Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers. All Rights Reserved.
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AN OUTLAW.
A STORY OF JIM-NED CREEK.
BY M. E. M. DAVIS.
The porch of Bishop's store—the heart, so to speak, of the Jim-NedCreek settlement—was deserted, for the November day was bleak and raw.Half a score or more men lounged over the counters within, or sat silentand ruminant around the smouldering fire. Gideon Bishop, half hidden byhis tall desk, was busy with his ledgers, but he glanced furtively andfrowningly now and again at his guests.
The Outlaw came up the road at a leisurely pace. She was a small mare,blue-gray in color, with a flowing mane and tail of a fine glossy black,much matted with cockle-burs. She tossed her small head coquettishly inresponse to the neigh of welcome from the horses hitched to the saplingsabout the store, and picked her way daintily to the very edge of theporch, where she stood saucily expectant.
"Hullo! There's that blue mustang o' yourn!" exclaimed Sam Leggett,jumping down from the counter. "It's been nigh onto two year sence shevamoosed, ain't it, Uncle Gid? Where <