The Prairie Detective: Secret Service Series No. 24 — page 150: what you’re looking at

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148 THE PRAIRIE DETECTIVE. CHAPTER XVI. IN THE MORNING. Dan, Ryan, and Esther were up betimes. After ahasty and not gluttonous repast upon what was left of the bacon, the scout, accompanied by his pet, started over to camp, for the purpose of getting what supplies he could,find, and also to procure all possi- ble information as to the movements of the Blood- suckers. ae Shortly after sunrise he returned with four horses and a considerable amount of bacon and other eat- ables, together with arms, ammunition, and blank- ets in abundance. The animals he had found at different points, wandering aimlessly about. One of them he loaded with such supplies as he could pick up among .the ruins of the camp, while to the _ others he fastened saddles. The side-saddle belong- ing to Esther he found among the other articles strewn about, and she was glad enough to learn that one, at least, of the discomforts of her prospective journey was to be removed. Ryan had, in addition to his other work, examined the trail left by the retreating band, antl found everything just as Robinson had represented to Ks- ther. He hardly knew whether to be pleased or mortified at the discovery, because it conflicted some- what with his own expressed ideas of the lack of faith shown by the late robber. But he was satis- fied to remain silent and trust to the future to prove his theory, and therefore made no further comment. _ comicbooks « - *, @ iy A a Py 4 ie a |