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"Thet made Bruce bust out puffin' an' spittin': 'Wha-tt, fer instance? Huh! Why, y'u darn half-breed, y'u'll git run out fer o in this heah country Not fer any Isbel'

"'You're a liar,' called Isbel, an' like a big cat he dropped off the counter I heerd his moccasins pat soft on the floor An' I bet to erous as he was quick But his voice an' his looks didn't change even a leetle

"'I'm not a liar,' yelled Bruce 'I'll make y'u eat thet I can prove what I say Y'u was seen with Ellen Jorth--up on the Rim--day before yestiddy Y'u atched Y'u ith her Y'u rabbed her an' kissed her!An' I'm heah to say, Nez Perce, thet y'u're a e'

"'Who saw me?' asked Isbel, quiet an' cold I seen then thet he'd turned white in the face

"'Yu cain't lie out of it,' hollered Bruce, wavin' his hands 'We got y'u daid to rights Lorenzo saw y'u--follered y'u--watched y'u' Bruce pointed at the grinnin' greaser 'Lorenzo is Kurnel Jorth's foreman He seen y'u maulin' of Ellen Jorth An' when he tells the Kurnel an' Tad Jorth an' Jackson Jorth!Ha! Why, hell 'd be a cooler place fer yu then this heah Tonto'

"Greaves an' his gang hed coizzards at this h to keep back to one side in case this Isbel started any action Wal, Isbel took a look at Lorenzo Then with one swift grab he jerked the little greaser off his feet an' pulled hian to look a leetle sick But it was plain he hed right on his side

"'You say you saw me?' demanded Isbel

"'Si, senor,' replied Lorenzo

"What did you see?'

"'I see senor an' senorita I hide by rande senor ver mooch She like senor keese She--'

"Then Isbel hit the little greaser a back-handed crack in the mouth Sure it was a crack! Lorenzo went over the counter backward an' landed like a pack load of wood An' he didn't git up

"'Mister Bruce,' said Isbel, 'an' you fellars who heerd thet lyin' greaser, I did meet Ellen Jorth An' I lost my head I 'I kissed her But it was an accident I ized--I tried to explain reaser lied Ellen Jorth was kind enough to show me the trail We talked a little Then--I suppose--because she was young an' pretty an' sweet--I lost reaser told a bare-faced lie when he said she liked me The fact was she despised me She said so An' when she learned I was Jean Isbel she turned her back on me an' walked away"'