"I'll let you know what I think later," replied the young man.
"You frighten me!" mocked the other, rumbling his dreadful laughter. "Mind you tell your friends the police!" he added, and was gone.
CHAPTER XXVI
Jim Silver Goes To War
Boy was muddy, and her hat was dented and askew. The little creature looked strangely pathetic as she stood up alongside tall Lollypop with the slimy flank.
"I'll get on again now," she said, gathering her reins. "Put me up, will you?"
"No," answered Silver.
The tears sprang to the girl's eyes.
"Why not?" she asked fretfully, but for the first time since they had met she submitted to his will.
Jim took Lollypop's rein and led both horses slowly toward the farm among apple trees at the end of the field.