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He crossed over and bent down above the fellow, feeling with his hands in the darkness. "I reckon he's a goner, Cap," he admitted, as though surprised. "Gosh, I must'r hit the cuss harder than I thought fair caved in his hed, the pore devil. I reckon it's no great loss ter noboddy." "But are you sure he is dead? That will put a different aspect on all this, Kennedy!"
They reckoned the whol' bunch must'r got away tergether, so the sheriff he started fer Saint Louee, an' the others got onto a troop boat what happened ter cum 'long, and started north. Long 'bout the mouth ov the Illinoy they caught up with a nigger-stealer named Shrunk.
They cudn't do nuthin' legal till they found the other one, an' they wus sittin' round waitin' fer her ter turn up, when the nigger gurl they wus watchin' got away." "How'd she do thet?" "Don't noboddy seem ter know. Damn funny story. Way they tell it, sumbody must'r knocked Kirby down an' run oft with her.
"Thar's two critters down in the crick bottom. I reckon thet Kirby an' Gaskins must'r tied 'em thar." "Good; then you will go; you agree with me?" "Thar ain't nuthin' else fer me ter do hangin' ain't never bin no hobby o' mine. As I understand it, this Gaskins wus one o' these yere militia men.
"Yer must'r give her one hell o' a dose," he growled, angrily. "Half o' thet wud a bin 'nough. Why, damn it, she kin hardly walk." "Well, what's the odds?" it was Kirby who replied sarcastically. "She got more because she wouldn't drink. We had to make her take it, and it wasn't no easy job. Gaskins will tell you that. Have you got your man here?" "O' course; he's waitin' thar with the hosses.
Thar must'r bin a slew o' 'em, an' sum a hoss-back; they wus a strikin' straight across yonder, an' I reckon they fetched a prisoner 'long, sumbody wearin' boots enyhow, fer I saw the tracks in the mud." "Poor fellow. We'll not remain here, Kennedy, only to rest for an hour, or two. We'll not risk a fire." "Sure not ain't got nuthin' ter cook, enyhow."
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