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But Du Sang , emptying his pistol , threw his rifle to his shoulder and sent bullet after bullet crashing through the shapeless form writhing and twitching before him until he had beaten it in the dust soft and flat and still . Banks 's men came up within an hour to find the ranch-house deserted . They saw a lantern in the yard below , and near the corral gate they found the little boy in the darkness , screaming beside his father 's body . The sheriff 's men carried the old engineman to the house ; others of the _ posse _ crossed the creek during the evening , and at eleven o'clock Whispering Smith rode down from the south pass to find that four of the men they were after had taken fresh horses , after killing Baggs , and passed safely through the cordon Banks had drawn around the pass and along Deep Creek . Bill Dancing , who had ridden with Banks 's men , was at the house when Whispering Smith arrived . He found some supper in the kitchen , and the tired man and the giant ate together . Whispering Smith was too experienced a campaigner to complain .