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I told him I would do so and in the morninLi- 

 started in without him. When I got in 1 

 noticed a stranger, but paid no attention to him 

 then, and began getting rid of my load ot" 

 meat, but soon the s^iranger came up to the 

 \vagon and began -looking at the meat, re- 

 marking that it was the tirst he had ever seen. 



''It is ; ■' said I in feigned astonishment. 

 ''Where did you come from.^" 



"From Missouri, near Ft. Scott," was his 

 a- swer. 



Then I knew he was a detective, hunting for 

 Howard, but thought him very stupid to tell 

 where he was from and give himself away so 

 easily. He took quite an in erest in me and fol- 

 lowed me about questioning me at every 

 opportunity. "Let's see, what is your name?'' 

 he asked. I told him my name. "Do you 

 hunt for a living." I replied in the affirmative. 



"Do you hunt by yourself?" 



"Sometimes I do." 



"Have you any one with you now." 



"Yes, but I do not know where he is." 



"When are you going out again? " 



I told him I could not tell, as it depended 



