Some says Injuns; some says the posse run 'em down; an' Black Bart an' his dirthy outfit, they swear it was Keith.

Oi've got me own notion.

Annyhow, there's 'bout three hundred dollars, some mules, an' a lot o' valyble papers missin'." "But if it wasn't father, where is he now ?" "That's what Oi've been tryin' ter foind out.

First off he went out to the Cimmaron Crossing, gyarded by a squad o' cavalry from the fort here.

Tommy Caine wint along, an' told me all about it.