The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-10-06
CHAPTER xi.-(Continued.)

he assured her, Gill retaining his hold
upon her hand. This was merely a
preliminary skirmish, and you must
prepare to bear your part in what
follows. We have settled Mr.. Hawley
for the present. and now must deal
with his gang"
oh. what would I have done If you
mad not beer here?"
Let us not think about that; we
were here, and now have a busy night
before us If we get away safely. Give
me the rope first. Good! Here, Neb,
you must know how to use this-not
too tight, but without leaving any play
20 the arms; take the knife out of his
belt. Now for the cloth, Miss
Naclaire."
please do not call me that"
But you said it didn't make any
difference what l called you"
IT thought 1t didn't then, but it does
Row."
-Oh, l see; we are already or a new
footing. Yet I must call you some
thing"
She hesitated just long enough for
0iIu ~ uOLlC6 IT, EtAuCi sue Adu nv
substitute ready at hand, or else doubt
Cd the ~advisability of contiding her
real name under present circumstances
to one so nearly a stranger.
you may call me Hope"
"a name certainly Of good omen"
he returned. From this moment l
shall forget Christie Maclaire, and re-
member only Miss Hope. All right,
Neb; now turn over a chair. and sit
your man up against it. He will rest
all the easier in that position until his
gang arrives"
He thrust his head out Of the door.
peering cautiously forth into the night,
and listening. A single horse, prob
ably the one Hawley had been riding,
was tied to a dwarfed cottonwood near
the corner of the cabin. Nothing else
living was visible.
Il am going to round up our horses,
and learn the condition of Hawley's
outfit" he announced in a low voice
Il may be gone for fifteen or twenty
minutes, and, meanwhile, Miss Hope
get ready for a long ride. Neb, stane
here close beside the door, and II any,
n tries to come In brain him will
your g~un-stock. I'll rap three time
when l return"
He slipped out into the silent night
and crept cautiously around the en-
of the dark cabin. The distinct chang
In the girls attitude of friendship t.
ward him, her every evident desir
that he should think we'll of her, II
gether with the providential opport'
nifty for escape, had left him full, {
confidence. The gambler had playe
blindly into their hands. and Keit
was quick enough to accept the a
vantage. It vas a risk to himself,
be sure, thus turning again to Il
northward, yet the clear duty he owe
the girl left such a choice almost II
perative. He certainly could not DIR,
her along with him on his flight In
the wild Comanche country exten
ing beyond the Canadian. She mi
at the very least, be first returned
the protection of the semi-civilizati
along the Arkansas. After that b
been accomplished, he would consid
his own safety. He wondered II Ho
really was her name. and whether
WdS Ju0 Idnuliy CUSuOuucup VI ucI 6lV
name. That she was Christie Macla
he had no question, yet that arts
establishment was probably mer'
assumed for the work of the conc
hall. Both he and Hawley CO,
scarcely be mistaken as to her ider
ty in this respect, and, indeed, she b
never openly denied the fact. Yet &
did not at all seem to be that XII
and Keith mentally contrasted ]
with numerous others whom he !
somewhat intimately known along
border circuit. 1t was difficult to
sociate her with that class; she m
have come originally from some ex'
lent family East. and been driven
the life by necessity: she was more
N be pltied than blamed. Keith held
puritanical views Of lifs-his own
periences had been too rough I
democratic ~ that-yst he chung