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"And Stiger walked out, I suppose," finished Lieutenant Radbury, bitterly. "We allow as how he run out an' putty quick-like, too." "Did anybody make a hunt for him?" "To be sure. But he had two or three hours the start of us, and so we couldn't find his trail." "Reemer ought to be locked up himself." "We ducked him in the horse-trough. But he wasn't so much to blame, after all.
"You're too late," said one of the citizens, to Amos Radbury, as they rode up to the lockup. "Too late?" "Yes." "What do you mean?" asked Dan. "You're after that Hank Stiger, I take it?" "We are." "He skipped out, day before yesterday." "Broke jail?" "Well, not exactly that, Radbury. Louis Reemer was a-watching of him, and Louis got drunk and left the jail door unlocked, and "
We had a jollification because of the capture of Bexar, and a good many of the men weren't jest as straight as they might be." With a heavy heart, Amos Radbury rode down to the jail. But Reemer was away, and a new man had taken his place, a man who knew absolutely nothing concerning the half-breed who had gotten away thus easily. "We may as well go home," said the lieutenant.
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