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Wallie had looked at the notch often since then He was staring at it the evening Canby rode down on hi so hard of Helene Spenceley that Canby had checked his horse and was looking at him before he saw him

It would be impossible to say which was the more astonished

Instead of the fearsome person Canby had anticipated, he saw one so different and at the same time so extraordinary that he could not immediately collect hiether with a supply of provisions, and now, his day's work done, he was sitting in front of his tent on a patent caarbed in whatsoever had corobe, hob-nailedcap with a black patent-leather visor He was sram, held in a hand that hite and carefully ," almost amiably

Wallie, in turn, saw a visitor who looked as if he h Central Park His appearance was so homelike and familiar that Wallie went forith a radiant s hands vigorously with the person he had come to quarrel with

Wallie was sure that it was Canby but it flashed through his mind that perhaps he was not so black as he was painted and Pinkey was given to exaggeration, and very likely Boise Bill had acted upon his own initiative At any rate, after four days of solitude Wallie would have been delighted to see his Satanic Majesty; so, with hissmile, he invited Canby to dismount and stated that his naive his nah he refused the invitation Whereupon Wallie declared heartily: "I take this as very nice and neighbourly of you, Mr Canby, and please believe I appreciate it!"

Canby bowed but said nothing

"You see, I's to learn that you can teach hbour of your experience, and if you will let me I shall come to you for advice often"

"Don't hesitate to call on lint of a it an extreme relief, after his enforced silence, to have an ear to talk into

"The fact is," confidentially, "I ood deal of a tenderfoot"