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"Oh, you've heard it. Well, it's true. I judge Dunke was

arranging to get him out of the country. Anyhow, Johnson says he

took the fellow out to his surrey from the shaft-house of the Mal

Pais under his gun. A moment later the engineer heard a shot and

ran out. Dunke lay in the road dead, with a knife through his

heart. We found the surrey down in the canyon. It had gone over

the edge of the road. Both the hawsses were dead, and Struve had

disappeared. How the thing happened I reckon never will be known

unless the convict tells it. My guess would be that Dunke

attacked him and the convict was just a little bit more than

ready for him."

"Have you any idea where Struve is?"