But before he could explain himself Miss Porter was gone.
He met her again that very evening.

The trial had been summarily suspended by the appearance of the Sheriff of Calaveras and his _posse_, who took Joe from that self-constituted tribunal of Blazing Star and set his face southward and toward authoritative although more cautious justice.

But not before the evidence of the previous inquest had been read, and the incident of the ring again delivered to the public.

It is said the prisoner burst into an incredulous laugh and asked to see this mysterious waif.

It was handed to him.