia.
Their. She never once questioned the
truth Of kelth's report; there was that
about the man which would not per
init Of her doubling him He had
simply failed to mention what he re-
moved from the bodies, supposing this
would he OF no special interest
Mrs Murphy, hoping thus to quiet
the @pprehensious of her charge. set
herself diligently at work to discover
the facts. As her house was filled
with transients. including occasional
visitors from Carson City, and was
also lounging headquarters for many
Of the officers from the nearby fort.
she experienced no difficulty in pick
irg up all the floating rumor~. Out Of
these. with Irish shrewdneeS. she soon
iidEtSCu W pdtCU ttEt'i'l a 'pti"A'e
ent fabric OF fact
"Shure. honey, its not so bad the
wav they tell it now" she explained.
consoingly. Nobody behaves now 1t
vas yer father that got N.Y. It was
two feNers what stole Lis outfit
clothes an all an was drivin' off wild
EN- inter the sard hills. Divil wan
does know who kilt en-. hut there's
come pglv stories traveln' about.
Some eavs 1niuns: some says the
nCsse rln 'en down: an Black Part
NJ his drthy outfit. they swear It was
Keith Olive got mo own notion. An
ryEow. there's bout three hundred
dollars, some mules, an 3 LOT o WI
yb!e papers missin'."
"Rut If It wasn't father. where IS he
nor"
That's what olive been tryin ter
fond out Fret off he went out 10 the
Cimneror Crossing, guarded by a
squad O cavalry from tho fort here
Tommy Caine wirt along. an told
mo all about It, They dug up the
bodies. but niver q thing did they find
on 'em-not paper, nor dollar
They'd hin robbed all rosht. The
ovid Giueral sVore loike n Wild mon
sll the way back. Tommy said, an
the first thing he did at Carson City
was to start huntir' fer SLACK Bart
He was two days fittin' on the trail
nv him; then he heard the Teller was
gone away trapsng 2fter . singln' or
oancin' gvurl called Christie Maclsre.
She was supposed to be ayther at
Topeky or Sheridan A freighter told
the ovid man she was at Sheridan, an
so he started there overland, hopin
ter head of black Bart OF reckon
We could a fowl morn that"
What DO y7u mean"
Why shure. honey, what's the uae
irwin ter decave me- Didn't Jack
Keith. Wild his own lips, tell me We
was Christie Maclaire?"
But I'm not, I'm not, Mrs Muir
ply. I don't even know the woman.
Il is such a strange thing; cannot
account for it-both those men mis-
took me Cor her, and--nnd let them.
didn't care who the man Hawley sup
posed me TO be, but | intended TO have
tod Mr. Keith he was mistaken.
cont krow why didn't, only I sup
roecu he finally understood But
want YOU 10 believe, Mrs. Murphy
am Hope Waite, and not Christie
Maclaire"
TITS little the loss to ye not ter be
her, an Dim thinkin loikely Jack
keith will be mcighty we'll pased ter
knoW the truth What's Black Bart
80 aygAr ter cit holt ay this Maclaire
i,y';r 'er?"
'I DO not in me least know. He
must hs7a induced me to go to that
lace in the desc, believing me to be
as other woman. Yet he said moth
;og Of any 9a?po.e; added, he found
10 opportunity
NJ, Murpiy eAoas her mead dis
rArog rTly.
-: was sAu:e eoms divilnent, she
G.ss.'.>J. etCUtly. "IIs'll 6t Up 20
Ge:..o trich wild the poor gyurl; 81
E.oN che lcikes nv aim Shure. tbs
two ay yez inust lcok as much a!o!Ss
Z, two pssst In pea Loitoly aow,
ia twin .,.ter ys'vc get?
floN~ tmiSu, EilScpvH neT eg"
were misty.
Oh, 10; T7re@ ara ! were the cnJ
ohildran; but what snail | to7 Whr.
crgs; | TO cs?"
The Ir.ss mouth Of Katc Murphy
set arnty, h4r b;as e.eS burnirg
TIA not sth,ong Oh en- cu sdv.stn',"
sho ss.s. shortly ''but Il 1t WAS me
orc os Tor fontiD' Ont what Al, Tho
miI-up was about There's somethin'
uoighty suare IN It. It's ray notion
that HAw:cys set hold Az thin rapers
sv yer fathers Tho ovid Slnt thinks
80, tho, &c that's why he's SO hot
afther cStcnjn atm. May the d,vtl
admoire me nv O! Know where his
Msclaire gyurl comes In, 10; Oi'il hoi
tha black divil has get her marked
tor rons part In the play. what
would D! io7 Be goory, Ord 60 to
t'ssfidan. an foind the Ginera. an
TIL him III know. Maybe Ne could
piece Il together, and glaas What
HRwley was up ter"
Hope was already upon hsr feet,
her puzzled saos Frightening
oh, that 10 what | wanted to do,
ont I Was not sure II would he hest
How con get thors from here?'
"Ye'a have tes ba:ss the athss bach
10 'repehy lsiheiy tAey'e ba FuIala'
thfsdsR sie ffe,ii thssa 9th tke asW