He kept on, followed me out of the shanty, drew, and fired twice.

I"-- he stopped and regarded his hat a moment as if it was a corroborating witness--"I--I closed with him--I had to--it was my only chance, and that ended it--and with his own revolver.

I never drew mine." "I see," said the Colonel, nodding, "clearly justifiable and honorable as regards the code.

And you wish me to defend you ?" The stranger's gloomy expression of astonishment now turned to blank hopelessness.
"I knew you didn't understand," he said, despairingly.

"Why, all THAT was TWO YEARS AGO.