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40 BONNY JEAN. voice, ‘‘and I will shoot you through the heart! You lying - villain, you shall die a dog’s death !” Fora moment Black dd pause, awed by the white, resolute face of the young man, and the determined glitter of his dark, handsome eyes; then a sardonic smile crept over his saturnine features, and he raised one hand commandingly. ‘‘Disarm him, vigilantes!” he shouted ; ‘‘ knock that pistol from his hand and string him up! There are ropes in the cabin,” Still Philip stood alone in the midst of that malignant, scowl- ing group. , ‘‘Dare to touch me,” he said, calmly, ‘‘and the man who attempts it will get this !” He pointed his weapon at the crowd; but one of the men, unnoticed, slipped up behind him, and with a well-directed blow from behind dashed the revolver from his hand. ‘Then they sprang upon him, and while one hastily brought the ropes from the cabin the others held him firmly, and ere many min- utes Philip was securely bound. He faced them resolutely. ‘‘Dogs!” he cried, ‘‘you have made a wonderful conquest ; ten to one—a brave deed! I congratulate you.” Something like shame touched the hearts of the men; _ they wavered and drew back, but their captain motioned them on. “«Select a tree,” he commanded, with fiendish joy at the prospect of being forever rid of his hated rival; ‘‘and make haste about it, too; I haven't time to linger ee uIOngs and I want to see the end of this business.” They bore Philip, bound hand and foot, to where a huge pine tree waved its arms aloft, one immense branch standing out like a skeleton arm, and upon this they fastened the rope securely and made a slip-noose. Gabriel Black could scarcely contain himself, so intense was his satisfaction at the prospect. This was more than he dared to hope for or dream of—that Philip should be removed from his path, and he himself (for. Black was an arrant coward) would not be held responsible, Eomicbooks.co =)