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Updated: May 4, 2025
She had been considering the situation from the viewpoint of the nester's death, but if Dakota had really been in earnest and had gone for a doctor, there was a chance that the tragedy which seemed so imminent would be turned into something less serious.
When he reached the nester's cabin, the dog Nig greeted him with vociferous affection, bringing Hagar to the door. "Oh, it's Rex!" cried the girl delightedly. And then, reproachfully: "Me an' dad allowed you wasn't comin' any more!" "You an' dad was a heap mistaken, then," he grinned as he dismounted and trailed the reins over the pony's head.
And Randerson was at the ranchhouse even less frequently than his predecessor; he spent much of his time with the outfit. But he came in one afternoon, after Ruth's friendship with Hagar Catherson had progressed far, and met the nester's daughter on the porch as he was about to enter the house.
Amid a fire of questions, the wounded man was lifted from the wagon. "Are you sure there isn't a woman at this nester's shack," said he appealingly to the bearers of the blanket stretcher. "If there is, I ain't going. Paul, stand squarely in front of me, where I can see your eyes. After what I've been handed lately, it makes me peevish. I want to feel the walnut juice in your hand clasp.
"Yes, clear," said Allen. "The evidence is all against him." Yet it was not all quite clear to Langford. To be sure, he had expected to receive news that Dakota had accomplished the destruction of Doubler, but he had not anticipated the fortunate appearance of Duncan at the nester's cabin during the commission of the murder, nor had he expected Sheila to be near the scene of the crime.
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