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asked Timberlake . `` Yes ; the evening paper contains an account of a clever check swindle they played on the Wrightstown Bank , by duping Jack Wright , the most respected young citizen in this town . '' `` How long have they been gone ? '' `` They departed a few minutes after you went up here at noon . '' `` Do you know which way they went ? '' `` The paper says they boarded a westbound train . '' `` In that case they 've given me the slip again . ''