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"I reckon you can coax it out of Roy Fact is, all I could learn was thet Roy cogs!" interrupted Helen

"Shore, Riggs He coain But he'd better keep out of my way An' Jeff Mulvey with his outfit Turner toldcleared out, leavin' Roy on the floor I come in a little later Roy was still layin' there Nobody was doin' anythin' for hiot help an' packed Roy over to Widow Cass's Roy seeht an' talky to suit ht of blood before we stopped it Thet skunk Turner ht have lent a hand An' if Roy croaks I reckon I'll--"

"To to kill soot to be killed 'round here Thet's why!" he snapped back

"Even so--should you risk leaving Bo and me without a friend?" asked Helen, reproachfully

At that Car of his sullen deadliness

"Aw, Miss Nell, I'm only mad If you'll just be patient with me--an' mebbe coax me But I can't see no other way out"

"Let's hope and pray," said Helen, earnestly "You spoke ofRoy to tell who shot him When can I see hi with you We've got to play safe from now on An' what do you say to me an' Hal sleepin' here at the ranch-house?"

"Indeed I'd feel safer," she replied "There are roooin' to fetch Hal Shore wish I hadn't made you pale an' scared like this"

About ten o'clock nextCarmichael drove Helen and Bo into Pine, and tied up the teae

The peach and apple-trees wereblossorant air; rich, dark-green alfalfa covered the small orchard flat; a wood fire sent up a lazy colu sweetly

Helen could scarcely believe that amid all this tranquillity a man lay perhaps fatally injured Assuredly Carravest fears