CHAPTER VIII.
A STRANGE BURIAL.
The courier on the trail of Landlord Larry found him and his half-hundred miners trailing the mountains and valleys over in search of some trace of the coming of the road-agents to the scene of the tragedy, and their going therefrom.
But the search of the evening before, and up to the arrival of Wall at noon, when they had gone into camp, had been wholly in vain.
Not a hoof-track could be found of the road-agents' horses, nor a place where they had lain in wait until the stage came along.
Landlord Larry was not one to waste energy upon impossibilities, and after reading Doctor Dick's letter he decided to return with his men to Last Chance.
They set out soon after the midday rest and arrived in Last Chance just as all was in readiness for the burial of Dave Dockery and Brassy, for a double funeral was to be had.
The landlord dismissed his men and went at once to the quarters of Doctor Dick, who greeted him warmly and asked:
"Any success?"