I saw you pick it up from where Telza dropped it when I was maulin' him.

I know you didn't do any diggin' for the idol; I know Betty wouldn't; an' Sharp's dead, an' Telza's in jail--" There was a clatter of hoofs from the direction of the ranchhouse.
Both men turned to confront a horseman who was coming rapidly toward them, and as he came closer Toban cried out in surprise: "Ed Bernse!" he said; "what in thunder are you doin' here ?" "Trailin' a jail breaker!" said the latter.

"That copper-skinned weazel we had in there slipped out some way.

He stole a horse an' come in this direction.

Got an hour's start of me!" Calumet laughed shortly and turned to the new-made excavation, making a thorough examination of it.
At its bottom was a square impression, a mold such as would be left by the removal of a box.