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 with a flash of his eyes and a compression of his lips; “and I shall not return till I learn the truth.”

“And I’se gwine wid you,” added Jethro Mix.

“I don’t see that you can be of any help, but you may come if you wish. You owe the risk of your own life for the wrong you have done that noble fellow.”

“Dat’s what I thinks, Al, and I’m wid you till de last horn blows.”

Now suppose we join hands in the hunt for Ross Brandley, and leave all the adventures and experiences to be told in