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"Didje get hiain "Got that one too Say, they're tough-lookin' guys; but I guess they won't coht in the open, workin' up to us on their bellies They ht as sleepin'"

For an hour Billy neither saw nor heard any sign of the eneh several times he raised his hat above the breastwork upon the muzzle of his carbine to draw their fire

It was midafternoon when the sound of distant rifle fire came faintly to the ears of the two men from somewhere far below them

"The boys must be comin'," whispered Eddie Shorter hopefully

For half an hour the firing continued and then silence again fell upon the an to wander mentally He talked ed for water

"Buck up, kid," said Billy; "the boys'll be along in a et you all the water you want"

But the boys did not cos, and searching up and down the canyon for Indians He ondering if he could chance ht chance ofwith their companions, and even as he considered the matter seriously there came a staccato report and Billy Byrne fell forward in a heap

"God!" cried Eddie "They got hiled to rise

"Like'll they got ered to his knees

Over the breastwork he saw a half-dozen Indians running rapidly toward the shelter--he saw theer With an oath Billy Byrne leaped to his feet From his knees up his whole body was exposed to the ene his carbine to his shoulder he let drive at the advancing Indians ere now beyond hope of cover They must come on or be shot dohere they were, so they ca momentarily to fire upon the rash white et before them

But their haste spoiled their ainst the rocky little fortress, they nicked Billy's shirt and trousers and hat, and all the while he stood there pu lead into his assailants--not hysterically; but with the cool deliberation of a butcher slaughtering beeves