But another Indian joined the group and began whispering excitedly.

A cheer went up, and before the man could realize it they had jerked off their straps and departed, spreading the news as they went that freight to Lake Linderman was fifty cents.
Of a sudden, the crowd before the store was perceptibly agitated.

Its members whispered excitedly one to another, and all their eyes were focussed upon three men approaching from up the trail.

The trio were ordinary-looking creatures, ill-clad and even ragged.

In a more stable community their apprehension by the village constable and arrest for vagrancy would have been immediate.