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"When does the next stage leave for Bannack?"

A man looked up sharply from the papers that littered a table before

him "It leaves e start it," he replied, curtly

"Well, ill that be?"

"What's that to you?" he replied, with a question still more curt

"I want to buy seats for two"

"That's different Co Cleve I didn't recognize you Excuse me We're a little

particular these days"

The ht well of

hi of her

heart She saw Jient

took the ae Then he returned the sack and

whispered so in Ji her arht," he whispered, excitedly "Stage leaves just before

daylight It used to leave in the ood start to-ht be held up?"

"He didn't say so But there's every reason to suspect that

Joan, I sure hope it won't Me with all this gold Why, I feel as if

I weighed a thousand pounds"

"What'll we do now?" she inquired