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ingratitude! Why, the caive ye a vote of

thanks, and instead, here they are trying their level best to hang you

Cussedest sorter thing a oes like a flock o' sheep

after a leader, an' I bet I could name the fellers who are a-runnin'

that crowd How did the thing happen?"

Bothof their scattered

pursuers, but Ha his brief story with

careful detail, appreciating the i full confidence

in this quiet, resourceful corit,

nerve, faithfulness to duty, from his head to his heels

"All I really saw of the fellow," he concluded, "was a hand and arm as

they drove in the knife You can see there where it ripped me, and the

unexpected blow of the man's body knocked me forward, and of course I

fell on Slavin It may be I drove the point farther in when I came

down, but that was an accident The fact is, Buck, I had every reason

to wish Slavin to live I was just getting out of him some information

I needed"