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Burton turned and eyed the boy sternly Willie quailed "I seen 'em," he cried "Hones' I seen 'eo Here's where they burrit the dead man," and he pointed to the little

"We'll see," commented Burton, tersely, and he sent two of his men back to the Case farm for spades When they returned a few minutes' labor revealed that so much of Willie's story was true, for a quilt wrapped corpse was presently unearthed and lying upon the ground beside its violated grave Willie's stock rose once more to par

In an improvised litter they carried the deadthe coroner by telephone Half of Burton's men were sent to the north side of the woods and half to the road upon the south of the Squibbs' farm There they separated and formed a thin line of outposts about the entire area north of the road If the quarry ithin it could not escape without being seen In the mean time Burton telephoned to Oakdale for reinforcements, as it would require fifty led underbrush of the wood