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Rh "Yes," assented the sheriff, "and he’s saved this county a heap of trouble, too—though, of course, we’d got the bosses back anyway," he added, hastily.

Gunga Din went back to the farm that night and revelled in good things to eat. Aunt Ellen, recklessly feeding him popped corn by the handful, said "Land’s sake" under her breath several times. She cried a little, too, but it was not with distress. There was no longer any doubt about the mortgage.

In Chicago the following day a man with a narrow-brimmed straw hat and a checkered vest was much mystified upon receiving the following message:

"Now what the deuce does that awkwardly worded puzzle mean?" said the man with the checkered vest.