[The Daughter of Anderson Crow by George Barr McCutcheon]@TWC D-Link bookThe Daughter of Anderson Crow CHAPTER XXXII 23/25
Was he stole ?" She made him understand, and together, followed by the actors, the audience and the whole town, they led the way to the washout, the fair Rosalind dragging the overworked hero of the hour along at a gait which threatened to be his undoing. Later on, after the five bandits had been carried to the village, Jackie Blake gladly informed his sweetheart that they could have easy sailing with the seven thousand dollars he expected.
Anderson Crow had agreed to take but three thousand dollars for his share in the capture.
One of the robbers was dead.
The body of the sixth was found in the river weeks afterward. "I'm glad I was the first on the ground," said Blake, in anticipation of the reward which was eventually to be handed over to him.
"But Anderson Crow turned out to be a regular trump, after all.
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