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"Wow! There's where your Uncle Samuel reaches out his long arms and
takes a hand in the game. How much did they get away with?"
"The chief did not say. That is not for us to know, I guess, or he
doesn't think it will make any difference with us in our enthusiasm for
our work of running down and capturing that gang, or gangs, as the ease
may be."
"But it wouldn't do a feller no harm ter know. I'd feel a heap more
skittish if I wuz runnin' after a million than if it wuz thirty cents."
"There's something in that, but we won't let it interfere with the
performance of our duty."
"How does the chief put it up to us?"
"He tells the facts briefly, and says: 'Go and get the robbers.'"
"That's short an' ter ther p'int. Anything else?"
"He says that the worst bunch of train robbers in ten years has been
organized, with men operating on various railroads, and that from past
performances it would seem that they had inside and powerful friends who
were keeping them informed as to what trains to rob.


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