In the Sunk Lands — page 71: what you’re looking at

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60 IN THE SUNK LANDS. CHAPTER VI. THE HIGHWAYMAN AGAIN, ‘“SoLtp!”’ we eried in one voice, aS we took in the deserted camp and the decoy. ‘«« And pretty cheap, too,” was Joe’s highly disgusted addition. ‘We better climb down and soak our .- heads in the lake,” advised Bob. ‘But it is not so bad,” I objeeted. ‘* Of course it seems foolish to have let him get away when we had him cornered so nicely; but when you take into: consideration how dark it was last night, you have a pretty sood excuse.”’ ‘‘T am going to take that hat,” said Joe, orimly, ‘‘and I bet that when I find the owner there is going to be ground torn up !”’ ‘Well, you won’t find him around here,” — replied Treve, decidedly. ‘‘ With fourteen hundred dollars in his pocket, I am surprised ‘comicbooks com