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I want to be alone , so that if any officers try to follow us up , I can have it out with them . '' -LSB- Illustration : CELEBRATING IN DODGE -RSB- As there was no time to lose in parleying , and as he had a good horse , we rode away and left him . On reaching camp , we secured a few hours ' sleep , but the next morning , to our surprise , Forrest failed to appear . We explained the situation to Flood , who said if he did not show up by noon , he would go back and look for him . We all felt positive that he would not dare to go back to town ; and if he was lost , as soon as the sun arose he would be able to get his bearings . While we were nooning about seven miles north of the Saw Log , some one noticed a buggy coming up the trail . As it came nearer we saw that there were two other occupants of the rig besides the driver .