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16 BLAGK ARROW, “THR” AVENGER. which he had manufactured to suit his appearance and posi- tion. - There were some forty or fifty men in and about the build- ing. Most of them were rough in dress and in manners; a few were flashily attiréd, and feiwor still had the appearance of gentlemen. this motley. group we will at present notice only two, die ak ea the déor, in a tofner Of thé room, at thé~end of a long bench, and ve evidently ‘a Tookér-on, taking’no“in- ‘terest. in the game or in the Commodities that were ‘dispensed ‘at thie Bat. He‘ was a’ tall ‘atid’ well-formed’-man, showing a ‘muiséular’ development.’ His henwily-bearded face was bam yee ‘and was rendered really gly by a scar on his left cheek, extendin ae ee ts eee ‘and ‘etic Hite ‘a Scar nor a slash eyt ae ape feature in’ Texas at ‘that bem ‘ad ctitting? and’ gouging’ Were ‘atong the first of the” fine _— Arericin ‘civilization ; “but this Star wi scar, tind ‘there “wis CGnctlittin Wit hide Tet pea have An justice’ to the ‘stranger ‘it’ mast esis patch, or ‘shade; over the’ latter :but ‘he! was in the habit of lifting “if, iow and ‘then, ‘the cavity nédiled ait! Hé wis dressed in black ‘broad- Cloth “ahd a black felt hat,his’ coat being a singie-breasted garnient, battoning up to: thé: chin! “This woiild” have’ given him ‘the mecé of a stray colportéar, or the ‘missionary of somé New-Light’ ¢htitch, had not its a nen by his? thy Complexion; and by his’ abundent b belie elPddwet Lit shontders in’ Wild-and ‘Heavy masses, As this man was : siranger in ain | ae not ‘vive his naiieé, “tin! 5 Heabalt suit din pledstire’f6 then- Gomi evinteel o4 sae ned le mast mei de ("The Otlier petson’ to bé' noticed sesagalae an 4361 Shear the seve ~ few Ag - oa fréinr thie ‘mumté-rxadie, and he watched the afthongh “he did not ‘Participate’ in in tinge aes Goat & aera bey 6nd Wis ta- decided! Whatkise om dale that, with # frink, Spd sean Sabie ana ood ato oh “fearless ‘and Fesdlute expression: "He wad deatly’ and tastefally'dressed, in & ‘bréewn eut-atvay ee —— Cconmicldooks.conn