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"Boss--thet there Red double--crossed you," said Bate Wood

Kells had lost heavily, and he was under the influence of drink He

drove Wood out of the cabin, cursing him sullenly Then he put in

place the several bars that served as a door of his cabin After

that he walked unsteadily around, and all about his action and

manner that was not ai toward Joan's cabin She felt sickened again with this new

aspect of her situation, but she was not in the least afraid of

Kells She watched him till he approached her door and then she drew

back a little He paused before the blanket as if he had been

iht Then

he cautiously and gradually, by degrees, drew aside the blanket He

could not see Joan in the darkness, but she saw hi that he could not budge the about him, such

as was manifest when he was sober He stood there aheavily, in a kind of forlorn, undecided way, and then he

turned back Joan heard hirew dark and silent