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We thought we had him cornered up to the place, but he got away somehow. But we'll get him. Davis has got fifty men scouring the country, I bet. I been sent on to Lonesomeville to head him off if he tries to take a train. He's a purty desperate character, they say, too, Scott. Say, gimme a lift as far as you're agoin', won't you?" "I I well, I reckon so," floundered the helpless Higgins.
"Really, this is getting a bit serious," whispered Crosby to his breathless companion. The deputy was now on the seat with Higgins, and the latter, bewildered and dismayed beyond expression, was urging his horses into their fastest trot. "How far is it to Lonesomeville?" asked the deputy. "'Bout two mile." "It'll rain before we get there," said the other significantly.
"Oh, how lovely!" she whispered rapturously. "How far are you goin'?" came the strange voice from the night. "Oh, 's far ag'in as half," responded Higgins warily. "That you, Scott?" demanded the other. "Yep." "Say, Scott, gimme a ride, will you? Goin' as far as Lonesomeville?" "What you doin' out this time o' night?" demanded Higgins. "Lookin' for a feller that tried to steal Mr. Austin's horses.
He was, instead, on the depot platform at Lonesomeville, and when the westbound express train whistled for the station he was standing grimly in front of two dumbfounded young people who sat sleepily and unwarily on a baggage truck.
Delancy, I can and will carry you a mile or more rather than have one atom of Lonesomeville mud bespatter those charming boots of yours," said Crosby cheerfully, and her protestations were useless against the argument of both men. The distance was not great from the sheds to the station and was soon covered.
Well, where is its nearest station?" "Lonesomeville about four miles south," said Higgins. "Do the night trains stop there?" "I guess you can flag 'em." "There's an east-bound train from St. Louis about midnight, I'm quite sure." While the fugitives were enjoying Mrs. Higgins's hastily but adorably prepared meal, the details of the second stage of the flight were perfected. Mr.
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