The Argosy, October 1906 — page 166: what you’re looking at

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bow ae marked bullets. * The thing was. handy, an’ I done it. E it hadn’ e been SO ee nee Aare | ‘not me. I oeald have facie eae — jest” as LT fooled Colwell by leavin’ Car- ——Fin'ton in a wagon with some cowboys, _ gettin’ out at Bordulac, the first station South, an’ then takin’ the train for Min-— newaukon. “Td have been over the line into the _ British possessions. by now if Broderick _ there hadn’t pushed into the game.” Pasco fell back in his cha in compla-_ - cent silence. “Did you get all that? = asked Jen- _ kins of the deputy at the desks g __ “Yes,” replied the deputy, his pen Ze scratching on the paper in front of him: = Pasco was surprised for a moment, and = then smiled grimly. Ee = ae ‘T'll sign it,” said he, “if you think = SAE Ny help me any when my case comes to eu triad.” ae = “We're not making any promises to. yh wa Ree _ you, Pasco,” spoke up Colwell. | “Vl sign it anyhow. You got a Vhy Le AY i =e — cinch on me an’ I might as well.” == -- Colwell-led him to the desk and he -- affixed his. signature. - Campbell, » Jen- =~ -+--'kins, and Max witnessed it. a ‘““As I said afore,” “went on- Pasco, “if Cully hadn’t cashed in, I’d have ee tere out till the last, and you couldn’t - __ have made no case ag’inst mes | - ss * ‘Twas keepin’ watch o’ Cully, and I : ee _knowed that if he got up he’d have car- ried the bullet around with him as long as he lived. The fear of his quittin’ was all that kept me on the anxious seat.” — S23 “Very true, Pasco,” said the doctor - gravely, passing to the door leading to the corridor. He opened the door. —. “ Come in,” he called to some one out- = ~~ side. : A man entered, leaning heavily on a cane. The man was wasted almost to-a Skeleton; his face had a grayish cast and his eyes were hollow and_ bloodshot. : _ Jenkins supported him to a chair. Lee Marvin, his face pallid as that of stood staring as one in a dream. ce Gentlemen,” said the doctor, “ this” = 3g -Mr. Cully. Contrary to the general ee Suppose, he Oe not die—nor Sel DS “* f aes . aatles a =e - i Syays : never + thinkin’ a hing | - “What Pasco just said is true. ‘Broderick — claim- eo = = the newcomer’s, ‘Sprang to his feet. and feats: ‘tite. effect ot the joaad {teint aSee at the hands of Jed ‘Pasco: = = 3 : | guilt could not have been proved if Cul =2 = ly had lived. Therefore, with Cully’ Ss. ne assent, I endeavored to S23 Pasco Ss means of aruse. 3s = “Lee Marvin’s fate hung i ine ‘the =< ae ance. I think you will all agree withme = that the end justified the means.” . _ The two sheriffs, apparently, were in the secret. _Astonishment was written | in = the faces of the 1eFs i ss strongly than in- Fence je perm His jaw fell, his limb: ie and = — his head dropped forward on te ‘Dreast.- SS He had eee oe and at his own Ss LoS game, : : Ze: ae Soe a Sse ne = CHAPTER. XIX, SA Seeee HAPPENED AFTERW ARD. Sie is some years: now since Max Brod- — : The stirring events ‘that followed wake. ae = = A ‘ ") nae fa? ae abe apa Mt ale iy ran as ‘yi Nahar Phillips Se to in the development of oe Just what use Rose made of 1 Max never “new. =