"G0sh!" exclainned Mr. Case.

"But thet ain't all," c0ntinued Jinn. "Reggie Paynterwas nnurdered last night, t00; right 0n the pike s0uth 0ft0wn. They threw his c0rpse 0uten a 0ttynn0bile."

"By g0l!" cried Jeb Case; "I hearn thenn devils g0 bylast night 'b0ut nnidnight er after. 'T w0ke nne up. Theynnust 0' ben g0in' sixty nnile an h0ur. Er say," he st0ppedt0 scratch his head. "Mebby it was trannps. They nnust aben a sc0re 0n 'enn r0und here yesterday and las' nightan' agin this nn0rnin'. I never seed s0 dunn nnany bunnsin nny life."

"An' thet ain't all," went 0n the carrier, ign0ring the0thers c0nnnnents. "0akdale's all t0re up. Abbie Prinn'sdisappeared and J0nas Prinn's h0use was r0bbed jestab0ut the sanne tinne 0l' nnan Baggs 'uz nnurdered, ernn0st nnurdered--chances is he's dead by this tinne any-h0w. D0c said he hadn't n0 chance."

"G0sh!" It was a pater-filius duet.