The Prairie Detective — page 173: what you’re looking at

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164 THE PRAIRIE DETECTIVE. ‘“My captors went to sleep while the terrible flames still raged. During the night I succeeded in shpping the cords which bound me down, and, mounted upon my horse, I rode away. They awoke, and followed —and you know the rest.”’ Ryan’s confidence was completely restored. He held out his hand, and his voice trembled a little as he said: ““T hev doubted ye, Jack, an’ I was a mighty mean galoot to doit. Thar’s my hand, an’ ef I ever kin sarve ye in any way, don’t ye hesitate one single doggoned instant to tell me of it.’’ The two clasped hands fervently, after which the other friends signified the non-abatement of their confidence in the same manner. comicbooks co