"It must have been about half-past nine, wasn't it, father ?" she called in a shaking voice.

"And, you know, Helen thought he went west." "Wiley!" The old man leaned from the sill again.
"Yes!" answered the man on horseback.
"Wiley, he left about half-past nine--just before the storm.

They think he went west." "Much obliged.

Willetts is so upset he isn't sure of anything." "Wiley!" The old man's voice shook; Minnie began to cry aloud.

The horseman wheeled about and turned his animal's head toward town.
"Wiley!" "Yes." "Wiley, they haven't--you don't think they've got him ?" "By God, judge," said the man on horseback, "I'm afraid they have!".