"The young passenger will be a madman if he recovers.
Yours,
Doctor Dick."
The note to Buffalo Bill told of the hold-up on the stage-trail, the death of one passenger, wounding of another, and killing of Dave Dockery, and closed with:
"Landlord Larry is on the trail of the outlaws, and all will be done to hunt them down that it is possible to do.
"I will drive the coach back on the run, and until another driver can be found.
"If you cannot come now, state what you think best to be done and it will be attended to.
Yours,
Doctor Dick."
The couriers left as soon as the letters were finished, and having seen them depart Doctor Dick went over to the hotel to get his supper, which Loo Foo had ordered for him, after which he returned, looked at his patient, gave him a dose of medicine, and, throwing himself upon his bed, was soon fast asleep, wholly oblivious it seemed of the dead man and the sufferer within a few feet of him.