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They dug thearden, laid theleefully upon their sto, young voices, ideas upon the subject of clai, and to punctuate their remarks with leaden periods planted neatly and with precision in the immediate vicinity of one of the four

They had so up that he ht yell the louder when one of the eneed closer than usual, and the rifles began to bark viciously now and then It really was unsafe for one to dance a clog, with flapping are of those rises, and they told Donny so

They ordered his; they threatened and they swore, but it was not until Wally got hihness that Donny retreated in great indignation to the house

They were just giving the little spurts of loose earth into the air as close as was safe to Stanley, and still much too close for his peace of mind or that of his fellohen Donny returned unexpectedly with the shotgun and an enthusiasm for real bloodshed

He fired once from the thicket of currant bushes, and, fro staccato, he punctured that gentleman's person in several places with the fine shot of which the charge consisted He would have fired again if the recoil had not thrown him quite off his balance, and it is possible that soan firing with murderous intent, and only the dusk and Good Indian's opportune arrival prevented serious trouble

Good Indian had talked long with Miss Georgie, and had agreed with her that, for the present at least, there must be no violence He had promised her flatly that he would do all in his power to keep the peace, and he had gone again to the Indian caive him any information about Saunders

Saunders had disappeared unaccountably, after a surreptitious conference with Bauie had to tell hi late, so that she did not know until noon that he was gone Pete orried, and garrulously feared the worst The worst, according to Pete Hae