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seehed with the rest

Even Cleve's white face relaxed into a seether," declared Kells Then he faced

Cleve, all about him expressive of elation, of assurance, of power

"Jim, will you draw cards in this deal?"

"What's the deal?" asked Cleve

Then in swift, eloquent speech Kells launched the idea of his Border

Legion, its advantages to any loose-footed, young outcast, and he

ended his brief talk with iven Joan

Back there in her covert Joan listened and watched,her eht she had been seized by a spas

"Kells, I don't care two straws one way or another," replied Cleve

The bandit appeared nonplussed "You don't care whether you join ion or whether you don't?"

"Not a damn," was the indifferent answer

"Then do ood friends You're in bad out here on the border You o alone"

"But you won't last"