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friends." He fell back a step, as if he had been struck a blow, and then he hoarsely returned: "All right, Kate. But I'll stick ter my oath. I ain't ter be thrown aside so easy. As fer them city chaps, ther maountings ain't big enough ter hold them an' me. Wade Miller has some power, an' I wouldn't give a snap for their lives. The Black Caps don't take ter strangers much, an' they know them critters is hyar. I'm goin' now, but that don't need ter mean that I'll stay away fer long." He turned, and, having picked up his revolver, strode away into the darkness, quickly disappearing. Kate's trembling hand fell on Frank's arm, and she panted into his ear: "You-uns must git out o' ther maountings quick as you kin, fer Wade Miller means what he says, an' he'll kill ye ef you stay hyar!" CHAPTER XLI. FACING DEATH. Frank Merriwell's blood was aroused, and he did not feel like letting Wade Miller drive him like a hunted dog from the mountains. "By this time I should think you would have confidence in my ability to take care of myself against this man Miller," he said, somewhat testily. "Yo're ther best fighter I ever saw, but that won't 'mount ter anything agin' ther power Miller will set on yer. He's pop-ler, is Wade Miller, an' he'll have ther hull maountings ter back him." "I shall not run for Miller and all his friends. Right is right, and I have as good right here as he." "Hang me!" cried Kate, admiringly; "hang me ef I don't like you-uns' pluck. You may find that you'll need a friend afore yo're done with Wade. Ef ye do--wal, mebbe Kate Kenyon won't be fur off." "Thank you," said Frank. "It is a good thing to know I shall have one friend in the mountains." "Huah!" grunted a voice, and Mrs. Kenyon was seen stolidly standing in the dusk. "Mebbe you-uns will find my Kate ther best friend ye could have. Come, gal, it's time ter g'win." So they entered the cabin, and Barney found an opportunity to whisper to Frank: "She's a corker, me b'y! an' Oi think she's shtuck on yez. Betther be careful, lad. It's dangerous." "Don't worry," returned Frank. Shortly after entering the house, Mrs. Kenyon declared she was tired, and intended to go to bed. She apologized for the bed she had to give the boys, but they assured her that they were accustomed to sleeping anywhere, and that the bed would be a positive luxury. "Such slick-tongued chaps I never did see before," declared the old woman.
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