Part 4 (1/2)
”There must have been other people here after we left,” said Frank
”Right,” nodded the professor
”Bandits?”
”Bushnell?”
”One or the other”
”Perhaps both”
Frank fell to exah his eyes were unusually keen, he was not an expert in suchthat could serve as a revelation
”The man was dead beyond a doubt, professor--you are sure?”
”Sure?” roared the littlein aidiot?”
”Don't get excited, professor The best of us are liable to err at tie if you----”
”But I didn't--I tell you I didn't! The bodyabout this section”
”Or by Al Bushnell, Burk's partner”
”Yes; Bushnell h he did not seem to do so In that case, he has been here----”
”And that explains everything”
”Everything”
”He took the body away to give it decent burial”
”And we have had our trouble for nothing”
By this tiot the drift of the talk, and set up a wail of lareat expense to hiht have been sleeping or s It was robbery, robbery, robbery It was like the _Americanoes_ He had a wife andon him He had been tricked by the _Americanoes_, and he would complain that he had been cheated They should be arrested; they should be coone took a fall to yournseluf!” cried Hans, in disgust ”You gif omblaint!”
The native continued to wail and la hi him three times as much as he would have asked had the body been found in the hut The old fello he could make it appear as a clean case of deception on the part of the strangers, and he worked his little ga received hisback toward Mendoza, evidently fearing the body ht be found at last and forced upon hi, too,” said Professor Scotch
”That's right,” agreed Frank ”There is no telling what danger we htfall”
”Vell, don'd let us peen all nighd apout gedding atoward the horses