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Presently Beady Jones and Braver the packs

Then Budd ju a deed upon the table

"Whisky!" exclaiamble"

"Watch me!" replied Blicky

"Let theet their dust

quicker Then we can have our game"

Kells aed When Kells hily unconscious of

the fact, Joan's dread increased greatly, and, leaving the peep-

hole, she lay back upon the bed Always a sword had hung over her

head Tie

or wit or by an act of Providence she had escaped what strangely

ain? For she felt the catastrophe

co the look on his

face, she was assured that he did Then he would be quick to seize

upon any possible chance to get her away; and always he would be

between her and those bandits At most, then, she had only death to

fear--death that he would mercifully deal to her if the worst caclearer, she realized it was love

of Jim and fear for him--fear that he would lose her--that caused

her cold dread and the laboring breath and the weighted heart She

had cost Jim this terrible experience and she wanted to ive hi tie, er and