ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
Will Be Paid By Thomas L. Morse
For the arrest and conviction of each of the men who were implicated in the robbery of the Fort Allison stage on April twenty-seventh last. A further reward of $1000 will be paid for the recovery of the bullion stolen.
This was what she read, and her eye was running over it a second time when she heard the jingle of a spur approaching.
“We’re red-hot after them, you see, Miss Lee,” 142 a mocking voice drawled. “If you want to round up a thousand plunks, all you’ve got to do is to tell me who Mr. Hold-up is.”
He laughed quietly, as if it were a joke, but the girl answered with a flush. “Is that all?”
“That’s all.”
“If I knew, do you suppose I would tell for five thousand—or ten thousand?”
For some reason this seemed to give him sardonic amusement. “No, I don’t suppose you would.”
“You’ll have to catch him yourself if you want him. I’m not in that business, Mr. Flatray.”