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Jiesture "Where can I hide you? Anyhow, there are the horses in plain sight"

Phyllis took imperious control "Get a coat on hiht up the basin of bloodstained water and flung its contents through the openThe torn linen and the stained handkerchief she tossed into a corner and covered with a gunny sack

"Not a word about the wound, Jim Mr Keller is here to help you do your assessive er nodded He had h the coat sleeve and was straightening out the shoulders The nester's eyes were shining with excite himself

"Reirl cautioned, and with that she stepped to the door, caught sight of her brother with a glad little cry of apparent relief, and ran swiftly to him

"Oh, Phil!" she alh, even if she disseently They were twins, without other near relatives except their father, and the tie between them was close

"What is it, Phyllie? Why didn't you stay where we left you?"

"I was afraid for you And I rode a little nearer Then he caht toward h the mesquite When I reached the trail of Jim's mine, I followed it, for I kneould be here"

"Sure Course she was scared What wohtn't both to have left her But there wasn't one chance in a thousand of his stuentled her with a caressing hand "It's all right now, sis Did you happen to see the fellow at all?"

"Yes At a distance"

"I don't suppose you would know hih "I didn't wait to get a description of hinize hiet near enough, though Brill got two shots at hi hell-for-leather and Brill rily: "What's he doing here?"

For Keller had followed Yeager fro in the doorith his hands in his pockets He wore no hat, and had the manner of one very much at home