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—_—— Broadcloth Burt, the Denver Dandy. reached his side, and perhaps “rr voice and touch were the first proofs of herd sarness. “My God! you do mean to pit yourself against those men?’ ‘You have dared me,” was the retort as he shook her loose. ‘‘ I’m easily scared at times, but now thar ain’t adrop oy coward blood in me! “ But they will make a sieve out of you.” : ” Not while I kin shoot. Stand back and give the old ’forty-niner a show.” Merciless Maud was not disposed to desert the late proprietor of the Setemup, but he would hear to nothing. : ‘“You gave me these shootin’-machines to an- nibilate the Dead wood toughs, an’ I’m goin’ ter use ’em for that purpose!” be grated. ‘Stand back an’ see some ov the daisiest tumbling ever witnessed on ther Denver trail.” The woman gave bim a final look and stepped back. i While the courageous fit was on, nothing could turn Simon Sandbanks from his purpose. He sent a flashing look down the trail and reised the revolvers as more than a dozen horse- men dashed into view, ‘Now, my Black Hills beauties, take this for the boot-marks on Simon Sandbanks’s epider- mis!’ and as Maud, the Merciless, shrunk still furthe: from the spot, the bright flashes of two pistols, and the sudden halt of the galloping ,08se, told that death was again at work on the ee trail. Almost as rapidly as Broadcloth Burt had svorked his revolvers further down that very trail, and only a little while before, the colonel emptied his into the ranks of the Deadwood toughs. Men went backward before the deadly flashes, and others with yells and curses fired among the bowlders, It was a scene of indescribable confusion, which Simon Sandbanks with teeth hard set in- creased by his rapid shots, All the while twenty feet away Maud, the Merciless, waited for the end. She expected to see the roughs dismount and charge the man among the rocks: but she was disappointed, for all at once the decimated band hee on leaving the colonel in possession of the eld, “You thought I war jokin’, eh?’ said the man who suddenly appeared to her. ‘‘Go down -_ — ee = ~ ~—<- = 6 . ‘ ““Sandbanks? That is my name, but—” **Simon Sandbanks?” ‘‘No, sir. Dm Joshua Sandbanks, from Romeo City. My brother Simon in Deadwood greatly resembles me. In fact, sir, we are twins—twins, sir.” ‘* Pardon me, then... I urderstood that Simon Sandbanks was looking for me, and I thought I would tell him that I was at his service. Ifyou see your brother tell him for me that / want to see him,” “*T will.” Once more the landlord of the unlucky Set- emup was alone, but his eyes were riveted on the man walking off, and cold sweat stood out on bis temples. | **Great Jehosaphat! I haven’t been in Denver an hour, an’ he’s lookin’ for me already!” he exclaimed. ‘‘Thet twin-brother dodge popped into my head just in time to save my life, Broadcloth Burt, you kin take the gal. I never wanted her very bad, nohow, Ill git out ov this one-hoss city an’ see if I can’t settle down whar peace reigns supreme. I’m ther identi- cal an’ only Simon Sandbanks. I never hed a twin-brother, Broadcloth Burt.” A short distance away the Denver sport was laughing to himself, Colonel Sandbanks had not deceived him, and as the Denverite was not disposed to injure the man he did not fear, he let the colonel de- part unmolested, : Thus did Simon Sandbanks find Broadcloth Burt in Denver, and thus did bis courage Mawes in the presence of the oath-bound sport. We have passed over the happy reunion which the Denverite had brought about, and the ne will pardon us if we do not describe it ere. 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