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At the su

down, for the first time able now to realize what it all ures of their pursuers a the shadows of the

bushes below, but these were not venturing out into the open--the first

mad, heedless rush had evidently ended There were sohly probable that negotiations

would be tried before that crowd hurled itself against two desperate

itives realized this, and lay there

coolly watchful, their breath growing

"Whut is all this fuss about, anyhow?" questioned the rieved "I wus just eatin' dinner when a feller

stuck his head in an' yelled ye'd killed soravely toward him "Buck, I don't knohether you'll believe uess you never heard e out of a bad scrape Besides, I

have n't anything to gain now, for I reckon you 're planning to stay

with uilty, but I did not kill that fellow I don't

exactly see how I can prove it, the way it all happened, but I give you

my word as a man, I did not kill hi behind his

stiff, closely clipped ripped Hampton's "Of course I believe ye Not that you

're any too blaood, Bob, but you ain't the kind what pleads the

baby act Who was the feller?"

"Red Slavin"

"No!" and the hand grip perceptibly tightened "Holy Moses, what