I heard this morning where he came from.

He is a blacksmith, and a stiff reward is out for him, two hundred dollars." LAB.--"He is worth looking for." CAP.--"I reckon so.

If I get my clutches on him again, I'll mosey[A] him down to -- -- before I eat or sleep." [Footnote A: An expression which signifies to drive in a hurry.] Reader, you may if you can, imagine what the state of my mind was at this moment.

I shall make no attempt to describe it to you; to my great relief, however, the party rode off, and the labourer after finishing his work went into the house.

Hope seemed now to dawn for me once more; darkness was rapidly approaching, but the moments of twilight seemed much longer than they did the evening before.