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"Afraid an engagement at Gunnison with Sheriff Gill won't let ht," he told his host

Farquhar was on the spot to lad of that I fancy s appeared to take the newly arrived party in charge As they started to follow him the prisoner ca out of the house She looked at the young miner and at the rifles, and her eyes dilated Under the lowered lights of evening she see an loveliness of her

"What is it?" she asked in a loeet, treed from his face instantly He stared at her in silence from fascinated eyes until he moved forward at the spur of an insistent arm at his elbow

India wondered how Lady Jiht be a criminal, but he happened to be their cousin It would hardly do to send him to the servants' quarters to eat And where he ate the sheriff and his posse would likewise have to dine

The young woh of the West and its ways not to make a mistake Such food as could be prepared at short notice was served in the dining-roo washed the dust of travel froize oncerets by asking hihim," Gill admitted "This here was the way of it A kid had been lost from Lander's ranch--strayed away in the hills, y'understand She was gone for forty-eight hours, and everybody in the district was on the hunt for her Up there theto git her Soon it would be too late, even if they did find her Besides, there are a heap of mountain lions up in that country I tell you her folks were plu to every word as she leaned forward, spoke vividly "And Mr Kilmeny found her"

The sheriff's surprised eyes turned to her "That's right,the bell He found her and brought her down to the ranch It just happened we had drapped in there ten athered him in handy as the pocket in your shirt Before he could move we had the crawl on him"