The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-08-02
CHAPTER xl.-(con,lnusd.)

"Thc action has only really begun"
he assured her. still 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. llawicy
for the present. and now must deal
with his gang"
ION, what would have done n you
had not been herc7"
Let us not think about that. we
were here. and nov have busy night
before us II We get away safely, give
me the rope FIRST Good Here. Ncb.
you must know how TO use this-not
too tight, but without leaving any play
to the arms. take the knife out Of his
belt. Now for the cloth, Miss
Maciaire"
Please do not call me that"
But you said II didn't make any
difference what I called you"
II thought it didn't then. but u does
now"
"oh. see; we are already on new
footing. Yet must call you some.
thing"
She hcHltatod Just long enough for
him 10 notice II. Either she had no
substitute ready at hand. or else doubt.
cd the ACCESSIBILITY Of confiding her
real name under present circumstances
to one 40 nearly u stranger.
You may call me Hope"
"a name certainly Of good omen. 70
he returned. From this moment |
shall forget Christie Maolairc. and re-.
member only Miss Hope. All right,
Neb. now turn over chair. and sit
your man up against II. lie will rest
all the easier In that position until his
gang arrives"
He thrust his head out OF the door.
peoring cautiously forth into the night,
and listening. A single horse. prob
ably the one Hawley had been riding
was tied 10 n dwarfed cottonwood near
the corner Of the cabin. Nothing else
living was Visible.
~ am going to round up our horses.
and learn the condition OF Hawley's
OUTFIT" he announced In n low voice.
II may be gone for fifteen or twenty
minutes, and, meanwhile. Miss Hope,
get ready for long ride. Neb, stand
here close beside the door. and II any
one tries TO come In brain him with
your gun.stock I'll rap three times
when ! return"
lie slipped out into the silent night
and crept cautiously around the end
OF the dark cabin. The distinct change
In the girls attitude OF friendship to
ward him, her every evident desire
that he should think well Of her. to-
gether with the proyldential opportu
nifty for escape. had left him full OF
confidence. The gambler had played
blindly into their hands. and Keith
was quick enough To accept the adj
vantage. II was risk TO himself IA
be sure, thus turning again TO the
northward. yet the clear duty he owed
the girl left such n choice almost i'm
peratiye. He certainly could not drag
her along with him on his flight into
the wild Comancho country extend
ing beyond the Canadian. She must
at the very least. be frs, returned "a
the protection OF the GENERALIZATION
hlbuk AHf ~ hAHhuhs AlAfl ANhA uhl
been accomplished, he would consider
his own safety. He wondered II Hope
really was her name, and whether II
was the family cognomen. or her given
name, That she was Christie Maclairo
he had no question, yet that artistic
establishment was probably merely
assumed for the work OF the concert
hall Both he and Hawley could
scarcely be mistaken as 10 her identi
~ In this respect, and, indeed she had
never openly denied the fact Yet she
did not at all seem TO be that kind
and Keith mentally contrasted her
with numerous others whom he had
somewhat Intimately known along the
border circuit. II was difficult TO as
sociate her with that class; she must
have come originally from some excel
lent family East, and been driven To
the life By necessity, she was more 10
be pitied than blamed Keith held no
purltanlcal views Of liie-his own ex'
periences had been too rough and
democratic for that-yet he chung to