The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-12

nothing further, except that John Drift
had been seen talking to various busi-
ness men in different parts of the town
on the same morning as when he
squared accounts with the smelter peo-
pie
And now his daughter Flora. became
impatient al the seeming incompetence
of the officer. lie might have been an
expert the best in the West. and all
that; but in her eyes, he did not begin
to know his business So. she made
up her mind to see what aid she could
lend in finding out the mysterious MUIR
derer She persuaded him not only to
secure the services of Barking Volt
again. but also TO send off for a famous
Navajo trailer named Bloodhound
And then sister and brother packed
horse With bedding and provisions.
gave the Indians as good mounts as
their own. and started for the Moeol-
Ions
The third sunset Out found them
making camp AT the foot of Deer Ridge
by dawn the trailers had gorged them
selves to roundness with white mans
grub and were climbing the slope
afoot. closely followed by Flora and
her brother Barking Wolf pointed
out the place where the body had been
found, and in his native tongue he ac-
eurately described to Bloodhound the
position i'll which 1t lay He pointed
out. also, the single trail made hS the
edttlcman, together with numerous
minor details too finely drawn for civil
lied minds And the search for signs
began
Work at first waa slow and difficult
on account of the ground having prev
lously been trampled by the sheriff and
his deputies hut as the bucks eircled
wider and wider. they quickened their
steps into shufiiing trot. and finally,
into run Bloodhound led the way.
working faster and faster until they
had gone some distance beyond the
limit oil Barking VOLTS former search
All al once Flora SAW the bucks stop
suddenly about 200 yards away on the
north slope of the ridge Bloodhound
stopped and picked up something from
cump OF low brush He and Bark
Ing Wolf stood looking AT it euriously.
Putting whip To their horses, Flora
and Dick dashed eagerly forward.
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