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entirely upon circumstances ; I might go out 

 the next day, and I might not go again for a 

 week or more. ''Well," saidhe/4f you go out 

 to-morrow I would like to go with you." I 

 told him I would see about it and left him. 

 When I went to the hotel I found Howard's 

 family there sure enough, but the stranger 

 watched me so closely that I could have no 

 conversation with thewo man. I was very 

 roughly dressed and my clothes were bloody, 

 and I suppose the vvoman at first took me for 

 a desperado, reeking with the blood of his vic- 

 tims. As soon, however, as she found out that 

 I was the "old hunter" that her husband was 

 with, she manifested a desire to speak to me, 

 but was watching the stranger as well as I and 

 would not speak to me in his presence, for she 

 had noticed him getting on and off the cars 

 every time that she did, and had pretty well 

 divined his purpose. The first chance I could 

 get I told her where her husband was, and she 

 begged me to help them to outwit the detective 

 and get away. I promised her that I would do 

 so, and about ten o'clock that night slipped out, 

 went to Howard and reported what I had 



