... once; turned off the road; and, with my pistol ready for service, halted till they came up to me. They also were heavily armed; but their pistols were in their belts. I inquired of them the way to Prairie City ; one, in giving directions, tried to ride outside of me. It was no time, I felt, for too tender a regard for the forms of etiquette; so I rode still farther out, slightly raising my pistol as I did s...