Part 28 (1/2)
”I haven't a doubt of it,” was the angry reply
”Then, like a good little boy, you chase out and find hih,” retorted Katz, advancing toward the spot where Wagner lay ”I'll find him too quick to please most of you fellows! Perhaps you can tell athered about the detective and Chester even sprang forward as if to defend his father from the officer's touch It was Sheriff Pete, however, who prevented the actual arrest of the escaped convict at that ti to brush the boys rudely aside, the sheriff seized Katz by the shoulder and swung hirabbed Cullen by the scruff of the neck and sent hi into the ar here and taking possession of our caet fresh around here! Put the handcuffs on the fellows, boys!”
One of the wounded outlaws raised himself from the floor and chuckled viciously as the two men were adorned with theto reat mind to put you both under arrest for your treato”
”You're under arrest yourself!” laughed the outlaw pointing to the handcuffs ”You're a pretty skate to talk about arresting ainst this, sir,” exclai to Sheriff Pete
”I ao, and this is Edward E
Cullen, my associate We are here under protection of the laws of your state, in quest of a fugitive froe”
”Where are your extradition papers?” deet extradition papers until we get the ht to know that, if you're an officer”
”I mean your authority frorily
”You can wire to the Chief of Police at Chicago, and see if e say is not true,” Katz answered
”But your papers,” insisted the Sheriff
”They were to be forwarded to us,” replied Katz
”I don't believe they're detectives at all!” Tommy cut in
”I don't think they have any authority to make arrests,” Will said, with a sly wink at the sheriff ”If they have, where are their badges?”
”They were stolen!” shouted Katz ”These Boy Scouts took mine, and those train robbers, who seem to be under arrest now, took Cullen's”
”You want to look out when you co,” said the sheriff with a chuckle ”I've known Chicago detectives to come down here and have their socks stolen off their feet!”
”Aw, they ain't detectives,” argued To to this bunch of train robbers I saw 'eo You just ask these robbers if these two ”
As Toave a very grave and significant wink
”They belong to our gang, all right enough,” one of the outlaws stated, renities they had received at the hands of detectives
”That's a lie!” thundered Katz
”Lie nothing!” replied the outlaw ”These fellows brought in two burros loaded with provisions for us, and we haven't been able to get to theo back in the valley to the west, and travel north a few miles, you'll find where the burros and provisions are hidden away”