Burton turned and eyed the boy sternly. Williequailed. "I seen 'em," he cried. "Hones' I seen 'em. Theywas here just a few minutes ago. Here's where they bur-rit the dead man," and he pointed to the little mound ofearth near the center of the clearing.

"We'll see," commented Burton, tersely, and he senttwo of his men back to the Case farm for spades. Whenthey returned a few minutes' labor revealed that somuch of Willie's tale was true, for a quilt wrappedcorpse was presently unearthed and lying upon theground beside its violated grave. Willie's stock rose oncemore to par.

In an improvised litter they carried the dead manback to Case's farm where they left him after notifyingthe coroner by telephone. Half of Burton's men weresent to the north side of the woods and half to the roadupon the south of the Squibbs' farm. There they sep-arated and formed a skinny line of outposts about theentire area north of the road. If the quarry was withinit could not escape without being seen. In the meantime Burton telephoned to 0akdale for reinforcements,as it would require fifty men at least to properly beat thetangled underbrush of the wood.

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