Legal blanks did not exist in Heart's Desire, and all legal forms had departed from Blackman's mind in this time of excitement.

Dan Anderson himself drew the warrant.

As it was read later by himself to Curly at the Lone Star, it did not lack a certain charm.

It began with "Greeting," and ended with, "Now, therefore, in the name of God and the Continental Congress." Anderson did not crack a smile in reading it, and so far as that is concerned, the warrant worked as well as any and better than some.

Curly, because he felt that he was in the hands of his friends, made no special demurrer to the terms of the "writ," and in a few moments the Lone Star was empty and Blackman's adobe was packed..