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"And he was the first to try to stop the," Briscoe replied,

apologetically "We'd sort of got used to the er to stir things up--and he did He sent eight of 'em to

the penitentiary, some for twenty years"

As they passed the saloon a man stepped into the doorway and looked at

thearments worn to the color of dust; his

bare head was curiously her on one side than on the other,

and though the buckboard passed rapidly, and at a distance, this singular

lopsidedness was plainly visible to the occupants, lending an ugly

significance to his re, yellow face He was tall, lean, hard,

powerfully built He eyed the strangers with affected languor, and then,

when they had gone by, broke into sudden, loud laughter

"That was Bob Skillett, the worst of the lot," said the judge "Harkless

sent his son and one brother to prison, and it nearly broke his heart that

he couldn't swear to Bob"

When they were beyond the village and in the open road again Miss

Sherwood took a deep breath "I think I breathe h he sent after us I had heard of places like

this before--and I don't think I care to see many of them As I understand

it, Six-Cross-Roads is entirely vicious, isn't it; and bears the same