"
"He's too modest. I'll tell you about it," chimed in Stacy Brown.
Stacy, once wound up, would continue to operate until he had run down.
He told the whole story from beginning to end, including the fact that
he himself had been wounded twice, ere he stopped.
"Fine, fine!" The captain leaned back and laughed uproariously. "You
are a funny boy. I wish I had you with me. I could teach you a lot
about dodging bullets."
"I'm a pretty good dodger already or I shouldn't be here at this
minute," answered the fat boy pompously.
"Where did they take the prisoner? Are you informed as to that?" asked
the captain.
"They took him to El Paso, I believe," replied Professor Zepplin. "I
thought you were aware of what had been done."
"I got wind of something of the sort. You see I have been away in
another part of the state on a secret mission for the Governor."
"Exactly."
"Did my men say where they were going before they left you this
morning?"
"No. As I have said, they left most mysteriously."
"Which direction did they take?"
"We do not know that either. They disappeared utterly."
"Just like Withem," nodded the guest, smiling. "But I'll pick him up
some time to-night. I suppose they are on the track of some of the
fellows who have been raising trouble around these parts of late."
"Yes, that's what the lieutenant said. They are after what they call
the Border Gang.
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