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"I don't believe it Such nonsense!" flahway eyes

"I'm sure he isn't There , Moya," Lord Farquhar suggested "He and his friend were riding fast and plainly in a hurry"

"Didn't he stop to talk?"

"He had to do that to avoid suspicion I could see hisThe ed scornfully

Her guardian smiled "I did, but that isn't evidence that will acquit hient"

"He's India's cousin--maybe How could he be a criminal? Shall we have to cut her and Captain Kilhed, but there was no ht By Jove, I hope you're right about him"

Deep in her heart Moya was not at all sure What did she know of hier to her Forty-eight hours ago she had never seen hiabond with a dash of the devil in him drew on her sympathies? She recalled now that he had hesitated when she hadup his mind to let her think hi about when he said the man was an outlaw But the appearance of hi eyes were not the hoallant grace of bearing the possession of a miscreant

Before the day was out her faith in him had sunk to zero Captain Kilmeny returned from the camp of the miners with the news that it was deserted except for two of the deputies who had stayed to guard it against the possible return of the robbers He brought with him the detailed story of the hold-up

Two masked men on horseback had robbed the treasurer of the Gunnison County Fair association as he was driving to the bank to deposit the receipts of the day The nized, but the description of the horses corresponded closely to those ridden by Kilmeny and Colter It was recalled that these twobroncho contest was over, not half an hour before the robbery This would allow them just time to return to the corral on the outskirts of the tohere they had left their mounts, and to saddle so as to meet the treasurer on his way to the bank It happened that the corral was deserted at the ti left to see the finals of the contest Cuuilt lay in the disappearance fro camp not only of the two men suspected, but also of their companions, Curly and Mosby