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door. The guard com- plied with his wishes with considerable alacrity and Bronco, in accordance with a previously arranged plan, secured a horse while his fellow prisoner marched the guard two or three miles out of town and then graciously allowed him to find his way back. Bill was galloping towards Mexico and congratulating himself on the moral courage he had displayed in denying himself the pleasure of a prolonged visit at the county boarding house but at the same time he was possessed of a desire to reach the land of the Montezumas at as early an hour as possible. The next night about ten o’clock he purloined a fresh horse from Henry Holgate at Deming and continued his journey. ( 9 ) Palomas, which is a safe distance across the line, he returned the borrowed horse and sent a note to Holgate thanking him for the same.Meanwhile the sheriff was using every effort to recapture the prisoner. He was traced to Palomas but the sheriff realized that it would not do to send a regular deputy across the line for as soon as Bronco ascertained that the sher- iff was anxious to have him return and remain a few weeks longer as his guest he would be very careful about getting outside the limits of the Mexican republic. Sheriff Lockhart em- ployed Cipiano Baca, who is well known about Palomas, to go down and get the prodigal.