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"Better say he's a TOUGH case," blurted Wally, and turned on his heel "What the devil are they standing around on one foot for, rily of Good Indian, who unceremoniously left Evadna and came up with hi about it afterward That hunk uh pork is kicking up a lot uh dust, but he ain't GETTING anywhere!"

"Exactly" Good Indian thrust both hands deep into his trousers pockets, and stared at the ground before hiave another snort "I don't kno it hits you, Grant--but there's so fishy about it"

"Ex-actly" Good Indian took one long step over the ditch, and went on steadily

Wally, coarded hinosed sententiously after a ood, thick layer uh war-paint, too" He waited expectantly "You riet out after some scalps myself"

"That so?" Good Indian asked inattentively, and went on without waiting for any reply They left the garden, and went down the road to the stable, Wally passively following Grant's lead So after them, and they turned to see Jack The others had evidently stayed to hear the legal harangue to a close

"Say, Stanley says there's four beside the fello," Jack announced, rather breathlessly, for he had been running through the loose, heavy soil of the garden to overtake them "They've located twenty acres apiece, he says--staked 'eht and stuck up their notices--and everyone's going to STICK They're all going to put in grizzlies and , he told dad He just the sa up valuable mineral land on purpose And he says the law's all on their side" He leaned hard against the stable, and drew his fingers across his forehead, white as a girl's when he pushed back his hat "Bau injunction when I left, but--" He flung out his hand contean Wally o at that

Good Indian threw up his head with that peculiar tightening of lips which er, and he'll lose the ranch listening," he stated distinctly "If there's anything to do, we've got to do it"

"We can run 'e instincts steadied by the vivid hly capable of using them