He said he could find the way from there.

After that he run up the bank as if some one was after him.

There was a boat waitin' fer him under the clift." "Did he get into it ?" cried Squires.
"He tole me not to look or he'd break my neck," said the boy.

The posse nervously fingered its arsenal.
"But you _did_ look ?" "Yep.

I seen 'em plain." "Them?
Was there more than one ?" "There was a woman in the skift." "You don't say so!" gasped Squires.
"Dang it, ain't he tellin' you!" Anderson ejaculated scornfully.
The boy was hurried off at the head of the posse, which by this time had been reinforced.