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"Fighting blood," he ht fail to

develop into very much of a society belle, but likely to prove valuable

out here"

She was rather a slender slip of a thing, a trifle too tall for her

years, perhaps, yet with no lack of developure Her coarse home-made dress of dark calico fitted her

sadly, while her rumpled hair, from which the broad-brie where it was touched by the

sun Mr Hampton's survey did not increase his desire for nized anew her undoubted claiht just as well drop out that way as any other," he

reflected, thoughtfully "It's all in the ga flat upon his stomach, both arms extended, he slowly forced

hireat distance

to be traversed, and a considerable portion of the as somewhat

protected by low bushes Ha eyes

above, never uplifting his head the s forith blindly groping hands, caught hold upon any

projecting root or stone which enabled hi his body an inch

farther Twice they fired directly down at him from the opposite

su bullet,

e the whole side of his face