Then the red-haired man from Fohrensee shouted into the midst of the
excited crowd,

"Don't let any one get away. Run after them! That's the only way to find
out the thief!"

This man had not taken part in the fight, but had mixed with the crowd,
trying to pacify them, and to restore quiet.

His advice was useless. A good many had already gone. First of all,
Dietrich had disappeared; then several fellows ran after him, and then
all the rest went together.

On the way home, Jost had told his companions that Dietrich had made off
with himself, and that he, Jost, had told him when he saw him going that
there was doubtless good reason for his wishing to be out of the way. But
in truth Jost had not said any such thing to Dietrich!

One of the men had run at once for the doctor, and the doctor had come in
the night to the Rehbock, and had found that the two men were not dead
after all. So he had given orders that they should be let alone till they
had slept off the effect of their carouse.

In the morning, all those who had been at the Rehbock the night before,
were called together; and every one denied stoutly having any knowledge
of the cattle-dealer's money, and all were ready to be searched in proof
of their innocence. Dietrich alone was not there; he had vanished, no one
knew whither. Some one whispered, and then it was softly repeated, then
louder and louder, that Dietrich would not have taken himself off if he