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"You htened

"I think I ht have fallen into worse circumstances," replied the

unknown

"I reckon you kin set up after a little"

"Yes, of course" The h he was quite

comfortable as he was, he could scarcely expect to remain permanently

in the support of her bent arm He attempted to prop hie of extreun to creep back into his cheeks, left thehtly to bite off an excla

"Thet thar left arot ter be heedful"

Had one of her own men hurt himself, and behaved stoically, it would

have been mere matter of course; but her eyes ood-natured nod and his quiet refusal to

give expression to pain It relieved her of the necessity for conteized the painter, "that I've been a great deal of

trouble to you"

Her lips and eyes were sober as she replied

"I reckon thet's all right"

"And what's worse, I've got to be

of a brown mule?"

She shook her head

"He must have wandered off May I ask to whom I'm indebted for this