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Beth Norvell

CHAPTER XXVI
19/20

That damn Farnham swore out that warrant down in San Juan, ther blame, ornery cur.

It was a low-down, measly trick, an' he actually had the nerve ter use me ter play out his game fer him.
Lord! if ever I git my hand on him I 'll shut down hard." No one answered him, the thought of all recurring reverently to the motionless, silent dead without.

Bareheaded, the two men, groping through the darkness, bore Mercedes within in all tenderness, and placed the slender form upon the bed, covering it with the single sheet.

Hicks remained motionless, bending over her, the kindly darkness veiling the mist of tears dimming his old eyes and the trembling of his lips as he sought, for the first time in years, to pray.

But Winston turned instantly and walked over toward Hayes, his heart already filled with fresh anxiety.
"Where did she go, do you know ?" "Who?
the young actress woman?
I could n't see exactly, only she went outside.


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