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"That's the very thing I came to see about."
"You want my resignation?" asked Ted, his spirits falling to zero.
"By no means," laughed the marshal. "Not that, but to ask you to
undertake a somewhat difficult job. It transpires that when the Soldier
Butte bank was robbed the other night, a large amount of money belonging
to the government was taken. I didn't know this until early this
afternoon, when I received a telegram from Washington to go after the
robbers and land them."
"That'll be somewhat of a job," said Ted, drawing his chair closer to
the marshal, so that he couldn't be overheard by passing people.
"I'm well aware of that, and that's the reason I come to you. You and
your boys must undertake the duty of clearing up the mystery of the
robbery, and, if possible, recovering the money."
"I have a very probable theory as to who the robbers are, but it will be
entirely another matter to fasten it on them."
"I leave it all to you. I don't want to have anything to do with it. All
I want are results.


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