Part 40 (1/2)
He did not knohether to accept this reply as a direct insult or to take it as a belief in his veracity
”Wot d'yer eous old liar I ever came in contact with!” replied Timberlake
”Oh!” cried Tim, in horror ”Listen ter him! You wait till I finish this ere yarn, an' see if I' enough to wait until you finish that story,” dryly answered the sheriff ”It would be too long a wait on my part, and---”
But Fritz interrupted hio!”
Timberlake opened the front door
”Who--the bandits?” he asked eagerly
”Yah”
”Where are they?”
”Dey go ae had by this time run around the fire
The James Boys must have curved their course toward the very direction to which the Terror was running, for Fritz had suddenly caught view of theed range of hills directly ahead of the electric stage
Jack noticed a nu hills and cliffs ahead, and observed that the bandits were heading for one of them
He pointed this out to his companions
”They don't see us yet!” he exclailance back this way!”
”I think I knohere they are going,” said Timberlake
”Where?' asked Jack
”Into Dead Man's Gulch”
”What would bring thee cave, where the James Boys soe?”
”Yes But once they get in they could hold us at bay”
”We will see about that e run thele file the bandits rode into the dark gulch, and when it had sed up the last one Jack pulled over the lever and sent the Terror ahead at full speed
She ulch and soon reached it
”Where is the cave situated?” asked Jack