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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 . Retaining enough to cover the costs of transportation to Kansas City he gave the widow what remained of his funds , nearly five hundred dollars , and all the heavy stores remaining in the corral . At midnight of that day four wide-awake and alert boys , neatly clad in summer suits , boarded the local train bound east for Albuquerque . The last hand they shook was that of Mayor Bradley . `` Mr. Mayor , '' said Ned as he parted from his friend , `` I 'm sorry I ca n't tell you why we were here , or what we were doing . But you were our friend and we 'll never forget you .