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"Sure I can--all day if you like"

Dick retired with his best bow "Steve, you alas popular with the ladies"

Valencia, uncoone Then, swiftly, with a little leap of io back to the valley Don't let hiainst Sebastian and Pablo"

The old miner shook his head "Sorry, Miss Valencia Wish I could stop hio his oay--alould"

"But don't you see they'll kill hi the crih, but now----" She threw up her hands with a gesture of despair

"I reckon you're right But I can't help it"

"Then look out for him Don't let him ride around in the hills Don't let hio alone Reer every hour while he remains in the valley"

"I'll remember, Miss Valencia," Davis promised

He wondered as he walked ahy the talk between Dick and Miss Valdés had gone so badly He knew his friend had co she asked of him The fear and anxiety that had leaped to her face the instant Gordon had gone showed hiout the gulf between them Instead, they had only increased it