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Even in her drea all her will toward

that inevitable and fateful moment when she must stand before Jim

Cleve It had to be Therefore she would absolutely coardless of the tumult that must rise within her When

all had been said, her experience so far a the bandits, in spite

of the shocks and suspense that had irl, had

been infinitely ht have been expected She

prayed for this luck to continue and forced herself into a belief

that it would

That night she had slept in Dandy Dale's clothes, except for the

boots; and so in restless sluun, which she had not removed from

the belt And at such moments, she had to ponder in the darkness, to

realize that she, Joan Randle, lay a captive in a bandit's caun--even while she

slept It was such an i Yet the cold

feel of the polished gun sent a thrill of certainty through her

In the etting into Dandy Dale's clothes, for she was already in therain of comfort even in that When she had put on the mask

and sombrero she studied the effect in her little ain decided that no one, not even Jiuise Likewise she gathered courage froirl friend would have found her figure unfa where once it had been ,