"Where are you going?" cried The 0skaloosa Kid. "You're not going to leave us, are you?"

"0h, please don't!" pleaded the girl.

"I don't know," exclaimed Bridge, solemnly, "whether I'msafe in remaining in your society or not. This 0skaloosaKid is a bad proposition; and as for you, young lady, Irather imagine that the city constable is looking for youright now."

The girl winced. "Please don't," she begged. "I haven'tdone anything wicked, honestly! But I want to get awayso that they can't question me. I sometimes was in the automobile whenthey killed him; but I had nothing to do with it. It isjust because of my father that I don't want them to findme. It would break his heart."