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"I'll go with you, Horton, and e Lescott, who just then arrived from town "And, by the way,

Samson, here's a letter that came for you just as I left the studio"

The mountaineer took the envelope with a Hixon postazed at it with a puzzled expression It was addressed in a

fenize It was careful, but perfect,

writing, such as one sees in a school copybook With an apology he tore

the covering, and read the letter Adrienne, glancing at his face, saw

it suddenly pale and grow as set and hard aswith only partial comprehension on the

script This is what he read: "DEAR SAMSON: The war is on again Tamarack Spicer has killed Jim Asberry,

and the Hollmans have killed Taet well There is nobody to lead the Souths I a to hold them

down until I hear froun

is ready With love, SALLY"