PAULSEN WITH US EIGHTEEN MONTHS WAS WITH N. P. SEVERAL YEARS HAS GOOD RECORD WORKED OUT OF MISSOULA FOR YEAR.
WELLS FARGO EX. CO.
The telegram was addressed to the sheriff of Red Arrow. Chuck frowned over it. He hadn’t the slightest idea what it was all about, so he told the telegraph operator that Slim would have to answer it himself.
When the operator left the office, Chuck showed the telegram to Butch Reimer.
“Paulsen?” said Butch seriously. “Who’s he?”
“That was the name of the messenger who got held up in that train robbery, Butch.”
“Oh, yeah; I remember now. Where’s Slim?”
“Eatin’ supper with Hartley and Stevens.”
“I reckon I’ll eat, too.”
Butch left the office, but he didn’t go to the restaurant. At least he hadn’t been there when the three men left. As soon as they got back to the office, Chuck gave Slim the telegram, who passed it on to Hashknife.
“That must be the answer to the one you sent,” he said.