9/18 But we're not hunting after your kind to-day. Did you see anything of a fellow in scarlet jacket along here last night, or this morning ?" I failed to catch Farrell's answer, but the voice of the officer was sufficiently loud to reach me. We'll look about your shop just the same before we ride on. Mason, take a half-dozen men with you, and rake the place over." I heard the sound of their boots on the floor, and burrowed lower in my box. Two or three entered the old shop, and began to probe about among the _debris_. |