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robbed me and related the circumstance to 

 them, and they asked me to hitch my team to 

 the wagon and let them go after him. I 

 finally consented and took them to the nearest 

 railway station, and they, guessing the course 

 he was most likely to take, boarded the first 

 train and headed him off. They captured him 

 without difficulty and took him to Las Animas, 

 in Colorado. Here they took him before a 

 justice, and one of them made oath that he had 

 stolen the team from them— although it was 

 |-,ig own— and proved it by the other. The 

 magistrate remanded him to jail, and turned 

 his team and wagon and my pocket-book over 

 to his captors, which they brought back with 

 them. The would-be thief lay in jail until 

 court set, when he was released, there being 

 no one to appear against him. Nevertheless, 

 it must be allowed that he paid rather dear 

 for his venture. What the other two did with 

 the team I can not say, as I lost sight of them 

 almost immediately afterward. I remained 

 here a few days, and went in to Sherlock with 

 a load of meat. There were a great many 



