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"Kells, don't let him see me!" entreated Joan

The bandit appeared not to catch the fear in Joan's tone and look

She had been only a listener Presently with preoccupied and glooain, except for glimpses under the curtain,

for three days She kept the door barred and saw no one except Bate

Wood, who brought herthis period few men visited Kells's cabin, and

these few did not re Joan are that Kells was not

always at hoo out Upon the fourth day

he called to her and knocked for admittance Joan let hiain, once e, forceful air

"Good day, Joan You don't seehed as if he ht of her, and soested respect

"I didn't miss you," replied Joan Yet it was a relief to see hiine not," he said, dryly "Well, I've been busy without to ot around Gulden There's been no split Besides, Gulden rode off

Soirl na Cabin Gulch soon I's I won't leave you here You'll

have to ride the roughest trails And your clothes are in tatters

now You've got to have soering the thin, worn, ragged