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"There Miss Modestly," he said "Make yourself some clothes You can

shake Dandy Dale's outfit, except e're on the trailAnd,

say, if you knehat I had to pay for this stuff you'd think there

was a bigger robber in Alder Creek than Jack KellsAnd, cohter, if any one

asks" Joan was so grateful to hiet out of Dandy Dale's suit as soon as possible, that she could

only smile her thanks Kells stared at her, then turned abruptly

away Those little unconscious acts of hers seeely Joan remembered that he had intended to parade her in

Dandy Dale's costuratify some vain abnormal side of his

bandit's proclivities He had weakened Here was another subtle

indication of the deterioration of the evil of hiht drea heart, of her

influence upon this hardened bandit, upon that wild boy, Ji in the caht,

and all of the next day Joan sewed, so busy that she scarcely lifted

her eyes fro day she finished her dress,

and with no little pride, for she had both taste and skill Of the

men, Bate Wood had been s burn on the fire to watch her