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It was wisely ordered by Divine Providence, that before the king pardoned him, he had a legal return under the hand and seal of the sheriff of Bedfordshire, certifying the reasons of this frightful imprisonment.

On the 14th of January, Governor Bent, believing the conspiracy completely crushed, with an escort of five persons among whom were the sheriff and circuit attorney had left Santa Fe to visit his family, who resided at Fernandez.

The room was empty, except for a court attache, who was industriously writing at a little desk in the rear of the room. The Maison case was in the judge's mental vision, and he was wondering why the banker had not complained, when the sheriff of Colfax entered. Graney smiled a welcome at him. "You don't get over this way very often, Warde, but when you do, I'm glad to see you.

"Oh, but surely you will stay for dinner," said Auntie Sue, while her dear heart was faint with fear lest they accept, and thus bring about who could say what disastrous consequences through their meeting with Judy. "Not this time, Auntie Sue," returned the Sheriff. "Mr. Ross is anxious to get on down the river as fast as he can.

You will obtain an order to this effect from the Governor, and armed with it you will, as soon as you have discovered where the woman is, call upon the sheriff of the county to aid you in recovering her and in arresting Pearson and his associates." "Thank you, sir. That will certainly be the best way.

There would be nothing but scorn from Uncle Bill when he returned, and not that moment of praise for which he yearned. To gain that great end he must kill Pete Reeve, but not by the aid of the law. "I dunno," he said to the sheriff who waited impatiently. "I figure that what I know wouldn't be no good to you." The sheriff snorted. "You been letting me waste all this time on you?" he asked Bull.

Outlaw and murderer, renegade, rustler, and common horse-thief all for whom the eastern trails had been growing too hot had ridden into this haven beyond the range of the boldest sheriff until even the vigilance committee could not function here for the simple reason that there were too many to adorn the ropes and too few to pull them.

With this expression he intended to convey the impression that he was suffering a martyrdom. But the sheriff's acquaintance with Texas was not recent. "An' now that you've got the gun," said Texas, after an embarrassed silence, "what's the next thing on the programme?" "Takin' your gun," said the sheriff heavily, "was a preliminary; like they say in the sporting papers.

The earldoms in England were so perverted; originally they were offices like the modern lords-lieutenancies of the shires; gradually they became hereditary titles. The only remedy the king had was to deprive the earls of their power, and entrust it to a nominal deputy, the sheriff.

Then the sheriff turned and said something to them in a low voice, and they forthwith faced about and deliberately marched back toward their lodgings.