The Prairie Detective — page 98: what you’re looking at

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THE PRAIRIE DETECTIVE. 89 ‘‘Never mind what ye’d do. -I kem hyar fer the purpose o’ cuttin’ yer throat from ear to ear, an’ I'd a-done it, too, ef yer pardner hed ben hyar to share my ‘tenshuns with ye. But ez it is, I hev thought 0? givin’ ye “nother shake fer yer life. Will ye ‘agree to what I axes of yer?” ‘“Agree? I'll agree to anything!’’ ‘Don’t be so fast, young feller,’’ observed Ryan,. smiling calmly. ‘“‘What I’m agoin’ to ax ye is this: Ef I turn ye loose, will ye help us to git the twist onto yer chief? Will ye do this fer the sake 0’ scoopin’ in Dick Hatfield?’’ “Doit? I will—well, just try me.’ “T’ll do it, Jack Robinson, bad ez ye are. But mind ye,”’ continued the scout, as he cut the bonds of his prisoner, “‘ef I ketch ye doin’ one single, ‘tarnal thing what's crooked, Ill. bore ye fuller 0’ holes nor the top 0’ a pepper-box.”’ Robinson vouchsafed no response, but as soon as he was released Ryan handed him a gun, and the two started at a rapid, swinging pace away from the spot where death was holding high carnival. Comicbooks GO