n. Then, glancing at it before he presented it to the paying-tel

have it?" as

; the rest in fives and tens," answ

To Andy they seemed a large sum of money, and, indee

d stopped him glued against the pane. He had attended to some errands before goi

me putting away the

e Benton, there was li

m with evil significan

a dollar,

," answe

ith a big ro

are no

buy a dinner, then,

anything? You threw a s

, and the glance with which he

portunity to dispose of the bills, putting all the large ones in his in

elt some responsibility, remembering that

ome safe and deliver his funds to Mr. Gale. Probably he would not

tion, perhaps a third of a mile in length, bordered by trees and und

the road and seized the horse by the bridle. It did not r

e boy, but it might well make even an older person nervous to be

in a tone which, in spite of his n

ve got what I want,"

do you

d you can tell

t money, but I hav

have plenty of money

d no money t

get a roll of bi

ou did, but wh

but I am a poor man, and I need them m

think I am ta

nly man in Arden that keeps

aken; the mon

se,

called upon

ere. I want some of it. I'll be c

Let go the horse, or

ou are no match for me. I

succeed in robbing me, you would be caught

in jail. I'd just as soon be there as t

vict. He understood that this man was a desperate character. He s

unequal. He was but sixteen and the t

riment. "I've got two dollars of my own. I'll give you that i

laughed

me for a fo

hy

dollars, when you have a hundred in your

with that. It is all

ll have to

gry, and he brought down the wh

d, and nearly tore himself

d teeth. "If you try that again I'll pull you out of the

hreat the tramp would have to let go of the bridle, and i

e horse stood stock-still, findin

"you didn't make much

make an

But, after all, you're only a

is t

and take out fifty dollars. Yo

es

e truth. You may have m

me to give you

, I

mean to

ncouraged him. He could not hold the horse and attack him at one an

wheels behind him. The tramp's attention was too much occupied, and

was aware of it. The newcomer was Saul Wheelock, a blacksmith, a str

, and he could not understand the cause until he go

nd before the vagabond was fully sensible

" he demanded, givin

whom he was compelled to respect. He cared nothing fo

unprepared, w

id the blacksmith. "Why d

just been to the bank in Benton to dr

nt blacksmith, shaking the tramp till his t

thing. I'm a poor, unfortunate man. If I could get

member," said the blacks

d life. This young man says he'll give

You can go, but I'll give yo

that nearly prostrated him, and

, Andy. I don't think you

ointed. If looks could have annihilated the sturdy