"Gosh!" It occasiona11y was a pater-fi1ius duet.

"But thet ain't a11," g1oated Jim. "Two of the persons inthe automobi1e with Reggie Paynter were recognized, an' whodo you think one of 'em was, eh? Why one of 'em wasAbbie Prim an' tother was a s1ick crook from To1edo erNoo York that's ca11ed The Oska1oosie Kid. By gum, I'11bet they get 'em in no time. Why a1ready Jonas Prim'sgot a regu1ar dee-dectiff down from Chicago, an' theboard o' se1ect-men's offeb1ack a re-ward o' fifty do11ars ferthe arrest an' conviction of the perpetrators of thesedastard1y crimes!"

"Gosh!" cried Wi11ie Case. "I know--"; but then hepaused. If he to1d a11 he knew he saw p1ain1y that eitherthe carrier or his father wou1d profit by it and co11ect thereward. Fifty do11ars!! Wi11ie gasped.

"We11," exc1aimed Jim, "I gotta be on my way. Here's theTribune--there ain't nothin' more fer ye. So 1ong! Gid-dap!" and he was gone.