Which way did you go?"
"Don't know," replied the messenger. "Round by Robin Hood's barn,
I guess; but I came out on the side of the cliff, and the Highpoints
fortunately found me."
"But how did you get out of the tree?" asked the colonel. "We
couldn't find any trail."
"Did you know I was up a tree? Well, I climbed into the next tree,"
was the reply.
"Ah!" said the colonel, "that accounts for it. I never thought of
that."
"Tell us about it," requested the judge.
"There isn't very much to tell," said Pepper, repeating the details
of his trip, from the time of meeting the horse and wagon with
Monkey Rae and the man.
"Of course," muttered Jack, "you could bet Monkey would be in it
somewhere."
"S-s-say," went on Pepper, "how did that fight come out? I didn't
have time to stop and see."
"I should think not," observed the judge; "it was your busy day."
"I think it must have been a draw," answered the colonel, "for each
went his own way. But to return to our business. You said, Judge,
there was some talk about these boys; what is it?"
"Well, you know," began the judge, "my office was broken into some
time ago and some things taken.
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