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"Woodhull's there," he added "He sides with the old al all day till now Lord knohat he

done or said Ain't hit nigh about tih about time," said Will Banion quietly

They rode side by side, past ons, now

al up At the bank of

the river, at the ferry head, they found a group of fifty men The ranks

opened as Banion and Jackson approached, but Banion made no attempt to

join a council to which he had not been bidden

A half dozen civilized Indians of the Kaners or operators of the

ferry, sat in a stolid line across the head of the scow at its landing

stage, looking neither to the right nor the left and awaiting the white

men's pleasure Banion rode down to them

"How deep?" he asked

They understood but would not answer

"Out of the way!" he cried, and rode straight at them They scattered

He spurred his horse, the black Spaniard, over the stage and on the deck

of the scow, drove hi; set the spurs hard at

the farther end and plunged deliberately off into the swift, ht below the roily surface They saw the rider

go down to his arallant