I don't see how riding could make you lose all those things at once." "If he robbed me, I'd like to get hold of him," cried Andy.
"More than likely, if he did rob you, he'll take good care to keep out of your reach." "What of the horse?
Did they catch him ?" "Not yet.

Most likely he left the road after he got tired of running and wandered into the woods.

He was a valuable animal and Captain Putnam is worried about him." "Will he hold me for that loss ?" "I don't think so--you didn't run away with him--he ran away with you." The report of the loss of Andy's valuables was thoroughly circulated around Putnam Hall and Cedarville, and a reward of ten dollars for the return of the things was posted.
The next day a farmer named John Lane, who lived not far from the school, appeared there, riding on the back of the runaway Jim.

The horse looked much subdued and was covered with burrs.
"I was out in the woods with my son Bill, when we ran across the horse," explained John Lane.

"I knew him right away as the animal that had belonged to Jerry Toller.