These and a hundred other thoughts flashed through his mind as he stood there silent. Archie wondered what the fellow was thinking about which kept him quiet so long. He was curious to know what step the man proposed taking to escape from the web in which he was involved.
Suddenly Jellison seemed to have made up his mind.
“Put the rest of those bills in the suit case,” he commanded, with a threatening motion of his revolver.
Archie hesitated an instant.
“Do what I tell you!” snapped Jellison. “I’m a desperate man, and I won’t answer for the consequences.”
Then McCormick obeyed him. He could not see just what the fellow was going to do. There was no chance at all for him to escape entirely. Dropping down on the floor, he hastily crammed the rest of the bank notes into the bag and then closed and locked it.
“Now take it up and walk ahead of me,” Jellison said, in an icy voice. “You’ve been so smart butting into my game that I’m going to get a little use out of you. March!”
CHAPTER XIV
THE END OF THE GAME.
Having finished lunch and lounged on the rocks for a little while, the four Yale men set out toward the lower fields and thickets in search of quail.