This news had just reached Clarkeville and Mayor Bradley
had at once set out to find the body if possible, and assist those
who escaped.
Of course all speed was made toward the foothills and that evening
Alan and Bob, the former only a shadow of the lively youngster who
had left Clarkeville but two weeks before, were found and rescued.
That night there was a new camp on the Chusco and meat and hot
bread. The only shadow to dim the happiness of the rescued boys was
the recollection of the murdered Buck.
The return to Clarkeville was made by easy stages in four days, and
even Alan was nearly his old self when that town was reached. One
night's rest in real beds, with fresh linen from the baggage they
had left behind them, and baths, removed the traces of privation and
suffering. There was little more to detain Ned and Alan.
A telegram was dispatched to Major Honeywell at Kansas City, where
the boys and their patrons had agreed to meet. Then Ned's tool
chest was forwarded by freight to Chicago. In company with Mayor
Bradley Ned and Alan visited Mrs. Bourke, Buck's widow.
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