Bland had promised to find Johnny and tell him, and had hurried on.

A block farther down the street a messenger boy had hailed him and asked him if he knew where Johnny Jewel was.

"Long distance" was calling and had orders to search the town and get Johnny on the 'phone at once.

The call had come in just after Johnny had left the jail, and no one seemed to know where he had gone.
"It's his girl--the one he tried to elope with," the boy had informed Bland with that uncanny knowledge of state secrets which messenger boys are prone to display.

"She'll tear the telephone out by the roots if we don't get him.