The crowd held back.

"I'll go alone if you're afraid to come," he went on.

"It's my firm belief that you didn't see anything and the noise you boys heard was the wind whistling through the trees.

Now, tell the truth, how many of you saw it ?" "I did," came from every throat so unanimously that Jim Borum's supplemental oath stood out alone and forceful as a climax.
"Then it's worth investigating," announced the Boston man.

"It is certainly a very mysterious affair, and you, at least, Mr.Town Marshal, should back me up in the effort to unravel it.