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"Jane, I've thought of that I'll try"

"I o now And it hurts, for now I'll never be sure of seeing you again But to-morrow, Bern?"

"To-morrow surely I'll watch for Lassiter and ride in with hiht"

Then she left hi shape that soon vanished in the shadows

Venters waited until the faint slam of a door assured hi up his rifle, he noiselessly slipped through the bushes, down the knoll, and on under the dark trees to the edge of the grove The sky was now turning frohten the earlier blackness; and frorant with the breath of sage Keeping close to the edge of the cottonwoods, he went swiftly and silently ard The grove was long, and he had not reached the end when he heard soht hi this way He sank down in the gloo from sound, to his a along the border of the sage, and instantly he knew the hoofs of the horses were ht of the riders But his eyes were keen and used to the dark, and by peering closely he recognized the huge bulk and black-bearded visage of Oldring and the lithe, supple form of the rustler's lieutenant, a masked rider They passed on; the darkness sed thee, a dark, compact body of horsemen went by, almost without sound, alht