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Bennington felt very iain,

and examined the envelope idly The Spanish Gulch postmark bore date of

the day before

"That's funny," said Bennington to hi it up with hiht?" Then he reuess I know," he thought

The next thing was to find the men named in the letter He did not know

them from Adam Mizzou saw no difficulty, however, when the ht Flush!" he asserted positively

This was astounding How should Old Mizzou know that?

"I don't exactly know," the old enerally is!"

"Don't they ever work?"

"Work's purty slack," crawfished Davidson "But I tells you I don't

know We has to find out," and he shuffled away toward the saloon

Anybody but Bennington would have suspected so There was the

delayed letter, the supernatural knowledge of Old Mizzou, the absence

of Fay Even the Easterner ht have been puzzled to account for the

crowded condition of the Straight Flush at ten in the , if his

attention had not been quite fully occupied in posing before himself as

the man of business

When Mizzou and his companion entered the room, the hum of talk died,

and every one turned expectantly in the direction of the newcomers