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"But what about poor Jesus, lying out there alone?"

"We'll get Bob Tryon to drive out But you needn't worry about Jesus If they found hi, the Twin Star boys will attend to him just as kindly as we could Cowboys have tender hearts, even though they go off at half cock"

They did as Keller had suggested, and left the old Mexican under the care of Mrs Tryon, having pledged the fa Manuel's wound was not a bad one, and there seemed to be no reason why he should not do well

It was difficult to decide upon a plan for the release of Weaver He was confined in an old log cabin and watched continually by some one of the riders; but a tentative plan was accepted, subject to revision if a better chance of escape should occur The success of this depended upon the possibility of Keller drawing off the guard by a diversion, while Phyllis slipped in and freed the prisoner

The outlook was not roseate, but nothing better occurred to the was sure--if Buck Weaver was not out of the hands of his enee of his cowboys reached them, his chance of life was not worth even an odds-on bet For the hot blood of the South raced through the veins of the sheepmen They would strike first and think about it afterward And without doubt that first swift bloould be a deadly one