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Save for the fact that she kept her eyes studiously turned away from a certain place near by, where the dust was pressed down sht of a heavy body, and all around was traie reic

But Good Indian see, and went quickly over to her just in ti in particular you wanted when you ca a hand on the neck of the bay "It just occurred to me that there must have been"

She leaned so that the others could not hear, and her face was grave enough now

"Why, yes It's old Hagar She came to me this afternoon, and she had that bunch of hair you cut off that was snarled in the bush She had your knife She wanted me to buy them--the old blackmailer! She ht down to tell you, because I was afraid she ht here"--she glanced involuntarily at the trampled place in the dust "She said she'd cooes away' She's there now, most likely What shall I tell her? We can't have that story mouthed all over the country"

Good Indian twisted a wisp of ers, and frowned abstractedly

"If you'll ride on slowly," he told her, at last straightening the twisted lock, "I'll overtake you I think I'd better see that old Jezebel myself"

Secretly he was rather thankful for further action He told the boys when they fired questions at his hurried saddling that he was going to take Miss Georgie ho; in an hour, probably Then he galloped down the trail, and overtook her at the Point o' Rocks

The sun was down, and the sky was a great, glowing rade they ca with his hands thrust in his trousers pockets and whistling softly to hilad to be let off so easily

"Abandoning htly as a man of his prosaic tempera down there, if yuh want to know!"

Good Indian scowled at him and rode on, because a woman rode beside hiave him scowl for scowl, and did not speak a word; that also because a wolad that she was there