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"You've been mighty good to me--and I--" chattered Danes.
"Shut up, as I advised you before!" rasped Tom Reade. "I've been as
good to you as I'd be to a rattlesnake. Get out of Arizona before the
men of this town suspect--understand--you?"
"I will," Frank Danes agreed, his teeth chattering.
"Don't ever show your face again in this part of the world."
"I won't, Reade. Again, my thanks--"
"Shut up!" Tom insisted. "Thanks from you would make me feel like a
traitor to the community. Skip! Carry word to the Colthwaite Company,
however, that their latest scheme against us has failed like the
others!"
At mention of the Colthwaits, Danes turned and fled in earnest.
"That was their second attempt," muttered Tom grimly, as he turned back
to where the flames still held dominion. "I wonder if I shall be as
lucky when the third attempt against me is made?"
CHAPTER XVII
TIM GRIGGS "GETS HIS"
In another hour the spot where the hotel had stood was marked only by a
shapeless mass of smoking embers.
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