Abruptly pulled from slumber by noisy intruders spilling into the jailhouse, Rutherford watched blearily from his bunk as they rushed Jonathan, cold-cocked him with the butt of his own rifle, opened every cell with stolen keys, before departing with their freed friends into the night.  His cell door now unlocked and yawning wide, the dandy hesitated a moment before stumbling to his feet and rushing outside.  Torn between doing the right thing (returning to his cell and squalid conditions until the trial date) or escaping into the night and making his way back to Boston, the city man decided he’d take his chances.  By the morning, he was well on his way back East.  He felt confident his family’s wealth and connections would get him out of this disaster.<br/><br/>Olivia and the girls were knee deep in studies when a tardy student arrived, announcing that there’d been a jail break in the early morning hours.  Prisoners were nowhere to be found and the town doctor was treating Jonathan for a head injury.  Thanking the news bearer and instructing her to find a seat to begin the lesson, the teacher reflected on recent developments. Arthur Singleton gone two days before with no word to anyone, and now Jonathan Rutherford.  She wondered if this signaled a closure to reminders from her past?  No doubt Jed would be tasked to track the cattle rustlers down and bring them back to face justice.  Would he also have to travel back East to arrest Rutherford? There were other rangers who were probably closer to the man's location than they were but she'd ask him and offer to come along. It might be a good time to check in with her solicitors and the family estate.