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"Oh," said Bridge, "I see Well, as far as I'ain, old man I don't need to tell you that I'ht," Billy assured hi, then Billy said: "I got two things to tell you The first is that after I seen that newspaper article in your clothes I thought you was figurin' on double-crossin' ht to of known better The other is that I didn't kill Schneider I wasn't near his place that night--an' that's straight"

"I'e "I think we'll understand each other better after this--we're each runnin' away froether, eh?" and he extended his hand "In flannel shirt from earth's clean dirt, here, pal, is

Billy took the other's hand He noticed that Bridge hadn't said what HE was running away from Billy wondered; but asked no questions

South they went after they had left the city behind, out into the sweet and silent darkness of the country During the night they crossed the line into Kansas, andfound thehts of cities, crin that Billy could scarce believe that only a few hours before a Chicago detective had been less than a hundred feet frorassy hill The dew-bespangled blades scintillated beneath the gorgeous rays which would presently sweep the

Bridge halted and stretched himself He threw his head back and let the warm sun beat down upon his bronzed face

There's sunshine in the heart of s in the breeze; The olden youth I', Until the day I die

And then he stood forin deep breaths of the pure, sweet air of the new day Beside hi, stood Billy Byrne, his broad shoulders squared, his great chest expanding as he inhaled

"It's great, ain't it?" he said, at last "I never knew the country was like this, an' I don't know that I ever would have known it if it hadn't been for those poet guys you're always spouting