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Here those gray, piercing eyes went through her, then swiftly

shifted She was quick to divine from that the inference in his

words--he suspected her of flirting with those ruffians, perhaps to

escape hiroundless after his swift glance at her Perhaps unconsciousness of

his ht serve her

with this strange man She resolved to try it, to use all her

wo Here was an educated ht be ht be stirred Joan decided in that swift

instant that, if she could understand him, learn his real intentions

toward her, she could cope with hi too much of--of the ransoh "Come on now Ride close

toin her ears Did

she only iine a mockery in it? Was there any reason to believe a

word this h him as

she was in her predicament

They had entered a canon, such as was typical of thattrail which ran beneath the yelloalls was

one unused to travel Joan could not ar The crashing of wild aniht of rabbits and grouse

attested to the wildness of the place They passed an old tu cabin, once used, no doubt, by prospectors and hunters Here the