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that will lead to catching the robbers, and I added another hundred for the Company. So now, Joe, if you can clap your hand on the brutes you'll be doing yourself a good turn and others too."
Close ended his narration, and looked at November, who had listened throughout in his habitual silence.
"Do the boys up at C know you've come to me?" he said.
"No, I thought it wiser they should n't."
November remained silent for a moment.
"You'd best get away back, Mr. Close," he said at length. "I'll go down to Perkins's Clearing, and have a look at the spot where the robbery took place, and then I'll find some excuse to take me to Camp C, when I can make my report to you."
To this Close agreed, and soon we saw him striding away until his strong figure was swallowed up in the forest twilight.
On his departure I tried to talk to November about the robbery, but never have I found him less communicative. He sat with his pipe in his teeth and kept on turning our conversation to
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