Chapter 24

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌⁠The Flight of the Kidnapers

Searching parties were organised and sent out to scour the country, late as it was. Swift riders gave the alarm along every roadway, and the station agent telegraphed the news into every section of the land. At Boggs City, the sheriff, berating Anderson Crow for a fool and Tinkletown for an open-air lunatic asylum, sent his deputies down to assist in the pursuit. The mar