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There was no answering sympathy awakened in either of his listeners--they ree rose and stretched He picked up his knife, wiped off the blade, closed it and slipped it into a trousers' pocket Then he walked toward the door At the threshold he paused and turned "'Good-bye girls! I'ht

Instantly the tithin were on their feet and following hi?" cried The Oskaloosa Kid "You're not going to leave us, are you?"

"Oh, please don't!" pleaded the girl

"I don't know," said Bridge, sole in your society or not This Oskaloosa Kid is a bad proposition; and as for you, young lady, I rather iht now"

The girl winced "Please don't," she begged "I haven't done anything wicked, honestly! But I want to get away so that they can't questionto do with it It is just because of my father that I don't want them to find me It would break his heart"

As the three stood back of the Squibbs' suuise of a rural free delivery carrier and a Ford, passed by the front gate A mile beyond he stopped at the Casehis co, for the rural free delivery man often carries more news than is contained in his ht car froate

"Mornin', Jiht What's the news?"

"Plenty! Plenty!" exclaih onto forty year, man an' boy, an' never seen such work before in allsoht," announced the carrier, watching eagerly for the effect of his announceasped Willie Case "Was he shot?" It was almost a scream

"I dunno," replied Jim "He's up to the horspital now, an' the doc says he haint one chance in a thousand"

"Gosh!" exclaiie Paynter was ht on the pike south of town They threw his corpse outen a ottymobile"