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"An' dass de main," he cried, "dass de main kin tell you Ah speak de

trufe"

Before he was answered, Eph Watts looked at Briscoe keenly and then turned

to Lige Willetts and whispered: "Get on your horse, ride in, and ring the

court-house bell like the devil Do as I say!"

Tears stood in the judge's eyes "It is so," he said, solemnly "He speaks

the truth I didn't mean to tell it to-day, but somehow--" He paused "The

hounds!" he cried "They deserve it! My daughter saw theht--saw the crowd of the us saw them, saw them

plainly The lady saw the--the scoundrels were co him with thest theot him at the Cross-Roads

If there's a chance of it--dead or alive--bring hi out above the cla hi o west!" Hartley Bowlder had ridden his sorrel up the embankment,

and the horse stood between the rails There was an angry roar from the

crowd; the prosecutor pleaded and threatened unheeded; and as for the

deputy sheriff, he declared his intention of taking with hio as his posse Eph Watts succeeded inhimself heard

above the tumult

"The Square!" he shouted "Start from the Square We want everybody, and