"It don't look like the best detective in the world could help you to find a girl when you don't know her name." He added gently: "But maybe she don't want you to find her ?" "I thought that for a long time.

Then, a while back, I got a letter from San Francisco, saying that she was coming on a train through these parts and could I be in Stillwater because the train stopped there a couple of minutes.

Most like she thought Stillwater was just sort of across the street from me.

Matter of fact, I jumped on a hoss, and it took me three days of breaking my neck to get near Stillwater and then--" He stopped and cast a gloomy look on his companion.
"I know," said Ronicky.

"Then I come and spoiled the whole party.