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gun on Beady Jones fer cheatin' an' then on Beady's pard, Chick

Williaed 'em But say, he's the

quickest and sun thet ever hit this

border Don't overlook thetKells, this Jioin' bad quick An' I'"

"Bate, you forgot to tell how he handled Luce," said Red Pearee

"You was there I wasn't Tell Kells that"

"Luce I know the man Go ahead, Bate," responded Kells

"Mebbe it ain't any recoh it did sorta warm me to hiirl over at Bear Lake village She's

old Brander's girl--worked in his store there I've seen you talk

sweet to her myself Wal, it seems the old man an' soirl along Thet's how I

understood it Luce came bracin' in over at Cabin Gulch one day As

usual, as drinkin' an' playin' But young Cleve wasn't doin'

neither He had a strange,a job on us We never worked with him or his outfit, but

mebbe--you can't tell what'd come off if it hadn't been for Cleve

Luce had a job put up to ride dohere ole Brander ashin' fer

gold, take what he had--AN' the girl Fact was the gold was only

incidental When soold worth goin' after An' about then Jim Cleve woke up He cussed

Luce soun, natural-

like, why this Jim Cleve took it away from him An' then he jumped

Luce He knocked an' threw him around an' he near beat him to death

before we could interfere Luce was shore near dead All battered

up--broken bones--an' what-all I can't say We put him to bed an'

he's there yet, an' he'll never be the same man he was"