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An hour drew its length along, and then, becoming impatient, the man of clubs walked into the saloon. Two men were drinking at the bar, and from beyond a screen came the sound of voices, where numerous gamesters were engaged in play. Billy Bowlegs was himself behind the bar. He seemed to recognize the officer, for he nodded and set out a decanter of brandy and shoved it toward him.

Then he went over to the side of the stunned detective, secured his arms and removed his beard and gray hair. "Thought you was sharp enough to fool me," chuckled the villain. "I reckin you'll l'arn ef you ever git yer mind agin, that two kin play at ther game o' twist." After these movements the tramp left the room. He was gone but a short time when he returned, accompanied by Billy Bowlegs.

The saloon of Billy Bowlegs was a low resort, and Detective Keene realized that it was not a safe place for a member of his profession were he recognized by any of the law-breakers who frequented the place. The detective was deeply puzzled with regard to August Bordine.

So the summer and the autumn pass, without change, save that Emma Jane substitutes sweet potatoes for corn bread, and the fat baby has learned to balance himself upon his bowlegs. Upon a winter evening Wat enters the cabin at the usual hour.

That night, as soon as supper was over he brought his canes to the fire and laid them down, preparatory to beginning work upon them. "What are you a goin' to do with them canes, Sam?" asked Billy Bowlegs. "What do you think, Billy?" "Dog-gone ef I know," replied Billy. "Suppose you quit saying 'dog-gone' Billy," said Sam.

They were in earnest in this expedition, and they supposed, of course, that the destruction of the compass would force them to return to camp. Beside this, it angered them to think that Jake had done so mean a thing. Billy Bowlegs, the smallest boy in the party, was especially furious.

You wish to dispose of this fellow effectually?" "In course." "I've never permitted bloodshed in my house," proceeded Billy Bowlegs, "but I'll tell you what we will do. We will drop the fellow down to the lower room, and leave him until the boss comes; then his fate will be decided upon." "That suits me."

The distance, in an air line is about a hundred and twenty-five miles: that is to say Pensacola is about a hundred and ten miles further south than camp Jackson, and about fifty miles further west." "That would be a hundred and sixty miles then," said Billy Bowlegs.

The troops detailed for the service were the Fifth Infantry, then busy fighting Billy Bowlegs among the everglades of Florida, the Tenth Infantry, which was stationed at the forts in Upper Minnesota, the Second Dragoons, which was among the forces assembled at Fort Leavenworth, to be used, if necessary, in Kansas, at the requisition of Governor Walker, and Phelps's light-artillery battery, the same which so distinguished itself at Buena Vista, under the command of Captain Washington.

"So, you're really 'Captain Sam' after all," said Sid Russell, when the document was read in his presence, and the formal commission had been inspected reverently by all the boys. "Yes, an' he's been a real 'Captain Sam' all the time," said Billy Bowlegs. What became of Jake Elliott? If he had been an enlisted soldier he would have been tried by court martial.

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