The Prairie Detective: Secret Service Series No. 24 — page 120: what you’re looking at

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118 THE PRAIRIE DETEOTIVE. _Samebelief.. They would not-have readily admitted that any woman could have the cunning to adopt such skillful measures, had they not already experi- enced an evidence of it in the readiness with which. she had led them to the limestone ledge. it was not a solace to their wounded feelings to xnow that they had been baffled by a woman. But there was no help for it, and their only chance of getting even with her at last was to follow on down the bank of the creek, keeping their eyes open for the place where she should have left the water. Nothing they might have.decided upon would have eiven Robinson better satisfaction, and it was with a light heart and an elastic step that he led the way upon this new departure. —- S) — ~* — > comicbook * - co