It was, without further enquiry, "set down to the out laws. With this preliminary settled, two parties were formed to hunt down the bloodthirsty ruffians. Captain Price assured the men of a most liberal re ward should they be lucky enough to hunt down the men. The Government of Frankly n had, in fact, given the magistrate certain discretionary powers in this respect, and he knew well how to use them. After the burial certificate was made out Price ordered the grave to be ex cavated close to the barn. There was no need to send the bodies to Oatlands or Campbell Town, and within an hour of the inquest the ill-fated trackers had returned to the bosom of their mother earth. When asked to assist in the burial operation, Errington evinced some disinclination ; but at a word from Brady he quickly complied. On the following morning the new trackers arrived, but after spending the whole day at work, they were forced to confess that they could make nothing of the job. The only tracks which could be found were those belonging to some member of the pursuing parties, or to Brady and his assigned servants. If others had visited the barn or house, they must have done so bare-footed, the blacks signified. For a week the quest was maintained in the ranges and the ravines, but not the slightest traceof the fugitives could be found. At last news came of a daring robbery at a settler's house some twenty miles to the north, and Price and his fellow officials decided to draw off their forces from Brady's and go to the place! No violence had ac companied the last outrage, but there was little doubt the four men who com mitted it were the much wanted out laws. On the way back an idea entered Price's head. Why not, he thought, examine the footprints leading from Shannon's house over the ploughed field ? They might furnish some clue, though the recent news made it abun dantly clear who the assassins were. Unfortunately, the time which had elapsed since the outrage had been long enough to almost obliterate the footmarks ; but, after a long search, the party came upon a print partially sheltered which caused a peculiar gleam to light up the eyes of the magis trate. 