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takin' jewels from a lady.” After a prolonged stare of honest admiration, Ioe bows again, raises his sombrero gallantly, whistles to the Pinto,
mounts and rides away.
The driver of the stage coach hastens to the nearest town and reports the hold-up to the sheriff, who gathers his posse and starts in pursuit of the bandit, but, as usual. Ice on his pony easily outdistances them. However, Ice's men, feeling that the Pinto, because of his peculiar markings, is becoming too well known, and that it is no longer safe to travel with him, give Ice his choice between themselves and the pony. It does not take Ice long to make his choice — just as long hs it takes him to draw his gun from his holster and tell the men to "beat itn— and Ice is not slow on the draw.
Leaving his Pinto with Jose, a faithful Mexican friend, Ice makes his way, alone, to Saddle City, where he again meets Betty Werdin. Betty, of course, does not recognize Ice as the daring bandit, nor does her uncle, but the latter places no obstacles in the way of Ice and Betty becoming well acquainted, believing Ice to be a moneyed rancher, and leaving it to Betty to lure him to a fleecing. Betty, however, feeling a genuine love for Ice, refuses to be a partner to her uncle's schemes, and the result is the hasty departure of Betty and "Admiral" Bates to their old haunts in San. Francisco.
Upon Ice's request for her address, Betty, ashamed to tell him where she lives, has given him a false number, and later, when Ice appears before the door of a handsome residence in San Francisco, and asks for "Miss Betty
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