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Nothing in the raie indicated that here was any particularly rich field for loot, and, too, the athletic figure of Byrne would rather have discouraged any atte him the "ko", as the tould have naively put it

But as they gazed down upon the features of the sleepers the eyes of one of the traly slits while those of his companion ide in incredulity and surprise

"Do youse know de for a reply he went on: "Deuys dat beat us up back dere de udder side o' K C Do youse get 'em?"

"Sure?" asked the other

"Sure, I'd know dem in a t'ous'n' Le's hand 'ee stone that lay near at hand

"Cut it!" whispered the second trauys dat beats us up; but dat big stiff dere is more dan dat He's wanted in Chi, an' dere's half a t'ou on 'im"

"Who put youse jerry to all dat?" inquired the first tramp, skeptically

"I was in de still wit 'iuy He's a lifer On de way to de pen he pushes dis dick off'n de rattler an' et-away Dat peter-boy we meets at Quincy slips me an earful about hiey"

"Whaddaya oes to de nex' farm an' calls up K C an' tips off de dicks, see?"

"Youse don't tink we'll get any o' dat five hun, do youse, wit de dicks in on it?"

The other scratched his head

"No," he said, rather dubiously, after a et nothin' dat de dicks see first; but we'll get even with dese blokes, annyway"

"Maybe dey'll pass us a couple bucks," said the other hopefully "Dey'd orter do dat o, slouched in a chair in the private office of the chief of detectives of Kansas City, Missouri Sergeant Flannagan was sore He would have said as much himself He had been sent west to identify a suspect whom the Kansas City authorities had arrested; but had been unable to do so, and had been preparing to return to his home city when the brilliant aureola of an unusual piece of excellent fortune had shone upon hiri-place