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CHAPTER VI. oS FALSE ACCUSATION. | 2 ee “Linn. Deciated but a moment. Having taken in the — i ene at a brief glance, he stepped suddenly out from the "bushes , and confronted the unsuspecting boys. : % ue at was a stunning surprise, and they were thrown quite — ri f.0' their guard. Bruce turned pale and trembled; the Mec cards fell from his limp fingers, and with the other hand a at e upset his glass of wine. Steve also turned pale under % ok. ruddy skin, but he showed less agitation than his sae ~ companion. He looked up with an angry scowl, and os a card down on the stone. ; - “What are you doing here, Linn Hilliard?” he de- manded, in a sneering tone. “I never knew such a fel- tow for turning up at odd times. It looks mightily much though you were dogging us. : . ‘ E “Go on, Bruce,’ he added. “It’s your play.” oe le. picked up his glass of wine and coolly drained the ow . Nic ontents. A You made us jump, Linn, bolting out on us in that 5 WAY, ” said Bruce, beginning to Baus up his cards with ae ‘ten mbling fingers. “Of course we’re not doing anything “wrong—just’ having a little fun on the quiet. Did you | want t to see me?” a3 ion ae ” replied Linn, “IT wanted to see both of you. I vats ti want that four hundred and seventy-five dollars.” a a he: boys fairly gasped with fright, and guilt y was | to a i} De) s ¥ 7 » a ba © * ~ os ror . cate bie @ quickly stamped on their haggard faces. ak So e ee te Cease dont understand, Linn,” said. Bruce, 4 eee ee ESR. Th ie ee ‘ oy i See, co ope Ta y Ac aft *. : : i "| - % n 5 get wp Were ‘ hk ¥ ‘ ‘ - hy < ‘at 3 : * . * Gn fe) € cy al e rou tall about?” — Veen Bai iss re oe eet Sas oy comic ic books.« com , “s .) , aa . af 0 = le , ~~ he as "> 4 ice . fon re $ is aban % Cy ad f “Che he DD Ae Sa 4 4 . 4 : ’ - - a | > ee pe cA + a ff ~ >“ - af gy"