CHAPTER VIII.—"Chuck" takes suit
of clothes #nd money to pay the fine to
city jail, only to find that fine had been
Jja'id. Warburton, in name of Jimi
Osborne, receives note from Miss Annes
ley offering him position of cdachman,
which he decides to accept in spite of
protests of his friend, whom he leaves to
explain his disappearance to his relatives,
by statin? that he had gone north sud
denly on a hunting trip.
CHAPTER IX.—Miss Annestey, "after
closely questioning Warburton (known
to her' as James Osbornei at her home,
hires him on probation. While -being
shown about the stables expressed a de
sire to ride an exceptionally vicious
thoroughbred called Pirate, "with Misa
Annesley's permission he saddles and
mounts the horse 'which immediately
She moved on, Warburton following
soberly and thoughtfully. There was a
good deal to think of just now. The
more he saw of this girl, the less he
•understood her purpose in hiring hini.
She couldn't possibly know anything
about him, who or what he was. With
bis beard gone he defied her to recog
nize in him the man who traveled
\across the Atlantic with her. A high
bred woman, such as she was, would
scarcely harbor any kind of feelings
toward a man who had acted as lie
was acting. If any man had kissed
Nancy the way he had kissed her, he
would have broken every borite in his.
body or hired some one to do it. And
she had paid his fine at the police-sjta
tion and had hired him an probation!
Truly he was in the woods and there
wasn't a sign of blazed trail. It
will be seen that my hero hadn't had
much experience with women! She.
