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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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