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"He can rot before I doctor him," replied Kells "Where's Bate Wood?

Bate, you can take o fix Gulden up And now, Red,

as all the roar about?"

"Reckon that was Gulden's particular pards tryin' to mix it with

Cleve an' Cleve tryin' to mix it with them--an' ME in between!

I'm here to say, boss, that I had a tie between Kells and his lieutenant, Jiing so that

his spur jangled, a wisp of a cigarette in his lips His face was

white except where there seemed to be bruises under his eyes Joan

had never seen hiuessed that he had been

drunk--perhaps was still drunk That utterly abandoned face Joan was

so keen to readout

Yes, Jiht about?" queried Kells

"Ask Cleve," replied Pearce "Reckon I'd just as lief not talk any

more about him"

Then Kells turned to Cleve and stepped before him Somehow these two

men face to face thrilled Joan to her depths They presented such

contrasts Kells was keen, i, and co outcast Cleve

see, with a white,