Page 202 (1/1)

"You'd better shut up," said Riggs, darkly

"I will not shut up," declared Bo

"Then I'll gag you," he threatened

"Gag me! Why, you dirty, loo-bit of a bluff!" she exclai hair of yours right off your head"

Riggs advanced toward her with his hands clutching, as if eager to throttle her The girl leaned forward, her face reddening, her eyes fierce

"You da you--if you don't stop squallin'"

"Cos, I'm not the least afraid of you Can't you savvy that? You're a liar, a four-flush, a sneak! Why, you're not fit to wipe the feet of any of these outlaws"

Riggs took two long strides and bent over her, his teeth protruding in a snarl, and he cuffed her hard on the side of the head

Bo's head jerked back with the force of the blow, but she uttered no cry

"Are you goin' to keep your jaw shut?" he deed up into his neck

"I should ser of opposition "You've roped et a club--stand off there--out of my reach--and beat me! Oh, if I only knew cuss words fit for you--I'd call you the, listening, with half-disgusted, half-amused expression on his serpent-like face Jim Wilson slowly rose to his feet If any one had observed hiularly fascinated by this scene, yet all the while absorbed in his swung his ar!" she hissed "Oh, if I only had a gun!"

Her face then, with its dead whiteness and the eyes of fla Anson into res, don't beat up the kid," he protested "Thet won't do any good Let her alone"

"But she's got to shut up," replied Riggs

"How 'n hell air you goin' to shet her up? Mebbe if you get out of her sight she'll be quiet How about thet, girl?"

Anson gnawed his drooping mustache as he eyed Bo

"Have I made any kick to you or your men yet?" she queried