5/9 "I've come to you for advice--and perhaps for some warrants. You recollect some time ago there was a herd of cattle lost in Devil's Hole--and some men. Some of the men were shot, and one or two of them went down under the herd when it stampeded." "Yes," said the judge, "I heard rumors of it. But those things are not uncommon, and I haven't time to look them up unless the cases are brought formally to my attention." "Well," resumed Warde, "at the time there didn't seem to be any clue to work on that would indicate who had done the killing. We've nothing to do with the stampede, of course--that sort of stuff is out of my line. |