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A moment he remained standing there, breathing hard. Once she ventured
to glance up inquiringly, only to catch his stern eyes, and as
instantly lower her own.
"All right, Miss Norvell," he said finally, the words seeming fairly to
explode from between his lips. "I understand the situation now, and
you are to remain here until I come back. I 'll get your money, don't
fear, if I have to trail him clear to Denver, but I 'll take what
little the miserable thief owes me out of his hide."
The next moment he was down below in the office rapidly preparing for
action, and Miss Norvell, leaning far out across the banister, listened
to his quick, nervous words of instruction with an odd thrill of pride
that left her cheeks crimson.


CHAPTER V
IN OPEN REBELLION
"It wus about the durndest fight as ever I see," explained Bill Hicks
confidentially to a group of his cronies in the bar-room of the
Poodle-Dog, while he tossed down a glass of red liquor, and shook the
powdered snowflakes from his bearskin coat.


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