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and trapped around Jackson’s Lake, and 
claimed to be an expert packer and first-class 
cook, we added him to our party in these 
capacities. Later, Lanahan came to us in 
great agitation, and said that Harrington, our 
new man, was a very dangerous character, 
and had just been pardoned from jail, where 
he was serving a twenty-five years’ sentence 
for horse-stealing; that he had broken out 
once, and had been recaptured only after an 
exciting chase of seventy-five miles, during 
which he had been shot in the leg. We asked 
Harrington about this. He admitted its sub- 
stantial truth, but said he was innocent of the 
crime, and had been the victim of malicious 
persecution by some men who wanted to 
“jump” his ranch in the Teton valley; so we 
decided to take him along, and did not regret 
it. The disposition by sale for $20 of a 
large quantity of our delicacies to the Mor- 
mon storekeeper at Kaintuck lessened the 
weight of our packs, which Harrington made 
up next morning in less than half the usual 
time, to the evident disgust of Lanahan and 
Mason. Before leaving the town, Harrington 
took me to a saloon where hung several 
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