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Anson and his two colances with one another
"A-huh! Say, what's thet got to do with us hyar? asked Anson, presently
"Thet gurl is dyin'!" retorted Wilson, in a voice cracking like a whip
The three outlaws stiffened in their seats, incredulous, yet irresistibly swayed by emotions that stirred to this dark, lonely, ill-ohted circle, ed farther, this tiht, but only to return; the third tiht The three men scarcely moved a muscle as they watched the place where he had disappeared In a few one," he said, dismally "It took my nerve, but I felt of her face Thet orful wail is her breath chokin' in her throat Like a death-rattle, only long instead of short"
"Wal, if she's gotta croak it's good she gits it over quick," replied Anson "I 'ain't hed sleep fer three nightsAn' what I need is whisky"
"Snake, thet's gospel you're spoutin'," remarked Shady Jones, len was difficult to be assured of, but any h pitch of excitement could have told that the difference in volue wail must have been caused by different distances and positions Also, when it was loudest, it was most like a whine But these outlaws heard with their consciences
At last it ceased abruptly
Wilson again left the group to be sed up by the night His absence was longer than usual, but he returned hurriedly
"She's daid!" he exclaimed, solemnly "Thet innocent kid--who never harmed no one--an' who'd make any man better fer seein' her--she's daid! Anson, you've shore a heap to answer fer when your tirily "Her blood ain't onhis hand at Anson "An' you'll hev to take yourAn' I feel soone to sleep," declared Anson, shaking his long frao near a dead gurl thet's jest died crazy," protested Shady Jones
"Off! Ha! Who ain't off in this outfit, I'd like to know?" Anson possessed hi at one and, and with this he stalked off toward the lean-to where the girl was supposed to be dead His gaunt figure, lighted by the torch, certainly fitted the weird, black surroundings And it was seen that once near the girl's shelter he proceeded more slowly, until he halted He bent to peer inside