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"Well, what of it?" "Does Lapelle know that Martin is in jail?" "Certainly, and he says he ought to be hung. That's what he thinks of Hawk. A man that would sell his own " "Hawk is in jail for stock-stealing, Mr. Trentman." "What's that got to do with the case? What's that got to do with your calling my friend a horse-thief?" "A whole lot, sir.
I know now that you are mixed up in this stock-stealing business that's been going on for months. It don't take a very smart brain to grasp the situation. You've probably been making a pretty good thing out of moving this stuff down the river on your boats, and Now, don't get up on your ear, my friend! No use trying to bamboozle me. You're scared stiff, and that's enough for me.
"Son of my father," said Jim, "times are very bad indeed. There is little or no stock-stealing going on. The farmers come to the office and report losses of sheep; we are sent to hunt for the thieves, but instead of catching them, we find that the sheep have simply strayed into some other farmer's flock. Will you believe it; for two months we have not run in a single thief?"
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