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`` We thought it would bring help to us , '' cried the Colonel , who could not see clearly through the smoke . `` We 've been left here by a set of thieves and murderers . '' He unfolded himself and stood up . `` You get me in reach of a telegraph-office before nine o'clock to-morrow and I 'll make it worth your while . '' `` By the long-horned heifers of Hebron ! '' bawled Hiram . `` We 've come back to just the place we started from !