Part 48 (2/2)

”I couldn't sleep and I was up and standing at the ----”

”Just as I was doing,” I put in

”I saw that boat coe,--I went to the door, and, in the ht, I saw you come out and take the back path Later still, I heard noises and the cursing of these , so I dressed, took up my little revolver and followed you

”I was at theof Jake's cabin all the ti forced to drink and while you were tied up I had to get out of the hen they came out”

At the door of Mary's house I took her hand in uards certainly would have finished me off but for you

”Where did you learn to shoot, you wild and woolly Westerner?” I asked

”Why! Didn't I ever tell you? For quite a while, when I was a youngster, I lived on a ranch in the Western States Everybody could shoot down there”

”But, ould you have said had you killed that big black robber or winged ledy enerally hit what I aim at”

I nodded my head ”Ay! And I think you can hit soe!” she adun,--not with a bow and arrows”

CHAPTER XXII

Jake Stops the Drink for Good

By the tiot back to Jake, he had his bed haain

He insisted that I, as his guest, should occupy it, while he would enjoy nothing so well as being allowed to curl himself up in a blanket on the floor, in the coe!--before we turn in, I want you to write two letters for oin' to have no oin' to your bank;--what do you call it?”

”The Commercial Bank of Canada,” I answered

”Write a letter to them and ask them to send soood enough to me after this scrap”

He smoked his pipe reflectively as I wrote out the letter to the Bank Manager, asking him to send up two men to count over Jake's hoard and take it back with theood lawyers, George? Most of theuess maybe there's one or two could do a job on the level”

”Of course there are, Jake Dow, Cross & Sneddon for instance They are Mr Horsfal's lawyers and solicitors They are straight, honest business ht”