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"Maybe I do love hier stir her heart "I'd never thought of that Poor fellow! he certainly needs some one to love him"

"This'll be a bad day for Venters unless you deny that," returned Tull, grimly

Tull'sed clothes were those of an outcast But he stood tall and straight, his wide shoulders flung back, with theand a blue flaaze he bent on Tull

For the first time Jane Withersteen felt Venters's real spirit

She wondered if she would love this splendid youth Then her e sense of the issue at stake

"Venters, will you leave Cottonwoods at once and forever?" asked Tull, tensely

"Why?" rejoined the rider

"Because I order it"

Venters laughed in cool disdain

The red leaped to Tull's dark cheek

"If you don't go it means your ruin," he said, sharply

"Ruin!" exclaimed Venters, passionately "Haven't you already ruined o I was a rider I had horses and cattle of ood nae to see this woman you set your men on me You hound me You trail me as if I were a rustler I've no more to lose--except my life"