“‘Phillip Redgill, I will follow you for ever!’
“Awful!” said Ned. “It was a judgment of heaven!”
“Whether it was or not, we didn’t stop to see any more, but made our exit as quickly as possible.”
“And that was the only thing that prevented us destroying all the old gentleman’s family papers,” said Bites. “If it hadn’t been for that, we had all things ready to set fire to the library and the whole mansion.”
Much more was revealed to Ned Warbeck and Bob Bertram by Jack and Bates than we have room for in this concluding number of the Skeleton Crew; but what else happened after the gibbeting of the Baker’s Dozen, and their two notorious leaders, will appear in the next chapter.
CHAPTER LXIV.
THE RED MAN OF THE GIBBET GIVES WARNING TO THE SKELETON CREW—DEATH-WING LEADS ON THE LAST ATTACK OF HIS CREW—NED WARBECK, BOB BERTRAM, LIEUTENANT GARNET, AND TIM HAVE AMPLE REVENGE—STIRRING SCENES.
But although the “Dozen,” with Captain Jack, and old Bates, were disposed of by the grim hands of the law, there were other enemies who roamed still at large.
Phillip Redgill lay dying upon his bed in a lunatic asylum, and made night hideous with his awful shouts and oaths.