Few among these could recall to mind either "Reb" or his boon companion, and even those who did retained no recollection of having seen the two lately.

The bartenders asserted that neither man had been there that night, and the dealers above were equally positive.

The city marshal, encountered outside, remembered Dupont, and had seen him at the hotel three hours before, but was positive the fellow had not been on the streets since.

Connors he did not know, but if the man was Major McDonald's driver, then he was missing all right, for Captain Barrett had had to employ a livery-man to drive Mrs.Dupont back to the fort.

No, there was no other lady with her; he was sure, for he had watched them get into the carriage.
The two troopers were no more fortunate in their results, but had succeeded in stirring up greater excitement during their exploration, several irate individuals, roughly aroused from sleep, exhibiting fighting propensities, which had cost one a blackened eye, and the other the loss of a tooth.