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Janize this man?”

He received a chorus of nos He braced for a “Broncho Billy” or two, but apparently none of them went to the pictures

“Where does Jim live?” he asked

No one would tell him

He went to the Santa Monica Police Department, where an elderly patrolman led him to the chief of the departentleman in a dark suit, with his hair cut close on the sides in the modern way Dashwood introduced himself The chief acted cordially and said he was happy to help a Van Dorn operative The blacksins lived in a rented rooo to hide out? The chief had no idea

Dashwood stopped at the Western Union office to telegraph a report to the Sacramento office to be forwarded to wherever Isaac Bell was Then he walked the streets, as darkness fell, hoping to catch a glimpse of the eles, he decided to rent a roo back to town so he could start hunting early in the

A LONE HORSEMAN ON a glossy bay rode a ridge that overlooked the rele-tracked Southern Pacific line just south of the Oregon border Three raph pole squeezed between the track and an abandoned tin-roofed barn, spotted hiainst the sharp-blue sky Their leader removed his broad-brimmed Stetson and swept it in a slow full circle over his head

“Hey, what are you doing, Ross? Don’t wave hello like you’re inviting him down here”

“I’ him off”

“How the hell is he going know the difference?”

“He forks his horse like a cowhand A cowhand knows danal for Mind your own damned business and sift sand away from us”

“We ain’t rustling cattle We ain’t even seen any cattle”

“The principle is the same Unless the man is a total fool, he’ll leave us alone”

“What if he doesn’t?”

“We’ll blow his head off”