"But why did you say she could catch Jesse James' horse Siroc?"
"Simply because I have made up my mind to do so?"
"What! Go to Missouri in pursuit of the James Boys?" asked Timberlake, as he took up Jack's remark.
"Yes, sir. I or the bank have lost five thousand dollars by a mean trick the bandit king played on me, and I mean to recover it."
"League yourself with the State Government against the outlaws, and you may not only recover the stolen money, but you stand a mighty good chance of winning the standing reward of five thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of the James Boys."
"The money is no temptation to me whatever," asserted Jack. "I don't need it. But you must consider that I was greatly chagrined and mortified when I discovered what a clever game had been played upon me, and I am very anxious to even matters up with those villains. Besides, I rather like the wild, exciting adventures in view if I run after those outlaws."
"You must not forget that it may cost your life."
"Oh, I am aware of that! And say—"
"Well?"
"How would you like to accompany us?"