THE WOLF HUNTERS 



In narrating the results of his inquiries at the 

 post Tom said : 



"As we had all been pretty well acquainted with 

 Weisselbaum when he used to keep the little store 

 in Ogden, near Fort Riley, before he got to be 

 sutler of this post, I thought I would first call on 

 him an' renew old acquaintance. When I tried 

 to remind him who I was an' the many times I 

 had been in his store at Ogden an' bought goods 

 of him he couldn't rememb^v me at all. An' 

 then I asked him if he remembered Jack an' Peck, 

 tellin' him that you was both here with me an' 

 the object of our trip an' so forth, but he couldn't 

 recall either of us an' looked at me kind of sus- 

 picious like, as though he was afraid I was goin' 

 to ask him to credit me for a plug of tobacco or 

 something of that kind. 



"To set him straight on that point I called for 

 a couple of cigars, an' in paying for 'em I managed 

 to show several greenbacks, an', my, what a 

 change come over his countenance when he saw 

 that money! The sight of them greenbacks at 

 once refreshed his recollection. 



"He suggested that we should leave our surplus 

 money in his safe, and I believe it's a good scheme, 

 for we'll have no use for money over on the Wal- 

 nut, where we're going, an* we might lose it. Peck 

 might go over to the store now, takin' Jack along 

 for a witness, an' deposit our money with the sut- 

 ler an' take a receipt for it; an' if we have occasion 



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