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"Then you're not calling lance on Kells

"I pass, Jian to roll another cigarette Joan saw his strong, brown

hands tremble, and she realized that this caitation Her heart ached for him What a

white, somber face, so terribly expressive of the overthrow of his

soul! He had fled to the border in reckless fury at her--at hiht of hied into the unrestrained border life Its

changing, raw, and fateful exciteet,

but behind all was the terrible seeking to destroy and be destroyed

Joan shuddered when she remembered how she had ly she had said he did not possess

h even to be bad

"See here, Red," said Kells to Pearce, "tell me what happened--what

you saw Jim can't object to that"

"Sure," replied Pearce, thus adaht He's

always sore, but last night it seemed more'n usual But he didn't

say much an' nothin' happened We all reckoned his trip fell

through Today he was restless He walked an' walked just like a

cougar in a pen You kno Gulden has to be on the move Well, we