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There was a an piecing together fragments of conversation he had heard, until he

had asse-saw puzzle

The South-Hollman feud had been mentioned by the more talkative of his

infor theht It noned on hiuest of a Hollman to ask the hospitality of a

South

"I didn't knohose house it was," he hastened to explain, "until I

was benighted, and asked for lodging They were very kind to er hereabouts"

Samson only nodded If the explanation failed to satisfy him, it at

least seemed to do so

"I reckon ye'd better let me holp ye up on thet old ht"

With the mountaineer's aid, Lescott clambered astride the mount, then

he turned dubiously

"I'm sorry to trouble you," he ventured, "but I have a paint box and

so them down here, I'll show you

how to pack the easel, and, by the way," he anxiously added, "please

handle that fresh canvas carefully--by the edge--it's not dry yet"