the A T O threw his leg across the arm of the chair. "The grass is

"I'm puttin' ten thousand

elbow with a note. The owner of the A

Mr. W

ed men and robbed. They took the

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ess on hand. A messenger of mine has been robbed of six thousand dolla

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g himself on a horse, and galloped

indecision put himself in the power of Moore, and the chances were that the man was in collusion with the gang that had held him up. He had made another mistake in not going directly to Wadley with

he had been a child. The stomach muscles of the boy contracted with fear and the heart died within him. Clint Wa

the young f

'll gamble on that. Onload yore tale like shot off'n

hen, where, and how of the robbery. What kind of pilgrim was this fellow Moore? Was he tall? Short? Dark? Bearded?

answers. Mostly he could

the sand to fight for the money entrusted to you, nor the nerve to face me after you had

on of all those with whom he came in contact, and especially that of this man. Like a

to the members of the posse, arranged for supplies to be forwarded to a given point, and outlined plans of action. In the late afternoon the boy in the loft saw them ride away, a dozen lean

the white feather before Ramona Wadley. He had run for his life and left her alone to face a charging bull. It was no excuse to plead with himself that he could have done nothing for her if he had stayed. At least he could have pushed her to one side and put himself in the path of the enraged animal. The loss of the money was

slipped into the wilderness. He was still writhing with self-contempt. T

o he means New Mexico. If he refers to th