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seen and heard. I told him to keep still until 

 the next night and I would try to get him out 

 and away. I talked about the Station the 

 next day, and spent some time in the company 

 of the stranger from Ft. Scott, and in his 

 presence announced my intention of soon go- 

 ing on another hunt, and told him that if my 

 partner did not come back I would be pleased 

 to have him go with m.e. He was anxious to 

 do so and we parted fast friends, but when he 

 got up the next morning, the woman and chil- 

 dren that he had followed from Ft. Scott were 

 gone. As soon as ever^^thing was still that 

 night I harnessed up the team, and, taking 

 Howard's family with me, drove to where he 

 was concealed, and started themtoward Col- 

 orado, telling them to keep hidden during the 

 day and travel during the night, and they were 

 soon out of the reach of the detective. I got 

 back to the hotel in time to get up for break- 

 fast with the rest, but when the detective 

 missed Howard's family he looked sharply 

 at me, as if he thought that if I chose I could 

 tell how they got away. As good luck would 



