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COfYBOKT. IT HAJtfU AND MOTNCU
"Laramie, wliat are your eyes for?"
demanded Duane. "Watch out. And
now here. See your friend Morton.
Lawson Staggered Backward.
Tell him this game grows hot To
gether you approach four or five men
you know well and can absolutely
trust. I may need your help."
1. Then Duane went from place to
place, corner to corner, bar te bar,
watching, listening, recording. The
excitement had preceded him, and
speculation was rife. He thought
best to keep out of It. After dark
he stole up to Longstreth's ranch.
The evening was warm; the doors
were open; and In the twilight the
only lamps that had been lit were In
Longstreth's big sitting-room, at the
far end of the house. When a buck
board drove up and Longstreth and
Lawson alighted, Duane was well
hidden in the bushes, so well screened
that he could get but a fleeting
glimpse of longstreth as he went Iff.
For all Duane could see, he appeared
to be a calm and quiet man, Intense
beneath the surface, with an air of
dignity under Insult. Duane's chance
to observe Lawson was lost They
went Into the house without speaking
and closed the door.
At the other end of the porch, «lo«e
under a window, was an offset be
tween step and wall, and there In
the sliadow Duane hid. So Duane
waited there in the darkness with
patience born of many hours of hid
ing.
Presently a lamp was lit; and
Duane hoard wish of skirts.
"Something's happened surely,
Ruth," he heard Miss Longstreth say,
anxiously. "Papa Just met me in
the hall and didn't speak. He seemed
pale, worried."
"Cousin Floyd looked like a
thunder-cloud," said Ruth. "For once
he didn't try to kiss me. Something's
happened."
"Oh, dear I Ruth, what can we dot
These are wild men. Floyd makes life
miserable for me. And he teases you
unmer—"
"I don't call It teasing. Floyd wants
to spoon," declared Ruth, emphati
cally. "He'd run after any woman."
"A fine compliment for me. Cousin
Buth," laughed Ray.
"I don't care," replied Ruth, §tub
bornly. "It's so. He's mushy. And
when he's been drinking and tries to
kiss me—l hate him I"
There were steps on the hall floor.
"Hello, girls!" sounded out Law
son's voice, minus Its usual gayety.
"Floyd, what's the matter?" asked
Ray, presently. "I never saw papa as
he is to-night, nor you so—so worried.
Tell me, what has happened?"
"We had to submit to a damnable
outrage," replied Lawson, passlonat«-
ly, as if the sound of his voice aug-
mented his feeling. "Linton, girls; HI
tell yon about It" He coughed, clear
ed his throat In • way thut betrayed
be bad been drinking.
Dunne Rank deeper into the shadow
of hla covert, and, stiffening bis
moscles for a protracted spell of
rigidity, prepared to listen with all
acatenets and Intensity. Just one
word from this Lawson, Inadvertently
uttered In a moment of passion, might
be the word Doane needed for his
clue.
"It happened at the town hall," be
gan Lawson, rapidly. "Tour fatber
and Judge Owens and I we*e there
In consultation with three ranchers
. from out of town. Then that damned
ranger stalked In dragging Snecker,
the fellow who bid here In the bonse.
He had arrested Bnecker for alleged
assault on a restaurant-keeper named
Laramie. Snecker being obviously In
nocent, he was discharged. Then this
ranger began shouting insults. Law
was a farce In Falrdale. The court
was a farce. There was no law. Tour
father was afraid of the rustlers,
highwaymen, murderers. He was
afraid or—he Just let them alone. He
used his office to cheat ranchers and
cattlemen In lawsuits. All this the
ranger yelled for everyone to hear.
£ damnable outrage. Your father,
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917
Ray, Insulted Tn SIS own court "by a
rowdy ranger!"
"Oh 1" cried Bay Longstreth, In i
mingled distress and anger.
"The ranger service want* to rule
western Texas," went on Lawson.
"These rangers are all a low set.'
This Is one of the worst of the lot. j
He's to be feared. He would kill. If
your father had made the least move j
he would have shot him. He's a |
cold-nerved devil —the born gunman. ]
My God, any Instant I expected to :
see your father fall dead at my feet I" ,
"Oh, Floyd! The unspeakable.
ruffian 1" cried Ray longstreth, pas-1
sionately. I
"What do you care for the Inslnua-'
Hons of such a roan?" said Ray Long-,
streth, her voice now deep rfnd rich (
with feeling. "After a moment's
thought no one will be Influenced by
them. Do not worry. Floyd. Tell;
papa not to worry. Surely after all j
these years he can't be Injured In'
reputation by—by an adventurer."
"Yes, he can be Injured," replied
P4«yd, quickly., "The frontier I* a
queer place. There are many bitter
men here—men who have fulled at
ranching. And your father has been
wonderfully successful. The ranger
has dropped poison, and It 'll spread."
CHAPTER XIX.
Strangers rode Into Falrdale; and
other hard-looking customers, new to
Duane If not to Falrdale, helped to
create a charged and waiting atmos
phere. The saloons did unusunl busi
ness and were never closed. Respect
able citizens of the town were awak
ened In the early dawn by rowdies
carousing In the streets.
Duane kept pretty close under
cover during the day. He did not
entertain the opinion that the first
time he walked down-street he would
be a target for guns. Things seldom
happened that Way; and when they
did happen so, It was more
than design. But at night he was not
Idle. He met Laramie, Mori >n. Zltu
rner and others of like chnrnfw; a
secret club had been formed; and all
the members were retfly for action.
Duane spent hours at night watching
the house where Floyd Lawson stayed j
when he was not up at Longstreth's.
At nlttht he' was visited, or at least I
the house was, by strange men who
were swift, stealthy, mysterious—all
that kindly disposed friends or neigh- |
bors would not have been. Dunne i
had not been able to recognize any of
these night visitors; and he did not i
think the time was ripe for a bold
holding up of one of them. Neverthe- j
less, he was sure such an event would j
discover Lnwson, or someone In that
house, to be In touch with crooked
men.
Laramie was right. Not twenty
four hours after his talk with Duane,
In which he advised quick action, he
was found behind the little bar of his
restaurant with a bullet-hole In his
breast, dead. No one could be found
who had heard a Shot. It had been
deliberate marder, for upon the bar
had been left a piece of paper rudely
scrawled with a pencil: "All friends
of rangers look for the same."
This roused Duane. His first move,
however, was to.bury Laramie. None
of Laramie's neighbors evinced sny In
terest In the dead man or the unfor
tunate family he had left. Dunne saw
that these neighbors were held In
check by fear. Mrs. Laramie was 111;
the shock of her husband's death was
hard on her; and she had been left
almost destitute with five children.
Duane rented an adobe house on the
outskirts of town and moved the
family Into It. Then he played the
part of provider and nurse and
friend.
After several days Dunne went
boldly Into town and showed that he
meant business. It was his opinion f
that there were men In Falrdale
secretly glad of a ranger's presence.
What he Intended to do was food for
great speculation. A company of
militia could not have had the effect
upon the wild element of Falrdale
that Duane's presence had. It got
out that he was i gunman lightning
swift on the draw. It was death to
face him. He had killed thirty men —
wildest rumor of all. It was actually
said of him he hnd the gun-sklil of
Buck Duane or I'oggln.
At first there had not only been
I great conjecture among the vicious
element, but also a very decided
checking of all kinds of action cal
culated to be conspicuous ton keen
eyed ranger. At the tables, at the
bars and lounglng-places Dunne heard
the remarks: "Who's thet ranger
after?" What Ml he do fust off? Is
he wsltln' fer somebody? Who's goln'
to draw on him fust—sn' go to hell?
Jest about how soon will he be found
somewheres full of lead?"
When It came out somewhere that
Duane was cultivating the honest
stay-at-home cltlsens to amy them In
time sgalnst the other element, then
Falrdale showed Its wolf teeth.
Several times Duane was shot st In
the dark and once slightly Injured. I
Rumor had It that Poggin, the gun- |
man, was coming to meet him. But j
the lawless element did not rise up |
In s mass to slay Duane on sight |
It was not so much that the enemies
of the law awaited his next, move,
but Just a slowness peculiar to the >
frontier. There was a rufa kind of ,
"The Unspeakable Ruffian!"
good humor even In their open
hostility.
Besides, one ranger or a company
of rangers could not have held the
undivided attention of these men from
their games and drinks and quarrels
except by some decided move. Kx
cttement, greed, appetite were rife In
them. Duane marked, however, a
striking exception to the usual run
of strangers he had been In the habit
of seeing. Snecker hnd gone or was
under cover. Again Duane caught a
vague rumor of the coming of I'oggln,
yet he never seemed to arrive. More
over the goings-on among the
habitues of the resorts and cowboys
who came In to drink and gamble
were unusually mild In comparison
with former conduct. This lull, how
evef, did not deceive Duane. It could
not last. The Wonder was that It
hnd lasted so long.
Duane went often to see Mrs. Lara
mie and her children. One afternoon
while he was there he saw Miss Long
streth and Buth ride up to the door.
They cnrrled a basket. Evidently
they had heard of Mrs. Laramie's
trouble. Duane felt strangely glad,
but ho went Into an adjoining room
rather than meet them.
"Mrs. Laramie, I've come to see
you," said Miss Longstreth, cheer
fully.
The little room was not very light,
there being only one window and the
doors, but Dunne could see plainly
enough. Mrs. Laramie Iny, hollow
cheeked and haggard, on a bed.. Once
she had evidently been a woman of
some comeliness. The ravages of
trouble and grief were there to read
In her worn face; It had not, however,
any of the hard and bitter lines that
had characterized her husband's.
Duane wondered, considering that
Longstreth had ruined Laramie, how
Mrs. Laramie was going to regard the
daughter of an enemy.
"So you're Granger Longxtreth's
girl?" queried the woman, with her
bright, black eyes fixed on her visitor.
"Yes," replied Mlxs Longstreth,
1 dimply. "Till* I* m.v cousin Ituth
Herbert. We've coine to nurse you,
take care of the children, help you lu
any way you'll let us."
i There wan a long silence,
i "Well, you look a little like Long
■treth," finally mild Mrs. Laramie,
"but you're not at all like him. You
roust take after your mother. Mix*
Longstreth, I don't know If I can —If
I ought to accept anything from you.
Your father ruined my husband."
"Yes, I know," replied the girl sad
!y. "That'* alt the more reason you
should let me help you. Pray don't
refuse. It will—mean much to me."
If thla poor, iitrli'ken woman had
any resentment It speedily melted In
the warmth and sweetness of Miss
Longstreth's manner, and no sooner
had she begun to talk to the children
than both they and the mother were
won. The opening of that big basket
was an event. Poor, starved little
beggars! The havoc was Wrought In
that household. The needs now were
cheerfulness, kindness, help, action —
and these the girls furnished with a
spirit that did I)uane good.
"Mr*. La rum le, who dressed this
baby?" presently asked Miss l»ng
streth. I>uane pec|s-d In to see a
dilapidated youngster on her .knee.
That sight, If any other was needed,
completed the full and splendid es
timate of Ilay I/origstreth and wrought
Strangely upon his heart.
( "The ranger," replied Mrs. Laramie.
"The ranger!" exclaimed Mlhm Long
streth.
"Yes, he's taken care of us all since
—since—" Mrs. Laramie choked.
"Oh I 80 you've had no help but
his," replied Miss Longstrcth, hastily.
"No women. Too bad. I'll aend
someone, Mrs. Laramie, and 111 come
myself." •*
"It 'II be good of you." went on
the older woman. "You see, Jim had
few friends—that Is, right In town.
And they've been afraid to help us —
afraid they'd get wliat poor Jim —"
"That's awful!" burst out Mis*
I-ongstreth, passionately. "A brave
lot of friends! Mrs. Laramie, don't
you worry any more. We'ir take csre
of you. Here, Ituth help me. What
•ever la the matter with baby's dress?"
Manifestly Mlsa Longstreth had
some difficulty In subduing her emo
tion.
"Why. It's on hind side before." de
j clared Kuth. "I guess Mr. Hanger
I hasn't dressed many babies."
' "He did the best be could," said
Mrs. La ramie. "Lord only knows
what would have become of us I"
"Then he Is—ls something more
than a ranger?" queried Miss I»ng>
• streth. with a little break In her
Voice.
I "He's.more than I can tell." replied
Mrs. Laramie. "He burled Jim. He
I paid our debts. He fetched 11s here.
1 He bought food for ns. 110 cooked for
us and fed US, He cashed and dress
ed the baby, lie sat with me the
' first two nights after Jim's death.
• when I though! I'd die m/mlf, M«'»
so kind,, so gontle, so patient.' He tins
kept me up Just by being near. Some
times I'd wake from a doze, an', see
ing him there, I'd know, how false
were all these tales Jim heard about
him and believed at first. Why, he
plays with the children Just—Just
like any good man might. Wliert "he
has the buby up I Just can't believe
he's a bloody gunman, as they sny.
He's good, but he isn't happy. Ho
has such sad eyes. He looks far oft
sometimes when the children climb |
round him. They love lilin. Ills life
Is sud. Nobody need tell me—he sees
"Mr. Ranger, Waltl"
the good In things. Once he said some
body hnd to be a ranger. Well, I sny,
Thank God for a ranger like him I'"
Dunne did not want to hear more,
so he walked Into tho room.
"It was thoughtful, of you," Duane
said. "Womankind are needed here.
I could do so little. Mrs. Luramle,
you look better already. I'm glad.
And here's bnby nil clean and white.
Baliy, what a time I had trying to
puzzle out the way your clothes; went
on! Well, Mrs. Laramie, didn't I tell
you—friends would come? So will
the brighter side."
"Yes, I've more faith than I hnd,"
replied Mrs. I.nrnuile. "Granger
Longstreth's daughter has come to me.
There for a while after Jim's death
I thought I'd sink. We have nothing.
How could I ever take care of my
little on:-s? But I'm gaining courage
to—"
■'Mrs. LnrntiiTe. do nofdlstress your
self any more," said Miss Longstreth.
"I shall see you are well cored for.
I promise you."
"Miss Longstreth, Hint's fine!" ex
claimed Duane. "It's what I've—ex
pected of you."
It must have been sweet praise-to
her, for the whlteuess of \»r face
burned out In a beautiful blush.
"And It's good of you, too. Miss
Herbert, to come," added Duane,
"Let me thank you both. I'm glad
I have you girls as allies In part of
my lonely tnsk here. More than glad
for tlie sake of this good woman und
the little ones. But both of you bo
careful about coming hero alone.
There's risk. And now I'll be going.
Good-by, Mrs. Laramie. I'll drop In
aguln to-night. Good-by."
"Mr. Ranger, wait!" called Miss
Longstreth as lie went out. She was
white and wonderful. She su-pi/vd
out of the door close to him.
"I have wronged you!" she said,im
pulsively.
"Miss Irfingstreth !' How can you
sny that?" he returned.
"I believed what my fullicr and
Floyd Lawson wild about you. Now
I si'i' —I wronged you."
"You innke me very glnd. Hut,
Miss I-ongstreth, please don't speak
of wronging me. I have been a—a
gunman, I am a ranger—mid much
suld of me Is true. My duty Is luird
on otln-rs—sometimes on those who
are innocent, alas! But God knows
that duty Is Imrd, too, on mo."
"I did wrong you. If you entered
rny homo ngulu 1 would think It an
honor. I—"
*l*l ease —please don't. Miss Long
streth." Interrupted Dunne.
"But. sir, toy conscience flnys me,"
she went on. There was no oilier
sound like her voice. "Will you take
iny hand? Will you forgive me?"
She gave It royally, while the other
was there pressing at her breast.
Duane took the proffered hand. He
did not know what else to do.
Then It seemed to dawn upon him
that there was more behind this while,
sweet, nobia Intensity of her than
Just the milking amends for n funded
or real wrong. Duune thought the
man did not live on enrth who could
have resisted her then.
"I honor you for your goodness to
this unfortunate woman," she said,
and now her speeeh came swiftly.
"When she was all alone and help
less you were her friend. It was the
deed of a man. But Mrs. Laramie
Isn't the only unfortunate woman In
the world. I, too, am unfortuniite.
Ah; how I may soon need a friend!
Will you be my friend? I'm so alone.
I'm terribly worried. I finr— I feiir —
Oh. surely I'll need n friend soon
soon. Oh, I'm afraid of what you'll
find out sooner or Inter. I want to help
you. Let us save life If not l»onor.
Must I stand alone—all alone? Will
I you—will you be—" Her voice failed.
I It seemed to Dunne that she must
I have discovered what he bud begun
I to suspect—that her father and Uw
-1 son *w*re not the honest ranchers
they pretended to be. Perhaps she
| knew more' Her appeal to Dunne
shook lilin deeply. He wanted to help
her more than he had ever wanted
anything. And with the meaning of
•the tumultuous sweetness she silrred
In him there caine tbw realization of
a dangerous sltuntlon.
"1 must be true to my duty," he
sold, hoarsely.
"If you knew me you'd know 1
could never ask you to be false to It."
I "Well, then —111 do anything for
you."
"Oh, thank you I I'm thai
I believed my cousin Floyd! He Ipso
—he lied. I'm ell In ''the -Witt
strangely distressed. My father wttn# 1
me to go back home. Floyd Is trying
to keep me here. They've quarreled.
Ob, I know something dreadful will
happen. I know I'll need you If—lf
Will you help me?"
"Yes," replied Dunne, and his look
brought the blood to her face.
CHAPTER XX.
After supper Dunne stole (Hit for
his usual evening's spying nt Long
streth's ranch-house. When he reach
ed tho edge of the shrubbery ho saw
Longstreth's door open, flushing a
broad bur of light In the darkness.
Lawson crossed the threshold, the
door closed, and all was dark agnln
outi*de. Not a ray of light escaped
from the- window. Duane tiptoed to
tho door and listened, but could hear
only o inurmer of voices. Besides,
that position was too risky. He went
round the corner of the house.
This side of the big adobe house
was of much older construction than
the back of tho larger part. There
was a narrow passage between tho
houses, lending front tho outside
through to the patio.
This passage now afforded Dunne
n"h opportunity, and he decided to
nvnll himself of It In spite of the
very great danger. Crawling on very
stealthily, he got >tnder the shrubbery
to the entrance of the passage. In
- the blackness n faint streak of light
showed the location of o crack In
tho wall. He had to slip In sldewlse.
It was u tight squeeze, but ho entered
without the slightest noise. When ho
got there the crack he had ninrked
was a foot over his head. There wits
nothing to do but And toe-holds In
the crumbling walls, and by bracing
• knees on one side, back against the
' other, hold himself up. Once With
his eye there he did not care what
r|sk be ran. longstreth appeared dis
turbed; he snt stroking his mustache;
his brow wns clouded. Lnwson's face
seemed darker, more sullen, yet light
ed by some Indomitable resolve,
j "We'll settle both deals to-night,"
Lnwson was saying. "That's what I
j came for."
"But suppose I don't choose to talk
here?" protested Longstreth, Impa
tiently.
"You've lost your nerve since that
ranger lilt the town. First now, will
you give liny to me?"
"Floyd, you talk like a skilled boy,
I tried to persuade her. Hut Itny
hasn't any use for you now. So what
can I.do?"
"You can make her marry me," re
plied Lawson.
"Make that girl do what she doesn't
want tot It couldn't be done. But If
Itny loved you 1 would consent. We'd
| all go owny together before this mis
erable business Is out. Then she'd
never know. And maybe you might
be more like you used to be before
the West ruined you."
"What 'd you want to let her come
out here for?" demanded Luwsotl,
hotly. 'II was a dead mistake. I've
"lt Was a Dead Mietakc."
lout rny h««ad over her. I'll have her
or No, 1/OntfMn-th, we've got to
Settle tiling* to-night."
"Well, wo cnir fertile what Itny**
concerned In, right now," replied
I,ong*treth. rlMlh;r. "Come c#r»; we'll
a*k tut. KM* where you stand."
They wont out leaving the door
open, Duaix l dropj»ed down fo rent
himself and. to wait.
The 11i**n ncemed to he nt ii (food
while, though that feeling might hate
been occiudonrd l»y IMUIIIC'h thrilling
interest nnd anxiety. Finally hu
heard heavy *t*|»««. I.nww»n mine In
clone. If«* was le»iden-fiie«?l7 "hunilU*
a ted. Tlii'fl something ahjeet In him
gave plaee to rug**. ll'* Mrode (lie
room; he ruined. Then Ixdigwlreth
returned, now appreciably nilim-r.
Ifrunne eouhl not hut deelde that he
felt relief nt the evident reject 100 of
I .ii WHOII'm pro|M#*al.
"Hon'! about It. Floyd.'.' he
aald. "Yoti I l n't help It. We're
pretty wild out here, hut I ran't rope
my daughter and give h«*r to you as
I would an unruly steer."
"I,ong*treth. I ran make her marry
me," declared thickly.
"I low?" •
"You know the hold f g'-t on you—
the deal that bo*a of thi K
ru*tler gnng?"
"It Un't likely I'd forget," replied
I,ong*treth, grimly.
"I ean go to Itny. tell her that, make
her believe I'd tell It broadcast—tell
thin runger- unless adie'd marry me."
Lfiwitori fepoke. brenthlefenly, with
haggnrd fare ami aliadowcd eye*, lie
hud no feharne. lie was almply In the
grip of pa*Klon.
Lougfttreth gaxed with dark, con
trolled fury at this relative. In that
look Duane *ow a strong, miscrupu
lous man fallen Into evil way a, but
still a man. It betrayed Lawson to
be the wild and passionate weak lino.
J-lkk- the majority of evil and
unrestrained men on the border, he
lUVJ readied n point where Influence
'Wjfir -futile. Reason bad degenerated.
llay*j the one i»r»oo
must never, know I'm
of rnhtwrs,'.' replied
to htm. Katah**
"She's HBt put sooner
or inter. I now
KometlilrwHHkg, out here.
She's «ot eyes.
lins rlmnepd.^Hffiaigißß
she haan't any |B|
daddy's a boss
corned about what ahe caltfW
as mayor. Also I think she*ftVH
lulled with my explanations la
to certain property."
Lawson halted In his restless waHr
and leaned against tho stone mantel
piece. He bud bis hands In his pock
ets. He squared himself as If this
wns his last stand. He looked desper
ate, but on the moment showed an
nbsence of his usual nervous excite
ment. '
"Longstrefli, that may well be true,"
he said. "No doubt all you say Is
true. Hot It doesn't help me. I want
the girl. If 1 don't get her—l reckon
we'Jl nil go to hell I"
Longs t ret li cave a Rlight start
barely perceptible, like the switch of
an awakening tiger, lie sat there head
down, stroking his mustache. Imane's
conviction was that right
then and there decided that t'.ie thing
to fc> w»a to kill Lamm.
1 .atvson tin more caught the fateful
significance of a line crossed, a limit
ataloaa.
at sooner
ronoliod, n rtpcree decided llinn If h*
Iwi'l not ticcn present. Ho was
oliKcKsrd with h'miieU How, Dunne
woridvred, liod n nmn of his mind ever
lived no liiiß nnd pone no fur nmonjt
tlm exacting condition* of the South-
WNtt Tho answer wan, perhaps.
Hint I.'inKKtrclli hud guided Idm, up
held Idm, protected him. The com
lug of Itiiy Locgstreth hnd been the
entering-wedge of dissension.
"You're too lmpntlent," mild Long-
Rtreth. "lloy might ho won. She
might mnrry you to save me, but she'd
hate you. That Isn't tho way. Walt
I'lay for time. I.et'ji plan to sell out
here —stock, ranch, property—nnd
leave the country. Then you'd have
a show with her."
"I told you we've got to stick,"
growled Ltiwson. "Tho gang won't
Ntiuid for our going. It can't be dons
unless you want to sacrifice every
thing."
"You menn double-cross the menT
flo without their knowing? Leave
them hero to face whatever comes?"
"I. mean Just that."
"I'm Imd enough, hut not that bad,"
returned Longstreth, "If I can't get
the gang to let me off, I'll stay nnd
face the music. All the same, Law
son, did It ever strike you that most
of tho deals the Inst few years have
been yours?"
"Yes. If I hadn't rung them In
there wouldn't have been any. You've
had cold feet, nnd especially since
this ranger has been here."
"Well, call It cold feet If you like.
Hut 1 cull It sense. We reached our
limit long ago. Then we hnd to go
on. Too Into to turn bnck 1"
"I reckon we've nil said that. None
of the gang wants to cpilt. They all
tlrinls, nnd 1 think, we can't be touch
ed. We inny lie hluincd, but nothing
can hi' proved. We're too strong."
"There's where you're dend wrong,"
rejoined Hongitrcth, emphatically. "I
Imagined Unit once, not long ago. I
nns I.nil 'headed. Who would ever
connect !rniiger I/Ongstreth with a
rustler gang? I've changed my mind.
I've begun to think. I've reasoned
out things. We're crooked, nnd we
can't lust. It's the nature of life, even
here, for conditions to grow better.
The wise denl for us would be to
divide ei|tiiilly and leave tho country,
nil of us."
"Hut you and I have nil the stock
nil the gain," protested Lnwson.
"I'll split mine."
"I won't—that settles that," ndded
I.awson. Inxtuntly.
I.ongslretli spread wide his hands
ns If It v.us useless to try to convince
this man. Talk had not Increased his
calmness, and be now showed more
than Impatience. A dull glint gleamed
i d "p In his eyes.
I "Ymir stock and property will last
n long time —do lots of good when
this ranger—"
"Hah;" hoarsely croaked I.liwKon.
I The ranger's name was a match ap
plied to powder. "Haven't I told you
he'd he dead soon—any time—same
ns Laramie Is?"
"Vc*t, you mentioned the—the sup
position," replied I.oiigotrei h, sarcasti
cally. "I Inquired, too. Just how that
; very desired event was to be brought
about."
"The gang will lay him out."
"I!ah"' retorted Lmgstreth, In turn,
lie laughed contemptuously.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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