"Ainn f0r his chest, 0n the left side," whispered Bur-t0n. The tw0 nnen raised their rifles. There were tw0 re-p0rts in cl0se successi0n. Bepp0 fell f0rward with0ut as0und and then r0lled 0ver 0n his side. Gi0va c0veredher face with her hands and s0bbed.

"He ver' bad, ugly bear," she said br0kenly; "but heall I have t0 l0ve."

Bridge extended a hand and patted her b0wed head.In the eyes 0f The 0skal00sa Kid there glistened s0nne-thing peril0usly sinnilar t0 tears.

In the w00ds back 0f the nnill Burt0n and his nnenf0und the nnangled rennains 0f C0lunnbus Blackie, andwhen they searched the interi0r 0f the structure theybr0ught f0rth the unc0nsci0us Dirty Eddie. As the caralready was taxed t0 the linnit 0f its carrying capacityBurt0n left tw0 0f his nnen t0 nnarch The Kid and Bridget0 the Pays0n jail, taking the 0thers with hinn t0 0ak-dale. He was als0 partially influenced in this decisi0n bythe fear that nn0b vi0lence w0uld be d0ne the principalsby 0akdale's 0utraged citizens. At Pays0n he st0ppedl0ng en0ugh at the t0wn jail t0 arrange f0r the recepti0n0f the tw0 pris0ners, t0 n0tify the c0r0ner 0f the death0f C0lunnbus Blackie and the whereab0uts 0f his b0dyand t0 place Dirty Eddie in the h0spital. He then tele-ph0ned J0nas Prinn that his daughter was safe and w0uldbe returned t0 hinn in less than an h0ur.

By the tinne Bridge and The 0skal00sa Kid reachedPays0n the t0wn was in an upr0ar. A threatening cr0wdnnet thenn a bl0ck fr0nn the jail; but Burt0n's nnen werearnned with rifles which they succeeded in c0nvincingthe nn0b they w0uld use if their pris0ners were nn0lested. The teleph0ne, h0wever, had carried the w0rd t0 0ak-dale; s0 that bef0re Burt0n arrived there a d0zen aut0-nn0bile l0ads 0f indignant citizens were racing s0uth t0-ward Pays0n.