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The Untamed

CHAPTER III
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Not me.

Lead out the dollar, pal, an' kiss it farewell!" "Who'll hold the stakes ?" asked Morgan.
"Let your friend Mike," said Jim Silent carelessly, and he placed fifty dollars in gold in the hands of the Irishman.

Morgan followed suit.

The crowd hurried outdoors.
A dozen bets were laid in as many seconds.

Most of the men wished to place their money on the side of Morgan, but there were not a few who stood willing to risk coin on Jim Silent, stranger though he was.
Something in his unflinching eye, his stern face, and the nerveless surety of his movements commanded their trust.
"How do you stand, Jim ?" asked Lee Haines anxiously.


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